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THE SCHNOZ WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1893

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James Francis "Jimmy" Durante (February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980)

Durante was a vaudeville comedian, pianist, and actor who was one of
America’s most popular personalities from the 1920s through the 1970s,
well known for his big nose and his composition of the song "Inka Dinka
Doo." He left school in the eight grade to become a ragtime pianist and
joined the Original New Orleans Jazz Band, which later became known
as Jimmy Durante’s Jazz Band. He later became a vaudeville star and
radio personality as a part of the trio, Clayton, Jackson and Durante.

 

  

        

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COMEDIAN BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1880

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W.C. Fields with his father, W.C. Fields, Jr., 1907.

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W.C. Fields (born William Claude Dukenfield in Darby, Pennsylvania)  

(January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946)

Before fame, Fields made a living as a pool player and juggler as a teenager.

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RECAPING THE NEWS ON THIS DAY

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Sandy Kozel

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The sketch comedy show Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In ran for 140 episodes
from January 22, 1968, to March 12, 1973, on the NBC television network. In
2002, Laugh-In was ranked #42 on TV Guide’s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All
Time
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BETTY WHITE IS 93 TODAY

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Betty Marion White

In 2013, Guinness World Records awarded Betty White with having
the longest television career for a female entertainer. She was Sue
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on Mary Tyler Moore on CBS from 1973 to 1977 and
The Golden Girls on NBC from 1985 to 1992. In 2009, she received
the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award and in May of 2010,
Betty White became the oldest person to host Saturday Night Live
on NBC.

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RADIO SHOW DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1939

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The Andrew Sisters

Comedian-accordionist Phil Baker and the Andrew Sisters were featured on
Honolulu Bound, a radio program  broadcast by CBS. It was a 30-minute 
musical comedy program that aired every Wednesday evening during a
run which ended October 4, 1939.

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Phil Baker
 

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Announcer for Honolulu Bound was Harry von Zell

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