Born on this day – William Christopher:

William Christopher

Actor

Comedian

October 20, 1932 – December 31, 2016

Born on this day – Norm Macdonald:

Norm Macdonald

Comedian

Actor

Writer

October 17, 1959 – September 14, 2021

Born on this day – Arleen Sorkin:

Arleen Sorkin

Actress

Writer

Comedian

Television presenter

October 14, 1955 – August 24, 2023

Born on this day – Carmen Salinas:

Carmen Salinas

Actress

Impressionist

Comedian

October 5, 1939 – December 9, 2021

Born on this day – Buster Keaton:

Buster Keaton

Actor

Comedian

Director

Stuntman

October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966

Born on this day – Groucho Marx:

Groucho Marx

Actor

Comedian

Writer

Singer

October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977

Born on this day – Bud Abbott:

Bud Abbott

Actor

Comedian

Producer

October 2, 1897 – April 24, 1974

Credits:

Abbott & Costello (1967); General Electric Theater (1961); Dance with Me, Henry (1956); Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955); Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955); Fireman Save My Child (1954); The Abbott and Costello Show (1952–1954); Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953); Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953); Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952); Lost in Alaska (1952); Jack and the Beanstalk (1952); Comin' Round the Mountain (1951); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951); Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950); Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff (1949); Africa Screams (1949); Mexican Hayride (1948); 10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948); Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948); The Noose Hangs High (1948); The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947); Buck Privates Come Home (1947); The Time of Their Lives (1946); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Little Giant (1946); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945); The Naughty Nineties (1945); Here Come the Co-eds (1945); Lost in a Harem (1944); In Society (1944); Hit the Ice (1943); It Ain't Hay (1943); Who Done It? (1942); Pardon My Sarong (1942); Rio Rita (1942); Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942); Keep 'Em Flying (1941); Hold That Ghost (1941); In the Navy (1941); The Andrews Sisters in Buck Privates (1941); One Night in the Tropics (1940).

Born on this day – Madeline Kahn:

Madeline Kahn

Actress

Comedian

Singer

September 29, 1942 – December 3, 1999

Born on this day – Arnold Stang:

Arnold Stang

Actor

Comedian

September 28, 1918 – December 20, 2009

Credits:

