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JOAN CUSACK ~ 49 TODAY

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Joan-Cusack

Joan Mary Cusack is a film, stage and television actress. She has been
nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for
her roles in the movies Working Girl (1988) and In & Out (1997) and is
a three-time winner of the American Comedy Award as “Funniest
Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture.” Cusack is a former cast
member of TV show Saturday Night Live in 1985 to 1986. She also
did the voice of Jessie in Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3. Joan is the
sister of fellow actor, John Cusack.                      

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Joan Cusack (left) with Melanie Griffith in Working Girl

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Joan Cusack in a scene from Arlington Road (1999)

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Joan voicing Jessie for Toy Story 3

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MEN’S MAGAZINE DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1933

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Esquire
is a men’s magazine , founded and edited by David A. Smart. It was
published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. The first issue (above)
appeared on October 4, 1933.

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‘’DICK TRACY’’ DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1931

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DickTracy strip

Dick Tracy is a comic strip featuring police detective Dick Tracy.The strip was created
by cartoonist Chester Gould (shown below) and made its debut on Sunday October 4, 1931 in the Detroit Mirror. It was distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York
Syndicate. Gould wrote and drew the strip until 1977.


Chester Gould in 1932

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Toy Dick Tracy squad car

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CHILDREN’S VERIETY SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1955

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Walt Disney (center) with the Mouseketeers

The Mickey Mouse Club is an variety television show created for children by Walt
Disney Productions that aired on  ABC –TV from Monday October 3, 1955 to 1959. It featured a regular but ever changing cast of young performers. The show was hosted
by songwriter Jimmie Dodd (below). The main cast members were called Mouseketeers who performed in a variety of musical and dance numbers.

Jimmy Dodd
Jimmie Dodd

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COMIC STRIP IS 61 YEARS OLD TODAY!

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Peanuts
is a syndicated daily and Sunday comic strip written and illustrated
by Charles M. Schulz (above), which ran from Sunday October 2, 1950, to
February 13, 2000, continuing in reruns afterward. The strip is considered
to be one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium,
with 17,897 strips published in all. Schulz died February 12, 2000.

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