| 1956 |
Born June 18, 1956 |
| 1960 |
Parents move from small house in Leonia, New Jersey to slain gangster Albert Anastasia’s home. Although he’s only 4 Sandy hitches a ride and finds them. |
| 1969 |
Sandy makes his national TV debut on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In the #1 rated show in the country. |
| 1969 |
Sandy returns to Laugh-In |
| 1969 |
Sandy is Bar-Mitzvah, Sandy becomes a man with a woman’s name |
| 1970 |
Sandy age 14 does the
Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. |
| 1971 |
Sandy does his father’s “Chinese Waiter” routine at Westbury Music Fair in front of 3,000 people. |
| 1974 |
Sandy graduates high school and moves to Las Vegas to go to college |
| 1975 |
Sandy creates the Sahara Talent showcase. It lasts for 12 years. Sandy introduces over 10,000 acts including, Howie Mandel, Andrew “Dice Man” Clay, Kenny Kerr, Tony D’Andrea, Richie Sacks, Jenny Jones, and The Footlockers. |
| 1977 |
Sandy's 21 Birthday |
| 1977 |
Sandy makes night club debut in San Francisco in Venetian Room at the Fairmont Hotel. |
| 1978 |
Sandy makes debut on Rich Little’s HBO special as Rosanne Rosannannadanna |
| 1980 |
OH GOD! Sandy meets George Burns |
| 1981 |
Starts touring with Buddy Hackett as opening act! Sandy says working with Buddy was phenomenal. "He was like a father to me." |
| 1985 |
Sandy creates “Island Mon” for the Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas. He gives away 100 trips to Hawaii in 100 days. The promotion is so successful it runs a second 100 days. Sandy never gets to go to Hawaii. |
| 1985 |
Father and son share the stage for the cameras of HBO |
| 1990 |
Opens Sandy Hackett’s Comedy Club at Sam’s Town Gold River, Laughlin, NV |
| 1993 |
Sandy makes debut on TNN’s Country Music Tonight. |
| 1998 |
Sandy is the warm-up guy for the “Oak Ridge Boys Live from Las Vegas” series for CBS/TNN They love him and give him a spot on the show. Sandy knocks em dead! |
| 1999 B.C. |
Sandy and Moses part Red Sea |
| 2000 |
Sandy becomes Director of Entertainment for Sun City Summerlin. 2040 Sandy becomes resident. |
| 2002 |
Sandy interviews world-renowned Dir/Prod George Sidney. Last show George does before his death. |
| 2002 |
Writes, directs, produces and portrays Joey Bishop in his debut show, “The Tribute to Frank, Sammy, Joey & Dean” |
| 2003 |
June 30, Sandy loses best friend when his father passes. |
| 2003 |
Opens “World’s Greatest Magic Show” in Las Vegas |
| 2004 |
Sandy gets part in the pilot “Las Vegas” for TV. It goes to series, producer reneges on offer to make Sandy a series regular. Producer ends up as dead body on CSI. Sandy also gets to work with long time friend Pat Morita in the motion picture “Down & Derby” |
| 2005 |
Takes Rat Pack show on the road to Boston, Detroit, and San Francisco |
| 2006 |
Sandy meets the love of his life...Baby Ashleigh is born January 31st. |
| 2006 |
Sandy takes Rat Pack show to Chicago! |