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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]
Turn-On is an American surreal sketch comedy series created by Digby Wolfe and George Schlatter that aired once on ABC on Wednesday, February 5, 1969. Only one episode was shown partially before being pulled from ABC's airing schedule, leaving another episode unaired.
They sued Schlatter for using the format without their permission, and won a judgment of $4.6 million in 1980. In 1987, George Schlatter attempted a revival of the program called George Schlatter's Comedy Club, the weekly half-hour program that appeared in syndication through King World Productions during the
The Fabulous Funnies is a one-hour primetime network special that aired on NBC on February 11, 1968, hosted by Carl Reiner. [1] The show is a salute to American comic strips, and features interviews with cartoonists, including Rube Goldberg, Chester Gould, Chic Young, Milt Caniff, Al Capp and Charles Schulz.
Robin Williams's friends and collaborators are remembering the legendary comedian 10 years after his death.. The Oscar-winning actor, who starred in movies like Good Will Hunting, Aladdin and Dead ...
G.I.T. on Broadway, also known as Diana Ross and The Supremes and The Temptations on Broadway, [a] is a 1969 television special produced by Motown Productions and George Schlatter-Ed Friendly Productions.
The commercial spoofed George Orwell's acclaimed dystopian novel 1984, showing a runner racing down an aisle amidst a sea of seated viewers, seemingly mesmerized by a Big Brother-like figure ...
Schlatter 4 July 23, 1963 October 13, 1963 Lena Horne, Terry-Thomas, Jerry Van Dyke Schlatter 5 July 30, 1963 December 15, 1963 Tony Bennett, Dick Shawn, Jerry Van Dyke Schlatter George Schlatter's final episode as producer (in both production order and broadcast order). 5A August 2, 1963 (scheduled) N/A Nat "King" Cole, Jack Carter, Jerry Van Dyke