RIP to comedienne Ruth Buzzi, who often rose to fame on the 1960s classic TV show Laugh-In. This clip is from Here's Lucy!, Ball's 3rd show, by which point some were saying Lucy had lost "it." Rubbish! Only a supremely confident performer like Lucille Ball would showcase Ruth Buzzi in this show-stopping lunacy. I actually like the guns and violence when they're comedic. I'm a Lucy nut! Did anyone catch that groovy episode where she dressed as a hippie to track down the two Arnaz brats in a swing

In 1967, Ruth Buzzi appeared in all eight episodes of The Steve Allen Comedy Hour, a variety series starring Steve Allen. Her character parts in the Allen sketches led her to be cast for NBC's new show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. She was the only featured player to appear in every episode of Laugh-In including the pilot. Among her recurring characters on Laugh-In were Flicker Farkle, youngest of the Farkle family; Busy-Buzzi, a Hedda Hopper–type Hollywood gossip columnist; Doris Swizzler, a coc