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a funnyman who honed his shtick in vaudeville, Milton Berle was credited with popularizing the medium of television
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And so, for his final weeks, the funnyman has welcomed an assortment of friends and A-listers, from his fellow late-night hosts Kimmel, Oliver, Meyers, and Fallon, to the likes of Tom Hanks, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and former president Barack Obama.
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Marlow Stern, Variety, 15 May 2026
But the longtime funnyman is also a family man and a dad of four.
—ABC News, 12 May 2026
Fellow Hollywood Bowl funnymen will include Shane Gillis, John Mulaney and Marcello Hernández.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
Lord and Miller are boisterous funnymen, with a flair for the exaggerated and the outlandish that feels born of their frequent work in animation.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
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Marlow Stern, Variety, 15 May 2026
But the longtime funnyman is also a family man and a dad of four.
—ABC News, 12 May 2026
Fellow Hollywood Bowl funnymen will include Shane Gillis, John Mulaney and Marcello Hernández.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
Lord and Miller are boisterous funnymen, with a flair for the exaggerated and the outlandish that feels born of their frequent work in animation.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Funnyman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/funnyman. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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