June 06, 2008

Introducing Terry Sexton

Terry Sexton was a writer for The Dean Martin Show, The Carol Burnett Show, and Laugh In.

He wrote comedy routines for Rowan and Martin, Dean Martin, Carol Burnett, Phyllis Diller, Joan Rivers, Will Jordan, Skiles and Henderson, and Frank Gorshin. He also wrote Robert Goulet’s Australian Tour.

In the 1960’s Terry Sexton was writing commercials for Fred Arthur Productions, a nationwide advertising agency located in Denver, Colorado.A commercial he wrote for a bank in Kansas City won a “Clio” for the agency.

As a stand up comedian he performed at the Beacon Club, the Bali Hal, and was house comedian for the Woolhurst Country Club in Denver, Colorado.He appeared at The Underground and was house comedian for the Aspen Country Club in Aspen, Colorado. He was a regular performer at the Spotlight in Santa Monica and Ye Little Club in Beverly Hills.

In the 1970’s he realized that he could no longer tolerate the seamy side of the entertainment industry and had to find a career that had a higher degree of ethics and morality. He became a car salesman.

In 1992 Terry Sexton and his wife, JoAnn, started the Jethro Gazette.

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