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Laugh-In had its roots in the humor of vaudeville and burlesque, but its most direct influences were Olsen and Johnson's comedies (such as the free-form Broadway revue Hellzapoppin'), the innovative television works of Ernie Kovacs (George Schlatter's wife, Jolene Brand appeared in Kovacs' shows), and the topical TV satire That Was the Week ...
George Schlatter (born December 31, 1929) is an American television producer and director, best known for Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, founder of the American Comedy Awards, and author of Still Laughing: A Life in Comedy (Unnamed Press 2023). For his work on television, Schlatter has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7030 Hollywood Blvd. [1]
The History of Comedy is a CNN documentary series, as part of CNN Original Series.. The documentary explores the underlying questions of what makes American people laugh, why, and how the laughter influenced their social and political landscape throughout American history.
A humorist (American English) or humourist (British English) is an intellectual who uses humor in writing or public speaking. [1] Humorists are distinct from comedians, who are show business entertainers whose business is to make an audience laugh, though it is possible for some persons to occupy both roles in the course of their careers.
Humour (Commonwealth English) or humor (American English) is the tendency of experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement.The term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks, which taught that the balance of fluids in the human body, known as humours (Latin: humor, "body fluid"), controlled human health and emotion.
James Anthony Patrick Carr was born on 15 September 1972, [3] in Hounslow, London, [4] [5] [6] the second of three sons [7] born to Irish parents Nora Mary (née Lawlor; 19 September 1943 – 7 September 2001) [8] [9] and Patrick James "Jim" Carr (born 1945), an accountant who became the treasurer for computer company Unisys.
Eugene Shalit (born March 25, 1926) is an American retired journalist, television personality, film and book critic, and author.After starting to work part-time on NBC's The Today Show in 1970, he filled those roles from January 15, 1973, [1] until retiring on November 11, 2010.
Brenner was born to Jewish parents in 1936 [5] and raised in South and West Philadelphia. [1] His father, Louis, was a vaudeville comedian, singer and dancer, performing under the stage name of Lou Murphy, who gave up his career and a film contract to please Brenner's grandfather, a rabbi, who objected to his working on the Sabbath. [1]