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Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Born on this day – Damita Jo DeBlanc:


Damita Jo DeBlanc


Actress

Comedian

Singer

August 5, 1930 – December 25, 1998

Credits:

Albums:

Damita Jo at the Diplomat (1962); Damita Jo Sings (1965); Go Go with Damita Jo (1965); If You Go Away (1967); I’ll Save the Last Dance for You (1961); Midnight Session (1966); Miss Damita Jo (1968); Sing a Country Song (1962); The Big Fifteen (1961); This Is Damita Jo (1965); This One’s for Me (1963).

Movies and television:

ABC’s Nightlife (1965); Allen Ludden’s Gallery (1969); Bandstand (1963); Calypso Heat Wave (1957); Damita Jo - The Lady is a Tramp / DVD (2009); Dom kallar oss raggare (2021); Fanfare (1965); George Jessel’s Here Come the Stars (1968); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Perry Como’s Kraft Music Hall (1962); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Ed Sullivan Show (1962); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Lively Ones (1962); The Lloyd Thaxton Show (1965); The Merv Griffin Show (1968); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1977); The Peter Martin Show (1968); The Rosey Grier Show (1969); The Scoey Mitchlll Show (1972); The Steve Allen Show (1968); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963); You Asked for It (1951).

Sunday, July 26, 2026

Born on this day – Gracie Allen:


Gracie Allen


Vaudevillian

Singer

Actress

Comedian

July 26, 1895 – August 27, 1964

Credits:

100% Service (1931); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); 5th Annual TV Academy Hall of Fame (1989); A Damsel in Distress (1937); American Masters (1997–2017); America's Clown: An Intimate Biography of Red Skelton (2014); Biography (2002); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Classic Comedy Teams (1986); Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television (1996); Climax! (1956); College Holiday (1936); College Humor (1933); College Swing (1938); Dumb, Dumber & Dumbest (1995); Fit to Be Tied (1930); Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984); Here Comes Cookie (1935); Hit Celebrity TV Commercials (2004); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hollywood Couples (2000); Hollywood on Parade No. A-2 (1932); Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933); Honolulu (1939); International House (1933); Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special (1970); Lambchops (1929); Larry King Live (2003); Legends of Comedy (1992); Let's Dance (1933); Love in Bloom (1935); Many Happy Returns (1934); Meet the Stars #3: Variety Reel #1 (1941); Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices (2008); Mr. and Mrs. North (1942); Murphy Brown (1989); Oh, My Operation (1931); Olympic Fund Telethon (1952); Once Over, Light (1931); Our World (1987); Patents Pending (1932); Paul Henning & The Hillbillies (2005); Paul Merton's Palladium Story (1994); Pioneers of Primetime (1995); Pioneers of Television (2014); Pulling a Bone (1931); Screen Snapshots Series 33, No. 10: Hollywood Grows Up (1954); Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (1952); Shower of Stars (1955); Six of a Kind (1934); Stars in the Eye (1952); Startime (1959); Stu's Show (2023); Television (1988); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); The 8th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1956); The Actor's Society Benefit Gala (1949); The Antique Shop (1931); The Babbling Book (1932); The Big Broadcast (1932); The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935); The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936); The Bob Cummings Show (1957); The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1957); The Factor (2008); The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (1993); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950–1958); The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939); The Great Man: W.C. Fields (2005); The Great Radio Comedians (1972); The Great Standups (1984); The History of Comedy (2017); The Hollywood Palace (1982); The Jack Benny Program (1952–1964); The Jackie Gleason Show (1957); The World Our Stage (1957); This Is Your Life (1955); Two Girls and a Sailor (1944); Walking the Baby (1933); We're Not Dressing (1934); What's My Line? (1954); What's My Line? At 25 (1975); Your Hat (1932).

Saturday, July 25, 2026

Born on this day – Estelle Getty:


Estelle Getty


Actress

Comedian

July 25, 1923 – July 22, 2008

Credits:

15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2009); 1996 MTV Movie Awards (1996); 5x5 (2014); A Match Made in Heaven (1997); An Evening at the Improv (1990); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2019); Baker's Dozen (1982); Betty White: First Lady of Television (2018); Betty White: Pure Gold (2022); Bij van Duin op de achterbank (2024); Biography (2003); Blossom (1991); Brotherly Love (1996); Cagney & Lacey (1984); CBS Mornings (1987 / 2014); Celebrities Uncensored (2004); City (1990); CNN Showbiz Today (1986); Comic Relief (1986); Comic Relief '87 (1987); Commitment to Life (2023); Copacabana (1985); Dead Mall (2015); Deadly Force (1983); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1997); Empty Nest (1988–1995); Entertainment Tonight (1992–2022); Entertainment USA (1986); Fame, Fortune and Romance (1986); Fantasy Island (1984); Funny Women of Television (1991); Game Show Moments Gone Bananas (2005); Golden Girls: Ageless (2021); Golden Globe Awards (1992); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hollywood Squares (1998); Hotel (1984); Hour Magazine (1987–1988); Inside the Actors Studio (2010); Intimate Portrait (2000–2003); It's Like, You Know... (2001); La imagen de tu vida (2006); Ladies Man (2000); Las 50 imágenes de nuestra vida (2006); Live with Kelly and Mark (1988–1993); Mad About You (1997); Mannequin (1987); Mask (1985); Maury (1992); Memòries de la tele (2007); Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988); NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration (1986); Newhart (1985); Night of 100 Stars III (1990); Nightlife (1986); No Man's Land (1984); Nurse (1981); Nurses (1993); One of the Boys (1982); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Roomies (1987); Sly (2023); Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992); Stuart Little (1999); Super Password (1987); Team-Mates (1978); The 12th Annual People's Choice Awards (1986); The 13th Annual People's Choice Awards (1987); The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards (1991); The 2nd Annual American Comedy Awards (1988); The 32th Annual Thalians Ball (1987); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1987); The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1988); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1990); The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 1986 (1986); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1991 (1991); The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (2008); The 6th Annual American Comedy Awards (1992); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989); The Crew (1995); The Earth Day Special (1990); The Fanelli Boys (1991); The Generation Game (1995–1997); The Geraldo Rivera Show (1996); The Golden Girls (1985–1992); The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments (2003); The Golden Palace (1992–1993); The John Larroquette Show (1996); The Late Show (1986); The Magical World of Disney (1989); The Making of 'Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot' (1992); The Marsha Warfield Show (1990); The Merv Griffin Show (1985); The Million Dollar Kid (2000); The Nanny (1998); The NBC All Star Hour (1985); The New Hollywood Squares (1986); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996–1998); The Royal Variety Performance 1988 (1988); The Sissy Duckling (1999); This Is Your Life (1987); Tootsie (1982); Touched by an Angel (1996); TV Tales (2002); TV's All-Time Funniest: A Paley Center for Media Special (2008); TV's Greatest Sidekicks (2004); Un dia és un dia (1990); Vicki! (1992); Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story (1984); Wogan (1990).

