George Schlatter
Birth Name:
George Schlatter
Birth Place:
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Profession
Producer, Writer, Director, Actor
Fast Facts
- Was nominated for a 1988 CableACE Award in the category of Comedy Special for "Humor & the Presidency․"
- Along with Buz Kohan, he was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award in 1997 for "Sinatra: 80 Years My Way․"
- Founded the American Comedy Awards in 1987, which became an annual event
- Attended Pepperdine University located in Los Angeles
- Started his career as an agent and eventually moved into booking acts for television
- Sang with the St․ Louis Municipal Opera for two seasons as a teenager
- Worked as a general manager at the Ciro's nightclub on the Sunset Strip
- Before reality television was its own genre, he produced shows like "Real People" that set the groundwork for the modern genre
- Brought "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" to the air, which paved the way for modern sketch comedy series by proving that a show consisting of many short sketches with wacky punchlines could be successful
- Was slated to be involved with "The Muppet Show," a fact mentioned in the "Muppet Pitch Reel․"
Awards
- 1968Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Musical or Variety Series:Winner
- 1968Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Musical or Variety Program:Winner
- 1968Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing Achievement in Music or Variety:Nominated
- 1970Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Variety or Musical Series:Nominated
- 1971Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Variety Series - Musical:Nominated
- 1975Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series:Nominated
- 1975Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series:Nominated
- 1980Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Program Achievement - Special Class:Nominated
- 1981Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Informational Series:Nominated
- 1983Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Informational Series:Nominated
- 2014Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special:Nominated