Review of
Laugh-In #2, Mod, Mod World,
by Roy Doty
Five out of five stars
Pop culture at it’s finest and most influential
When the television
show Laugh-In started, it was a sensation. Some of the phrases used on that
show became instant popular phrases that all people were saying. Statements
such as “Sock it to me,” “Here come the judge,” “Very interesting,” and “You bet
your sweet bippy” were repeated often and by people in all walks of life. The
jokes came fast and furious, with the joke wall being the signature event.
This book
captures the looniness of the show. The puns, the names that would result if
two people were to marry or be crossed and the simple silliness are all
revisited. It expressed many aspects of the counter-culture active at the time
and pushed the lines of censorship with sexual innuendo and expressed a great
deal of political satire.
It was a show
for the times, with roots solid in vaudeville and other forms of entertainment.
The book reads easy and fast and is also a bit of a history lesson in humor
before the censorship of profanity was lifted.
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