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Kablooie

(19,095 posts) Sat Feb 28, 2026, 12:32 AM Saturday

Has anyone watched Laugh-In TV show recently? [View all]

I remember it as being amazingly funny and entertaining.
It was one of biggest TV hits of all time.

Watching it today it is not funny, tedious, childish and annoying.
What happened? How can our sensibilities change so drastically?

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Has anyone watched Laugh-In TV show recently? [View all] Kablooie Saturday OP

it was considered naughty at the time nt msongs Saturday #1

see I always found it not funny, tedious, childish and annoyiing Skittles Saturday #2

Remember all the catch phrases that became part of the culture at the time? MIButterfly Saturday #3

Same here. It was a laugh a minute back in its heyday. Mister Ed Saturday #4

How do reruns of Mr Ed hold up? Intractable Saturday #5

I don't know. I haven't watched any reruns of the classic sitcoms. Mister Ed Saturday #6

They hold up. For me anyway. Iggo 12 hrs ago #9

MR. ED Maninacan 11 hrs ago #11

Green Acres? Maninacan 11 hrs ago #12

Green Acres is a timeless absurdist comedy Zorro 7 hrs ago #15

Dick Van Dyke show still works though. Kablooie 13 hrs ago #7

Yes, actually. LudwigPastorius 13 hrs ago #8

i have Maninacan 11 hrs ago #10

It was very much a show of its time. surrealAmerican 11 hrs ago #13

Is "recently" defined in decades?!1 - (trying to be funny) UTUSN 7 hrs ago #14