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Born on this day – Robin Williams:


Robin Williams


Actor

Comedian

July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014

Credits:

A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out (1992); A Wish for Wings That Work (1991); A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001); Absolutely Anything (2015); Aladdin (1992); Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996); Aladdin on Ice (1995); America 2-Night (1978); American Idol (2008); An All-Star Toast to the Improv (1988); An Evening at the Improv (1981); An Evening with Robin Williams (1983); August Rush (2007); Awakenings (1990); A Merry Friggin’ Christmas (2014); Back to Neverland (1989); Being Human (1994); Bicentennial Man (1999); Bobby McFerrin: Don’t Worry, Be Happy (1988); Boulevard (2014); Cadillac Man (1990); Can I Do It ‘Till I Need Glasses? (1977); Cinemax Comedy Experiment (1986); Club Paradise (1986); Comic Relief (1986); Dead Again (1991); Dead Poets Society (1989); Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987); Death to Smoochy (2002); Deconstructing Harry (1997); Disney’s Math Quest with Aladdin (1998); Eight Is Enough (1977); Everyone’s Hero (2006); Faerie Tale Theatre (1982); Fathers’ Day (1997); FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992); Flubber (1997); Freedom: A History of US (2003); Friends (1997); Good Morning, Vietnam (1987); Good Will Hunting (1997); Hamlet (1996); Happy Days (1978–1979); Happy Feet (2006); Happy Feet Two (2011); Homicide: Life on the Street (1994); Hook (1991); House of D (2004); In Search of Dr. Seuss (1994); Insomnia (2002); Jack (1996); Jakob the Liar (1999); Jimmy Kimmel & Ben Affleck: I’m Fucking Ben Affleck (2008); Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge (1987); Jumanji (1995); L.A. Doctors (1999); Laugh-In (1977–1978); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2008); License to Wed (2007); Louie (2012); Man of the Year (2006); Mork & Mindy (1978–1982); Mork & Mindy / Laverne & Shirley / Fonz Hour (1982); Moscow on the Hudson (1984); Mrs. Doubtfire (1993); Mrs. Doubtfire: Deleted Scenes (2003); Night at the Museum (2006); Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009); Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014); Nine Months (1995); Noel (2004); Old Dogs (2009); On Location: The Comedy Store’s 11th Anniversary Show (1983); One Hour Photo (2002); One Saturday Morning (1998); Out of the Blue (1979); Patch Adams (1998); Popeye (1980); Portrait of a White Marriage (1988); Pryor’s Place (1984); Rabbit Ears: Pecos Bill (1988); World’s Greatest Dad (2009); Rabbit Ears: The Fool and the Flying Ship (1991); Robin Williams Live on Broadway (2002); Robin Williams: An Evening at the Met (1986); Robin Williams: Elmer Fudd Sings Bruce Springsteen (1983); Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction (2009); Robots (2005); RV (2006); Saturday Night Live (2010); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Robin Williams (1991); SCTV Network (1982); Seize the Day (1986); Shakes the Clown (1991); Shrink (2009); Sorority ‘62 (1978); SpongeBob SquarePants (2009); The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988); The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014); The Best of Times (1986); The Big Wedding (2013); The Big White (2005); The Birdcage (1996); The Butler (2013); The Crazy Ones (2013–2014); The Earth Day Special (1990); The Earth Day Special (1990); The Face of Love (2013); The Final Cut (2004); The Fisher King (1991); The Larry Sanders Show (1994); The Night Listener (2006); The Richard Pryor Show (1977); The Rutles 2: Can’t Buy Me Lunch (2003); The Secret Agent (1996); The Survivors (1983); The Timekeeper (1992); The World According to Garp (1982); The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion (1986); To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995); Toys (1992); What Dreams May Come (1998); Wilfred (2012).

Friday, July 17, 2026

Born on this day – Mimi Hines:


Mimi Hines


Actress

Singer

Comedian

July 17, 1933 – October 21, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

Mimi Hines Sings (1966); Mimi Hines is a Happening (1966).

Movies and television:

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); Canada After Dark (1978); Celebrity Bowling (1971–1972); Dean Martin Presents: The Bobby Darin Amusement Co. (1972); Des O'Connor Tonight (1980); Fake-Out (1982); Frasier (1999); He Said, She Said (1970); It's Your Bet (1971–1972); I've Got a Secret (1966); Jack Paar Tonite (1973); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1975); Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On (2019); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Wig (1971); On Parade (1964); Operation: Entertainment (1969); Password (1967); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Personality (1969); Play Your Hunch (1960); Saturday Night in Apple Valley (1965); Snap Judgment (1967); Summer Playhouse (1964); The 20th Annual Tony Awards (1966); The Bob Braun Show (1977–1982); The Bobby Darin Show (1973); The Carson Podcast (2019); The David Frost Show (1971); The Dean Martin Show (1965); The Ed Sullivan Show (1959–1966); The Game Game (1970); The Garry Moore Show (1963); The Hollywood Palace (1964); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1971); The Jimmy Dean Show (1963–1965); The Joe Franklin Show (1978); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969); The Merv Griffin Show (1965–1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1962–1972); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (2002); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1958–1963); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1964–1972); The Ugily Family (1980); The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow' (1968); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1963); Vaudeville (1976); You Don't Say (1963–1969).

Monday, June 29, 2026

Born on this day – Richard Lewis:


Richard Lewis


Actor

Writer

Comedian

June 29, 1947 – February 27, 2024

Credits:

100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time (2004); 1989 MTV Video Music Awards (1989); 1990 MTV Video Music Awards (1990); 25 Things You Didn't Know About Curb Your Enthusiasm (2010); 5th Annual Prism Awards (2001); 7th Heaven (2002–2004); A Comedy Salute to Andy Kaufman (1995); A Weekend in the Country (1996); AFI Life Achievement Award (2013); Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind (1990); Alias (2003); All About Anything But Love (2007); American Bandstand's 40th Anniversary Special (1992); American Masters (1996–2013); An All-Star Toast to the Improv (1988); An American Saturday Night (1991); An Evening at the Improv (1981); Anything But Love (1989–1992); BelzerVizion (2007); Biography (1995–2012); Blunt Talk (2015); BoJack Horseman (2018); Bucky and the Squirrels (2015); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Celebrity Profile (1998); Charlie Rose (2015); Christmas Magic (2019); Code Black (2016); Comedy Club Superstars (1996); Comic Relief '87 (1987); Comic Relief III (1989); Comic Relief IV (1990); Comic Relief V (1992); Comic Relief VII (1995); Confessions of an Action Star (2005); Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000–2024); Curb: The Discussion (2010); Daddy Dearest (1993); Dennis Miller Live (1995); Diary of a Young Comic (1979); Dinner for Five (2003–2004); Dom Irrera Live (2013); Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1997); Drunks (1995); E! True Hollywood Story (2002–2005); Emily @ the Edge of Chaos (2021); Everybody Hates Chris (2006); Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man (2012); Free to Laugh: A Comedy and Music Special for Amnesty International (1992); Funny or Die Presents... (2010); Game Day (1999); Gangsta Waitress (2014); George Burns' 95th Birthday Party (1991); George Lopez (2005); Get Serious (1995); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2017); Golden Globe Awards (1992); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1997); Harry (1987); HBO Comedy Hour (1987); Hercules (1999); Heroes of Jewish Comedy (2003); History of Curb Your Enthusiasm: Even Further (2006); History of Curb Your Enthusiasm: So Far (2006); Hollywood Squares (2000–2002); House Calls (1981); House of a Lifetime: Richard Lewis (2014); Howard Stern in Howard Stern (1994–2001); Howard Stern on Demand (2006–2008); Hugo Pool (1997); Inside Comedy (2014); A.J.'s Time Travelers (1995); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2017); John & Leeza from Hollywood (1993); Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm (1999); Las Vegas (2005); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995–2008); Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993); Late Night with David Letterman: 6th Anniversary Special (1988); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2012); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2015); Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2008); Later with Bob Costas (1989); Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians (2001); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2008); Leaving Las Vegas (1995); Lewis on Film: The Oscar Edition (2011); Limp Bizkit: Break Stuff (2000); Live with Kelly and Mark (1992–1999); Looking for Lenny (2011); Mad TV (2000); Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009); Mantle (2005); Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis (2011); Mike & Mike (2015); Misery Loves Comedy (2015); Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007); Mtv Spring Break '86 (1986); Never Not Funny (2006); Once Upon a Crime... (1992); PlanetE! Entertainment Network (2017); Politically Incorrect (1997); Pound Puppies (2011); Presidio Med (2002); Richard Lewis & Keven Nealons Top 10 Picks (1997); Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed (1990); Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed (1990); Richard Lewis: The Magical Misery Tour (1996); Riptide (1986); Robert Klein Still Can't Stop His Leg (2016); Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993); Rock Concert (1975–1976); Rude Awakening (1997–1998); Sandy Wexler (2017); Showbiz Today (1994); Snickers Commercial (2014); Sunset Strip (2012); Tales from the Crypt (1994); Tattinger's (1988); TCM Guest Programmer (2009); Temporary Insanity (1985); That's Adequate (1989); The 10th Annual National CableACE Awards (1989); The 12th Annual CableACE Awards (1991); The 13th Annual CableACE Awards (1992); The 14th Annual Young Comedians Special (1991); The 416th (1979); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1990); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The 6th Annual Young Comedians (1981); The Alan Hamel Show (1978); The A-List (1992); The Aristocrats (2005); The Beat with Ari Melber (2017); The Best Damn Sports Show Period (2004); The Cleaner (2009); The Comedians' Comedian (2005); The Comedy Store (2020); The Daily Buzz (2005); The Daily Show (1996–2015); The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story (1992); The Dead Zone (2004); The Dick Cavett Show (1990); The Drug Years (2006); The Elevator (1996); The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (1993); The Great Buster (2018); The Green Room with Paul Provenza (2011); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1978); The Howard Stern Interview (1993); The Howard Stern Radio Show (2001); The Howard Stern Show (1992); The I'm Exhausted Concert (1988); The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall (2013); The Larry Sanders Show (1993); The Last Party (1993); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2008–2011); The Maze (1997); The Merv Griffin Show (1977); The Mike Douglas Show (1975); The Morning Program (1987); The New Hollywood Squares (1986–1987); The One, the Only... Groucho (1991); The Richard Lewis 'I'm in Pain' Concert (1985); The Roseanne Show (1998); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996); The Simpsons (2006); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974–1992); The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993–2001); The View (2005–2013); The World of Jewish Humor (1990); The World's Greatest Comedy Characters (2007); The Wrong Guys (1988); 'Til Death (2009–2010); Today (1979); Tribeca (1993); Two and a Half Men (2004); Unite for Japan (2011); V.I.P. (1999); Vamps (2012); Wagons East (1994); WGN Morning News (2017–2018); What About... with Danny Nucci & Jason M. Burns (2023); When Stand-Up Comics Ruled the World (2004); WTF with Marc Maron (2011–2015).

Books:

The Other Great Depression (2000); Reflections From Hell: Richard Lewis' Guide on How Not to Live (2015).

Sunday, June 28, 2026

Born on this day – Gilda Radner:


Gilda Radner


Actress

Comedian

Writer

Singer

June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989

Credits:

101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments (2004); 4th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1977); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); 90 Minutes Live (1978); A Company of Players (2008); An SNL Valentine (2015); Animalympics (1980); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2020); Belushi (2020); Best of Schiller's Reel (1994); Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda (1979); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2018); Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives (2017); Dark Side of Comedy (2023); Dinah! (1975); Dr. Zonk and the Zunkins (1974); Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead (2015); E! True Hollywood Story (1997–2007); Entertainment Tonight (2015–2016); First Family (1980); Free to Be... a Family (1988); Friends of Gilda (1993); Funny Women of Television (1991); Gene Wilder: Loved, Remembered (2017); Gilda Live (1980); Gilda Radner: It's Always Something (2002); Gilda Radner's Greatest Moments (2002); Good Morning America (1979); Hanky Panky (1982); Haunted Honeymoon (1986); Hour Magazine (1983); I Am Chris Farley (2015); It Came from Hollywood (1982); It's Garry Shandling's Show (1988); Jack: A Flash Fantasy (1974); Jay Sebring.... Cutting to the Truth (2020); Late Night with David Letterman (1983–1986); Life with Jeannie (2013); Live from New York! (2015); Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005); Love, Gilda (2018); Making Trouble (2007); Movers & Shakers (1985); Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979); Postcards from the Edge (1990); Reading Rainbow (1985); Remembering Gene Wilder (2023); Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective (1979); Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008); Saturday Night Live (1975–2014); Saturday Night Live 25 (1999); Saturday Night Live Backstage (2011); Saturday Night Live Christmas Special (1999–2019); Saturday Night Live Goes Commercial (1991); Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (1989); Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015); Saturday Night Live: Game Show Parodies (2000); Saturday Night Live: Just Shorts (2009); Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash (1992); Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving (2013); Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving Special (2014); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies (2006); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd (2005); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Gilda Radner (2005); Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi (2005); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Steve Martin (1998); Second City: First Family of Comedy (2006); Since '45 (1979); SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (2009); SNL Remembers John Belushi (2002); SNL: 25 Years of Music (1999); Stealing Time (2009); Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces (2024); Tenth Annual Entertainer of the Year Awards (1980); The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1977); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 34th Annual Tony Awards (1980); The Best of Chevy Chase (1987); The Best of Dan Aykroyd (1986); The Best of Gilda Radner (1989); The Best of John Belushi (1985); The Best of Saturday Night Live: Candice Bergen (1993); The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man (2018); The Collaborators (1974); The Eighties (2016); The Gift of Winter (1974); The History of Comedy (2017–2018); The Insider (2015); The Last Detail (1973); The Making of 'the Woman in Red' (1984); The Making of 'Tron' (2002); The Movies (2019); The Muppet Show (1978); The Music for UNICEF Concert: A Gift of Song (1979); The New Show (1984); The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978); The Seventies (2015); The Story of Late Night (2021); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1983); The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2019–2020); The Winds of Whoopie (1983); The Woman in Red (1984); The Women of SNL (2010); The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling (2018); Things We Did Last Summer (1978); Today (1980); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1975); Willie Nelson & Family (2023); Witch's Night Out (1978).

Thursday, June 25, 2026

Born on this day – Charlotte Greenwood:


Charlotte Greenwood


Actress

Comedian

Dancer

June 25, 1890 – December 28, 1977

Credits:

Animated Weekly, No. 73 (1913); Baby Mine (1928); Banda sonora (2008); Cheaters at Play (1932); Dangerous When Wet (1953); Diminishing Returns (2019); Dixie Dugan (1943); Down Argentine Way (1940); Driftwood (1947); First Man (2018); Flying High (1931); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); Girls Will Be Boys (1931); Glory (1956); Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); Home in Indiana (1944); Jackie Cooper's Birthday Party (1931); Jane (1915); Love Your Neighbor (1930); Miss George Washington (1916); Moon Over Miami (1941); Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949); Oklahoma! (1955); Orders Is Orders (1933); Palmy Days (1931); Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931); Peggy (1950); So Long Letty (1929); So This Is College (1929); Springtime in the Rockies (1942); Star Dust (1940); Starland Review No. 2 (1922); Starland Review No. 4 (1922); Stepping Out (1931); Stepping Some (1918); Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941); The Best of the Post (1961); The Christmas Party (1931); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Gang's All Here (1943); The Great Dan Patch (1949); The Man in Possession (1931); The Opposite Sex (1956); The Perfect Snob (1941); The Sound of Laughter (1963); The Starland Review (1922); Up in Mabel's Room (1944); Wake Up and Dream (1946); Young People (1940).