Cool Cats in Interview Alley (2004); Reading Rainbow (1986–1995); Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991); Sesame Street: The Alphabet Game (1988); Blue Peter (1986); A Museum of Broadcasting Tribute: Milton Berle - Mr. Television (1985); The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera Arena Show (1981); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1970); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Jonathan Winters Show (1967–1968); How's Your Mother-in-Law? (1968); Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (1966); ABC's Nightlife (1965); That Regis Philbin Show (1965); You Don't Say (1963–1965); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962); Here's Hollywood (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960); The Arthur Murray Party (1951–1960); I've Got a Secret (1955–1959); The Ed Sullivan Show (1958–1959); The Patrice Munsel Show (1958); The Vic Damone Show (1957); Washington Square (1956–1957); Arthur Godfrey and His Friends (1957); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956); The Esther Williams Aqua Spectacle (1956); The Milton Berle Show (1950–1956); Hollywood Preview (1955); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1950–1955); What's My Line? (1955); The Name's the Same (1954); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953); The Sam Levenson Show (1952); Henry Morgan's Great Talent Hunt (1951); Robert Q's Matinee (1951); The Faye Emerson Show (1951); All Star Revue (1951); The Robert Q. Lewis Show (1950); Bob Hope in The Bob Hope Show (1950); School House (1949); Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1976); Seven Days' Leave (1942); Please Won't You Leave My Girl Alone (1942); Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2001); Garfield and Friends (1994); The Cosby Mysteries (1994); Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1994); Dennis the Menace (1993); Clippers (1991); Mathnet (1990); Wake, Rattle & Roll (1990); Ghost Dad (1990); True Blue (1990); The Cosby Show (1989); Top Cat (1988); Yogi's Treasure Hunt (1985–1988); Norman's Corner (1987); HBO Storybook Musicals (1987); Tales from the Darkside (1987); CBS Library (1983); No Man's Valley (1981); I Go Pogo (1980); Flying High (1978); ABC Nutrition Spots (1977); The Fourth King (1977); Easy Come Easy Go (1976); Cool Shark (1976); Deep Sea Rodeo (1976); Maguiness Book of Records (1976); Fish Anonymous (1976); Cannery Caper (1976); The Aquanuts (1976); Shark and the Beanstalk (1976); Holiday in Venice (1976); Moulin Rogues (1976); Mama (1976); Misterjaw (1976); Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1976); Chico and the Man (1976); The $6.95 Bionic Shark (1976); Transistorized Shark (1976); The Fishy Time Machine (1976); Stand-In Room Only (1976); Never Shake Hands with a Piranha (1976); Aloha, Hah, Hah! (1976); Sea Chase (1976); Merry Sharkman, Merry Sharkman (1976); Caught in the Act (1976); The Shape of Things (1976); Flying Saucer (19760; Davey Jones' Locker (1976); The Codfather (1976); Little Red Riding Halibut (1976); Aladdin's Lump (1976); Showbiz Shark (1976); Monster of the Deep (1976); Beach Resort (1976); Shopping Spree (1976); Flying Fool (1976); The Bureau (1976); Sweat Hog Shark (1976); Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1974); Ozzie's Girls (1973); The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1973); Emergency! (1972–1973); Marco Polo Jr. (1972); Loopy de Loop (1971–1972); Hercules in New York (1970); The Pink Panther (1969); Hello Down There (1969); Skidoo (1968); Batman (1968); Two by Two (1966); The Secret Squirrel Show (1966); Pinocchio in Outer Space (1965); Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar (1965); Broadside (1965); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); Slippery Slippers (1962); The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962); Top Cat (1961–1962); Kooky