In honor of Gary Owens appearing later today on Stu's Show (see here for details), here's two minutes of the man reminiscing about Laugh-In for a recent documentary.
You will notice that at one point, he holds up one of the original doors from the famed Laugh-In joke wall and says he got it when they were disassembling the set. He may have gotten others then but the one he's holding was salvaged by one of the show's writers, David Panich. (David was the guy who created and wrote The Farkle Family, along with many of the best routines on that show.) David later gave it to one of the show's other writers, Rowby Goren, and when Rowby was moving, he gave it to me.
I had it in the trunk of my car for months. One night, I was at a meeting of CAPS, the Comic Art Professional Society, and Gary was present…and I suddenly thought, "Hey, he oughta have that." So I went out, got it, took it in, handed it to him and told him he'd won the door prize.
I mention this because it's the only time I've ever known Gary to be wrong about anything. Make sure you catch him on Stu's Show…and believe every word he utters.
