April 3

This Day in Humor with Mike Durrett

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Born 1885: "Bud" Fisher, cartoonist, "Mutt and Jeff." Died 1954.

Born 1898: George Jessel, comedian, actor, America's Toastmaster General.  Died 1981.

Born 1924: Doris Day, actress, "It's a Great Feeling," "Pillow Talk," "Please Don't Eat the Daisies," "Lover Come Back," "The Thrill of It All," "That Touch of Mink," "The Glass Bottom Boat."

Born 1942: Marsha Mason, actress, "The Goodbye Girl," "Chapter Two."

Born 1947: Pat Proft, comedian, writer, "Airplane!" "Naked Gun."

1949: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis debuted on NBC radio in a weekly variety/sitcom program, which continued into 1952.

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1957: Dean Martin's first solo comedy movie, "Ten Thousand Bedrooms," opened in theatres and flopped.

Born 1959: David Hyde Pierce, actor, Niles on "Frasier."

Born 1961: Eddie Murphy, comedian, actor, "Saturday Night Live," "48 Hrs.," "Trading Places," "The Nutty Professor," "Dr. Dolittle," "Bowfinger."

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