Turn-On | The Lost Episode | Official George Schlatter Release

The story of Turn-On is one of legend.  In 1969, hot on the tails of his hit show Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, TV producer George Schlatter pitched a new conceptual television show packed full of short clips, rapid movements, and controversial topics. 
 
The show would be picked up by ABC for a run of 13 episodes - three episodes were shot in their entirety before the initial airing.
 
The highly anticipated first episode premiered on February 5th, 1969 at 8:30PM on the east coast where it was to take the place of the soap opera Peyton Place. What happened next was never done before or since in the history of television, Turn-On was abruptly cut off mid-way by a programmer in Cleveland stating that the remainder of the program would “not be seen this evening or ever.” Word traveled across the country and the show was canceled before the episode could even be aired once on the west coast.  ABC officially canceled the show, buying out Schlatter's contract with a clause that he not rerun Turn-On ever!

Last October, Schlatter released Turn-On, episodes 1 and 2, via YouTube through the comedy curation team at Clown Jewels.  

With great pride, Schlatter is finally able to present the remaining never-before-seen footage for Turn-On, episode 3. “We had more footage than we knew what to do with. Endless pieces were found in our vault. It was a challenge and a treat to create more offbeat, crazy programming for the offbeat YouTube audience,” said the 94 year old elder statesman of television.

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