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McCamy Taylor

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48. Good lord!

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 11:10 PM

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You're not going to believe this. The FIRST Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award, in 1968 [View all] nolabear Jun 2016 OP

Coulda retired it right there gratuitous Jun 2016 #1

If any one deserves the finger, it's Congress eom Maeve Jun 2016 #2

+1 Auggie Jun 2016 #14

wow ... nothing has changed! napkinz Jun 2016 #3

This is actually shocking. Greybnk48 Jun 2016 #4

Massive K & R! Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #5

Wow, great find! UtahLib Jun 2016 #6

We have nothing this edgy, funny and right on these days. lark Jun 2016 #7

Remember why the Smothers Brothers show was pulled from the air elljay Jun 2016 #19

And it's still hard to believe that... Pluvious Jun 2016 #30

As it happened, Paul Keyes (the head writer for Laugh-in... rdmtimp Jun 2016 #43

Wow, I never knew that ! Pluvious Jun 2016 #57

I beg to differ, lark. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2016 #44

Yeah we do--it's on basic and premium cable, but it's out there. MADem Jun 2016 #62

Hysterical! mountain grammy Jun 2016 #8

That show was incredibly prescient. SheilaT Jun 2016 #9

sad, he never lived to see that his prediction came true napkinz Jun 2016 #15

John Oliver ought to revive the award meow2u3 Jun 2016 #10

Wouldn't that be awesome? LOL! nolabear Jun 2016 #24

Ah, sweet memories of Rowan and Martin. What a marvellous find -- thanks. Hekate Jun 2016 #11

“History has tried hard to teach us that we can’t have good government under politicians. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2016 #12

1968 and still counting allan01 Jun 2016 #13

i had to put that on my fb barbtries Jun 2016 #16

:( BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2016 #41

Blame the Duggars! n/t Quasimodem Jun 2016 #55

Been around the world BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2016 #59

The more things change, the more they stay the same suffragette Jun 2016 #17

Kick Grassy Knoll Jun 2016 #18

K&R brer cat Jun 2016 #20

IKR! I wish we had anyone that brave on network TV now. Heck, ANY TV now! nolabear Jun 2016 #25

Clarification. Straw Man Jun 2016 #21

Fellow DUer Thom Hartmann quoted this OP... chknltl Jun 2016 #22

Really? I'm delighted! nolabear Jun 2016 #26

Yes he did. chknltl Jun 2016 #28

Excellent. My work here is done. nolabear Jun 2016 #34

Loved me some Laugh In greiner3 Jun 2016 #23

Amazing. underpants Jun 2016 #27

remarkable . . . . .n/t annabanana Jun 2016 #29

I really wish MeTV or Antenna TV would show re-runs of this show. GoCubsGo Jun 2016 #31

My childhood LWolf Jun 2016 #32

I'm pretty sure I watched that when it happened lunatica Jun 2016 #33

It was. I wish I felt someone could make me laugh at how insane the world is like that again. nolabear Jun 2016 #35

One example is Goldie Hawn lunatica Jun 2016 #36

Between Laugh-In and The Smothers Brothers I survived the 60s and my father! nolabear Jun 2016 #37

Great actress. But sometimes, she was set up. She would be prepped for a scene. Hoppy Jun 2016 #49

Funny in some ways...but that whole construct was sexist as hell. Ugly. Doesn't stand the test of MADem Jun 2016 #64

No. Not funny anymore but lunatica Jun 2016 #68

I don't disagree with that at all--actors are victims, often enough, of the script. MADem Jun 2016 #69

K&R for the fickle finger, ... CRH Jun 2016 #38

Ignoring 300 million now... Motown_Johnny Jun 2016 #39

OMG This does bring back memories! But funny how little some things skylucy Jun 2016 #40

LOL! And I was deemed old enough to watch Laugh-In that year! raven mad Jun 2016 #42

There is one strange oddity, in 1968, that was a majority Democratic Congress. Todays_Illusion Jun 2016 #45

Vellee Intelesting. - nm ThoughtCriminal Jun 2016 #46

"Those were the days my friend... ReRe Jun 2016 #47

Good lord! McCamy Taylor Jun 2016 #48

Ah! Those were the days! burrowowl Jun 2016 #50

They built a firewall between the news and the rest of the network and advertising department. Dustlawyer Jun 2016 #52

That's great! I remember watching those as a kid--when they weren't reruns. Yikes! :- TheBlackAdder Jun 2016 #51

Laugh In was my lifeline when I was a child, I made careful audio recordings of each episode Bluenorthwest Jun 2016 #53

I did the same thing with things that were keeping me going in a fundamentalist world! nolabear Jun 2016 #58

plus ca change... n/t malthaussen Jun 2016 #54

Wow! What a catch! Duval Jun 2016 #56

Pat Paulson editorial struggle4progress Jun 2016 #60

Oh you should post this separately! nolabear Jun 2016 #61

The more things change... n/t Different Drummer Jun 2016 #63

They've been ruling this country for nearly 50 years. Crunchy Frog Jun 2016 #65

Wow. SunSeeker Jun 2016 #66

I absolutely loved that show as a preteen benld74 Jun 2016 #67