Loopy (1961); Bonanza (1961); Wagon Train (1961); Dondi (1961); Alakazam the Great (1960); Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil (1959); Fun on Furlough (1959); Owly to Bed (1959); You Said a Mouseful (1958); The Eighty Yard Run (Playhouse 90) (1957–1958); Frighty Cat (1958); One Funny Knight (1957); From Mad to Worse (1957); Sky Scrappers (1957); The Red Skelton Hour (1957); Cat in the Act (1957); Hide and Peak (1956); December Bride (1956); Producers' Showcase (1956); Washington Square (1956); Bulletin from Bertie (1956); Mousetro Herman (1956); Will Do Mousework (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); Mouseum (1956); The Man with the Golden Arm (1955); Ship A-Hooey (1954); Surf and Sound (1954); The Milton Berle Show (1953–1954); Northwest Mousie (1953); Robert Montgomery Presents (1953); Herman the Catoonist (1953); Hollywood Opening Night (1953); Of Mice and Magic (1953); Doc Corkle (1952); Mice-capades (1952); Cat Carson Rides Again (1952); The Billy Bean Show (1951); Cat Tamale (1951); Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1951); Search for Tomorrow (1951); Casper the Friendly Ghost - Casper Comes to Clown (1951); Two Gals and a Guy (1951); Land of Lost Watches (1951); Hold the Lion Please (1951); Mice Paradise (1951); Mice Meeting You (1950); Voice of the Turkey (1950); Saved by the Bell (1950); Starlight Theatre (1950); Expectant Father (1950); Campus Capers (1949); A Mutt in a Rut (1949); The Goldbergs (1954-1955); So This Is New York (1948); The Bored Cuckoo (1948); We're in the Honey (1948); The Circus Comes to Clown (1947); Naughty But Mice (1947); Much Ado About Mutton (1947); A Scout with the Gout (1947); Musica-Lulu (1947); Sudden Fried Chicken (1946); The Goal Rush (1946); Sheep Shape (1946); Bored of Education (1946); Cheese Burglar (1946); Laughter in Paris (1946); A Lamb in a Jam (1945); Beau Ties (1945); Scrappily Married (1945); Let's Go Steady (1945); Moving Aweigh (1944); I'm Just Curious (1944); Herman and Katnip (1944); Henpecked Rooster (1944); The Marry-Go-Round (1943); No Mutton fer Nuttin' (1943); The Hungry Goat (1943); They Got Me Covered (1943); Seven Days' Leave (1942); My Sister Eileen (1942); Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1976); Seven Days' Leave (1942); Please Won't You Leave My Girl Alone" (1942); Cool Cats in Interview Alley (2004); Reading Rainbow (1986–1995); Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991); Sesame Street: The Alphabet Game (1988); Blue Peter (1986); A Museum of Broadcasting Tribute: Milton Berle - Mr. Television (1985); The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera Arena Show (1981); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1970); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Jonathan Winters Show (1967–1968); How's Your Mother-in-Law? (1968); Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (1966); ABC's Nightlife (1965); That Regis Philbin Show (1965); You Don't Say (1963–1965); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962); Here's Hollywood (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960); The Arthur Murray Party (1951–1960); I've Got a Secret (1955–1959); The Ed Sullivan Show (1958–1959); The Patrice Munsel Show (1958); The Vic Damone Show (1957); Washington Square (1956–1957); Arthur Godfrey and His Friends (1957); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956); The Esther Williams Aqua Spectacle (1956); The Milton Berle Show (1950–1956); Hollywood Preview (1955); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1950–1955); What's My Line? (1955); The Name's the Same (1954); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953); The Sam Levenson Show (1952); Henry Morgan's Great Talent Hunt (1951); Robert Q's Matinee (1951); The Faye Emerson Show (1949); All Star Revue (1951); The Robert Q. Lewis Show (1950); The Bob Hope Show (1950); School House (1949).

