July 11

This Day in Humor with Mike Durrett

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Born 1899: E.B. White, essayist and children's writer, "Stuart Little," "Charlotte's Web," "The New Yorker." Died 1985.

Born 1906: Harry von Zell, actor, "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show," "Son of Paleface," "The George Gobel Show." Died 1981.

Born 1924: Brett Somers, actress, TV's "The Odd Couple," panelist on "Match Game."

Born 1931: Tab Hunter, actor, "Damn Yankees!" (1958), "The Tab Hunter Show," "The Pleasure of His Company," "The Loved One," "Birds Do It," "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean," "Forever Fernwood," "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," "Polyester," "Grease 2," "Lust in the Dust."

1966: Chuck Barris' "The Newlywed Game" premiered on ABC-TV with host Bob Eubanks.

Opening in movie theatres: "Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid" (1942) ... "We're Not Married" (1952) with Ginger Rogers, Fred Allen, and Marilyn Monroe ... Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" (1975).

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