9. Groucho—who passed away 50 years ago today—temporarily hosted 'The Tonight Show.'

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'Roseanne,' which was praised for its portrayal of blue-collar America, also broke new ground in terms of its envelope-pushing (for the time) storylines.
He refuses to book a performance anywhere near his house.
It takes just 14 words—“Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger, can I take your order?”—to make a ‘90s kid swoon with nostalgia.
She was 53 and one of America's most famous comedians—then she started tickling the ivories in addition to funny bones.
The movie that made fun of the U.S. Army that actually helped the U.S. Army.
Mel Brooks hadn’t directed a movie in six years when he committed to 1987’s 'Spaceballs,' a joke-saturated spoof of 'Star Wars' and other popular genre films of the era.
The one-of-a-kind HBO series made its debut 10 years ago.
The Netflix series that almost never was is a bona fide pop culture obsession.
In the face of a looming mid-1980s writers strike, John Hughes presented Paramount executive Ned Tanen with a one-sentence pitch: "I want to do this movie about a kid who takes a day off from school and ... that's all I know so far."
In 1975, ABC planned two Python specials. The group sued to make sure they would never air.
Craig T. Nelson's Emmy-winning sitcom hit the field for the final time 20 years ago.