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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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 ...