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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]
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.
June 23, 2023 () The Great American Joke Off is an American comedy panel game show that premiered on March 31, 2023 on The CW . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The series is created by Dan Patterson — co-creator of the network's long-running improv comedy series Whose Line Is It Anyway? — and hosted by Dulcé Sloan .
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.
From the late 1950s to the early 1970s, Douglass had a virtual monopoly on the laugh-track business. [7] In 1966, TV Guide critic Dick Hobson said the Douglass family were "the only laugh game in town." [8] When it came time to "lay in the laughs", the producer would direct Douglass where and when to insert the type of laugh requested. [8]
Sometimes a comedian will adopt a writing career and gain notability as a humorist. Some examples are: Will Rogers (1879–1935) was a vaudeville comedian who started doing humorous political and social commentary, and became a famous newspaper columnist and radio personality during the Great Depression.
William Melvin Hicks (December 16, 1961 – February 26, 1994) [1] [2] was an American stand-up comedian and satirist. His material — encompassing a wide range of social issues including religion, politics, and philosophy — was controversial and often steeped in dark comedy.
GloZell Lynette Green [5] (born July 30, 1972), better known mononymously as GloZell, [1] [2] is an American YouTube personality. [6] [7] GloZell established her YouTube channel in 2008, with video interviews, comedy about her life and song parodies.