Your Travalanche Daily Digest for August 24, 2025

Today’s new Travalanche posts for August 24, 2025 are about early game show pioneer Dennis James, actor Steve Guttenberg, and the recently departed Jerry Adler.

Previous August 24 posts include ones on:

Harold Lloyd’s Bomb’s Accident

Dave Chapelle

Little Person Kenny Baker

Dana Gould and Hanging With Dr. Z

Durward Kirby

Early talkie star Alice White

Hal Smith (Otis from The Andy Griffith Show)

Dorothy Comingore (Citizen Kane)

Theatre critic Max Beerbohm

Agnes Thatcher Lake, Bride of Wild Bill Hickok

Playwright and actor Frank Craven

19th century stage star Kate Claxton

Poet Robert Herrick

Songwriter Fred Rose

Actor Jack Collins (Towering Inferno)

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