Quote of the day
The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure.
Francis Burnand

Born: November 29, 1836
Died: April 21, 1917 (aged 80)
Bio: Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, usually known as F. C. Burnand, was an English comic writer and prolific playwright, best known today as the librettist of Arthur Sullivan's opera Cox and Box.
Known for:
- Happy Thoughts (1868)
- Happy-Thought Hall (1872)
- The Catholic Who's Who and Yearbook
- More Happy Thoughts, Etc. Etc. (1871)
- The Real Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1882)