Monday, June 22, 2026

Born on this day – Dorothy Devore:


Dorothy Devore


Actress

Comedian

June 22, 1899 – September 10, 1976

Credits:

Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 3: Funny Girls (1998); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); Miracle on Main Street (1939); Take the Heir (1930); Auntie's Mistake (1929); Misplaced Husbands (1928); Companionate Service (1928); Rah! Rah! Rah! (1928); Circus Blues (1928); Cutie (1928); The Little Rube (1927); Kilties (1927); Better Days (1927); Up in Arms (1927); Mountains of Manhattan (1927); The Wrong Mr. Wright (1927); The First Night (1927); Money to Burn (1926); No Babies Wanted (1926); Senor Daredevil (1926); The Social Highwayman (1926); The Gilded Highway (1926); The Man Upstairs (1926); The Midnight Flyer (1925); Three Weeks in Paris (1925); His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1925); Fighting the Flames (1925); How Baxter Butted In (1925); A Broadway Butterfly (1925); The Prairie Wife (1925); Who Cares (1925); The Narrow Street (1925); The Tomboy (1924); Hold Your Breath (1924); Getting Gertie's Goat (1924); Stay Single (1924); Kidding Katie (1923); When Odds Are Even (1923); Navy Blues (1923); Pick and Shovel (1923); Winter Has Came (1923); Babies Welcome (1923); Hazel from Hollywood (1923); Chop Suey (1922); Let 'Er Run (1922); Mile-a-Minute Mary (1922); Fair Enough (1922); One Stormy Knight (1922); Saving Sister Susie (1921); Paying Patients (1921); Nothing Like It (1921); Sneakers (1921); The Magnificent Brute (1921); Naughty Mary Brown (1921); The Reckless Sex (1921); Man vs. Woman (1921); Mind Your Business (1921); Movie Mad (1921); Call a Cop (1920); Should Husbands Dance (1920); 45 Minutes from Broadway (1920); Seven Bald Pates (1920); Biff Bang Bomb (1920); A Home Made Hero (1920); Her Perfect Husband (1920); Should a Wife Come Back? (1920); Neat But Not Gaudy (1920); All Jazzed Up (1920); No Babies Allowed (1920); Nearly Newlyweds (1920); It Takes a Crook (1920); Should a Husband Tell? (1920); Twas Midnight (1919); Her Bear Escape (1919); A Flirt There Was (1919); Love in a Hurry (1919); Anybody's Widow (1919); A Cheerful Liar (1919); A Full House (1919); All in the Swim (1919); Kiss the Bride (1919); Oh, Susie, Be Careful (1919); Too Many Wives (1919); Lost: A Bridegroom (1919); Marrying Molly (1919); Brides for Two (1919); Oh, What a Night! (1919); Bobby Comes Marching Home (1919); Welcome Home (1919); Four of a Kind (1919); Salvation Sue (1919); The Girl Dodger (1919); You Couldn't Blame Her (1919); Marry My Wife (1919); Good Gracious, Bobby (1919); Sing, Rosa, Sing! (1919); How's Your Husband? (1919); Know Thy Wife (1918); Swat the Flirt (1918); String Beans (1918); Camping Out (1918); Maid Wanted (1918); The Price of a Rotten Time (1918); Frenzied Film (1918); Please Hit Me (1918); The Law of the North (1918); The Extra Bridegroom (1918); The House Cleaning Horrors (1918).

Sunday, June 21, 2026

Born on this day – Joe Flaherty:


Joe Flaherty


Actor

Writer

Comedian

June 21, 1941 – April 1, 2024

Credits:

1941 (1979); A Dairy Tale (2004); A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2002); A Pig's Tale (1994); American Dad! (2009); An Afternoon with SCTV; Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004); Back to the Beanstalk (1990); Back to the Future Part II (1989); Baloney (1988–1989); Belushi (2020); Biography (1995); Blue Monkey (1987); By Design (1981); Call Me Fitz (2012); Canada After Dark (1979); Cartoon Planet (1997); Caution: May Contain Nuts (2008–2010); CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival (2008); CBS Summer Playhouse (1988); Chilly Beach (2005); Clone High (2002–2003); Club Paradise (1986); Contempt of Court (1998); Count Floyd (1982); Crazy for Christmas (2005); Dave Thomas: The Incredible Time Travels of Henry Osgood (1986); Detroit Rock City (1999); Dinosaurs (1993–1994); Distinguished Artists (2005); Double Negative (1980); Dream On (1996); Ellen (1996); eTalk Daily (2007); Even Stevens (2001); Family Guy (2008–2011); Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare (1995); Follow That Bird (1985); Frasier (2002); Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000); Freddy Got Fingered (2001); Friends of Gilda (1993); From Cleveland (1980); George Burns Comedy Week (1985); Go Fish (2001); Going Berserk (1983); Gold Turkey (1975); Happy Gilmore (1996); Hardball (1994); Heavy Metal (1981); Home on the Range (2004); I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood (1989); I, Martin Short, Goes Home (2012); Imagining Heavy Metal (1999); Innerspace (1987); Johnny Dangerously (1984); Kid Safe: The Video (1988); King of Kensington (1978); Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1991); Little Dracula (1991); Looking for Miracles (1989); Making Real Funny Home Videos (1990); Maniac Mansion (1990–1993); Married... with Children (1989); Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas (1985); Maybe It's Me (2002); Mentors (2000); Monsters (1990); Monstervision (1999); Morton & Hayes (1991); My Talk Show (1990); National Security (2003); Nightlife (2014); Nothing Personal (1980); Nurses (1994); One Crazy Summer (1986); Partners in Life (1990); Phenom (1994); Phil the Alien (2004); Playboy After Dark (1969); Police Academy: The Series (1997–1998); Primetime Glick (2001); Puppets Who Kill (2004); Really Weird Tales / All's Well that Ends Strange / Cursed with Charisma / I'll Die Loving (1986); Rebel Highway (1994); Rio Loco (2004); Royal Canadian Air Farce (2002); Rush: Grace Under Pressure Tour 1984 (1985); Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2012); SCTV (1976–1981); SCTV Channel (1983–1984); SCTV Network (1981–1983); Second City: First Family of Comedy (2006); Second City's Next Comedy Legend (2007); Slackers (2002); Snowboard Academy (1997); Speed Zone (1989); Stripes (1981); Stuart Saves His Family (1995); Summerhood (2008); Teamo Supremo (2002); That '70s Show (2001); The Best of SCTV (1988); The Business (2007); The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (1988); The Daily Blade (2000); The David Steinberg Show (1976–1977); The Dead Beat (2008); The Don's Analyst (1997); The Fringe: Acting Up (2006); The Hitchhiker (1986); The Industry (2001); The King of Queens (2001–2003); The Legend of Tarzan (2001–2003); The Life & Times of Tim (2011–2012); The Louie Show (1996); The Martin Short Show (2000); The Santa Claus Brothers (2001); The Second City 25th Anniversary Special (1985); The Second City Toronto 15th Anniversary (1988); The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show (1995); The Smoke Detectives (1990); The Sunshine Hour (1976); The Super Popular Show (2004); The True Meaning of Christmas Specials (2002); The Wonderful World of Disney (1999); The Wrong Guy (1997); This Is My Friend (2007); Tilt (2005); Too Young to Die (2012); Traders (1999); Tunnel Vision (1976); Uncle Joe's Cartoon Playhouse (2006); Used Cars (1980); Wedding Band (1989); Whatever Happened To? (2007); Who Is the Real Martin Short? (2017); Who's Harry Crumb? (1989).

