Laugh-In Versus the National Security State

In 1960 one of the hosts of the legendary comedy series Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In had a close encounter of the unpleasant kind with the FBI and CIA. I've always suspected that this experience partially explains why Lili Tomlin's hysterically funny phone company operator "Ernestine" found a home on the show.

Lily Tomlin as \"Ernestine.\"

For more information, search for "Rowan" in this famous CIA document: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/... and/or enjoy an hour or two scrolling through the FBI's Fidel Castro files: https://vault.fbi.gov/fidel-castro .