Still Laughing: A Life in Comedy (From the Creator of Laugh-in)

Already a well-regarded producer of television specials and variety shows by 1967, George Schlatter pitched to NBC an idea that was a radical departure: a TV comedy special inspired by the hippie counter-culture, one which would take the idea of sit-ins, love-ins, and be-ins, and manifest that politicized, sexualized, consciousness-raising energy into comedic sketches.  The special, Laugh-in , was so successful it became a regular television series. Soon, it was the #1 show on American TV.&