Thursday, June 11, 2026

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Born on this day – Hattie McDaniel:


Hattie McDaniel


Actress

Singer

Songwriter

Comedian

June 10, 1893 – October 26, 1952

Credits:

1 a Minute (2010); 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009); A Century of Black Cinema (2003); A Certain Magical Pimpdex: Extended Edition (2019); Affectionately Yours (1941); Alice Adams (1935); America in Color (2018); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Anniversary Trouble (1935); Another Face (1935); Arbor Day (1936); Are You Listening? (1932); Babbitt (1934); Banda sonora (2008); Battle of Broadway (1938); Becoming Marilyn (2022); Beulah (1952); Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (2001); Black Pop: Celebrating the Power of Black Culture (2023); Blonde Venus (1932); Can This Be Dixie? (1936); Carefree (1938); Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940); China Seas (1935); City Park (1934); Classified X (2007); Corazón de... (2006); Crooner (1932); Deep South (1930); Democracy Now! (2010); Don't Tell the Wife (1937); Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (2003); Everybody's Baby (1939); Explained (2018); Family Honeymoon (1948); Fate's Fathead (1934); 45 Fathers (1937); Flirtation (1934); Gentle Julia (1936); George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984); George Washington Slept Here (1942); Gone with the Wind (1939); Good-bye Love (1933); Harmony Lane (1935); Hello, Sister! (1933); Hi, Beautiful (1944); High Tension (1936); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969); Hypnotized (1932); I'm No Angel (1933); Imitation of Life (1934); Janie (1944); Janie Gets Married (1946); John Ford (1992); Johnny Come Lately (1943); Judge Priest (1934); King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934); Libeled Lady (1936); Little Men (1934); Lost in the Stratosphere (1934); Margie (1946); Maryland (1940); Merry Wives of Reno (1934); Merry-Go-Round of 1938 (1937); Mickey (1948); Mickey's Rescue (1934); Mississippi Moods (1937); Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America (1993); Murder by Television (1935); Music Is Magic (1935); Musical Comedy Tonight III (1985); Never Say Goodbye (1946); Next Time We Love (1936); Nothing Sacred (1937); Of Black America (1968); Okay Toots! (1935); Operator 13 (1934); Over the Goal (1937); Postal Inspector (1936); Quick Money (1937); Racing Lady (1937); Reunion (1936); Roots Remembered (2007); Saratoga (1937); Saratoga (1937); Show Boat (1936); Since You Went Away (1944); Sky Racket (1937); Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998); Song of the South (1946); Star for a Night (1936); Thank You Hattie (2021); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); The Big Wheel (1949); The Boiling Point (1932); The Bride Walks Out (1936); The Chases of Pimple Street (1934); The Crime Nobody Saw (1937); The Ed Wynn Show (1949); The First Baby (1936); The Flame (1947); The Four Star Boarder (1935); The Golden West (1932); The Great Lie (1941); The Impatient Maiden (1932); The Ingraham Angle (2020); The Laurel and Hardy Show (1986); The Little Colonel (1935); The Mad Miss Manton (1938); The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988); The Male Animal (1942); The Movies (2019); The Oscars (2017); The Rebellious Olivia de Havilland (2021); The Shining Hour (1938); The Shopworn Angel (1938); The Singing Kid (1936); The Washington Masquerade (1932); The Watermelon Woman (1996); The Wildcatter (1937); The Young and the Dead (2000); They Died with Their Boots On (1941); They've Gotta Have Us (2018); This Our Life (1942); Three Is a Family (1944); Transient Lady (1935); Traveling Saleslady (1935); True Confession (1937); TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004); Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936); Vivacious Lady (1938); We're Only Human (1935); Wig-Wag (1935); You Must Remember This (2014); Zenobia (1939).

Sunday, June 7, 2026

Born on this day – Dean Martin:


Dean Martin


Actor

Singer

Comedian

June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995

Credits:

20 to 1 (2011); 2046 (2004); 29th Street (1991); 3 Ring Circus (1954); 38-24-36 (1963); 4 for Texas (1963); 4 for Texas: Behind the Scenes (1963); 5 Card Stud (1968); 50th Presidential Inaugural Gala (1985); 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (2021); 9-1-1 (2020–2022); 97% (2013); A Bob Hope Comedy Special (1964); A Bronx Tale (1993); A Football Life (2017); A Perfect Plan (2012); A Sporting Oasis (1952); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); A Walk on the Moon (1999); A Year in Music (2022); Abandoned Engineering (2020); ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999); Ad Astra (2019); Ada (1961); Airport (1970); Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (2023); All in a Night's Work (1961); All in Kitchen (2016); Alles ist Liebe (2014); All-Star Inaugural Gala (1981); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); All-Star Party for Lucille Ball (1984); Almayer's Folly (2011); America After Dark (1957); American Dad! (2007); American Experience (2005); American Horror Story (2014–2021); American Justice: Target - Mafia (1993); American Masters (2004–2014); American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story (2017); America's Morning Headquarters (2021–2023); America's Tribute to Bob Hope (1988); An Evening with the Golddiggers (2009); Analyze This (1999); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Anni '50 (1998); Ann-Margret: From Hollywood with Love (1969); Any Questions for Ben? (2012); Arena (1998); Argentina, 1985 (2022); Artists and Models (1955); Ash vs Evil Dead (2016); Assault on Precinct 13 (2005); At War with the Army (1950); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2021); Babe: Pig in the City (1998); Bad Santa (2003); Bailey's Billion$ (2005); Banda sonora (2008); Bandolero! (1968); Bandstand (1967); Beautiful Creatures (2000); Bells Are Ringing (1960); Bells Are Ringing: Just in Time (2005); Ben Is Back (2018); Best of the Dean Martin Show (1979); Big Love (2010); Bing Crosby - Cooling It (1970); Bing Crosby and Dean Martin Present High Hopes (1959); Bing Crosby and His Friends (1958); Bing Crosby: His Life and Legend (1978); Biography (1987–2003); Birds Do It (1966); Blast from the Past (1999); Blondi tuli taloon (1994); Blushing Bloopers (1990); Bob Hope at 100 (2003); Bob Hope Comedy Special (1963); Bob Hope: Celebrity Bloopers (1997); Bob Hope: Laughing with the Presidents (1996); Bob Hope's All-Star Comedy Spectacular from Lake Tahoe (1977); Bob Hope's Pink Panther Thanksgiving Gala (1982); Bob Hope's Unrehearsed Antics of the Stars (1984); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Body of Proof (2012); Bons baisers d'Europe (2018); Born Romantic (2000); Boston Legal (2007); Boxing's Greatest Knockouts (1987); Bridget Jones's Baby (2016); Britain's Got More Talent (2019); Bruce on Vegas (2007); Burger Quiz (2018); Bye Bye Love (1995); California's Gold (1999); Call the Midwife (2013–2020); Call the Usual Suspects: The Craft of the Character Actor (2006); Cannonball Run II (1984); Career (1959); Carnival Nights (1968); Cashed Out Casino (2017); Casino (1995); CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years (1976); Celebrity Golf (1960); Century of Cinema (1995); Chansons! (2022); Charlie's Angels (1978); Chicago Hope (1997); Christmas at Sea World (1981); Christmas Tree of Might (2010); Christmas with the Kranks (2004); Cinema (1966); Classic Comedy Teams (1986); Club Oasis (1957–1958); Cobra Kai (2018); Cold Case (2003); Come Blow Your Horn (1963); Compression (2016); Contact (1997); Criminal Minds (2005–2011); Crossing Jordan (2005); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2009); Dalkeith (2001); Dance with Me (1998); Dancing with the Stars (2007); Danny Thomas Special: The Wonderful World of Burlesque (1965); Danny Thomas' the Wonderful World of Burlesque: Third Edition (1966); Days of Rage: the Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont (2020); Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Present Their Television Party for Muscular Dystrophy (1953); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Angie Dickinson (1977); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Betty White (1978); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Dan Haggerty (1977); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Danny Thomas (1976); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Dean Martin (1976); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Dennis Weaver (1976); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Gabe Kaplan (1977); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jimmy Stewart (1978); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Joe Garagiola (1976); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Joe Namath (1979); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Mr. T (1984); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Peter Marshall (1977); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Redd Foxx (1976); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Sammy Davis Jr. (1975); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Suzanne Somers (1978); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Ted Knight (1977); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Valerie Harper (1975); Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra & G Alvarado - The Oldest Established (2023); Dean Martin: Encore (2004); Dean Martin: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (2019); Dean Martin: Since I Met You Baby (1983); Dean Martin: That's Amore (2001); Dean Martin: The One and Only (2004); Dean Martin's California Christmas (1975); Dean Martin's Christmas in California (1977); Dean Martin's Red Hot Scandals of 1926 (1976); Dean Martin's Red Hot Scandals of 1926: Part Two (1977); Dean's Place (1976); Death to Smoochy (2002); Dernier jour à Paris (2004); Détrompez-vous (2007); Die Cowboy-Stadt (1970); Die Lugners (2009); Dinosaur Quiz (2022); Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over (2021); Dom DeLuise and Friends (1983–1986); Donnie Brasco (1997); Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe (2022); Drillbit Taylor (2008); E! True Hollywood Story (1999–2001); EastEnders (2018); Edith Head in Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002); Ein himmlischer Freund (2003); Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018); Empire (2017); Endeavour (2014); Ennio (2021); Entertainment Tonight (2007–2017); ER (2002–2006); Eraser (1996); Ett litet rött paket (1999); Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (2012); Extra (2017); Fading Gigolo (2013); Fallout: New Vegas (2010); Famous in Love (2018); Fan des années 2000 (2013); Fellow Travelers (2023); Fever: The Music of Peggy Lee (2004); Film Vodvil: Art Mooney and Orchestra (1946); Flip (1970); Flirting with Disaster (1996); Foodie Love (2019); Fools Rush In (1997); For All Mankind (2022); Forever (2015); Forgotten Movie Music, 1929-1985 (2018); Four Christmases (2008); Frank Elstner: Stippvisite in Las Vegas (1983); Frank Sinatra: L.A. Is My Lady (1984); Frank Sinatra: One More for the Road (2019); Frank Sinatra: Portrait of an Album (1985); Frank Sinatra: The Main Event (1974); Fraternity Row (1977); Freaks and Geeks (2000); Fred Claus (2007); French Cuisine (2015); Friends (1997–1999); Fringe (2009); FUBAR (2023); Funny Business (1992); Funny Show Part Two: The Video - Movie (2012); Funny Woman (2023); G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013); Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob (2013); Gaudi Afternoon (2001); George Burns' 100th Birthday Party (1979); George Jessel Show (1958); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1969); Get Shorty (1995); Getaway (2005); Gilmore Girls (2001); Glacé (2016); Glasgow: Big Night Out (2014); Go (1999); Going in Style (2017); Golic and Wingo (2017); Good Luck (1996); Good Morning America (1984); Good Morning Britain (2017–2019); Goodfellas (1990); Gotti (2018); Grumpier Old Men (1995); Half Nelson (1985); Hanging Up (2000); Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988); Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis (2006); Happy Endings (2011–2012); Happy Tears (2009); Happy! (2018); Hardcore (2004); Havana (1990); Hawaii Five-0 (2015); Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (2004); Hitchcock (2012); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hollywood Greats (1978); Hollywood or Bust (1956); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Hollywood Rivals (2001–2002); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's (2009); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Hollywood's Private Home Movies (1983); Home & Family (2016); Home (2008); Home Alone 3 (1997); Home Fries (1998); House (2010); How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968); I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story (2023); I Can't Sleep (1994); I Dream of Jeannie (1969); I Love You, Man (2009); I'm a Celebrity... Extra Camp (2018); Infrarouge (2006); Inside the Movie Kingdom – 1964 (1964); It Boy (2013); Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special (1970); Jack Benny's First Farewell Special (1973); Jack Taylor of Beverly Hills (2007); James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1976); Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown (2016); Jerry Lewis: Total Filmmaker (1993); Jimmy Van Heusen: Swingin' With Frank & Bing (2014); John Wayne: America at All Costs (2019); John Wayne: Behind the Scenes (2007); Joys! (1976); Judy Garland Duets (2005); Jumping Jacks (1952); Keith Richards: Under the Influence (2015); Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia (2023); Kicked in the Head (1997); Kinderstunde (1970); King of Cool (2021); Kings of the Ring (1999); Kiss Me, Stupid (1964); Kissing (2018); L.A. Confidential (1997); La classe américaine (1993); Ladies and Gentlemen... Bob Newhart, Part II (1981); Larry King Live (2003); Larry's Showtime (1975–1981); Las Vegas: An All-Star 75th Anniversary (1987); Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2016); Le chêne (2022); Le grand échiquier (1987); Legends (2008); Legends in Concert: Judy, Frank & Dean (2001); Legends in Concert: Unwind to the Sound of Romantic Voices (2012); Legends of Comedy (1992); Les Chroniques du Mea (2017–2020); Les mains sales (2019); Les yeux jaunes des crocodiles (2014); Let Me in, I Hear Laughter (2000); Let's Go to Prison (2006); Lies and Alibis (2006); Life Lessons (2013); Linzer Eiszauber (2014); Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection (2003); Live from Studio Five (2009); Living It Up (1954); Living Out Loud (1998); Liz & Dick (2012); Logorama (2009); Looking for Alibrandi (2000); Loose Women (2009); Losing Gemma (2006); Lost & Found (1999); Love Hotel (2014); Love Is All (2007); Love Is All You Need (2012); Love Wedding Repeat (2020); Love, Marilyn (2012); Lucy Gets Lucky (1975); Lymelife (2008); Mac Davis 10th Anniversary Special: I Still Believe in Music (1980); Mad Dog Time (1996); Mad Men (2015); Made (2001); Mafia II (2010); Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012); Magic City (2013); Magnum P.I. (2021); Making 'Dalkeith' (2005); Mandy (2020); March of Dimes Presents: Once Upon a Dime (1963); Marilyn (1963); Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986); Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001); Marilyn: Something's Got to Give (1990); Marriage on the Rocks (1965); Martin & Lewis at the Movies (1993); Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy (1992–1993); Masters of Sex (2013); Maxima (2024); Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003); Merci La Vie (1991); Michael Bublé Sings and Swings (2016); Mickey Blue Eyes (1999); Mike & Mike (2013); Millennium (1997); Milton Berle, the Second Time Around: The Funny Fifties (1988); Mireille Mathieu - Singen, nur singen! (2021); Misfits (2009); Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986); Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011); Modern Marvels (1999); Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! (1967); Money from Home (1953); Money Talks (1997); Moonstruck (1987); Mostly Martha (2001); Movin' with Nancy (1967); Mr. Ricco (1975); Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007); MsMojo (2023); Mulholland Falls (1996); Murderers' Row (1966); Music Country U.S.A. (1974); Music Within (2007); My Donkey, My Lover & I (2020); My Friend Irma (1949); My Friend Irma Goes West (1950); My House in Umbria (2003); My Name Is Lopez (2021); My Policeman (2022); My Week with Marilyn (2011); NBC: The First Fifty Years (1976); Night and the City (1992); Nip/Tuck (2009); No Sudden Move (2021); Norman Lear: A Life on Television (2023); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); Not Fade Away (2012); Not Going Out (2013–2015); Ocean's Eleven (1960); Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997); Old Dogs (2009); Omnibus (1978–1999); On Stage America (1984); On Stage at the Kennedy Center: The Mark Twain Prize (2002); Only the Lonely (1991); Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist (1974); OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009); Our World (1987); Out of Sight (1998); Paid in Full (1950); Painkiller Jane (2007); Panic (2000); Pardners (1956); Parents (1989); Paul Anka ... Music My Way (1977); Paul Murray Live (2022); Payback (1999); Pepe (1960); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1957–1965); Person to Person (1954–1958); Petula (1970); Petula Clark: This Is My Song (2001); Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face (2007); Pioneers of Primetime (1995); Pioneers of Television (2008); Pizza (2000); Psych 2: Lassie Come Home (2020); Pushing Tin (1999); Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (2024); Qwerty (2007); Raquel! (1968); Rat Pack: The Kings of Swing (2005); Rawhide (1964); Reaper (2007); Reframed: Marilyn Monroe (2022); Reindeer Games (2000); Renée (2011); Return to Me (2000); Rio Bravo (1959); Road to Bali (1952); Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964); Rough Night in Jericho (1967); Rowan & Martin at the Movies (1968); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1969); Rugby League: Challenge Cup (2014); S.P.U.N.G (2002); Sacrée soirée (1993); Sailor Beware (1952); Sammy by Sammy, mes années 60 (2022); Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration (1989); Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017); Samurai Jack (2017); Sandy Wexler (2017); Satisfaction (2015); Sauce (2017); Scared Stiff (1953); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 / Hollywood Fun Festival (1952); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 / Screen Snapshots: Hollywood, City of Stars (1956); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 / Screen Snapshots: Meet the Winners (1950); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 / Screen Snapshots: Thirtieth Anniversary Special (1950); Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2010); Sense, Sensibility & Snowmen (2019); Sergeants 3 (1962); Sex and the City (2003); Sexy Beast (2000); Shadows in the Sun (2005); Shazam! (2019); Shirley MacLaine... 'Every Little Movement' (1980); Show of the Year (1950); Showdown (1973); Sid & Judy (2019); Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come (1990); Sinatra and Friends (1977); Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015); Sinatra: The Classic Duets (2002); Six Feet Under (2001); Sleepers (1996); Small Time (2014); Snooker Shoot-Out (2016); So Close Away (2020); Soft Toilet Seats (1999); Some Came Running (1958); Somebody Somewhere (2022); Something Big (1971); Something from Tiffany's (2022); Something's Got to Give (1962); Somewhere in Queens (2022); Son of a Critch (2022); Soul Mate (2005); Sour Grapes (1998); Speechless (1994); Spy Game (2001); Startime (1959–1960); Strangers in the Night: The Bert Kaempfert Story (2003); Striptease (1996); Stuart Little (1999); Sunrise (2017); Sunset Over Mulholland Drive (2019); Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970); Swingers (1996); Tales from the Crypt (1992); Ted Lasso (2021); Television (1988); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957); Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (1975); Texas Across the River (1966); Text for You (2016); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); That's My Boy (1951); The 15th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1958); The 1982 Annual Vision Awards (1982); The 1st Annual Grammy Awards (1959); The 2012 Comedy Awards (2012); The 20th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1968); The 23rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1966); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 25 Songs of Christmas (2017); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955); The 28th Annual Academy Awards (1956); The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996); The Ambushers (1967); The Andrew Klavan Show (2017); The Angry Grandpa Show (2010–2017); The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Roger Moore (1986); The Annual National Sports Awards (1961); The Audition (2015); The Batman (2022); The Bear (2023); The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1998); The Best of the Don Lane Show (1994); The Best on Record (1965); The Betty White Show (1954); The Big Lebowski (1998); The Big Show (1980); The Big Tease (1999); The Bing Crosby Show (1964); The Bing Crosby Special (1959); The Blacklist (2013); The Bob Hope Show (1959–1975); The Butler (2013); The Caddy (1953); The Cannonball Run (1981); The Carsony Brothers (2014); The Cleaning Lady (2022); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1955); The Confession (2018); The Corpse Had a Familiar Face (1994); The Crew (2000); The Crown (2020); The Danny Thomas Show (1958); The Danny Thomas Special - City Versus Country (1971); The Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Double (1982); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Bob Hope (1974); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Evel Knievel (1975); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Frank Sinatra (1978); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: George Burns (1978); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jack Klugman (1978); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jackie Gleason (1975); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Joan Collins (1984); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Lucille Ball (1975); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Michael Landon (1975); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Muhammad Ali (1976); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Telly Savalas (1974); The Dean Martin Christmas Special (1980); The Dean Martin Show (1959–1974); The Debbie Reynolds Show (1970); The Details (2011); The Deuce (2017); The Dick Cavett Show (1973); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1957–1962); The Dinah Shore Show (1956); The Don Lane Show (1983); The Don Rickles Show - Mr. Warmth (1975); The Ed Sullivan Show (1948); The Electric Company (1973); The Factor / Segment: Watters' World (2013); The Family Stone (2005); The First 40 Years (1980); The Flash (2014); The Frank Sinatra Show (1957–1959); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1992–1993); The Garfield Movie (2024); The Geraldo Rivera Show (1994); The Gisele MacKenzie Show (1957); The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1970); The Godfather (2006); The Godfather II (2009); The Great Standups (1984); The Green Fog (2017); The Hollywood Clowns (1979); The Hollywood Palace (1964); The Hypnotic Eye (1996); The Jack Benny Hour (1965); The Jack Benny Program (1953–1954); The Jewels of the Salton Sea (2019); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Joey Salads Collection (2019); The John Wayne Story: The Early Years (1993); The Jonathan Ross Show (2013); The Judy Garland Show (1962); The Last Days of Disco (1998); The Legendary Bing Crosby (2010); The Legendary Crooners (2007); The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003); The Lock Keeper (2019); The Log (1999); The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996); The Lucille Ball / Jack Benny Comedy Double (1984); The Lucy Show (1966); The Mac Davis Show (1976); The Magic of Bing Crosby (1991); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2018–2023); The Masked Dancer (2021); The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973); The Merv Griffin Show (1970–1973); The Mexican (2001); The Milton Berle Show (1948–1955); The Mindy Project (2014); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979); The Morning Show (2021); The Movie Orgy (2009); The Mule (2018); The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes (2022); The National Sports Awards (1961); The New Addams Family (1998); The Nightclub Years (2001); The Number 23 (2007); The Ocean's Eleven Story (2001); The Oranges (2011); The Outer Limits (1997); The Phil Silvers Show (1955); The Players (2012); The Powder Room (1971); The Power of Nightmares (2004); The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2004); The Rat Pack (1999); The Rat Pack Captured (1965); The Real Las Vegas (1996); The Red Skelton Hour (1954–1970); The Road to Hong Kong (1962); The Rum Diary (2011); The Salton Sea (2002); The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show (1966); The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (1950); The Silencers (1966); The Simpsons (2000–2011); The Sixties (2014); The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); The Sopranos (2001–2006); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956–1957); The Stone Council (2006); The Stooge (1951); The Story of Late Night (2021); The Talk (2022); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1960); The Tonight Show (1955); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965–1980); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2010–2012); The Tree (2010); The Twenty-Eight Hits for Laughs (2013); The Unbeatable Bruce Lee (2001); The Waiting Game (1999); The West Wing (2002); The World of Kanako (2014); The Wrecking Crew (1968); The Wrecking Crew! (2008); The Young Lions (1958); There's Only One Elvis (2002); Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995); This Is Your Life (1956); Tohuwabohu (1997–1998); Too Young to Die (2012); Top of the Pops (1964–1969); Toys in the Attic (1963); Trapped in Paradise (1994); True Love (1989); TV's Censored Bloopers (1981); TV's Funniest Game Show Moments (1984); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997); Two for the Money (2005); Ugly Betty (2006); Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015); Unforgettable (2015); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1975); Vega$ (1979); Vegas (2012); Vegas Vacation (1997); Vegas: The City the Mob Made (2009); Veronica Mars (2005); Vertical Limit (2000); Very Scary People (2021); Walt Disney Academy Awards: 26th Annual, 1954 / The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); War Dogs (2016); We, the People (1951); Welcome Aboard (1948); What a Way to Go! (1964); What's My Line? (1954); When Comedy Went to School (2013); When Double Acts Fall Out (2020); White Chicks (2004); Who Was That Lady? (1960); Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963); Who's Doing the Dishes? (2016); Who's Got the Action? (1962); Wild Card (2015); Wilsberg (2021); Wolf Like Me (2022); Working with Lucy: A Conversation with Gino Conforti (2009); World of Robin Hood (2006); WPC 56 (2013); Years of Lightning (1981); Young Love: Lemon Popsicle 7 (1987); Your All-Time Favorite Songs (1964).

