Gary Owens

Gary Bernard Altman was a disc jockey and voice actor. Like many radio personalities, he changed his name. Gary Owens was best known for his work on Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In. He was the announcer on the show and added totally off-the-wall recitations. We’ll give you an example when I play some of his album “The Presidents” during this podcast. Gary started his career as a news reporter at KORN in Mitchell, South Dakota and moved to several stations before landing a job at KMPC in Los Angeles. Owens coined the phrase “Beautiful Downtown Burbank” which was used on Laugh-In and the Tonight Show.