Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Sep 13, 1971 · 52 min
Sketches include Martha Mitchell's mystery phone calls, Raquel and Ruth duet, Henny challenges Bob, Gladys' dream, Ernestine calls the White House, Return of the Swizzlers, Honeymo
Episode 2
Sep 20, 1971 · 52 min
Sketches include Rita appears on the Joke Wall, Uncle Al the Kiddy's Pal meets Edith Ann, Rita in Mean Nurse runner, Jill as newscaster, Busy Buzzi Hollywood news, Rita and Dick nu
Episode 3
Sep 27, 1971 · 52 min
Sketches include Alan, Jill, and Sugar Ray's boxing blackout, Wife swapping, Lily in fake commercial, Sugar Ray meets Alan, Edith Ann inthe mystery person contest, Desert island ru
Episode 4
Oct 4, 1971 · 52 min
Sketches include Sunbathers quickie, Jacqueline meets Johnny, All-girl band production, Karen fake commercial, Stretcher running joke, Man-eating woman runner, Supermarket with Lil
Episode 5
Oct 11, 1971 · 52 min
Sketches include Ruth as fortune teller, Alan in Nudist camp, Tough guy Edward, Frank explains Laugh-In, Tony explains Frank, Johnny and Ruth as hippies, Discovery of the week, Gal
Episode 6
Oct 18, 1971 · 52 min
Sketches include Janet meets Alan as Toulouse Lautrec, Richard fake commercial, New talent, Edith Ann explains Laugh-In, Dennis, Janet and Richard in Vaudeville suicide, Maude's wo
Episode 7
Oct 25, 1971 · 52 min
Sketches include Gorilla runner, Lily record store, Gladys' dream, Ruth the fortune teller, Edith Ann explains life, Willie explains the Grand Prix, Dick and Lee in This is your li
Episode 8
Nov 1, 1971 · 52 min
Sketches include Vaudeville opening, Return of Judy, Henry, Teresa, Arte, and Jo Anne, Dan appears as General Bullwright, Tyrone and Gladys listen as Edith Ann explains Laugh-In, P
Episode 9
Nov 8, 1971 · 52 min
Sketches include Hip hugger blackouts, Alan and Barbara in Bride & groom quickies, The birds and the bees, Vaudeville sketch, Jill in Partridge family blackout, Maude's world of fa
Episode 10
Nov 22, 1971 · 52 min
Sketches include Alan and Dennis present the Flying Fickle Finger of fate, James as innocent bystander, ESP runner, James' suave Romeo runner, Kids' news, Lily's stammering lady, R
Episode 11
Nov 29, 1971 · 52 min
Sketches include Control tower, What's for dinner, Bonnie and Clyde runner, Alan and Barbara nudist camp, Lily's Tasteful lady meets Sheldon, Agnes gives the Laugh-In cast acting l
Episode 12
Dec 13, 1971 · 52 min
Sketches include Caroll's Santa update, Barfly blackout, Full cast salute to Santa, Finding a job for Santa, The cast gets Christmas gifts, Dick and Lily office party, Hanging the
Episode 13
Dec 20, 1971 · 52 min
Sketches include Joe intro, Petula crossovers, Missing husband, Charo billboard song, Lily and Richard the painter, Joe and Lily supermarket runners, Maude's world of leisure, Tryi
Episode 14
Dec 27, 1971 · 52 min
Sketches include Buddy introduces Dan and Dick, Alan psychiatrist runners, Ruth as weightlifter, High noon with Dick and Buddy, Lilly and Jack gymnasium runner, Big Al's sports des
Episode 15
Jan 3, 1972 · 52 min
Sketches include Robert sings, Lily's Tasteful lady scolds the cast, Robert's tunnel of love, Ruth as fortune teller, News of the past, present, and future, Lily's stammering lady,
Episode 16
Jan 10, 1972 · 52 min
Sketches include Henny nudist camp, Lily's tasteful lady, Ruth and Alan fake commercials, Maude's world of Manhattan, Salute to New York, Holdup blackouts, Perils of New York City,
Episode 17
Jan 24, 1972 · 52 min
Sketches include Sally intro, Gladys' dream, Carl blackouts, Tattoo runner, Maude's world of television, Isolation booth, Carl and Lily soap opera, Ruth fortune teller, Partridge f
Episode 18
Jan 31, 1972 · 52 min
Sketches include John, Jack, Paul, Dan, and Dick say hi, Ruth and Alan psychiatry sketch, Pharmacist blackouts, Hillbilly news, Ruth's Hollywood news, Paul and John crossovers, Mau
Episode 19
Feb 14, 1972 · 52 min
Sketches include Carol prison cell quickie, Dennis presents the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate, Lily and Dan relatives in Washington, Dick and Carol mean nurse, Maude's world of the
Episode 20
Feb 21, 1972 · 52 min
Sketches include Alan and Dennis at gunpoint, Lily and Larry librarian runner, Gene sketch, Electric chair quickies, Lily and Gene on the drinking man's diet, Lily as cheerleader,
Episode 21
Feb 28, 1972 · 52 min
Sketches include Jo Ann bathtub runner, Vaudeville song, Jo Ann fake commercial, Wife swapping quickie, John Wayne quickie, Lily cheerleader quickie, Steve Allen crossovers, Marria
Episode 22
Mar 6, 1972 · 52 min
Sketches include Johnny opens the show, Comments from Debbie, Charlie bit, Balloon runner, Dick Cavett cameo, Ruth in Sleeping Beauty, Vaudeville routine with Johnny, Edith Ann mee
Episode 23
Mar 13, 1972 · 52 min
Sketches include Tarzan and Jane, William Tell quickie, Cow and Indians, Jean crossovers, Our man in London, Piano bar news, The return of Tiny Tim, Salute to Automobiles, Policema
Episode 24
Mar 20, 1972 · 52 min
Sketches include Sandy intro, Groucho bit, Paul crossover, Tiny Tim's song, Fake commercial, Laurel and Hardy take off, Lily's stammering lady, Groucho the lawyer, Bank teller, Sol