Producer George Schlatter relaunched the series without creators and hosts Dan Rowan and Dick Martin, who later won a 4.6 million dollar lawsuit against Schlatter for continuing the show without their permission.
Right after his television debut in the premiere, Robin Williams concurrently appeared on The Richard Pryor Show (1977), which had been taped earlier, and he guest-starred in his breakout role of Mork on Happy Days (1974) season five, episode twenty-two, "My Favorite Orkan" just a few weeks after the final "Laugh-In" special was broadcast.
Although the production had recently wrapped, the producers had to buy out Robin Williams' contract so he could appear in his role as Mork on Happy Days (1974) and its quickly-produced spin-off, Mork & Mindy (1978).
Leftover and recycled footage of famous guest stars was often utilized in subsequent episodes.
This consisted of a series of six hour-long specials which aired (primarily) on a monthly basis. The mixture of skits taped with and without an audience, plus animated scenes and overlays, proved to be a nightmare to edit. Further compounding troubles, the crew was heavily at odds with the NBC censors. As soon as the finale aired, producer George Schlatter remarked to the press that it had been such a hassle that he had no intention of producing further episodes.