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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]
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 ...
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.
The exposure led to an opportunity for Rowan and Martin to team up with producers Ed Friendly and George Schlatter and create Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1973) on NBC. The comedy show was an immediate hit, becoming the number one American television program within two months of its debut.
Weston Woods Studios (or simply Weston Woods) is a production company that makes audio and short films based on well-known books for children. [1] It was founded in 1953 by Morton Schindel in Weston, Connecticut, and named after the wooded area near his home.
McCann died on April 8, 2018, of congestive heart failure, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. [1] He was cremated and his remains are in Forest Lawn Memorial Park . He is survived by his third wife, Betty Fanning; and by two daughters from his second marriage.
[19] R.H. Gardner of The Baltimore Sun said that "the humor is not far above the level of 'Abie's Irish Rose,' another funny play which had a somewhat longer run when it opened several decades ago, but it is no less effective for thai Indeed, as adapted by director George Schlatter, Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick from the Messrs. Clark's and Bobrick ...
Centropolis Entertainment is a German-American film production company founded in 1985 as Centropolis Film Productions by American film producer Dean Devlin and German film director Roland Emmerich. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As of 2001, the company is a subsidiary of Das Werk AG.