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George Schlatter and The Legend of Turn-On
TVC 631.4: George Schlatter, creator and producer of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and Real People, discusses why Turn-On (ABC, 1969), the surreal sketch comedy series that was canceled fifteen minutes into its first and only network TV broadcast, was ahead of its time. The first two episodes of Turn-On are now available for viewing on demand, for free, on the Clown Jewels channel on YouTube. The print edition of George's memoir, Still Laughing: A Life in Comedy, is wherever books are sold, while the audio edition of Still Laughing is now available from Audible.
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