Which Save The Children artist ambassador, who joined in a call to action asking people to participate in World Pneumonia Day, was one half of the Fry and Laurie comedy double act?
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World Pneumonia Day World Pneumonia Day (November 12) provides an annual forum for the world to stand together and demand action in the fight against pneumonia. More than 100 organizations representing the interests of children joined forces as the Global Coalition against Child Pneumonia to hold the first World Pneumonia Day on November 2, 2009. Save The Children artist ambassadors Gwyneth Paltrow and Hugh Laurie, Charles MacCormack of Save The Children, Orin Levine of PneumoADIP, Lance Laifer of Hedge Funds vs. Malaria & Pneumonia, the Global Health Council, the GAVI Alliance, and the Sabin Vaccine Institute joined together in a call to action asking people to participate in World Pneumonia Day on November 2. In 2010, World Pneumonia Day falls on November 12.
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Hugh Laurie James Hugh Calum Laurie, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} ( ; born 11 June 1959) is an English actor, director, musician, singer, comedian, and author. He became known as one half of the Fry and Laurie double act with his friend and comedy partner Stephen Fry, whom he joined in the cast of "A Bit of Fry & Laurie", "Blackadder", and "Jeeves and Wooster" in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Judy Fryd Judy Fryd (31 October 1909 – October 2000) was a British campaigner for mentally handicapped children and the founder of The National Association of Parents of Backward Children, now Mencap.
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Gromit Unleashed Gromit Unleashed was a public charity art trail led by Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal and Aardman Animations, in which 80 giant artist-decorated fibreglass sculptures of Gromit were displayed on the streets of Bristol and the surrounding area between 1 July and 8 September 2013. At the end of the art trail, the sculptures were auctioned to raise funds for Wallace & Gromit's Grand Appeal, the Bristol Children's Hospital Charity. The Grand Appeal pledged to raise £3.5 million for state-of-the-art equipment for Bristol Children's Hospital, including an intraoperative MRI scanner, family facilities and child-friendly artwork to help save the lives of sick children at the hospital. All funds raised by Gromit Unleashed contributed towards this.
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Lou Costello Louis Francis "Lou" Cristillo (March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959), known by the stage name Lou Costello, was an American actor of radio, stage, television and film and burlesque comedian best remembered for the comedy double act of Abbott and Costello, with Bud Abbott. They started in burlesque, before showcasing their routines on radio, on Broadway, and in Hollywood films between 1940-1956. Costello played a bumbling character opposite Abbott's straight man. He was known for the catchphrases "Heeeeyyy, Abbott!" and "I'm a baaaaad boy!"
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Children of Fire International Children of Fire International is a charity based in the UK and in South Africa that assists badly burned children with reconstructive surgery and other necessities. The organization also promotes legislation and legal assistance for children who are disabled through burn injuries.
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Bobby Ball Robert Harper, known professionally as Bobby Ball (born 28 January 1944), is an English comedian, actor and singer. He is best known as one half of the double act Cannon and Ball, with Tommy Cannon. They hosted their own ITV show "The Cannon and Ball Show" for nine years between 1979 and 1988. Ball has since gone on to star in various sitcoms and dramas including "Last of the Summer Wine", "Heartbeat" and "Not Going Out".
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Cecil Roderick Fry Cecil Roderick Fry (1890–1952) was a member of the Fry family who ran the J. S. Fry & Sons confectionery business after the First World War.
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Unite for Children, Unite Against AIDS Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS is a global Campaign launched by UNICEF in 2005 to raise awareness of the plight of children globally in relation to HIV and AIDS, and to spur action.
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Raphael Cilento Sir Raphael West Cilento (2 December 189315 April 1985), often known as "Ray", was a notable Australian medical practitioner and public health administrator.
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Keith Carter (comedian) Keith Carter is an award winning Liverpool-based comedian, writer, and actor, best known for his comic creation Nige, a caricature of a scallie from Merseyside cited by Sir Jeremy Isaacs as being instrumental in helping Liverpool's successful 2007 Capital of Culture bid.
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Live &amp; Kicking Live & Kicking is a BBC Saturday morning children's magazine programme, running from 1993 to 2001. The fourth in a succession of Saturday morning shows, it was the replacement for "Going Live!", and took many of its features from it, such as phone-ins, games, comedy, competitions and the showing of cartoons. Once "Live & Kicking" had become established in series two, it reached its height in popularity during series four, when it was presented by Zoë Ball and Jamie Theakston; their final episode won a BAFTA award. After this the series ratings dropped with the launch of "SMTV Live" on ITV and the show eventually came to an end in 2001.
