Phil Silvers (May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985)

Silvers played the role of a military con man Sergeant Bilko on CBS-TV’s
sitcom The Phil Silvers Show (1955-1959). He began his entertainment
career at age eleven, singing in local theaters whenever projectors would
break. Phil Silvers has been called ‘The King of Chutzpah’.

     
       1955

Donald Jay "Don" Rickles is a stand-up comedian and actor who was  
a frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

Rickles remains very active on the stand-up comedy scene and has
no plans to retire, as he recently stated in an interview. "I’m in good
health. I’m working better than I ever have. The audiences are great.
Why should I retire?

1970

Michael Edward Palin is an English comedian, actor, writer and
television presenter known for being one of the members of
the acclaimed comedy group Monty Python. He was made a
BAFTA fellow, the highest honor bestowed by the organization.

Palin began acting at the age of five, when he performed in a
school play presentation of “A Christmas Carol”.
 

 
         
       Pinky Lee (Pincus Leff) (May 2, 1907 – April 3, 1993)

Lee was burlesque comic and host of a Emmy-nominated afternoon
children’s television program The Pinky Lee Show in the early 1950s
on NBC. It was followed each day by the Howdy Doody Show.

In later years, Lee worked as a teacher and appeared in local area 
musical theater productions.

Pinky’s last show from 1956

Carol Creighton Burnett 

  
Actress, comedian, singer, and writer.Carol Burnett is best known for her long- 
running TV variety show, The Carol Burnett Show,on CBS. It originally aired 
from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 278 episodes, and again 
with 9 episodes in the fall of 1991.