All three shows borrowed material liberally from such television programs as “Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In,” “Saturday Night Live,” "The Benny Hill Show," "Late Night with David Letterman," and “Hee Haw.”
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Among the most controversial was the “Top 20 Countdown,” a show hosted and produced by Jim Studebaker and Thomas Beck and featuring comedy sketches and lip-synched music videos, all under the pretense of “entertainment.”