Born on this day – Frank Zuniga:

Frank Zuniga

Director

Producer

March 20, 1936 – February 20, 2023

Credits:

Fist Fighter (1988); Krag, the Kootney Ram (1983); The Golden Seal (1983); Heartbreaker (1983); The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1978); Strange Companions (1983); The Magical World of Disney (1968–1977); The Track of the African Bongo (1977); Barry of the Great St. Bernard (1977); The Flight of the Grey Wolf (1976); Mustang (1973); Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told (1967).

Born on this day – Fred Rogers:

Fred Rogers

Minister, television host, writer and producer

March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003

Born on this day – Carl Reiner:

Carl Reiner

Actor

Comedian

Director

Writer

March 20, 1922 – June 29, 2020

Credits:

2015 TV Land Awards (2015); 30 Years of TV Comedy's Greatest Hits: To Laughter with Love (1980); 50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration (1989); 60 Minutes / Rob Reiner (1994); A Child's Guide to Screenwriting (1964); A Comedy Salute to Andy Kaufman (1995); A Conversation with Dinah (1989); A Date with Debbie (1960); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); A Look Back at The Jerk with Steve Martin & Carl Reiner (2018); A Touch of Grace (1973); A Tribute to Mr. Television Milton Berle (1978); About Faces (1961); AFI Life Achievement Award (1985–2015); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000); Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind (1990); Alice of Wonderland in Paris (1966); All of Me (1984); All-Star Party for Lucille Ball (1984); Ally McBeal (2002); America 2-Night (1978); America in Primetime (2011); American Dad! (2011–2015); American Masters (1996–2016); Anatole (1962); Angie Tribeca (2018); Annie and the Hoods (1974); Beggars and Choosers (1999); Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989); Betty Hughes and Friends (1969); Betty White: First Lady of Television (2018); Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl (2012); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Biography (1995–2008); Bob's Burgers (2014); Boston Legal (2005); Bravo Profiles (2003); Brief But Spectacular (2016); Burke's Law (1964); Burlesque is Alive and Living in Beautiful Downtown Burbank (1970); Caesar's Writers (1996); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1954); Captain Jake and the Never Land Pirates (2014–2015); Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin (1987); Cavalcade of Stars (1950); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2015–2020); Celebrity Life Coach (2010); Celebrity Page (2017); Charlie Rose (1997); Chelsea Lately (2009); Choosing Hope; Jewish Responses to the Holocaust (2017); Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (2012); Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee: Single Shot (2014–2015); Comedy Central Roasts (2009); Comic Relief (1986); Comic Relief V (1992); Comic Relief VI (1994); Conan (2013–2017); Cover Story (1984); Crossing Jordan (2002); Danny Thomas Special: Friends (1965); Danny Thomas Special: The Wonderful World of Burlesque (1965); Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982); Dean Martin Presents: The Bobby Darin Amusement Co. (1972); Dennis Miller Live (2000); Dick Van Dyke (1968); Dinah! (1975–1978); Dispatches from Quarantine (2020); Donny and Marie (1976); Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title (1966); Droodles (1954); Duck Duck Goose (2018); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1996); Dumbbells (2014); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Edward James Olmos and Debbie Gibson in The 16th Annual People's Choice Awards (1990); Emmy's Greatest Moments (2004); Enter Laughing (1967); Entertainment Tonight (2016–2018); Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man (2012); Eye on Entertainment (2006–2007); Faerie Tale Theatre (1984); Family Guy (2016–2017); Family Law (1999–2000); Fatal Instinct (1993); Father of the Pride (2004–2005); Film '82 (1982); Flannery and Quilt (1976); Flip (1971); Floor Show (1949–1950); Forky Asks a Question (2019); Frasier (1993); Free to Be... You & Me (1974); Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (2017); Funny Already: A History of Jewish Comedy (2004); Funny Is Funny (1966); Funny You Never Knew (2019); Generation (1969); George Burns' 95th Birthday Party (1991); George Clooney: An American Cinematheque Tribute (2006); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1968); GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II (2018); Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2017); Globehunters (2002); Go!!! (1967); Good Boy (2003); Good Heavens (1976); Good Morning America (1979); Good Morning World (1967–1968); Great Performances (1997–2021); Greatest Ever Blockbuster Movies (2006); Gypsy (1967–1968); Hail Sid Caesar! 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(2006–2013); Julie and Dick at Covent Garden (1974); Just for Laughs (2005); Justice League Action (2016); Keep Talking (1958–1959); Kevin Pollak's Chat Show (2017); King of the Hill (1997–2000); Larry King Now (2017); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995–1999); Late Night with David Letterman (1983–1994); Laughter in Lockdown (2020); Life with Bonnie (2002–2003); Linus the Lionhearted (1964–1965); Lotsa Luck! (1973–1974); Lunch (2012); M*A*S*H, Tootsie & God: A Tribute to Larry Gelbart (1998); Mad About You (1995); Made You Laugh: The Funniest Moments in Comedy (2004); Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009); Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration (2015); Masquerade Party (1957); Medical Story (1975); Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again (2011); Mel Brooks Live at the Geffen (2015); Merry Madagascar (2009); Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis (2011); Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988); Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years (2008); Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20's (1976); Monty Python Conquers America (2008); More to Come: A Tonight Show Documentary (2017); Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007); Name Droppers (1969); National Comedy Center Lucille Ball Virtual Festival 2020 (2020); NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration (1986); Night Gallery / Professor Peabody's Last Lecture (1971); Norm Macdonald Live (2014); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); Ocean's Eleven (2001); 'Ocean's Eleven': The Look of the Con (2002); Ocean's Thirteen (2007); Ocean's Twelve (2004); Oh, God! (1977); On Story (2016); On Your Marx, Get Set, Go! (2004); One on One with John Tesh (1991); Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story (2008); Parks and Recreation (2012); Password (1971–1974); Pat Paulsen for President (1968); Pat Sajak in The Pat Sajak Show (1989); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1955); Personality (1968); Pioneers of Television (2019); Playhouse 90 (1957); Ponds Theater (1954); Pop Culture (2017); Probe and Night Beat (1958); Producers' Showcase (1954); Real Time with Bill Maher (2013); Remarks on Marx (2004); Roseanne and Tom: Getting