June 24

This Day in Humor with Mike Durrett

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Born 1904: Phil Harris, bandleader, actor, "The Jack Benny Program," "Anything Goes," "The Wheeler Dealers," "The Patsy," voices of Baloo the Bear in Walt Disney's "The Jungle Book" (1967), O'Malley in "The Aristocats," and Little John in "Robin Hood" (1973). Husband of actress Alice Faye. Died 1995.

Born 1919: Al Molinaro, actor, "Get Smart," Murray on TV's "The Odd Couple," Al on "Happy Days" and "Joanie Loves Chachi."

Born 1923: Jack Carter, stand-up comedian, actor, "The Horizontal Lieutenant," "Viva Las Vegas," "The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington," "The Funny Farm."

Born 1942: Michele Lee, actress, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," "The Comic," "The Love Bug," "Bud and Lou," "Broadway Bound" (1992).

1966: Comedian Lenny Bruce's final performance at San Francisco's Fillmore West.

At the movies, opening on this date, Screwball Squirrel in "Happy-Go-Nutty" (1944), Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin in "Cat Ballou" (1965), Alan Arkin and John Voight in "Catch-22" (1970), Mel Brooks' "Spaceballs" (1987), and Disney's "The Lion King" (1994)

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