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Kagiso Lediga Kagiso Lediga is a South African stand-up comedian, actor and director. He has written and directed noteworthy television comedies including the cult classic the Pure Monate Show, Late Nite News with Loyiso Gola, and the Bantu Hour. He has played starring roles in the films Bunny Chow, and Wonder Boy for President. Smaller roles include featuring in Die Antwoord's music video for Fatty Boom Boom as "Dr Kagiso, Dentist + Gynaechologist", who pulls a parktown prawn out of a Lady Gaga impersonator's vagina.
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Hooley Dooleys The Hooley Dooleys were an Australian children's music and performance act which began in 1996. Their material was aimed at children between the ages of two and seven. They originally appeared on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), but then appeared on commercial television and as a live touring act. Early members of the group were David Butts, Antoine Demarest and Bruce Thorburn; director and producer was Jacqueline Cairns; and the early childhood advisor was Angela McLean. By 1998 they were being directed and produced by Jane Davidson. In November that year David Brearly of "The Australian" reported that there were hostilities between management and the entertainers regarding marketing and conflict of interests.
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George and Martha George and Martha is a series of children's books written and illustrated by James Marshall between 1972 and 1988. Each book in the series contained a number of short stories describing interactions between two hippos, George and Martha. The books inspired an animated children's television show which comprised 26 episodes made in 1999, and a musical in 2011.
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Howie Mandel Howard Michael Mandel (born November 29, 1955) is a Canadian comedian, actor, television host, and voice actor. He is known as host of the NBC game show "Deal or No Deal", as well as the show's daytime and Canadian-English counterparts. In 1987, Mandel starred alongside Amy Steel in the comedy film "Walk Like a Man". Before his career as a game show host, Mandel was best known for his role as rowdy ER intern Dr. Wayne Fiscus on the NBC medical drama "St. Elsewhere". He is also well known for being the creator and star of the children's cartoon "Bobby's World", as well as a judge on NBC's "America's Got Talent".
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Children in Need 2012 Children in Need 2012 is a campaign held in the United Kingdom to raise money for the charity Children in Need. 2012 marks the 32nd anniversary of the appeal which culminated in a live broadcast on BBC One and BBC Two on the evening of Friday 16 November until the early hours of Saturday 17 November. The broadcast was hosted by Terry Wogan, with Tess Daly, Fearne Cotton and Nick Grimshaw as co-hosts. The show was broadcast from BBC Television Centre in London but also includes regular regional opt-outs presented from various locations around the UK. The 2012 appeal also marked the last Children in Need broadcast from BBC Television Centre as the BBC have recently sold and moved out of the building.
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Emu (puppet) Emu is a puppet emu given to British entertainer Rod Hull in the 1960s while he was presenting a children's breakfast television programme in Australia. Hull adopted the mute puppet for his cabaret act, and took it with him to the United Kingdom when he returned in 1970. The character was given a mischievous and sometimes aggressive onstage persona, attacking celebrity guests (and Hull himself) for comic effect. Hull and Emu also appeared on several episodes of The Hudson Brothers' comedy show in the United States.
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Bad Ambassador "Bad Ambassador" is a song by The Divine Comedy. It was released as the second single from the album "Regeneration". A live version of the track serves as the A-side on the second CD single.
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Joelle Amery Joelle is an English schoolgirl and pop singer from London, England. At the age of 14, she first appeared live on UK national television on the "Lorraine" show as an alopecia campaigner and subsequently appeared on ABC News in the United States. Joelle is also a Young Person's Ambassador for the UK charity, Alopecia UK.
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Laurie London Laurie London (born 19 January 1944) is an English singer, who achieved fame as a boy singer of the 1950s, for both his gospel and novelty songs recording in both English and German. He is best known for his hit single of the spiritual song "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands".
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Goofus and Gallant Goofus and Gallant is an American children's comic strip appearing monthly in "Highlights for Children". The comic contrasts the actions of the titular characters, presenting Gallant's actions as right and good and Goofus's as bad and wrong. Created by Garry Cleveland Myers and first published in "Children's Activities" in 1940, "Goofus and Gallant" moved to "Highlights for Children" when the magazine was founded in 1946.