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Common

1972-03-13 (52 years old) in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Lonnie Rashid Lynn (born March 13, 1972), known by his stage name Common (formerly Common Sense), is an American rapper and actor. He has received three Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award. He debuted in 1992 with the album Can I Borrow a Dollar?, and gained critical acclaim with his 1994 album Resurrection. He maintained an underground following into the late 1990s. He achieved mainstream success through his work with the Soulquarians. His first major-label album Like Water for Chocolate (2000), received commercial success. In 2003, he won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for the Erykah Badu single "Love of My Life". His 2005 album Be was also a commercial success and was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2006 Grammy Awards. Common received his second Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "Southside" (featuring Kanye West), from his 2007 album Finding Forever. His best-of album, Thisisme Then: The Best of Common, was released in late 2007. In 2011, Common launched Think Common Entertainment, his own record label imprint, having previously released music under various other labels including Relativity, Geffen, and GOOD Music. Common won the 2015 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and the Academy Award for Best Original Song, for his song, co-written and performed with John Legend, "Glory" from the 2014 film Selma, in which he co-starred as Civil Rights Movement leader James Bevel. Common's acting career also includes roles in the films Smokin' Aces, Street Kings, American Gangster, Wanted, Terminator Salvation, Date Night, Just Wright, Happy Feet Two, New Year's Eve, Run All Night, Being Charlie, Rex, John Wick: Chapter 2, Smallfoot and Hunter Killer. He also narrated the documentary Bouncing Cats, about one man's efforts to improve the lives of children in Uganda through hip-hop/b-boy culture. He starred as Elam Ferguson on the AMC western television series Hell on Wheels. Description above from the Wikipedia article Common (rapper), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

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Diane Warren: Relentless
0 %|Jan 10, 2025
Documentary, Music, History
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Breathe
54.029999999999994 %|Apr 4, 2024
Action, Science Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
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A GRAMMY Salute To 50 Years Of Hip-Hop
85 %|Dec 10, 2023
Music, Documentary
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Fool's Paradise
46 %|May 12, 2023
Comedy
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The Legacy of J Dilla
0 %|Apr 7, 2023
Documentary, Music, TV Movie
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Chris Rock: Road To Live Special
0 %|Mar 4, 2023
Documentary
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Killing Me Softly with His Songs
50 %|Nov 10, 2022
Documentary
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You're Watching Video Music Box
64 %|Dec 3, 2021
Music, Documentary
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2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
70 %|Nov 20, 2021
Music, Documentary
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Chamber Check: Evolution of a Fight Scene
84 %|Jun 13, 2017
Documentary
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Suicide Squad
59.21 %|Aug 3, 2016
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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Barbershop: The Next Cut
63 %|Apr 15, 2016
Comedy, Drama
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The Wiz Live!
71 %|Dec 3, 2015
TV Movie, Music
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Being Charlie
62 %|Sep 14, 2015
Drama, Romance
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Unity
74.85000000000001 %|Aug 12, 2015
Documentary
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Entourage
62.370000000000005 %|Jun 3, 2015
Comedy, Drama
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Run All Night
64 %|Mar 11, 2015
Action, Crime, Thriller
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Selma
73.97999999999999 %|Dec 25, 2014
History, Drama
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Every Secret Thing
62 %|Apr 20, 2014
Thriller, Crime, Mystery
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X/Y
45 %|Apr 19, 2014
Drama, Romance
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Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
70 %|Jun 21, 2013
Documentary, Music
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Now You See Me
73.38 %|May 29, 2013
Thriller, Crime
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Pawn
56 %|Apr 23, 2013
Crime, Thriller
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Movie 43
46.04 %|Jan 24, 2013
Comedy
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LUV
58.33 %|Jan 18, 2013
Crime, Drama
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The Odd Life of Timothy Green
70 %|Aug 15, 2012
Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Family
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Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
66 %|Jun 15, 2012
Documentary, Music
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Happy Feet Two
61.52 %|Nov 17, 2011
Animation, Comedy, Family
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Just Wright
66 %|May 14, 2010
Romance, Comedy
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Bouncing Cats
0 %|Apr 29, 2010
Documentary
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Date Night
60.96 %|Apr 8, 2010
Comedy, Action, Adventure
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Terminator Salvation
60.64 %|May 20, 2009
Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
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Wanted
65.27 %|Jun 19, 2008
Action, Thriller, Crime
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Street Kings
66 %|Apr 10, 2008
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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American Gangster
75.88 %|Nov 2, 2007
Drama, Crime
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Smokin' Aces
64.91 %|Dec 9, 2006
Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
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Dave Chappelle's Block Party
67 %|Sep 12, 2005
Comedy, Documentary, Music
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Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]
10 %|Mar 22, 2005
Music, Documentary
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5 Sides of a Coin
0 %|Nov 12, 2004
Documentary
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Beef
62 %|Aug 3, 2003
Documentary, Music
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Bilal: Live at Glasshaus
0 %|Nov 20, 2024
Music
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Hip-Hop and the White House
60 %|Apr 22, 2024
Documentary
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Alice
58 %|Mar 18, 2022
Thriller, Drama
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Ava
58 %|Jul 2, 2020
Action, Thriller, Crime
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A Most Beautiful Thing
62 %|Jun 18, 2020
Documentary
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Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince
79 %|Apr 21, 2020
Music, History
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One World: Together at Home
70.28999999999999 %|Apr 18, 2020
Music, Documentary
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The Informer
65 %|Aug 30, 2019
Drama, Crime, Thriller
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The Price of Protest
76 %|Aug 18, 2019
Documentary, TV Movie
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The Kitchen
61 %|Aug 8, 2019
Action, Crime, Drama
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Saint Judy
69 %|Mar 1, 2019
Drama
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Here and Now
52 %|Nov 9, 2018
Romance, Drama
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Hunter Killer
69 %|Oct 19, 2018
Action, Adventure, Thriller
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The Hate U Give
81.16 %|Oct 19, 2018
Crime, Drama
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All About Nina
60 %|Sep 28, 2018
Comedy, Drama
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Smallfoot
67.85 %|Sep 20, 2018
Family, Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy
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Ocean's Eight
69.82000000000001 %|Jun 7, 2018
Crime, Comedy, Action
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The Tale
70.95 %|Jan 20, 2018
Drama, Mystery
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Love Beats Rhymes
57 %|Dec 1, 2017
Drama, Music
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Girls Trip
68.31 %|Jul 21, 2017
Comedy
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The Words That Built America
59.64 %|Jul 4, 2017
Documentary
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Misdirection: The Real Magic
0 %|Jun 13, 2017
Documentary
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Megan Leavey
73 %|Jun 9, 2017
Drama, War
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Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth
63 %|May 23, 2017
Documentary
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Chasing Trane
73 %|Apr 14, 2017
Documentary, Music
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John Wick: Chapter 2
73.35 %|Feb 8, 2017
Action, Thriller, Crime
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BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
90 %|Nov 15, 2016
Music, Documentary
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Letter to the Free
0 %|Nov 1, 2016
Music
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Black America Again
10 %|Oct 21, 2016
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Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
79 %|Oct 14, 2016
Documentary
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Two Trains Runnin'
72 %|Apr 8, 2016
Documentary, Music, History
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New Year's Eve
58.760000000000005 %|Dec 8, 2011
Comedy, Romance
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Music
0 %|Oct 15, 2010
Documentary
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Brave New Voices 2010
100 %|Jan 1, 2010
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Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life
62 %|May 16, 2007
Documentary, Music
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Letter to the President
20 %|Mar 29, 2005
Documentary
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Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]
10 %|Mar 22, 2005
Music, Documentary
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Soundz of Spirit
80 %|Feb 8, 2005
Documentary
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Brown Sugar
67 %|Oct 5, 2002
Romance, Comedy
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Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
20 %|Nov 10, 1998
Documentary
actor
Hate to See You Go
0 %|Invalid Date
actor
Paragraphs I Manifest
0 %|Invalid Date
Documentary

