Rowby Goren is an American writer specializing in comedy. He was a part of the writing team of the comedy series Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, created by George Schlatter. Goren's writing talents range from variety shows to situation comedy, game shows, cartoons, as well as directing Joe Roth and Neal Israel's comedy feature Cracking Up. Goren was Creative Director of Joe Roth and Neal Israel's cult video Tunnel Vision. Goren won an Emmy for writing Hollywood Squares. He also wrote for numerous animated series including Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, The Berenstain Bears, Tiny Toon Adventures, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Busy World of Richard Scarry, The Adventures of Paddington Bear, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!,Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog as well as Saturday morning series such as various Sid and Marty Krofft's H.R. Pufnstuf series.
Rowby Goren in front of Laugh-In Joke Wall Set
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In is an American sketch comedy television program which ran for 140 episodes from January 22, 1968, to March 12, 1973, on the NBC television network, hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin. It originally aired as a one-time special on September 9, 1967, and was such a success that it was brought back as a series, replacing The Man from U.N.C.L.E. on Mondays at 8 pm (ET). It quickly became the most popular television show in the United States.
Dan Rowan and Dick Martin (1968)
Caricatures of Dan Rowan and Dick Martin by Sam Berman
Goldie Hawn and Ruth Buzzi in a 1968 Halloween skit
Rita Hayworth reprised her Sadie Thompson character on the show in 1971.