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The Best Episodes of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Season 4

Every episode of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Season 4!

An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC

Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" season 4. It scored 6.5/10 based on 42 votes. Directed by Mark Warren and written by N/A, it aired on 9/14/1970. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".

  • Episode 1
    6.5/1042 votes

    #1 - Episode 1

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1970

    Sketches include Intro to Lily's tasteful lady and Ruth's friendly lady (hooker), Art's employment agency, Cocktail party, Tyrone F. Hornie and Gladys, Dick Martin swizzlers, Sneak a peek at stiffie, Art and the electric chair, News of the past, present, and future, and Jilly says goodnight. Featuring Art Carney, Chet Dowling, Jilly Rizzo, and Carol Ann Richards.

    Director: Mark Warren

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 2
    7.1/1039 votes

    #2 - Episode 2

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1970

    Sketches include Return of Ruth's friendly lady, "Bob, Carol, Ted, and Alice" movie runner, Don visits the cocktail party, Comments from David, Ernestine the operator runner, Recruiting sergeant runners, News of the past, present, and future, Arte's German weather map, and the Weird, weird world of entertainment. Featuring Don Rickles, David Frost, Jilly Rizzo, and Chet Dowling.

    Director: Mark Warren

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 3
    7.4/1045 votes

    #3 - Episode 3

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1970

    Sketches include Goldie's return, Fake commercial, Fake Maude's world, Gladys and Tyrone F. Hornie, Salute to the fabulous Farkle family, Diving rod, Ruth and Lily dropout, Women's liberation, Women in the army, Maude's world salutes women, Cocktail Party, and Goldie presents the news. Featuring Goldie Hawn and Jilly Rizzo.

    Director: Mark Warren

    Writer: N/A

  • Guest Starring Ken Berry
    6.8/1038 votes

    #4 - Guest Starring Ken Berry

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1970

    Sketches include Lily and Ken introduce Mervin the Magnificent, Goldie returns, Tim Conway runner, Wolfgang with Jilly Rizzo, Ruth's friendly lady quickie, Priest and nun runner, Ernestine runner, Tim Conway blackouts, Dick as Hollywood Reporter, Maude's world of undertakers, The Swizzlers, and Revisiting the joke wall. Featuring Ken Berry, Tim Conway, and Chet Dowling.

    Director: Mark Warren

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 5
    6.7/1033 votes

    #5 - Episode 5

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1970

    Sketches include Tim meets Lily's proper lady, Quickies, Tim, Ruth, and Arte caveman runner, Cocktail party, Eskimo runner, the Farkle family, Edith Ann comments, Tim fights with a wastebasket, News of the past, present, and future, Washington update, Maude's world of alcohol, Joke wall, Goodnight Mr. President, and Hot flashes. Featuring Tim Conway, Jilly Rizzo, and Linda Redfearn.

    Director: Mark Warren

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 6
    6.7/1036 votes

    #6 - Episode 6

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1970

    Sketches include Hawaii update with Don, Dick and Lily's breakfast in bed, Dick Martin as gay ballerina, David Frost's British update, Scuba diving film, Lily and Susie's sorority comments, Dick & Ruth Swizzlers, News of the past, present, and future, Burbank searchable research center, Naughty monster, White House on the hill, and Zero Mostel Finale. Featuring David Frost and Don Ho.

    Director: Mark Warren

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 7
    7.7/1050 votes

    #7 - Episode 7

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1970

    Halloween special Boo-In sketches include Things that go bump in the night song, Ruth the fortune teller, Orson and Alan's monster sketch, Spooky cocktail party, Vincent on the joke wall, Trick or treat runners, Orson goes to the dry cleaner's, and Witch burning. Featuring Orson Welles, Billy Barnes, and Vincent Price.

    Director: Mark Warren

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 8
    6.8/1036 votes

    #8 - Episode 8

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1970

    Sketches include Fake cigarette commercial, Rosemenko and Carol runner, Quickies with Carol, Priest quickies, Carol presents Stranger than truth, Broadway cocktail party, Salute to mothers, Adam and Eve revisited, Whistler's mother, Lily and Susie's sorority, Hollywood news of the Future, and modern mothers' song. Featuring Carol Channing, Jilly Rizzo, and Carl Reiner.

