# Comedy Legend George Schlatter Sets Doc Release With Freestyle Digital Media (Exclusive)

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/comedy-legend-george-schlatter-sets-doc-release-with-freestyle-digital-media-exclusive/
- Published: 2026-10-28T13:05:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T13:30:22+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hollywood Reporter
- Original article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/comedy-legend-george-schlatter-doc-1236741301/
- Topics: Art, Culture, Fashion

## Key points

- A documentary about George Schlatter debuts digitally on 8 December.
- Freestyle Digital Media acquired its North American VOD rights.
- The film explores the creator of *Laugh-In* and his seven-decade career.

## Summary

Freestyle Digital Media has acquired the North American video-on-demand rights to *Sock It To Me: The Legend of George Schlatter*, a documentary about the television producer behind *Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In*. The film will arrive on digital platforms on 8 December, revisiting Schlatter’s seven-decade career and his influence on television comedy.

Now 96, Schlatter created *Laugh-In*, which launched the careers of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and helped shape late-night television, including *Saturday Night Live*. The documentary uses archival footage and interviews with performers and entertainers including Hawn, Tom Hanks, Tomlin, Martin Short, Billy Crystal and Jay Leno; it was written and directed by Chris Coronado.

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