Trivia
Premiere - Barbara Feldon, Flip Wilson, Leo G. Carroll, Lorne Greene, Buddy Hackett, Sheldon Leonard, Tiny Tim, The Strawberry Alarm Clock
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Leo G. Carroll, who appeared in blackouts on this debut episode of "Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In," was a four season co-star on NBC-TV's spy adventure, "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.", the cancelled series which "Laugh-In'" replaced only one week earlier. Carroll, in character one final time as "U.N.C.L.E." boss Alexander Waverly, was a veteran British actor of the stage and motion pictures, Carroll appeared in several Alfred Hitchcock films including "North By Northwest." An earlier staring role for Carroll was the TV version of "Topper" on CBS from 1953 to 1955. "U.N.C.L.E.", the most popular program on the air in the fall of 1965, soon found itself a victim of the ratings game two years later. Moved against the long-running western "Gunsmoke" on Monday nights, "U.N.C.LE." proved no match and swiftly sank to the bottom. "Laugh-In," it's mid-season replacement, turned the tide. In less than one year, comedians Dan Rowan And Dick Martin found themselves hosting the number one series on television.
The phrase 'Sock it to me' originated in this episode.
In the segment where Dick Rowan predicts the news 20 years from now (which would be 1988, not 1984 as stated in the monologue), he made a prediction of President Robert Kennedy. Kennedy was a member of the Senate when this episode aired, became a presidential nominee the following month, and was assassinated less than four months after that.
In the first official episode (a pilot aired a year earlier) a crawl during the cocktail party read "Jimmy Hoffa....call your office". Hoffa did not disappear until July 30, 1975.
First appearance of Arte Johnson's "dirty old man" character, Tyrone F. Horneigh (pronounced "horn-eye"). In his first appearance, Tyrone had brown hair & mustache, which he had for the remainder of the season. At the beginning of Season 2, he had white hair & mustache, which became the more prominent look for the character.