    Director: Mark Warren

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 9
    7.0/1037 votes

    #9 - Episode 9

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/1970

    Sketches include Carl's honeymoon runner, Shakespeare cocktail party, Spiro Agneau news, Big Al's sports desk, Underground want ads, Maude's world of the news media, Truth in news, Quickies, Carl visits the Farkle family, Dick and Ruth as the Swizzlers, Presentation of whoopee award, and Carl's Shakespeare joke wall. Featuring Carl Reiner and Jilly Rizzo.

    Director: Mark Warren

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 10
    7.3/1037 votes

    #10 - Episode 10

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/1970

    Sketches include Fake commercial, Purse snatcher, Dick and Ruth Swizzlers, Dan and Dick's middle-age monologue, Bob and Ruth as Adam and Eve, Army intelligence, Football with Big Al, Liberal divorce law quickies, News of the past, present, and future, Ruth's Hollywood report, Teenage dance crazes and Newhart presidential traveling plans. Featuring Bob Newhart, Billy Barnes, and Desi Arnaz.

    Director: Mark Warren

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 11
    7.1/1038 votes

    #11 - Episode 11

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/1970

    Sketches include Phyllis' dating tips, Jilly's language lesson, Lily visits with Edith-Ann, Desi presents news of the future, Lily and Arte Avon calling, Alan in Missing Cinderella, Ruth and Desi's Hollywood report, Fake Maude world, Alan football quickies, Hot flashes/sizzlers, Ruth sings opera, and Desi phonocello bit. Featuring Desi Arnaz, Phyllis Diller, Jilly Rizzo and Rod Sterling.

    Director: Mark Warren

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 12
    7.0/1035 votes

    #12 - Episode 12

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 11/30/1970

    Sketches include Bill and Flip visit Dick, Ernestine comments, Shoe store visit, Missing person, Here comes the judge, Racquel Welsh visits Peter, Personality cocktails, Ernestine calls Gore, Maude's world of education, Tribute to William Buckley, How babies are born, and Lily and Ruth at computer school. Featuring Bill Cosby, Vincent Price, Peter Lawford, Gore Vidal, and Flip Wilson.

    Director: Mark Warren

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 13
    6.8/1036 votes

    #13 - Episode 13

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 12/7/1970

    Sketches include Rod's Twilight Zone visits Laugh-In, Phil intros catch phrases, Maude's world of comics, Visual comedy, Salute to mothers-in-law, Lily does vaudeville,Eskimo weather report, Mean nurse quickies, and Tyrone F. Hornie visits Lily's proper lady. Featuring Phil Silvers, Rod Sterling, Jilly Rizzo, and Don Ho.

    Director: Mark Warren

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 14
    7.3/1035 votes

    #14 - Episode 14

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 12/14/1970

    Sketches include Ernestine welcomes Phyllis and Rich, Debbie and Ruth fake commercial, Bill Cosby crossovers, Auto safety, Funny nuns, Dick's obscene phone call.

    Director: Mark Warren

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 15
    7.2/1036 votes

    #15 - Episode 15

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 12/28/1970

    Sketches include Johnny opens Laugh-In, William visits Ernestine, Laugh-In looks at the70s, Salute to Ronald Reagan, Rich salutes politicians, Test tube babies, Zero as Papa Gepetto, Ruth sings opera, and the Laugh-In cast news update. Featuring Johnny Carson, William F. Buckley, Carol Channing, Rich Little, and Phyllis Diller.

    Director: Mark Warren

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 16
    7.3/1036 votes

    #16 - Episode 16

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1/4/1971

    Sketches include Sammy in here comes the judge, Circus monologue, Sammy at the cocktail party, Mexican-American song, A look at show business, Ernestine continues her attack on the establishment, Christian scientists quickie, Rosemenko twins duet, Edith-Ann meets a ten-year-old Sammy, and Arte arranges a boxing match between Wilt and Sammy. Featuring Sammy Davis, Jr. and Wilt Chamberlain.

    Director: Mark Warren

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 17
    7.1/1032 votes

    #17 - Episode 17

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 1/11/1971

    Sketches include Alan gives Dinah singing lessons, News of the future predicts a stock market collapse, Surviving pollution, Gore discusses political science very carefully, Return of the Swizzlers, Cameo one-liners, Ruth presents army quickies, Quickies with Sammy and Arte, and Gladys and Tyrone F. Hornie get romantic. Featuring Johnny Carson, Dinah Shore, Gore Vidal, and Phyllis Diller.

