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).

Born on this day – Martin Mull:

Martin Mull

Actor

Comedian

Musician

August 18, 1943 – June 27, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

Martin Mull (1972); Dueling Tubas / Single (1973); Martin Mull and His Fabulous Furniture in Your Living Room! (1973); Normal (1974); In the Soop with Martin Mull / with Ed Wise & Les Daniels (1967 / 1974); Days of Wine and Neuroses (1975); I'm Everyone I've Ever Loved (1977); No Hits, Four Errors – The Best of Martin Mull (1977); Sex & Violins (1978); Near Perfect/Perfect (1979); Mulling It Over – A Musical Ouvre-View of Martin Mull (1998).

Movies and television:

2016 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2016); 3rd Annual TV Guide Awards (2001); 90 Minutes Live (1977); A '70s Celebration: The Beat Is Back (1993); A Boyfriend for Christmas (2004); A Different Approach (1978); A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018); Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind (1990); All-Star Tribute to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1989); America 2-Night (1978); American Bandstand (1976); American Dad! (2005–2011); American Masters (2016); America's Funniest Home Videos (2002); An All Star Celebration: Vote '88 (1988); An All-Star Toast to the Improv (1988); An Evening at the Improv (1981); And They're Off (2011); Arrested Development (2004–2019); Attention Shoppers (2000); Bad Manners (1984); Basic Values: Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's (1993); Beverly Hills Family Robinson (1997); Big City Comedy (1980 / 1986); Biography (2006); Bless This Mess (2020); Bob's Burgers (2020); Breakaway (1984); Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2020); Burke's Law (1994); California Girls (1985); Cher (1975–1976); Cinemania (2004); Cinemax Comedy Experiment (1985–1990); Circus of the Stars #13 (1988); Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television (1996); Clue (1985); Clue: Movies, Murder & Mystery (1986); Come Away Home (2005); Comic Relief (1986); Community (2015); Crumbs (2006); Cutting Class (1989); D.C. Follies (1987); Dads (2013–2014); Dance Fever (1979); Dance with Death (1992); Danny Phantom (2003–2007); Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy (2005); Dexter's Laboratory (2001); Dinah! (1975); Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce (1986); Domestic Life (1984); Dream On (1991); Eastwick (2009); Edie & Pen (1996); El Jefe (2012); Entertainment Tonight (2018); Family Dog (1993); Family Guy (2000); Family Man (2008); Far Out Man (1990); Fast Times (1986); Fernwood Tonight (1977); Flicks (1983); FM (1978); Franklin & Bash (2012); Gary Unmarried (2008–2009); George Burns Comedy Week (1985); Get a Life (1991); Good Day L.A. (2013–2014); Good Morning America (1980); Grace and Frankie (2022); Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? (1983); Greetings from Tucson (2003); Hail Mary (2016); Half & Half (2004); Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years (1990); Hidden Heroes Gala: Diane Warren Tribute (2017); His & Hers (1990); Hollywood Squares (1998–2004); Hollywood Squares (2010); Hollywood's Greatest Wrap Party (1979); Home Is Where the Hart Is (1987); Hopeless Pictures (2005); How the West Was Fun (1994); I'm Sorry (2017–2019); In Concert (1973–1974); Inside Comedy (2013); Intimate Portrait (1990–2005); It's Garry Shandling's Show (1989–1990); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1990); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2020); Jingle All the Way (1996); Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge (1987); Jump (1971); Just for Laughs: The Montreal International Comedy Festival (1990); Just Shoot Me! (2000); Kevin Pollak's Chat Show (2010); Killers (2010); Kristin (2001); L.A. Law (1993); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1997); Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1997); Laugh-In (1977–1978); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2008); Les Chroniques du Mea (2017); Less Than Perfect (2002); Life in Pieces (2015–2017); Life with Bonnie (2002–2003); Life... and Stuff (1997); Lifestyles of the Rich & Fabulous (2012); Little Rascals: Mischief Loves Company (1994); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1995); Lots of Luck (1985); Mad Love (2011); Magic with the Stars (1982); Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio (1987); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976–1977); Melons (2022); Memories Then and Now (1988); Merrill Markoe's Guide to Glamorous Living (1988); Miracle Beach (1992); Molson Canadian Comedy Releaf (1991–1992); Movies Money Murder (1993); Mr. Mom (1983); Mr. Write (1994); Mrs. Doubtfire (1993); My Bodyguard (1980); My Boys (2008–2009); NCIS: Los Angeles (2017); Nevermind Nirvana (2004); Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 (2023); Norm Macdonald Live (2014); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); Not Dead Yet (2023); O.C. and Stiggs (1985); Oliver's Ghost (2011); On Location: Martin Mull (1979); Over the Top (1997); Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1991); Paul McCartney & Friends Live: PETA's Millennium Concert (1999); Portrait of a White Marriage (1988); Presenting Susan Anton (1979); Private School (1983); Psych (2013); Reading Writing & Romance (2013); Reba (2003); Recess (1998–2000); Relative Strangers (2006); Reno 911! (2004); Rented Lips (1987); Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (1998); Rock Concert (1973); Rock Music Awards (1977); Roseanne (1991–1997); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1997–2000); Sally Jessy Raphael (1993); Serial (1980); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); She TV (1994); Sin City Spectacular (1999); Sister Mary Explains It All (2001); Ski Patrol (1990); SpongeBob SquarePants and Friends Unite! (2005); Square Pegs (1983); Sunset Limousine (1983); Take This Job and Shove It (1981); Tall Tales & Legends (1986); Taxi (1979); Teamo Supremo (2002); Ted & Venus (1991); Television Parts (1985); The $10,000 Pyramid (1978); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame (1984); The 20th Century: Yesterday's Tomorrows (1999); The 21st Annual Grammy Awards (1979); The 21st Annual People's Choice Awards (1995); The 28th Annual People's Choice Awards (2002); The 51st State (1971); The 5th Annual American Comedy Awards (1991); The 6th Annual TV Land Awards (2008); The Afterparty (2023); The Alan Hamel Show (1977–1978); The Alan Thicke Show (1981); The Aristocrats (2005); The Benny Hill Show (1976); The Bob Monkhouse Show (1985); The Boss' Wife (1986); The Carson Podcast (2014); The Chevy Chase National Humor Test (1979); The Cool Kids (2018–2019); The Day My Parents Ran Away (1993); The Drew Carey Show (1997); The Ellen Show (2001–2002); The Funniest Joke I Ever Heard (1984); The Geena Davis Show (2000); The General Motors Playwrights Theater (1993); The Golden Girls (1990); The Green Room with Paul Provenza (2010); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1977–1978); The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1978); The Jack Jones Show (1974); The Jackie Thomas Show (1992–1993); The Jerk, Too (1984); The Kilborn File (2010); The Larry Sanders Show (1992–1993); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005); The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999–2001); The Magical World of Disney (1988); The Martin Short Show (1999); The Merv Griffin Show (1975–1977); The Midnight Special (1973–1975); The Mike Douglas Show (1973–1979); The Nanny (1998); The New Hollywood Squares (1986–1989); The Nick at Nite Holiday Special (2003); The Player (1992); The Ranch (2016–2020); The Roseanne Show (1998); The Simpsons (1998); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1988); The Steve Allen Comedy Hour (1980); The T.V. Show (1979); The Tom and Dick Smothers Brothers Special I (1980); The Tom and Dick Smothers Brothers Special II (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1978–1992); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993); The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame... (2005); The Vidiots (1986); The War at Home (2007); The Water is Finally Blue: The Untold Story of Robert Altman's O.C. and Stiggs (2023); The Wild Thornberrys (2000); The Year That Trembled (2002); Thick and Thin (2006); Think Big (1989); 'Til Death (2010); Tim's Vermeer (2013); Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth (1991); Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth 3 (1993); Tom Cottle: Up Close (1983); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1981); TV 101 (1989); TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003); Twice in a Lifetime (2000); Twilight Theater II (1982); Twilight Theatre (1982); Two and a Half Men (2008–2013); Veep (2016); What Just Happened??! (2019); Wonder Woman (1977); Working Class (2011); WTF with Marc Maron (2018); Zack and Reba (1998).

