August 25

This Day in Humor with Mike Durrett

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Born 1850: Bill Nye, journalist, humorist of frontier life, collected in the books: "Bill Nye and Boomerang" (1881), "Forty Liars and Other Lies" (1882), and "Baled Hay" (1884). Died 1896.

Born 1909: Ruby Keeler, dancer, actress, "42nd Street," "Dames," "Ready, Willing and Able." After a 30 year retirement, she returned in Broadway's 1971 production of "No No Nanette." Died 1993.

Born 1913: Walt Kelly, cartoonist, "Pogo." Died 1973.

Born 1916: Van Johnson, actor, "Week-End at the Waldorf," "Easy to Wed," "The Romance of Rosy Ridge," "Mother Is a Freshman," "In the Good Old Summertime," "Three Guys Named Mike," "Confidentially Connie," "Kelly and Me," "Wives and Lovers," "Divorce American Style," "Yours, Mine and Ours," "Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows," "The Purple Rose of Cairo."

Born 1921: Monty Hall, creator and host of wacky game show "Let's Make a Deal."

Born 1930: Sean Connery, actor, "Darby O'Gill and the Little People," "A Fine Madness," "The Man Who Would Be King," "Time Bandits," "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."

Born 1931: Regis Philbin, late-night sidekick ("The Joey Bishop Show"), superstar TV host.

Born 1941: Marshall Brickman, screenwriter (sometimes with Woody Allen), film director, "Sleeper," "Annie Hall," "Manhattan," "Simon," "Lovesick," "For the Boys" (1991), "Manhattan Murder Mystery."

Born 1947: Anne Archer, actress, "Cancel My Reservation," TV's "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice," "Hero at Large."

1949: Family sitcom "Father Knows Best" debuted on NBC radio. The program, starring Robert Young and Jane Wyatt, moved to television in 1954.

Born 1958: Tim Burton, cartoonist, film director, "Frankenweenie," "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure," "Beetlejuice," "Edward Scissorhands," "Ed Wood," "Mars Attacks!"

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