Turn-On (1969)
Turn-On (1969)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Tim Conway
Sketch Characters
Teresa Graves
Self / Sketch Performer
Bonnie Boland
Self / Sketch Performer
Hamilton Camp
Self / Sketch Performer
Maxine Greene
Self / Sketch Performer
Ken Greenwald
Self - Member of Repertory Company / Sketch Performer
Chuck McCann
Self / Sketch Performer
Maura McGiveney
Self - Member of Repertory Company / Sketch Performer
Digby Wolfe
Creator / Producer
George Schlatter
Creator / Executive Producer
Ed Friendly
Producer
William Kayden
Co-Producer
Alan J. Levi
Associate Producer
Robert Van Wechel
Art Direction
Rickie Bakos
Costume Designer
Guy Adenis
Director of Photography
Details.
Release DateFebruary 5, 1969
StatusCanceled
Seasons1
Episodes1
Running Time30m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Turn-On is an American surreal sketch comedy series created by Digby Wolfe and George Schlatter that aired once on ABC on Wednesday, February 5, 1969. Only one episode was shown partially before being pulled from ABC's airing schedule, leaving another episode unaired. The show has since been considered one of the most infamous flops in TV history, with significantly low initial ratings and negative critical reception.
Turn-On's sole broadcast episode replaced the Wednesday episode of Peyton Place - in fact, it was even referenced on the show itself, where, in the opening, Tim Conway refers to the show as "Peyton Re-Place". Among the cast were Teresa Graves (who would join the Laugh-In cast that fall), Hamilton Camp, and Chuck McCann. The writing staff included Albert Brooks. The guest host for the first episode was Tim Conway, who also participated in certain sketches. Schlatter and Ed Friendly, who had previously been the producers of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, were contracted by Bristol-Myers to develop the show, and provided it to ABC for a projected 13-week run after NBC and CBS rejected it.