Hammond Edward "Ham" Fisher (September 24, 1900 [some sources indicate 1901] – December 27, 1955) was an American comic strip writer and cartoonist. He...
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comic strip about a heavyweight boxing champion, created by cartoonist Ham Fisher. The strip debuted on April 19, 1930 and was carried at its peak by 900...
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Look up HAM, Ham, ham, or hams in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ham is a cut of meat from an edible mammal's rear, usually from a pig. Ham or HAM may also...
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Al Capp (section Feud with Ham Fisher)
willing to work at anything." There he met Ham Fisher, who hired him to ghost on Joe Palooka. During one of Fisher's extended vacations, Capp's Joe Palooka...
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and Company on DuMont from September 1951 to June 1952, with co-host Ham Fisher. On television, Olson was an announcer on Break the Bank and was the announcer...
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1949 comedy film directed by Cy Endfield, based on the comic strip by Ham Fisher. It is an entry in Monogram's Joe Palooka series. Joe is framed by gamblers...
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philanthropist Guy Fisher (born 1947), American mobster H. A. L. Fisher (1865–1940), English historian, educator and politician Ham Fisher (1900/01–1955)...
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leader Ellen Albertini Dow, actress, The Wedding Singer's Rapping Granny Ham Fisher, cartoonist Daniel J. Flood, U.S. Congressman Alexander Joseph Foley,...
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Palooka, Champ, a movie based on the comic strip Joe Palooka created by Ham Fisher. Louis once again played himself in the short film Johnny At The Fair...
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Fincher, creator of Thadeus & Weez and The Daily Scribble Bud Fisher, Mutt and Jeff Ham Fisher, Joe Palooka Evelyn Flinders, The Silent Three Harold Rudolf...
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pronouncement. Happy Vermin: The "world's smartest cartoonist" — a caricature of Ham Fisher — who hires Li'l Abner to draw his comic strip for him in a dimly-lit...
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Shore and Milwaukee Railroad interurban in the mid-1930s, to train at the Ham Fisher mansion in nearby Carol Beach, and to supervise the Joe Louis Boxing Camps...
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Fleet John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, GCB, OM, GCVO (25 January 1841 – 10 July 1920), commonly known as Jacky or Jackie Fisher, was a British Admiral...
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include Lifetime's, The Family Channel's, and PAX's Shop 'til You Drop Ham Fisher, cartoonist Tess Gardella, actress Billy Goeckel, baseball player Bob...
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title role, Lupe Velez and Jimmy Durante, and based on the comic strip by Ham Fisher. The film was adapted by Jack Jevne, Arthur Kober, Gertrude Purcell, Murray...
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for Murder (May 2008) – A fictionalized version of the Al Capp/Ham Fisher feud and Fisher's suicide Seduction of the Innocent (June 2013) – A murder mystery...
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hosted by Johnny Olson (billed as "Johnny Olsen" in the credits) and Ham Fisher. The series was primarily sponsored by Red Goose Shoes. This was Olson's...
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(d. 1970) 1899 – Bessie Braddock, British politician (d. 1970) 1900 – Ham Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 1955) 1901 – Alexandra Adler, Austrian neurologist...
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Winkle), Ernie Bushmiller (Nancy), Milton Caniff, Gus Edson (The Gumps), Ham Fisher (Joe Palooka), Harry Haenigsen (Penny), Fred Harman (Red Ryder), Bill...
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include Lifetime's, The Family Channel's, and PAX's Shop 'til You Drop Ham Fisher, cartoonist best known for the Joe Palooka comic strip Steamer Flanagan...
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The Ham and Eggs movement was an old-age pension movement in California during the 1930s. It was founded by Robert Noble, a controversial radio personality...
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Sam Leff, and Henry Formhals (US) Joe Palooka (1930–1984) originally by Ham Fisher (US) John Carter of Mars (1941–1943) by John Coleman Burroughs (US) John...
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Chic Young (Blondie and Dagwood), Raeburn Van Buren (Abbie an' Slats), Ham Fisher (Joe Palooka), Hal Foster (Prince Valiant), Harold Gray (Little Orphan...
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transfers to West Ham United and Chelsea, Durán was not included in Aston Villa’s preseason squad. He caused controversy by emulating West Ham’s “hammers” gesture...
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and Company on DuMont from September 1951 to June 1952, with co-host Ham Fisher. Regulars on the program included The Tophatters, described as "instrumentalists...
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Department of Anatomy, Ham assumed the Chair in 1965. Ham was married in 1981 to Lotta Dempsey Fisher, following the death of his first wife. Ham was widowed once...
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Screenplay by Jan Jeffery Story by B.F. Melzer Based on Joe Palooka by Ham Fisher Produced by Hal E. Chester Starring Joe Kirkwood, Jr. James Gleason Cathy...
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President Benjamin Harrison and Mary Dimmick Harrison (b. 1897) December 27 – Ham Fisher, comic strip writer and cartoonist (b. 1900) 1955–56 in American soccer...
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Australian comics artist (Ben Bowyang), dies at age 53. December 27: Ham Fisher, American comics artist (Joe Palooka), commits suicide at age 55. Erich...
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Screenplay by Jan Jeffery Story by B.F. Melzer Based on Joe Palooka by Ham Fisher Produced by Hal E. Chester Starring Joe Kirkwood, Jr. James Gleason Lois...
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