Born on this day – Mae West:

Mae West

Actress

Singer

Comedian

Writer

August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); AFI Life Achievement Award (1974); All You Need Is Love (1977); America in Color (2018); American Masters (2020); Arena (1999–2012); Backlot USA (1976); Backstory (2001); Becoming Marilyn (2022); Belle of the Nineties (1934); Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (1995); Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (2001); Biography (1995); Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes (2024); Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975); Bruce Lee in Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (1999); Carol Doda Topless at the Condor (2023); Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988); CBS News Special Report (1974); Cleavage (2002); Complicated Women (2003); Dead Famous (2006); DeTour (2010); Die Wicherts von nebenan (1989); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); Et la femme créa Hollywood (2016); Every Day's a Holiday (1937); Fame in the Twentieth Century (1993); Fashions in Love (1936); Frankenpimp's Revenge: The Romeo and Juliet Massacre (2020); Go West Young Man (1936); Goin' to Town (1935); Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984); Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (1992); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hollywood Blue (1970); Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990); Hollywood on Parade (1978); Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Hollywood Rebellen (2013); Hollywood Remembers (2000); Hollywood Sex Symbols (1988); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Hooray for Hollywood (1982); How to Fly a Lazy Eight (1943); I'm No Angel (1933); Inside the Dream Factory (1995); Intimate Portrait (1999); Invitation au voyage (2021); Junket Whore (1998); Klondike Annie (1936); Legends of Comedy (1993); Living Famously (2003); Look Me Over: Liberace (2021); Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her (1994); Mae West: Die verruchte Blonde (2021); Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009); Mister Ed (1964); Mondo Trasho (1969); My Little Chickadee (1940); My Mom Jayne (2025); My Tongue Is - Quick! (1971); Myra Breckinridge (1970); Naughty Bits (2004); Night After Night (1932); Person to Person (1959); Prisoner in Concert (1981); Russian Doll (2019); Say It with Acting (1949); Screen Goddesses (2006); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Sextette (1977); She Done Him Wrong (1933); Showbiz Ballyhoo (1982); Six Sides of Katharine Hepburn (2018); Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema (2009); Sur nos lèvres: Rouge un jour, rouge toujours? (2022); The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History (1999); The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958); The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981); The Best of Laurel and Hardy (1968); The Casting Couch (1995); The Craig Caddell Show (2017); The Dean Martin Show (1959); The Dick Cavett Show (1976); The Ed Sullivan Show (1948); The Fashion Side of Hollywood (1935); The Good, the Bad & the Beautiful (1996); The Great Man: W.C. Fields (2005); The Great Radio Comedians (1972); The Heat's On (1943); The Hollywood Collection: Anthony Quinn an Original (1990); The Hollywood Fashion Machine (1999); The Love Goddesses (1965); The Real Las Vegas (1996); The Red Skelton Hour (1960); The Second Annual Rock Music Awards (1976); The Twentieth Century (1959); Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008); USArt: The Gift of Ourselves (1975); Vito (2011); Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look at... (1964–1965); Welcome to the Basement (2014–2015); Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007); Wisecracks (1991).

Born on this day – Rose Marie:

Rose Marie

Actress

Singer

Comedian

August 15, 1923 – December 28, 2017

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).

Born on this day – Dom DeLuise:

Dom DeLuise

Actor

Comedian

August 1, 1933 – May 4, 2009

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).

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).

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).

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).