Away with It (1992); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1970–1972); Salute to Stan Laurel (1965); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); Shatner's Raw Nerve (2011); Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life (2011); Shimmer and Shine (2015); Showbiz Today (1986–1997); Sibling Rivalry (1990); Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - Shining Stars (2003); Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar (2003); Sid Caesar Invites You (1958); Skokie (1981); Slums of Beverly Hills (1998); Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991); Something Spectacular with Steve Allen (1981); Stand Up Planet (2013); Star Search (1984); Star Spangled Revue (1950); Star Spangled Salesman (1968); Starring: Nancy Clancy (1973); Steve Martin: A Comic Life (1999); Steve Martin: An American Cinematheque Tribute (2005); Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty (1980); Street Scenes: New York on Film (1992); Stu's Show (2013–2014); Summer Rental (1985); Summer School (1987); Sunday Best (1991); Take a Good Look (1960–1961); Talkshow with Spike Feresten (2007–2009); Tavis Smiley (2014–2017); Telescope (1963); Ten from Your Show of Shows (1973); That Girl (1969); That Old Feeling (1997); The 100 Most Unexpected TV Moments (2005); The 14th Annual People's Choice Awards (1988); The 14th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1962); The 14th TV Academy Hall of Fame (1999); The 16th Annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Carol Burnett (2013); The 16th Annual Satellite Awards (2011); The 1974 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (1974); The 19th Annual Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame (2010); The 1st Annual American Comedy Awards (1987); The 2000 Year Old Man (1975); The 2000 Year Old Man (1975); The 20th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1968); The 23rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1997); The 29th Annual Tony Awards (1975); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1983); The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1977); The 3rd Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame Awards (1986); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 1986 (1986); The 44th Annual Writers Guild of America Awards (1992); The 46th Annual Director's Guild Awards (1994); The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1995); The 47th Annual Writers Guild Awards (1995); The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1997); The 4th Annual American Comedy Awards (1990); The 4th Annual TV Land Awards (2006); The 50 Greatest Comedy Films (2006); The 50th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards (1998); The 5th Annual American Comedy Awards (1991); The 5th Annual Sterling Awards (1991); The 5th Annual Young Comedians Show (1980); The 7th Annual American Comedy Awards (1993); The 7th Annual People's Choice Awards (1981); The 8th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1956); The 8th Annual TV Land Awards (2010); The Adventures of Captain Cross Dresser (2008); The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000); The Alan Brady Show (2003); The All-Star Comedy Hour (1962); The Andy Williams Show (1966); The Annual Museum of Television and Radio Gala (1997); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–1990); The Arsenio Hall Show (2014); The Art Linkletter Show (1963); The Art of Love (1965); The Arthur Murray Party (1950); The Automat (2021); The Battle for Late Night (2010); The Bernie Mac Show (2002–2005); The Big Interview with Dan Rather (2019); The Blue Elephant (2006); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972); The Bonnie Hunt Show (2009); The Bronx Boys (2003); The Bronx Boys Still Playing at 80 (2013); The Bronx, USA (2019); The Carol Burnett Show (1972–1974); The Celebrity Game (1964–1965); The Century: America's Time (1999); The Cleveland Show (2010–2013); The Comedians' Comedian (2005); The Comedy Spot (1960); The Comic (1969); The David Frost Show (1969–1971); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966); The Dick Van Dyke Show Remembered (1994); The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited (2004); The Dick Van Dyke Show: Now in Living Color! 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Paley Television Festival 1999: A Salute to Carl Reiner (1999); The Museum of Television & Radio's 11th Annual Television Festival in Los Angeles: A Salute to Sid Caesar (1994); The Name's the Same (1953); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1973–1974); The New Steve Allen Show (1961–1963); The One and Only (1978); The Paley Honors: A Special Tribute to Television's Comedy Legends (2019); The Patrice Munsel Show (1957); The Patti Page Oldsmobile Show (1958); The Penguins of Madagascar (2010); The Queen Latifah Show (2014); The Right to Remain Silent (1996); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997); The Second Annual Comedy Awards (1976); The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy (2000); The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room (2000); The Sid Caesar Collection: The Fan Favorites - Love & Laughter (2001); The Sid Caesar Collection: The Fan Favorites - The Dream Team of Comedy (2001); The Sid Caesar Collection: The Fan Favorites - The Professor and Other Clowns (2001); The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV (2000); The Sid Caesar Show (1958); The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special (1967); The Sixties (2014); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967); The Society of Singers Presents: A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald (1989); The Spirit of '76 (1990); The Talk (2013–2017); The Thrill of It All (1963); The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (1970); The Tomorrow Show (2017); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1964–1965); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1992); The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993–2012); The Traveler's Guide to Life (2011); The Violinist (1959); The World of Jewish Humor (1990); The Writers Guild Awards (1962); This Is Your Life (1960–1987); This Week in Nemtim (1972); 3 Girls 3 (1977); Those Wonderful TV Game Shows (1984); To Tell the Truth (1957); Today (1958); Tom Green Live (2014); Toni Twin Time (1950); Toy Story 4 (2019); Treasury of Children's Stories (1996); True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon - Entering the Zeitgeist (2012); Turn Ben Stein On (1999); TV Guide Close Up: From Comedy Club to Primetime (2004); TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003); TV Land Convention Special (2004); TV Land Moguls (2004); Twilight Theatre (1982); Two and a Half Men (2009–2014); Unscripted (2013); Van Dyke and Company (1975–1976); Wait for Your Laugh (2017); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); What's It All About, World? (1969); Where's Poppa? (1970); WordGirl (2015); World by TheTail: The Bill Hayes Story (2017); WTF with Marc Maron (2013); You Don't Know Jack: Volume 2 (1996); Young & Hungry (2017); Your Show of Shows (1950–1957); Your Show of Shows / Caesar's Hour (1954–1957).

