With this latest sculpture, I am paying homage to a very old TV show called Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. Starting in 1968, it was considered ground-breaking TV, and a sign of the rapid social and political changes to society in the late 1960s.

One of the more familiar aspects of Laugh-In was the joke wall, usually shown near the end of the show. It featured opening doors for the cast to poke their heads out and tell jokes. I reproduced this from coloured clay, without painting; the procedure being both experimental, and somewhat time-consuming.

The go-go dancer with body paint is similar to Goldie Hawn and the German-helmeted gentleman was fashioned after a cast member named Arte Johnson.

Also featured here is an empty bucket; this a nod to the "Sock it to me" gag that ended with a bucket of water thrown from just off camera. The clock with funny hands was also a running gag behind show's announcer, Gary Owens.

For a detailed look at the making of this sculpture, check here or at the bottom of my How It's Done section.