Laughs For Sale

Laughs For Sale is an American television comedy/variety series. It ran one season.[1]

Laughs For Sale
GenreComedy/variety
StarringHal March (host)
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons1
Production
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original networkABC
Original release1963 
1963

Similar to the much later American Idol, each episode provided an opportunity for a novice comedy writer to have material, including sketches, performed by a professional comedian.[2] The material was then evaluated and offered to television producers, who could contact the show.[3]

Notes

  1. Terrace, Vincent. Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007 (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2008), p.851.
  2. Vincent, p.851.
  3. Vincent, p.851.

Sources

  • Terrace, Vincent. "Laughs for Sale" in Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2008.
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