Born on this day – Anne Meara Stiller:

Anne Meara Stiller

Actress

Comedian

September 20, 1929 – May 23, 2015

Born on this day – Erica Ash:

Erica Ash

Actress

Comedian

Singer

Model

September 19, 1977 – July 29, 2024

Credits:

25 Words or Less (2023); 25th Annual Trumpet Awards (2017); 26th Annual Trumpet Awards (2018); A Black Lady Sketch Show (2021); All About Our House (2001); All I Wish (2017); American Judy (2012); Anatomy of a Queen (2019); Aquaman: King of Atlantis (2021); Be Woke (2018); BET Experience: Celebrity Basketball Game (2018); Bless the Harts (2020); Bloody Roar 4 (2003); Cold Case (2009); Dish Nation (2017–2022); Donnie After Dark (2016); Electric Easy (2021); Extended Family (2024); Face Value (2017); Family Reunion (2019–2021); Good Morning America (2018); Hip Hop Squares (2017); Hollywood Health Report (2016); Home & Family (2015); Horror Noire (2021); I Can Smoke? (2011); In Contempt (2018); In the Flow with Affion Crockett (2011); Jean of the Joneses (2016); Kickback & Chat with Amber Pickens (2017); Kiki Mobile (2017); Kristy (2014); Life Stinks? (2012); Love on A Two Way Street (2020); Mad TV (2008–2009); Married at First Sight: Couples Couch (2023); Miss Me This Christmas (2017); Noches con Platanito (2015); Outlaw Johnny Black (2023); OWN Tonight (2017); Post Life (2016); Real Husbands of Hollywood (2013–2016); Red Eye w/Tom Shillue (2015); RnB Live Hollywood presents (2010–2011); RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2019); Sacrifice (2019 / 2021); Scary Movie V (2013); Shades of Blue (2016); Shenmue II (2001); Since When Do You Speak Japanese? (2019); Singleholic (2022); Sister Code (2015); Skin in the Game (2019); Soul Train Awards (2016); Soul Train Awards Post Show (2016); Survivor's Remorse (2014–2017); The 365Black Awards (2016); The 46th Annual NAACP Image Awards (2015); The Big Bend (2021); The Big Gay Sketch Show (2006–2008); The D.L. Hughley Show (2019); The Hollywood Moment (2021); The Real (2015–2018); The Top Ten Revealed (2020); Unbothered (2020); Uncle Drew (2018); Unthinkably Good Things (2022); VIOLET (2021); We Have a Ghost (2023); You Can't Fight Christmas (2017).

Born on this day – Peter Falk:

Peter Falk

Actor

Comedian

Artist

September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011

Born on this day – Mitzi McCall:

Mitzi McCall

Comedian

Actress

Writer

September 9, 1932 – August 8, 2024

Credits:

13 Queens Boulevard (1979); 7th Heaven (2002); 87th Precinct (1961); Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1997); ABC Afterschool Specials (1996); ALF (1986); Almost Perfect (1996); Alright Already (1997–1998); American Dad! (2008); Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits (2003); Beat the Clock (1980); Becker (1999); Biography (1998); Birds of a Feather (2010 / 2011); Bobby's World (1994); Candid Camera on Vacation (1990); Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1995); Caroline in the City (1998); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1975–1976); Chance of a Lifetime (1991); Charles in Charge (1987–1988); Chuck (2009); Clifford the Big Red Dog: Reading (2000); Clifford the Big Red Dog: Thinking Adventures (2000); Cow and Chicken (1997); Crimson Peak (2015); Darkwing Duck (1991); Deep Blood (1989); Della (1969); Dharma & Greg (2001); Dragnet (1990); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1994); Edtv (1999); Eight Is Enough (1979); Ellen (1996); Family (1978); Fred Flintstone and Friends (1977); Free for All (2003); Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure (2005); Gravedale High (1990); Gravity (1976); Gypsy (1967); Hannah Montana (2007); Hard Four (2007); Hence the Gray (2024); Here's Edie (1963–1964); Hey Arnold! (1998); Histeria! (1999); Honeymoon Suite (1972); Hot Line (1994); Ice Age (2002); It's Not Easy (1983); Junior High School (1978); Ladies' Man (1980–1981); Liar's Club (1977); Life Goes On (1991–1992); Limbo Lounge (2010); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Old-Fashioned Father; Love and the Private Eye (1972); Lucky Luke (1984); Machine-Gun Kelly (1958); Madman of the People (1995); Make the Scene (1965); Match Game (1974–1975); Maude (1974); Monster in My Pocket: The Big Scream (1992); Mother Goose and Grimm (1991–1992); Mr. Belvedere (1988); No More Heroes (2007); One Day at a Time (1978–1982); Operation: Entertainment (1969); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967–1968); Paw Paws (1985–1986); Playboy After Dark (1970); Port Charles (2001); Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness (1994); Regular Show (2011); Rhyme and Reason (1975–1976); Rocky Road (1986); Roseanne (1992); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968); Scoob! (2020); Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1983); Screen Test! (1965); Seinfeld (1994); Silk Stalkings (1993–1999); Small Wonder (1985); Snorks (1984–1985); Spider-Man 3 (2007); Stu's Show (2009); Svengali and the Blonde (1955); Tak 3: The Great Juju Challenge (2005); Tales from the Toilet (2015); TaleSpin (1991); Tattletales (1974–1977); The 100 Most Memorable TV Moments (2004); The Barbara McNair Show (1971); The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1992); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Cry Baby Killer (1958); The Dennis O'Keefe Show (1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1964); The Flintstone Comedy Hour (1972–1973); The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980); The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (1980–1981); The Girl with Something Extra (1974); The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2006); The Hollywood Palace (1970); The Insider (2014); The Jim Backus Show (1961); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969); The Johnny Cash Show (1969); The Lively Ones (1962); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1966–1969); The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1984); The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles (2014); The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them (1992); The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971–1972); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1955); The Ri¢hie Ri¢h/Scooby-Doo Show (1981); The Steve Allen Show (1968); The Stockard Channing Show (1980); The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2007); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966); The Twilight Zone (1960 / 1985); The Virginia Graham Show (1971); The Wild Thornberrys (2000); To Say the Least (1977); War of the Satellites (1958); White Palace (1990); World's Greatest Dad (2009); Yo Yogi! (1991); You're Never Too Young (1955).