    Director: Mark Warren

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 18
    7.0/1031 votes

    #18 - Episode 18

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 1/18/1971

    Sketches include David opens the show, Graffiti tattoos, Marathon dance stars, Shirley Temple blackouts, Joey rap quickies, Ali Baba runner, knitting runner, Maude's world of prisons, Electric chair runner, Dan and Arte's jailhouse sketch, Parole board, crowded solitary confinement, Playground update, and Ruth's Hollywood news. Featuring Joey Bishop, David Steinberg, Ralph Edwards.

    Director: Mark Warren

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 19
    6.6/1034 votes

    #19 - Episode 19

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 1/25/1971

    Sketches include Andy escapes from Mayberry, Cocktail party, Alan visits a confessional, Arte tries to climb Wilt, Maude's world of big cities, Tyrone F. Hornie and Gladys almost get romantic, Dan visits with nudist weatherman, Andy's English lesson, and the Swizzlers have one for the road. Featuring Andy Griffith, Billy Barnes, Wilt Chamberlain, and Jack Cassidy.

    Director: Mark Warren

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 20
    6.6/1036 votes

    #20 - Episode 20

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 2/1/1971

    Sketches include Marcello explains Richard Nixon stories to Gladys and Tyrone F. Hornie, Maude's world of aviation, Supersonic situations and unusual stewardesses, Edith-Ann meets Marcello, The Swizzlers get it on, Alan sword-swallower quickie, Louis explains Laugh-In news items, and Joke wall. Featuring Claudine Longet, Marcello Mastroianni, Louis Nye, Carol Ann Richards, and Jilly Rizzo.

    Director: Mark Warren

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 21
    7.1/1043 votes

    #21 - Episode 21

    Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 2/8/1971

    Sketches include Dinah opens Laugh-In, Ernestine meets Peter, Tyrone F. Hornie and Gladys get it on, Lily confuses Truman, Dinah clown production number, Lily sex education quickies, Fickle finger of fate points to Peter, Maude's world salutes working girls, Alan meets Mean nurse, Lily and Dick appear topless, and Joke wall. Featuring Dinah Shore, Truman Capote, and Peter Lawford.

    Director: Mark Warren

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 22
    6.4/1031 votes

    #22 - Episode 22

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 2/15/1971

    Sketches include Always Keep 'Em Laughin' song, Firing squad runner, Planned Parenthood explained, Laugh-In fable, Money quickie, Truman meets the Laugh-In cast,Movie cliches, Baseball quickie, Alan presents classic movie scenes, Tyrone gives the stock market report, and the Friendly lady film. Featuring Truman Capote, Wilt Chamberlain, and Sam Yorty.

    Director: Mark Warren

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 23
    6.8/1033 votes

    #23 - Episode 23

    Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 2/22/1971

    Sketches include George threatens the cast, Dick, Lily, and Dennis have breakfast in bed, Dick visits the adult bookstore, Hippie hitchhiker quickies, Alan in Cinderella runners, Baseball film, Maude's world of psychiatry, Peter visits Lily's tasteful lady, Costume party runner, and Peter presents the news. Featuring Peter Lawford, George Raft, Jilly Rizzo, Lisa Moore, and David Steinberg.

    Director: Mark Warren

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 24
    6.6/1031 votes

    #24 - Episode 24

    Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 3/1/1971

    Sketches include Animal production number, Meter maid film, Miss USA visits the show,Laugh-In fable, Fernando visits Lily's friendly lady, Laugh-In looks at Nixon's first hundred days, Nun runners, Angel blackouts, Maude's world of religion, Baptist blackout, Laugh-In News, and Sex education quickies. Featuring Marcello Mastroianni, Fernando Lamas, and Richard Crenna.

    Director: Mark Warren

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 25
    6.7/1033 votes

    #25 - Episode 25

    Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 3/8/1971

    Past guest stars visit Laugh-In cast for another bow, report the latest news and Burbank, and visit with the fabulous, friendly Farkle family, and Johnny takes one last bow. Featuring Johnny Carson, Gore Vidal, Jilly Rizzo, Rod Sterling, Jack Benny, Roger Miller, Claudine Longet, Rich Little and Bill Cosby.

    Director: Mark Warren

    Writer: N/A