It’s Not Easy Being Green: Fascinating Facts Behind The Muppets

Rowan And Martin’s Laugh Was A Heavy Influence

Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, an American sketch comedy television program on the NBC television network, behind the scenes filming for series 2 episode 22, (aired Monday 3rd March 1969), in studio, Wednesday 15th January 1969, picture shows Ruth Buzzi and Dick Martin. (Photo by Curt Gunther/Sunday Mirror/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)

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Henson modeled part of the whip-smart sketch framework on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In.

The collaborators on The Muppet Show even poached a regular Laugh-In sketch called “The Cocktail Party” for their show called “At A Dance.” In both sketches, different colorful characters met a party and exchanged one-liners.