Born on this day – Peter Sellers:

Peter Sellers

Actor

Comedian

September 8, 1925 – July 24, 1980

Born on this day – Sid Caesar:

Sid Caesar

Actor

Comedian

Writer

September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2014

Born on this day – Bob Newhart:

Bob Newhart

Actor

Comedian

September 5, 1929 – July 18, 2024

Credits:

Books and audio:

Behind the Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (1961); Bob Newhart (1980); Bob Newhart Faces Bob Newhart (1964); Button Down Concert: Bob Newhart (1997); Button-Down Concert (1997); Dino Gangs Dr. Philip J. Currie's New Science of Dinosaurs (2011); Hi Bob! (2018); I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This (2006); Masters (1973); Most Popular 3 Or Less Steps Super Quick And Super Easy Top Class 30 Greek Salad Recipes (2013); Off The Record (1995); Rescuers Read Along Book and Cassette (1989); Something Like This...: The Bob Newhart Anthology (2001); The Button Down Mind of Bob Newhart (1960); The Button-Down Mind On TV (1962); The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back! (1960); The Windmills are Weakening (1965); This is It! (1967).

Movies and television:

100 Greatest Stand-Ups (2007); 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time (2004); 1996 MTV Movie Awards (1996); 2013 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2013); 016 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2016); A Couple of Dons (1973); A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Hollywood (1967); A Last Laugh at the Sixties (1970); A Most Unusual Man (1993); A Tribute to Bob Saget: Laughter and Scleroderma (2022); Access Hollywood (2023); Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story (2002); All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra (1983); American Masters (2005–2012); Ask Jack! (2006); Aspel & Company (1985); Bathtubs Over Broadway (2018); Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023); Best of the Dean Martin Show (1979); Biography (1996–2001); Bob (1992–1993); Bob and Don: A Love Story (2023); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Bob Newhart Show 35 Year Reunion (2007); Bob Newhart: Button Down Concert (1992); Captain Nice (1967); Catch-22 (1970); CBS at 75 (2003); CBS Galaxy (1977); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2020); CBS: The First 50 Years (1998); Celebrity Bowling (1971–1976); Celebrity Tennis (1974); Chevrolet Presents the Golddiggers (1971); Circus of the Stars #6 (1981); Circus of the Stars #7 (1982); Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television (1996); Cold Turkey (1971); Comic Relief III (1989); Coming Attractions (2003); Committed (2005); Conan (2017–2021); Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend (2019); Dateline (1961–1977); Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy (2007); Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers (1968); Decisions! Decisions! (1971); Desperate Housewives (2005); Dinah! (1977); Don Adams' Screen Test (1975); Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking (1972); Don Rickles: One Night Only (2014); Don Rickles: Rickles on the Loose (1986); Donahue (1989); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Elf (2003); Emmy's Greatest Moments (2004); Entertainment Tonight (1986–2023); ER (2003); Everybody Loves Raymond (2002); Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man (2012); Extra (2014–2017); Film School for Kids (2004); First Family (1980); Five (2011); Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders (1984); Fractured Flickers (1964); Funny You Never Knew (2019); Game Show Moments Gone Bananas (2005); George & Leo (1997–1998); George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business (1983); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1969); Good Old Days Part II (1978); Great Performances (1985); Hell Is for Heroes (1962); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews (2010); History of the Sitcom (2021); Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (1992); Hollywood Priest: The Story of Fr. Bud Kieser (2021); Horrible Bosses (2011); Hot in Cleveland (2015); Hot Millions (1968); How They Made the North Pole (2004); In & Out (1997); Inside Comedy (2013); Inside Edition (2014 / 2015); Insight (1962–1979); Intimate Portrait (2002); It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1990); It's Your Bet (1970); Jack Paar Tonite (1973); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1971–1990); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2010–2014); Just for Laughs (1991); Just for Laughs: The Montreal International Comedy Festival (1990); King of Cool (2021); Ladies and Gentlemen... Bob Newhart, Part II (1981); Larry King Live (2002–2006); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2006); Late Night with David Letterman (1987–1990); Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2007); Laugh? I Thought I'd Die! (1999); Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003); Legend to Legend Night: A Celebrity Cavalcade (1993); Little Miss Marker (1980); Live at Mister Kelly's (2021); Mad Men (2007); Mad TV (2001); Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009); Marathon (1980); Molson Canadian Comedy Releaf (1991–1992); Montreal International Comedy Festival '94 (1994); Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007); Murphy Brown (1994); Must See TV: A Tribute to James Burrows (2016); NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002); NCIS (2011); Newhart (1982–1990); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Night of Too Many Stars (2017); Not Necessarily the News (1987); On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970); On Stage at the Kennedy Center: The Mark Twain Prize (2002); Once Upon a Studio (2023); Password (1964); People of the Year (1982); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1964–1966); Perry Como's Springtime Special (1975); Personality (1967); Pioneers of Television (2014); Playboy After Dark (1969); Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion (2002); Playboy's Penthouse (1959–1960); RCA's Opening Night (1973); Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1970); Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998); Salute to Stan Laurel (1965); Saturday Night Live (1980–1995); Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg (2005); Stars in the House (2021); Sunday Today with Willie Geist (2019); Super Night at the Super Bowl (1976); Super Password (1986–1988); Svengoolie (2012); Tattletales (1975–1977); Tavis Smiley (2006–2017); TCM Guest Programmer (2010); Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (1975); The 100 Most Memorable TV Moments (2004); The 100 Most Unexpected TV Moments (2005); The 12th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1960); The 14th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1962); The 20th Century: Yesterday's Tomorrows (1999); The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1971); The 24th Annual People's Choice Awards (1998); The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1987); The 3rd Annual Grammy Awards (1961); The 3rd Annual TV Land Awards (2005); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1997); The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2002); The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2006); The 61st Annual Grammy Awards (2019); The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards (2009); The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards (2013); The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards (2019); The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2020); The 8th Annual TV Land Awards (2010); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Andy Williams Show (1962–1966); The Andy Williams Show (1969); The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic (1991); The Best on Record (1965); The Big Bang Theory (2013–2018); The Bob Hope Show (1974); The Bob Newhart Show (1961–1962); The Bob Newhart Show (1972–1978); The Bob Newhart Show 19th Anniversary Special (1991); The Bob Newhart Show: Group Therapy (2014); The Bonnie Hunt Show (2008); The Carol Burnett Show (1971); The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion (1993); The Celebrity Game (1965); The Cheap Show (1978); The Daily Show (2003); The David Frost Show (1971); The Dean Martin Show (1965–1974); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1961); The Don Knotts Show (1971); The Don Rickles Show - Mr. Warmth (1975); The Don Rickles Show (1972); The Ed Sullivan Show (1960–1970); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003–2006); The Entertainers (1964); The Florence Henderson Show (2008–2009); The Garry Moore Show (1960–1962); The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969–1970); The Hollywood Palace (1964–1966); The Hour (2008); The Insider (2017); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2001); The Jackie Gleason Show (1968); The Jim Nabors Hour (1970); The Judy Garland Show (1963); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2014–2015); The Librarian III: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008); The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004); The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (2006); The Librarians (2014–2017); The Linkletter Show (1962); The Magical World of Disney (1977); The Merv Griffin Show (1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1966–1977); The Morning Show (2020); The Movies That Made Us (2020); The Paley Honors: A Special Tribute to Television's Comedy Legends (2019); The Prince and the Pauper (1990); The Rescuers (1977); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1998); The Rowan and Martin Special (1973); The Royal Variety Performance 1964 (1964); The Second Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (1994); The Seventies (2015); The Simpsons (1996); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1968–1969); The Sports Pages / Segment: How Doc Waddems Finally Broke 100 (2001); The Talk (2013); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960–1965); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1992); The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1995–2009); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2019); The Writers Guild Awards (1962); The Year in Memoriam (2017); This Is Your Life (1972); This Week (2006); Thursday's Game (1974); Today (2017); TV Land Landmarks: Breaking the Mold (2004); TV Land: Myths and Legends (2007); TV's 50 Funniest Catch Phrases (2009); TV's Funniest Game Show Moments (1984); Unforgettable Moments in Television Entertainment (2005); What's My Line? (1962); Who Makes the World Laugh? (1983); Wogan (1988); WTF with Marc Maron (2014–2018); Young Sheldon (2017–2020).

