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As always, the further we go back in Hollywood history,
the more that fact and legend become intertwined. It's hard to say where the truth really lies.
July 1, 1952
Daniel
Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, the Academy
Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian-American comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist is born.
He was an original cast member of Saturday Night
Live, an originator of The Blues Brothers (with John Belushi)
and Ghostbusters and has had a long career as a film actor and
screenwriter.
July 2, 1947
David is the co-creator and producer of two successful television
comedies, Seinfeld (1989-1998) and Curb Your Enthusiasm (1999-present) is born. In 1989, he
teamed up with Jerry Seinfeld to co-create the television series Seinfeld, where he also acted as
head writer and executive producer. David's work won him a Primetime Emmy
Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1993. In 1999, he created the HBO
series Curb Your Enthusiasm, a
mostly improvised sitcom in which he stars as a fictionalized version of
himself.
Formerly a standup comedian, David went into television comedy,
writing and starring in ABC's Fridays,
as well as writing briefly for Saturday
Night Live.
To quote the Bicentennial Minute, "And that's the way it was".
Stay Tuned Tony Figueroa |
I represent the first generation who, when we were born, the television was now a permanent fixture in our homes. When I was born people had breakfast with Barbara Walters, dinner with Walter Cronkite, and slept with Johnny Carson. Read the full "Pre-ramble"
Monday, June 26, 2017
This Week in Television History: June 2017 PART IV
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