Who said Sock it to me on Laugh-In?
actress Judy Carne
One of the biggest running jokes was actress Judy Carne (Burt Reynold’s ex-wife) encouraging people to “sock it to me!” Then she’d be doused with water or punched. The catchphrase caught on, and swept America.
Who first said Sock it to me?
LONDON — Judy Carne, the British-born star of American TV’s Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, has died in a British hospital. She was 76. She was famous for popularizing the “Sock it to Me” catchphrase on the hit TV show that ran from 1967 to 1973. Laugh-In was one of the first shows to generate such signature phrases.
Did Richard Nixon appear on Laugh-In?
During the September 16, 1968, episode, Richard Nixon, running for president, appeared for a few seconds with a disbelieving vocal inflection, asking “Sock it to me?” Nixon was not doused or assaulted. An invitation was extended to Nixon’s opponent, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, but he declined.
Who was the Sock it to me girl?
Judy Carne
Judy Carne, a sprightly British actress and comedian who rocketed to pop culture fame as the “sock it to me” girl on “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” a landmark of television zaniness, before her career was derailed by drug arrests and a near-fatal automobile accident, died on Thursday in Northampton, England. She was 76.
Where is Joanne Worley now?
Though Worley lives primarily on the West Coast in the Los Angeles area, she also spends some time in New York for work.
What does it mean to sock it to someone?
Deliver a physical blow, forceful comment, or reprimand to, as in The judge often socks it to the jury in a murder case. This idiom uses sock in the sense of “strike hard.” It is also put as an imperative, as in Sock it to them, kid!
Why was Laugh-In Cancelled?
(1964). The program went straight to the top, and was the number one show on television during its first two full seasons, 1968 to 1970. It began to drop off subsequently as the best talent left to pursue careers in show business, and finally went off the air in 1973.
Why did laugh-in end?
Are Rowan and Martin dead?
Deceased (1922–1987)
Dan Rowan/Living or Deceased
Why was laugh in Cancelled?
How old is Rowan and Martin?
65 years (1922–1987)
Dan Rowan/Age at death
Who was the girl that said Sock it to me?
“Sock it to me”: Television runs on catchphrases — consider the instant memories sparked by “De plane!” or “What you talkin’ ’bout, Willis?” — but none seem as strange four decades later as the four words routinely uttered by actress Judy Carne on “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In.”
When did Sock it to me come out?
Then, it was sock-it-to-me time: “Laugh-In” hit the airwaves in 1968. A representative exchange with the smirking Dan Rowan and Dick Martin. Carne: All right, fellas.
How did the show Laugh In get its name?
The show took its name from the ’60s phenomena of sit-ins and love-ins, and its hip characters in outrageous costumes or body paint delivered lines that are still with us, including “Sock it to me,” “Look it up in your Funk & Wagnall’s,” “You bet your sweet bippy,” “Very interesting,” “Here come da judge,” and many more.
When did Rowan and Martin’s Laugh In start?
The show’s rollicking one-liners and bawdy routines paved the way for Saturday Night Live and other cutting-edge television satire. The comedy show Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, starring Dan Rowan and Dick Martin (above), debuted on NBC on January 22, 1968.