Born on this day – Chuck McCann:

Chuck McCann

Actor

Comedian

Puppeteer

Commercial presenter

Television host

September 2, 1934 – April 8, 2018

Chuck McCann, with Harry Hurwitz and Ina Balin, on set filming The Projectionist (1970).

Credits:

227 (1988); A Cry for Help (1975); A New Kind of Family (1979); A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988); A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy (2011); A Very Retail Christmas (1990); ABC Weekend Specials (1993); Adventure Time (2013–2015); Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1987–1990); All That Glitters (1977); All-New Dennis the Menace (1993); Animaniacs (1993); Arnold's Closet Revue (1971); Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1991); Baby's Imagination (2023); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / The Plane (1998); Blast-Off Buzzard (1977); Bonanza (1972); Bonkers (1993); Boston Legal (2007–2008); Bug City (1998); C B Bears (1977); C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979); Cagney & Lacey (1985); Cameron's Closet (1988); Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1990); Carpool (1983); Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (1990); CHiPs (1981); Christmas at F.A.O. Schwarz (1968); Christmas Comes to PacLand (1982); Citizen Jane (2009); Code Red (1982); Columbo (1973); Come Die with Me: A Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Mystery (1994); Cool McCool (1966–1967); Cover Up (1985); Darkwing Duck (1991); Dennis and Lois (2019); Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic (2023); Diff'rent Strokes (1985); Dorf da Bingo King (2001); Down to Earth (1985); Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995); Drak Pack (1980); Dream On (1994); Droopy: Master Detective (1993); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1996); DuckTales (1987–1990); DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990); DuckTales: Remastered (2013); Empty Nest (1992–1994); Fantastic Four: The Animated Series (1994–1996); Fantastic Max (1988–1989); Fantasy Island (1979); Far Out Space Nuts (1975); Flying High (1978); Foul Play (1978); Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo (1979–1980); Friend or Foe (2015–2017); G.I. Joe (1986); G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise! (1986); G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987); Galtar and the Golden Lance (1985–1986); Garfield and Friends (1988–1991); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2015); Gothic 3 (2006); Guns (1990); Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1986); Happy Days (1970–1976); Harry Nilsson: Loneliness (1984); Herbie Rides Again (1974); Here's Boomer (1981); Heroes of Might and Magic V (2006); Heyyy, It's the King! (1977); Hollywoods Spaßfabrik - Als die Bilder Lachen lernten (2014); Horrorween (2011); How to Break Up a Happy Divorce (1976); I Know That Voice (2013); If Things Were Different (1980); Invasion (1997); Iron Man (1994–1996); I've Got a Secret (1961); Jennifer on My Mind (1971); Kaufmania! (2020); Kibbee and Fitch (1973); King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (1992); Kirk (1995); Knight Rider (1985); Knots Landing (1989); Kojak (1974); Ladybugs (1992); Land's End (1996); Laurel & Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys (1992); Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic (2011); Likely Stories, Vol. 3 (1983); Linda Lovelace for President (1975); Little House on the Prairie (1974); Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman (2006); Lunch Wagon (1981); Mad About You (1998); Mae West (1982); Mathnet (1991); Matt Houston (1983–1985); McCann on McCool (2007); Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004); Monster Squad (1976); Night Club (2011); NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II (1998); On the Air (1992); One Day at a Time (1981–1982); Pac Preview Party (1982); Pac-Man (1982–1983); Pioneers of Television (2011); Plastic Man (1979–1980); Play It As It Lays (1972); Playboy Mid Summer Night's Dream Party 1985 (1985); Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion (2002); Playboy: Playmate Playoffs (1986); Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party (1979); Police Woman (1974–1976); Posse Impossible (1977); Pound Puppies (1986); Q N' A with Mikki and Shay (2013–2014); Ramblin'Man (1981); Random! Cartoons (2007–2009); Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1982); Ring Raiders (1989); Robin Hood: Men in Tights - Funny Men in Tights: Three Generations of Comedy (2009); Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993); Rodney Dangerfield: Opening Night at Rodney's Place (1989); Roma (1972); Rudy Coby: Ridiculously Dangerous (1996); Run, Joe, Run (1974); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1997); Safety Shoes (1965); Santa Barbara (1987–1988); Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1983); Sex and the Married Woman (1977); Shades of LA (1990); Shake, Rattle and Roll (1977); Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (1973–1975); Silent Movie (1976); Sinister Image (1987–1989); Sliders (1995); Snorks (1985); Some Jerk with a Camera / One Little Spark (2012); Space Stars (1981); Spencer's Pilots (1976); Spider-Man 3 (2007); Square One Television (1991); St. Elsewhere (1984); Starsky and Hutch (1976–1977); Storyville (1992); Stu's Show (2008–2013); Sunshine Porcupine (1980); Survival (1976); Switch (1977); Tales from the Darkside (1985); TaleSpin (1990–1991); That's Adequate (1989); The Actor's Journey (2011); The Actor's Journey for Kids (2011); The Animation Podcast (2018); The Aristocrats (2005); The Baxters (1979); The Bob Newhart Show (1973); The Charlie Weaver Show (1959); The Chevy Showroom Starring Andy Williams (1958); The Comeback Trail (1982); The David Frost Show (1971–1972); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Facts of Life (1987); The Garfield Show (2008–2013); The Garry Moore Show (1966); The Get Along Gang (1984); The Girl Most Likely to... (1973); The Girls Next Door (2007–2009); The Greatest American Hero (1982); The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968); The Incredible Hulk (1996); The Janitor (1995); The Jimmy Dean Show (1963); The John Gary Show (1968); The Krofft Supershow / Wonderbug (1976); The Lempke Brothers (2010); The Love Boat (1983); The Mac Davis Special (1975); The Magical World of Disney (1981); The Magical World of Disney (1989–1990); The Merv Griffin Show (1970–1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1972); The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988–1990); The New Shmoo (1979–1980); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1972); The New Woody Woodpecker Show (2000); The Paul Lynde Show (1972); The Plight of Cecil (2014); The Powerpuff Girls (2003); The Powerpuff Girls (2016); The Projectionist (1970); The Puppy's Further Adventures (1982); The Rockford Files (1977); The Rosebud Beach Hotel (1984); The Rousters (1983); The Smurfs (1989); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1959); The Tick (1996); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1968); The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (1995); The World of Hans Christian Andersen (1968); They Call Him Sasquatch (2003); They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way (1978); Those Were the Days (1980); Thrashin' (1986); Thundarr the Barbarian (1981); Tom & Jerry Kids Show (1992); Toxic Crusaders (1991); Toxic Crusaders: The Movie (1997); True Blue (1990); True Crime: New York City (2005); Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon (2008); Turn-on (1969); Undercover Elephant (1977); Up Yours (1979); Van Dyke and Company (1976); Walt Disney World EPCOT Center: A Souvenir Program (1983); What a Cartoon! (1996); Where's Waldo? (1991); Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Pooh Party (1994); Wonderbug (1976).

