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He began his television career in 1949, working for ABC as director of sales before moving to CBS as a contract producer and then, in 1959, to NBC as vice president of special programs. [2] Friendly moved to California in 1967 and formed his own production company, Ed Friendly Productions, Inc.
In 1967 Friendly relocated to Los Angeles where he launched his own production company, Ed Friendly Productions Inc. Together with George Schlatter he produced the groundbreaking sketch comedy series "Laugh-In" which went on to win several Emmys and popularized the phrase "Sock it to me."
- Producer, Additional Crew, Actor
- April 8, 1922
- Ed Friendly
- June 17, 2007
Mar 30, 2018 · In his unpublished memoir, Friendly writes that the position at NBC was a tremendous experience and a great launching pad for his subsequent career as an independent producer. In 1967, he started his own company, Ed Friendly Productions, Inc. and moved his family to California.
Jun 22, 2007 · June 22, 2007. Ed Friendly, co-producer of hit television shows including the rambunctious “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” and the frontier saga “Little House on the Prairie,” died Sunday at his...
Jun 20, 2007 · Ed Friendly, a producer who brokered the deal that brought “Laugh-In” to television and who created the series “Little House on the Prairie” after noticing his daughter reading the books, has...
He began his television career in 1949, working for ABC as director of sales before moving to CBS as a contract producer and then, in 1959, to NBC as vice president of special programs. Friendly moved to California in 1967 and formed his own production company, Ed Friendly Productions, Inc.
Jun 22, 2007 · Producer Ed Friendly, who made the deal to bring hit series "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" to TV and produced "Little House on the Prairie" to television, died of cancer June 17 in Rancho Santa...
