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Buster Keaton Biography
Buster Keatonactor, directorBorn: 10/4/1895Birthplace: Piqua, Kansas American film actor and director widely considered the greatest comic actor in film history. Keaton used his acrobatic…Jay Leno Biography
Jay Lenotelevision comedian and hostBorn: 4/28/1950Birthplace: New Rochelle, New York Emmy Award-winning television comedian who has hosted the The Tonight Show since Johnny Carson retired in 1992.…Charles M. Schulz Biography
Charles M. SchulzcartoonistBorn: 11/26/1922Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota Cartoonist who created “Peanuts,” the most commercially successful syndicated comic strip of all time. Charlie Brown,…Scott Adams Biography
Scott AdamscartoonistBorn: 6/08/1957Birthplace: Catskill, New York American cartoonist who created (1989) the popular comic strip “Dilbert,” which features a likeable but hopelessly nerdy…Gish Jen Biography
Gish Jen novelistBorn: 1955 A second-generation Chinese American, Jen was raised in the large Jewish community of Scarsdale, New York. She received a degree in English from Harvard…Steve Allen 2000 Deaths
Steve AllenAge: 78 versatile comedian, prolific composer, and actor who, as the first host (1954–1956) and creator of The Tonight Show, popularized the late-night variety show. His Steve…Roy Lichtenstein 1997 Deaths
Roy LichtensteinAge: 73artist A major figure in American art, Lichtenstein drew attention to Pop painting in the 1960s with his distinctive renderings of comic books and advertisements.…Eddie Bracken 2002 Deaths
Eddie BrackenAge: 87 stage, screen, and film actor who played the comic hero in the Preston Struges films The Miracle of Morgan's Creek and Hail the Conquering Hero. His career, which spanned…Joey Faye Biography
Joey Fayeburlesque comic Though Faye appeared in several television shows, films and stage productions, he is best remembered for his career in vaudeville and burlesque, where he most often…The Devil's Dictionary: Egotist
by Ambrose Bierce EFFECTEJECTIONEGOTIST -n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me. Megaceph, chosen to serve the State In the halls of legislative debate,…Trending
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