Born on this day – Isabel Sanford:

Isabel Sanford

Actress

Comedian

August 29, 1917 – July 9, 2004

Credits:

11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2005); 1995 MTV Movie Awards (1995); 50 Years of Television: A Celebration of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Golden Anniversary (1997); A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988); All in the Family (1971–1979); All Star Blitz (1985); All-Star Family Feud Special (1980); America 2-Night (1978); An Evening at the Improv (1990); Bewitched (1968); Body Language (1984–1985); Break the Bank (1977); CBS at 75 (2003); CBS Galaxy (1977); CBS: On the Air (1978); Circus of the Stars #7 (1982); Click Three Times (2000); Community (2009); Crazy Like a Fox (1986); Cybill (1996); Daniel Boone (1970); Dark Side of the '90s (2022); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Redd Foxx (1976); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Valerie Harper (1975); Dean's Place (1975); Dinah! (1977); Disney's Math Quest with Aladdin (1998); Donny & Marie (2000); Donny and Marie (1976); Dream On (1993); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1983–1986); Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967); Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1994); Hearts Are Wild (1992); Hickey & Boggs (1972); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Squares (2001–2003); I Am Not Your Negro (2016); In the House (1995); Inside TV Land (2002); Intimate Portrait (2003); Isabel's Honeymoon Hotel (1987); Jackie's Back! (1999); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1983); John & Leeza from Hollywood (1993); Kids Are People, Too (1979); Kojak (1974); Lady Sings the Blues (1972); Laugh? I Thought I'd Die! (1999); Living Single (1993); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994); Love at First Bite (1979); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Perfect Wedding; Love and the Baby (1971–1972); Mafia! (1998); Match Game (1976); Match Game PM (1976); Maury (1991); Mod Squad (1968); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Norman Lear: A Life on Television (2023); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); Of Black America (1968); Original Gangstas (1996); Pendulum (1969); Pepper Ann (1998); Pete 'n' Tillie (1972); Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog (1989); Reading Rainbow (1985); Relatively Speaking (1988); RerunIt: Some Things Are Worth Repeating (2018); Roseanne (1995); Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017); Saturday Night Live (1976); See It Loud: The History of Black Television (2023); South Beach (1993); Sprung (1997); Stand Up and Be Counted (1972); Star Search (1984); Steigler and Steigler (1980); Storybook Squares (1976); Supertrain (1979); Tattletales (1984); Teen Angel (1997); That's TV (1982); The 11th Annual Black Achievement Awards (1990); The 1st Annual American Comedy Awards (1987); The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame (1984); The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards (2004); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1981); The 34th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1982); The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards (1984); The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1984); The 4th Annual Black Achievement Awards (1983); The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2004); The 6th Annual Black Achievement Awards (1985); The 7th Annual People's Choice Awards / TV Special (1981); The Ben Stiller Show (1995); The Carol Burnett Show (1968–1977); The Comedy Shop (1978); The Comic (1969); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Evel Knievel (1975); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Muhammad Ali (1976); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1995–1996); The Fuzz Brothers (1973); The Great American Quiz Show (1987); The Great Man's Whiskers (1972); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1976–1980); The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1978); The Howard Stern Show (1992); The Interns (1971); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2002); The Jeffersons (1975–1985); The John Davidson Show (1981); The Late Show (1986); The Love Boat (1980–1983); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1978); The New Centurions (1972); The New Hollywood Squares (1986–1987); The New Mike Hammer (1986); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1973); The Parkers (2001); The Paul Kent Show (1999); The Photographer (1974); The Red, White, and Black (1970); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1998); The Shape of Things (1982); The Simpsons (2004); The Steve Harvey Show (1996); The Young and the Restless (2002); The Young Runaways (1968); This Is Your Life (1984); Time & Again (2000); Tony Orlando and Dawn (1975); Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals 4 (2000); TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003); TV's Greatest Sidekicks (2004); Unsung Hollywood (2017); Up the Sandbox (1972); Vega$ (1978); Vicki! (1992–1993); Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972); You Are the Jury (1986).

Born on this day – Matthew Perry:

Matthew Perry

Actor

Comedian

Producer

Writer

August 19, 1969 – October 28, 2023

Born on this day – Angus Scrimm:

Angus Scrimm

Actor

Comedian

Writer

August 19, 1926 – January 9, 2016

Credits:

Dances with Werewolves (2017); Dear Angus (Tribute to the Tall Man) (2017); Phantasm Extinction (2017); Tall Tales (2017); The Bucket (2017); Phantasm: Ravager (2016); Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories (2016); No Sleep TV3 (2016); Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story (2015); Phantasm Panel: Texas Frightmare Weekend 2015 (2015); Terrordrome: Rise of the Boogeymen (2015); Disciples (2014); The Trick Is the Treat (2013); The Ball Is Back! The Making of Phantasm II (2013); House of Good and Evil (2013); John Dies at the End (2012); The Innkeepers (2011); Femme Fatales (2011); Tales from Beyond the Pale (2010); Satan Hates You (2010); Spaceman on Earth (2009); I Sell the Dead (2008); Red 71 (2008); Scare Me: Behind the Screams (2007); Working with a Master: Don Coscarelli (2006); Automatons (2006); Robert and Theresa (2006); Satanic (2006); Phandom (2005); Phantasmagoria (2005); Hollywood Horror (2005); Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! (2005); Masters of Horror (2005); Alias (2001–2005); The Off Season (2004); Monsters Gone Wild! (2004); Coupling (2003); The Jersey (2003); Legend of the Phantom Rider (2002); The Nightmare Room (2001); Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation (2001); FreakyLinks (2001); Bel Air (2000); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / The Gravedigger's Nemesis (1999); Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998); Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America! (1997); Wishmaster (1997); Vampirella (1996); Bone Chillers (1996); Fatal Frames (1996); Munchie Strikes Back (1994); Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994); Deadfall (1993); The Famous Monsters 1993 World Convention Souvenir Video (1993); Munchie (1992); Mindwarp (1991); Subspecies (1991); VideoZone (1991); The Dead Beat Volume 1 (1990); The Nutt House (1989); Transylvania Twist (1989); Phantasm II (1988); Chopping Mall (1986); First Strike (1984); Trapper John, M.D. (1984); The Lost Empire (1984); The Magical World of Disney (1981); Witches' Brew (1980); Salvage 1 (1979); Phantasm (1979); Secrets of Three Hungry Wives (1978); Project U.F.O. (1978); Quincy M.E. (1978); A Piece of the Action (1977); Jim, the World's Greatest (1975); Life or Death - EMT First Responders (1973); Scream Bloody Murder (1973); Sweet Kill (1972); Abraham Lincoln (1951).