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    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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  • 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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