October 17

This Day in Humor with Mike Durrett

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Born 1900: Jean Arthur, actress, "The Whole Town's Talking," "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town," "Easy Living," "You Can't Take It With You," "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," "Too Many Husbands," "The Devil and Miss Jones," "The Talk of the Town," "The More the Merrier," "A Foreign Affair," "The Jean Arthur Show." Died 1991.

Born 1918: Rita Hayworth, actress, "Blondie on a Budget," "The Strawberry Blonde," "You'll Never Get Rich," "You Were Never Lovelier," "Cover Girl," "Pal Joey." Died 1987.

Born 1927: Tom Poston, comedian, actor, "The Steve Allen Show," "Zotz!" "Mork & Mindy," "Newhart."

Born 1947: Michael McKean, comedian, writer, actor, Lenny on "Laverne & Shirley," "SCTV," "Primetime With Jiminy Glick," "A Mighty Wind."

Born 1948: George Wendt, comedian, actor, Norm! on "Cheers."

Born 1962: Mike Judge, writer, cartoon creator of "Beavis and Butt-head" and "King of the Hill."

Born 1963: Norm MacDonald, comedian, writer, "Saturday Night Live."

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