Sunday, May 31, 2026

Born on this day – Don Ameche:


Don Ameche


Actor

Comedian

Vaudevillian

May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993

Credits:

59th Academy Awards Nominations Announcement (1987); 209 Hamilton Drive (1991); A Century of Cinema (1994); A Fever in the Blood (1961); A Masterpiece of Murder (1986); A Welcome Guest in the House (1957); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978 / 1986); Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); All Star Revue (1951); Angels of Mercy (1940); Beloved Infidel (1959); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Biography (1995–1999); Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies (2000); Burke's Law (1964); CBS Mornings (1988); Celebrity Time (1949–1951); Cinéma cinémas (1989); Climax! (1958); Clive of India (1935); Cocoon (1985); Cocoon: The Return (1988); Coke Time (1953); Columbo (1971); Coming to America (1988); Compression (2015); Confirm or Deny (1941); Corrina, Corrina (1994); Dante's Inferno (1935); De película (1985–1989); Des O'Connor Tonight (1985); Detective in the House (1985); Don Ameche's Musical Playhouse (1950–1951); Down Argentine Way (1940); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2001); Ellery Queen (1975); Entertainment Tonight (1990); F for Fake (1973); Family Theatre (1953); Fantasy Island (1980); Fifty Roads to Town (1937); Filmmaker Focus: Director John Landis on 'Trading Places' (2021); Fire One (1954); Folks! (1992); Four Sons (1940); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); Gateway (1938); General Motors 50th Anniversary Show (1957); Gidget Gets Married (1972); Girl Trouble (1942); Good Heavens (1976); Goodyear Playhouse (1957); Greenwich Village (1944); Guest Wife (1945); Happy Land (1943); Happy Landing (1938); Harry and the Hendersons (1987); Heaven Can Wait (1943); Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997); Hollywood Cavalcade (1939); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009); Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993); Hour Magazine (1982); Hy Gardner Calling (1962); In Old Chicago (1938); Insider Trading: The Making of 'Trading Places' (2007); International Showtime (1961–1965); It's in the Bag! (1945); I've Got a Secret (1954–1962); Josette (1938); Julia (1969–1970); Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941); Ladies in Love (1936); Land of Liberty (1939); Late Night with David Letterman (1986); Les Chroniques du Mea (2022); Lillian Russell (1940); Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling (2004); Love Is News (1937); Love Under Fire (1937); McCloud (1975); Midnight (1939); Moon Over Miami (1941); Mr. Smith (1983); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Not in Front of the Kids (1984); Oddball Hall (1990); One in a Million (1936); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Oscar (1991); Our American Heritage (1961); Our Shining Moment (1991); Pals (1987); Password (1961); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1958–1961); Person to Person (1956); Petticoat Junction (1970); Phantom Caravan (1954); Picture Mommy Dead (1966); Probe and Night Beat (1957); Pros and Cons (1991); Quincy, M.E. (1979); Ramona (1936); Reflections on the Silver Screen (1991); Rings Around the World (1966); Rough But Hopeful (1946); Saturday Spectacular: High Button Shoes (1956); Screen Snapshots, Series 18, No. 8 (1939); Screen Snapshots, Series 32, No. 2: Hollywood Night at '21' Club (1952); Seabiscuit: Racing Through History (2003); Shadow Over Elveron (1968); Shepherd's Flock (1971); Sins of Man (1936); Siskel & Ebert Holiday Gift Guide (1988); Sleep, My Love (1948); Slightly French (1949); So Goes My Love (1946); Something to Shout About (1943); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Sunstroke (1992); Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970); Swanee River (1939); Take a Chance (1950); That Night in Rio (1941); That's My Man (1947); The 12th Annual People's Choice Awards (1986); The 1930's: Music, Memories & Milestones (1988); The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1990 (1990); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The 58th Annual Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon (1986); The 59th Annual Academy Awards (1987); The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994); The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008); The 8th Annual American Cinema Awards (1991); The Arthur Murray Party (1957); The Bickersons (1967); The Boatniks (1970); The Bob Braun Show (1972–1977); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1949); The Chinese Typewriter (1979); The Christophers (1963–1964); The David Frost Show (1970); The DuPont Show of the Month (1957); The Ed Sullivan Show (1957); The Feminine Touch (1941); The Frances Langford Show (1960); The Frances Langford-Don Ameche Show (1951–1952); The Frank Sinatra Show (1951); The Golden Girls (1990); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Hollywood Palace (1967); The Ken Murray Show (1951); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1985-1989); The Love Boat (1979–1984); The Lux Show (1958); The Magical World of Disney (1978); The Magnificent Dope (1942); The Match Game (1964); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1970); The Milton Berle Show (1949–1954); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The Name's the Same (1954); The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom (1958); The Polly Bergen Show (1957); The Price Is Right (1964); The Roy Leonard Show (1971); The Saturday Night Revue (1953); The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (1950); The Sig Sakowicz Show (1971); The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997); The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939); The Story of Hollywood (1988); The Three Musketeers (1939); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1985–1986); The Trade in 'Trading Places' (2007); Things Change (1988); This Is Your Life (1984); To Tell the Truth (1957–1964); Too Young to Go Steady (1959); Trading Places (1983); Trading Places: Dressing the Part (2007); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1958); We, the People (1949); Week End in Hollywood (1947); What's My Line? (1953–1957); Wing and a Prayer (1944); Wogan (1985); You Can't Have Everything (1937).