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Cerf was also known for his own compilations of jokes and puns, for regular personal appearances lecturing across the united states, and for his television appearances in the panel game show whats my line. Author of 24 favorite oneact plays, thirty famous oneact plays, famous ghost stories, sixteen famous american plays, try and stop me, s. In 1977 random house published his autobiography, which he had titled at random. Bennett alfred cerf may 25, 1898 august 27, 1971 was an american publisher and cofounder of the american publishing firm random house. Bennett cerf biography, birth date, birth place and pictures.

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