![]() ![]() Lewis’s conversion from atheism to Christianity. His book The Everlasting Man (1925) contributed to C.S. He dabbled in the occult as a young man, and he and his brother tried out the Ouija board, but eventually he returned to the Church of England, and converted to Catholicism later in life his thoughts on religion influenced much of his writing. His best-known character is Father Brown, a detective-slash-priest, who features in several short stories. He considered himself primarily a journalist, and he wrote 4,000 newspaper essays he also wrote some 80 books - books of fiction, criticism, literary biography, and theology - as well as several hundred poems, about 200 short stories, and several plays. He was also remarkably prolific, writing fast and scarcely editing what he wrote. Wells and George Bernard Shaw, but he was so agreeable and full of good humor that he kept them as close friends. He disagreed sharply with many people, most notably H.G. He was a large man, well over six feet, and rotund. Chesterton, born Gilbert Keith Chesterton in London (1874). Today is the birthday of English author G.K. He skewered the comedian and his fans, saying, “This is comedy for people who have no sense of humor and who come determined to be entertained and laugh to show that they ‘get it.'” Hitchens closed his article by saying, “Hope was a fool, and nearly a clown, but he was never even remotely a comedian.”īob Hope died in 2003, two months after his 100th birthday. A few days after Hope’s death, author and journalist Christopher Hitchens called him “paralyzingly, painfully, hopelessly unfunny” in Slate. Congress unanimously passed Resolution 75 in 1997 to make him the nation’s first Honorary Veteran, and he considered this his highest achievement. It was the beginning of nearly 60 years of shows at military bases at home and abroad. In 1941, he performed his first show for soldiers, a group of airmen stationed in March Field, California. The Guinness Book of World Records named him the most honored entertainer in the world, with 2,000 awards and citations, including 54 honorary doctorates and a knighthood from his native England. He never won an Oscar for his acting - “Oscar Night at my house is called Passover,” he once quipped - but the Academy nevertheless honored him five times, with two honorary Oscars, two special awards, and a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. His comedy was verbal, not physical, and he usually played unsympathetic characters that the audience could feel superior to. By 1940, after working in vaudeville, Broadway, and radio, he was one of America’s most popular comedians. His first successful show-biz venture came at the age of 10, when he won a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest. ![]() His family moved to the United States when he was four years old, and he grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. These healthy and delicious dog treats are made in America!?100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE-We are so confident that you will be thrilled with your purchase, if you’re not completely happy just let us know and we’ll refund every penny.It’s the birthday of comedian Bob Hope (1903), born Leslie Townes Hope in Eltham, near London.
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