June 19

This Day in Humor with Mike Durrett

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Born 1897: Moe Howard, comedian, film actor, bully Moe of The Three Stooges. Died 1975. Real-life brother of Shemp and Curly.

Born 1917: Pat Buttram, comedian, writer, actor. In many films, he was Gene Autry's sidekick. On TV, he was country con con man Mr. Haney on "Green Acres." Died 1994.

1923: The "Moons Mullins" comic strip premiered.

Born 1928: Barry Took, UK stand-up comedian, writer, producer of "Monty Python's Flying Circus." Died 2002.

Born 1942: Jeffrey Moss, songwriter, a "Sesame Street" creator, responsible for The Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch. His hit songs: "Rubber Duckie," "I Love Trash." Died 1998.

Born 1948: Phylicia Rashad, actress, Clair Huxtable on "The Cosby Show," "Cosby."

Born 1954: Kathleen Turner, actress, "Peggy Sue Got Married," "Romancing the Stone," "Jewel of the Nile," voice of Jessica Rabbit in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," "Prizzi's Honor," "The War of the Roses."

1956: After several years of public feuding, comedy team Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis announced their professional break-up.

1978: Fatso cat Garfield debuted on newspaper comics pages.

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