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TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 7/3/23 – YANKEE DOODLE DANDY DAY!

Leave a Comment / National Days / By Bob Crespo

Okay, George M. Cohan wasn’t born on the 4th of July, but close enough, and he didn’t singlehandedly invent the Broadway Musical, but close enough to call today NATIONAL YANKEE DOODLE DANDY DAY! Born a showman to a family of show people in Providence, Rhode Island on July 3, 1878, George M. Cohan was performing …

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TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 6/28/23 – MEL BROOKS’ DAY!

Leave a Comment / National Days / By Bob Crespo

He’s the guy who wears the most hats in the Comedy Industry, from The 2,000 Year Old Man to director, producer, composer, lyricist, actor and screenwriter, a skill set achieved only by Charlie Chaplin before him, and America’s most consistently hilarious comic mind. And he married Mrs.Robinson, Anne Bancroft. It’s only right that we wish this …

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