September 1

This Day in Humor with Mike Durrett

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Born 1900: Don Wilson, actor, jovial announcer on radio and TV's "The Jack Benny Program." Died 1982.

1919: Felix the Cat debuted in the cartoon "Feline Follies." He became the first animation superstar.

Born 1922: Yvonne DeCarlo, actress, "McClintock!" "A Global Affair," Lily on "The Munsters."

Born 1939: Lily Tomlim, stand-up comedian, actress, "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In," "All of Me," "Nine to Five," "The Incredible Shrinking Woman," "Big Business," Jane Hathaway in "The Beverly Hillbillies" (1993), "Murphy Brown," "The Kid" (2000).

Opening in U.S. movie theatres: Frank Capra's "You Can't Take It With You" (1938) ... "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer" (1947) with Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Shirley Temple ... "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1947) starring Danny Kaye.

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