George Schlatter
Maltin on Movies
Leonard Maltin
4.3 • 665 Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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His name may be most closely associated with Laugh-In, the television comedy phenom of the late 1960s/early 70s, but George Schlatter has spent a lifetime in show business, with countless credentials and friendships to show for it At the age of 94 he's Still Laughing—which is the name of his newly published autobiography. He kept Leonard and Jessie laughing as he spun tales of working with Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, and the stars he launched on Laugh-In like Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin. The stories never stop…...
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| 0:40.8 | And though we may not be discussing movies today, |
| 0:43.1 | we'll be discussing other aspects of show business, |
| 0:46.5 | all other aspects of show business, |
| 0:48.8 | with our guest who has experienced all of show business, Mr. George Schlaugher. |
| 0:54.2 | I'm going to attempt to read, it's a shortlist because if I went through all of them, |
| 0:58.3 | we would be here till next year. You have worked with, I would say, literally everyone, |
| 1:05.4 | and certainly everyone that matters, but you've got Danny Thomas, Judy Garland, Dina Shore, |
| 1:10.2 | Tennessee, Ernie Ford, Bill Cosby, Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Cher, John Denver, that matters but you've got danny thomas judy garland dinashore tennessee ernie for bill cosby doris day frank |
| 1:12.8 | sinatra share john denver shirley mclean goldie hans lisa manelli sammy davis junior lily tomlin and that's just |
| 1:19.2 | the start that's that's true that's just the start yeah that's just a fraction i can't i can't can't. It's all of its entertainment history. |
| 1:30.2 | You've worked with the people that made history. |
| 1:35.1 | Not only worked with, I had a good time with all those people. |
| 1:38.1 | All of those people are part of a very long and bumpy career. |
| 1:43.7 | I had laughs with all of them. |
| 1:45.2 | You're also a Jew from Missouri, which is kind of like a unicorn. |
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