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HE STILL KEEPS US LAUGHING!

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Leslie Nielson's headstone in Fort Lauderdale's Evergreen Cemetery

Dramatic and comedic actor Leslie Nielsen had a career spanning 60 years, he appeared in more than 100 films
and 150 television programs, portraying more than 220 characters.

Nielsen, upon his discharge from the Royal Canadian
Air Force at the end of World War ll, became a disc
jockey before receiving a scholarship to study theatre
at the
Neighborhood Playhouse
.

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COMEDY RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1978

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On July 28, 1978, National Lampoon’s Animal House, a movie
spoof about 1960s college fraternities starring John Belushi,
opened in U.S. theaters. Produced with an estimated budget
of $3 million, Animal House became a huge, multi-million-dollar
box-office hit, spawned a slew of cinematic imitations and
became part of pop-culture history with such memorable lines
as “Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”

Set at the fictional Faber College (the University of Oregon
served as a stand-in during filming), Animal House centered
around the disreputable Delta House fraternity.

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John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982)


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The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a
public
research university in Eugene, Oregon. Founded in 1876.

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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Camille Bohannon
     
   

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Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014)

Williams is regarded as one of the greatest comedians of
all time.

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LOOKING BACK WITH THE PDX RETRO BLOG

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Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In (often simply referred to as
Laugh-In) is a sketch comedy TV program that ran for
140 episodes from January 22, 1968, to March 12, 1973,
on the
NBC television network, hosted by comedians
Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.

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VOICE ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1908

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Melvin Jerome Blanc (born Melvin Jerome Blank)
(May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989)

Mel Blanc is internationally known for his work in the Golden
Age of
American Animation
as the voices of Bugs Bunny, Daffy
Duck
, Porky Pig, and most of the other characters from the
Looney Tunes
and Merrie Melodies
theatrical cartoons. He later
voiced characters for
Hanna-Barbera‘s television cartoons,
including
Barney Rubble on The Flintstones and Mr. Spacely
on The Jetsons.

Referred to as "The Man of a Thousand Voices", he is regarded
as one of the most influential people in the
voice acting industry,
and as one of the greatest
voice actors of all time.

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