When I was a kid coming up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, there was a hometown kid named Gailard Sartain whose character, the wizard known as Dr. Mazeppa Pompazoidi, was on TV each Saturday night doing live comedy bits as he hosted some "horror" flick. As I recall, his favorite phrase was "Lawzee!" Perhaps if there is anyone out there who was in Oklahoma at the turn of the 70's, they can recall his humorous statements.
Gailard later was an actor on Hee Haw, & movies, & portrayed the sherrif in some movie--was it Smokey & the Bandit?