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nger, which he then shortened to Milton Berle. He began his career very early as a model for the Buster Brown Shoe Company. His mother, who had dreams of being an actress, focused all her drive and energies into his career and had him appearing in films by the age of six.

Berle is rumored to have been the youngest master of ceremonies to work in vaudeville, but he went on to achieve his mega-stardom through television. He came into America's living rooms every Tuesday night at 8:00, even before owning a television became fashionable. (He took the Texaco Star Theatre from radio to television in 1948.) America came to know him as Mr. Television. Children of that day thought of Berle as "Uncle Miltie," the television personality who, more often than not in some outrageous costume, reminded them to go to bed as soon as the broadcast was over.

Berle’s brand of comedy has served to be the inspiration for many of the comics that came after him. He has conti...

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