This Day In Comedy: January 10

Born this day in 1970, Doug E Doug (Douglas Bourne) is 47, Brooklyn, New York actor (Operation Dumbo Drop, Jungle Fever), comedian rapper. Known for his roles as Griffin Vesey on the CBS sitcom Cosby, Sanka Coffie in the film Cool Runnings and as the voice of Bernie in the animated film Shark Tale.
		Born this day in 1974, Jemaine Clement is 43, a Masterton, New Zealand comedian, actor and musician, best known as one half of the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords
Born this day in 1949, Jim Bailey (James William Bailey) is 68, a Philadelphia, PA Singer, actor, female impersonator. (I just don’t get why. -Jim)
A groom asks his new bride, 'Honey, Am I Your First?' She Says, 'Why Does Everybody Ask Me That?' "		Died this day in 2005, Gene Baylos (Eugene Baylos) of New York City, NY, "a comedian's comedian" - polite term for durable small-timer who got laughs but never got in the way of the headline act, played Catskill Resorts, the Casino Circuit and celebrity roasts. Born 11/16/1906, he died of natural causes at 98.
Died this day in 1941, Joe Penner (József Pintér) Nagybecskerek, Austria-Hungary (present-day Zrenjanin, Serbia) comedian, actor, 1930s-era vaudeville, radio and film comedian. Born 11/11/1904, he died of heart failure at age 36.

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