George Schlatter was working in the mailroom at a talent agency when he first met Frank Sinatra. It was 1948 and Schlatter was so fresh-faced that Sinatra told him, “I have ties older than you.” He ...

The signs for Jolene Brand Schlatter and George Schlatter benches. Submitted photo George Schlatter doesn’t refer to The National Comedy Center as a museum. He refers to the NCC as “a celebration.” He ...

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Goldie Hawn was never allowed to rehearse her introductions on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In in hope of tripping her up. “Ruth Buzzi would always do something to screw up Goldie’s cue cards,” recalls ...

With the recent death of Norman Lear, we were reminded this year that precious few comedy legends remain with us who were around in the 1960s and ’70s. One of those is George Schlatter, the legendary ...

Sketch comedy "Turn-On" from "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" creator George Schlatter is known as the shortest running primetime series in television history. ABC ordered 13 episodes of Turn-On and the ...