At age 90, producer George Schlatter has a lifetime of memories to look back at. Producing the groundbreaking and iconic TV comedy show Laugh-in is just one facet. There’s also presidential i…
'Haunted Mansion' Premiere: Director Justin Simien Addresses SAG-AFTRA Strike As Disneyland Event Takes Place Without Actorsrecounts the coming-of-age of one of television’s great producers, from his early nightclub days in Vegas, rubbing elbows with iconic mob figures like Mickey Cohen and John Stompanato, to his influential friendships with Judy Garland and Frank Sinatra, the latter for whom he was asked to deliver a eulogy at his funeral.
The book is an inside look at the crucial role a working producer plays in bringing a show to life, and reveals the actual people cloistered inside their celebrity. A three-time Emmy winner who has also been honored with Television Critics Association Awards, NAACP Image Awards, Golden Globes, the Directors Guild Award, and the Producers Guild “Man of The Year” honors, Schlatter found some time to answer a few questions fromHow would you have used social media in the Laugh-In days? Do you see any parallels to what people are doing online now and what you did then?I see tremendous similarities.
It is much more difficult now. In my era, you needed an answer from just one person. Today, you need ten people and a focus group to agree, and that’s why we’re kind of at a stand-still. was sold because I waltzed in with new people and new ideas and convinced them I could do anything. They said, ‘OK, go do it.’ We gathered up the cast, the writers and everybody else in a matter of weeks, and walked in with that show. It was a success because we didn’t have to get many people to agree.
A key issue in the WGA strike is about the use of artificial intelligence. What’s your take on its use as a tool? Artificial Intelligence is not new. We used to call it, “Memos from executives.” They were the first warning of the impending doom of artificial intelligence. They presented an answer for which there was no question. But we survived the early stages of artificial intelligence and we called it “stupidity.
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