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Silo
82 %|May 4, 2023
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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StoryBots: Answer Time
64 %|Nov 21, 2022
Kids, Animation
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The Jennifer Hudson Show
64 %|Sep 12, 2022
Talk
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jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
68 %|Feb 16, 2022
Documentary
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Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
54 %|Sep 1, 2020
Kids, Family
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Home Movie: The Princess Bride
76.92 %|Jun 29, 2020
Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Never Have I Ever
81.08000000000001 %|Apr 27, 2020
Comedy, Drama
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Tamron Hall
51 %|Sep 9, 2019
Talk
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
62 %|Sep 9, 2019
Talk
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
62 %|Sep 9, 2019
Talk
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Activate: The Global Citizen Movement
0 %|Sep 5, 2019
Documentary
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Shut Up and Dribble
0 %|Nov 3, 2018
Documentary
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The Chi
80 %|Jan 7, 2018
Drama
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America Divided
52 %|Oct 29, 2016
Documentary
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Chelsea
51.349999999999994 %|May 11, 2016
Talk, Comedy
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
66 %|Sep 8, 2015
Comedy, Talk
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
66 %|Sep 8, 2015
Comedy, Talk
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Lip Sync Battle
64 %|Apr 2, 2015
Reality, Comedy
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Framework
47 %|Jan 6, 2015
Reality
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
55 %|Feb 25, 2014
Talk, Comedy
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
58 %|Feb 17, 2014
Comedy, Talk
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Off Camera with Sam Jones
40 %|Feb 6, 2014
Talk
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The Mindy Project
63 %|Sep 25, 2012
Comedy
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Hell on Wheels
75.72 %|Nov 6, 2011
Action & Adventure, Drama, Western
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
50 %|Jul 16, 2009
Talk, Comedy
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Keeping Up with the Kardashians
74 %|Oct 14, 2007
Reality
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I Love the '70s: Volume 2
0 %|Jul 10, 2006
Documentary
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Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
80.47 %|Jul 28, 2005
Comedy
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Black in the 80s
0 %|Feb 1, 2005
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Game Over
56 %|Mar 10, 2004
Animation
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Real Time with Bill Maher
60.12 %|Feb 21, 2003
Comedy, Talk
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
55 %|Jan 26, 2003
Talk, Comedy
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Chappelle's Show
80.36 %|Jan 22, 2003
Comedy
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Scrubs
80 %|Oct 2, 2001
Comedy
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One on One
81 %|Sep 3, 2001
Comedy, Talk
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Girlfriends
75.56 %|Sep 11, 2000
Drama, Comedy
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TRL
51.790000000000006 %|Sep 14, 1998
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The View
44.21 %|Aug 11, 1997
Talk
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The Chris Rock Show
44 %|Feb 7, 1997
Comedy
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The Daily Show
64 %|Jul 22, 1996
News, Comedy
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
71.22 %|Sep 13, 1993
Comedy, Talk
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
54 %|May 25, 1992
Talk, Comedy
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The Simpsons
80.16999999999999 %|Dec 17, 1989
Family, Animation, Comedy
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
52 %|Sep 5, 1988
Talk
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American Masters
70.63 %|Jun 23, 1986
Documentary
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MTV Video Music Awards
75 %|Sep 14, 1984
Documentary
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Entertainment Tonight
37 %|Sep 15, 1981
News
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Saturday Night Live
69.36 %|Oct 11, 1975
Comedy, News