Erica Jong, on writing:

All writing problems are psychological problems.

Blocks usually stem from the fear of being judged.

If you imagine the world listening, you'll never write a line.

That's why privacy is so important.

You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.

- Erica Jong.

On this day in music history - Lord of Light, by Fiona Joy Hawkins (2021):

The song Lord of Light,

by Fiona Joy Hawkins,

was released on March 19, 2021.

On this day in movie history - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004):

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,

directed by Michel Gondry,

written by Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth,

was released in the United States on March 19, 2004.
Music by Jon Brion.

Cast:
Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Gerry Robert Byrne, Elijah Wood, Thomas Jay Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Jane Adams, David Cross, Kirsten Dunst, Tom Wilkinson, Ryan Whitney, Debbon Ayer, Amir Ali Said, Brian Price, Paulie Litt, Josh Flitter, Lola Daehler, Deirdre O'Connell, Lauren Adler.

On this day in movie history - Dawn of the Dead (2004):

Dawn of the Dead,

directed by Zack Snyder,

written by James Gunn,

based on the novel by George A. Romero,

was released in the United States on March 19, 2004.
Music by Tyler Bates.
Songs on soundtrack include:
Have A Nice Day by Stereophonics.
The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash.
Down With The Sickness by Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine.
People Who Died by The Jim Carroll Band.
Down With The Sickness by Disturbed.

Cast:
Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer, Ty Burrell, Michael Kelly, Kevin Zegers, Michael Barry, Lindy Booth, Jayne Eastwood, Boyd Banks, Inna Korobkina, R. D. Reid, Kim Poirier, Matt Frewer, Louis Ferreira, Hannah Lochner, Bruce Bohne, Ermes Blarasin, Natalie Brown, Zack Snyder, Scott Reiniger, Tom Savini, Ken Foree.