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SOME PRESIDENTIAL HUMOR

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By Ronald Reagan

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JOHN GOODMAN TURNED 60 TODAY

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John Stephen Goodman is a popular film, television, and 
stage actor. He is best known for his role as
Dan Conner 
on the ABC television series Roseanne (1988-1997) for 
which he won a
Best Actor Golden Globe Award in 1993.

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STOOGE BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1897

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   Moses Harry Horwitz
(June 19, 1897 – May 4, 1975)

He was known professionally as Moe Howard, an actor and
comedian best remembered as the leader of The Three
Stooges
, the farce comedy team who starred in motion
pictures and television for four decades. His distinctive
hairstyle came about when he was a boy and cut off his
curls with a pair of scissors, producing a ragged bowl cut.

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The Three Stooges from left: Larry Fine,  Moe Howard,
and Curly Howard

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COMEDY PIONEER BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1890

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                   Arthur Stanley "Stan" Jefferson
 

                 (16 June 1890 – 23 February 1965)

Known professionally as Stan Laurel, the English comic actor,
writer and film director, was the famous first half of the comedy
team Laurel and Hardy.

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From left: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy

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PAUL LYNDE WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1926

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       Paul Edward Lynde (June 13, 1926 – January 10, 1982)

A noted comedian and character actor, Lynde was well known for his
roles as Uncle Arthur on ABC’s Bewitched (1964-72) and Harry MacAfee,
the father in Bye Bye Birdie – both the stage musical (1960) and the film-
version
(1963). He was also the regular "center square" guest on the
NBC game show Hollywood Squares from 1968 to 1981.


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