Question: When was one of the writers of Ripping Yarns born?

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Keith Gary: Keith Gary (born September 14, 1959) is a former American football defensive end.  Gary was selected in the first round by the Pittsburgh Steelers out of the University of Oklahoma in the 1981 NFL Draft, but didn't sign and went to play two seasons with the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL.  He then played six seasons with the Steelers.  He may be known for making one of the most vicious facemasks in NFL history.  During a week 6 game against the Bengals he grabbed Ken Andeson by the facemask and the neck area.  He brought him down, ripping his facemask off in the process.

Tales of Conan: Tales of Conan is a 1955 collection of four fantasy short stories by American writers Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp, featuring Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian.  The tales as originally written by Howard were adventure yarns mostly set in the Middle Ages; they were rewritten as Conan stories by de Camp, who also added the fantastic element.  Three of the stories also appeared in the fantasy magazine "Fantastic Universe", two of them before publication of the collection and the other one after.  The book has also been translated into Japanese.  The collection never saw publication in paperback; instead, its component stories were split up and distributed among other "Conan" collections. " The Flame Knife" was later also published as an independent paperback.

Michael Palin: Michael Edward Palin (pronounced ; born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter.  He was a member of the comedy group Monty Python and later made a number of travel documentaries.

Ripping Yarns: Ripping Yarns is a British television comedy series.  It was written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones of Monty Python fame.  It was transmitted on BBC 2.  Following an initial pilot episode in January 1976, it ran for two series — six episodes in October 1977 and three episodes in October 1979.  Each episode had a different setting and characters, each looking at a different aspect of British culture and parodying pre-World War II literature aimed at schoolboys.  In the title, "ripping" is a chiefly British slang meaning "excellent" or "fine", and "yarn" is a colloquialism for 'story'.

Pete Davidson: Davidson was born November 16, 1993 in Staten Island, New York, the son of Amy ("née" Waters) and Scott Davidson.  Davidson has Jewish, German, Irish, Scottish, English and Italian ancestry.  He has a younger sister named Casey.  His father was a New York City firefighter who died in service during the September 11 attacks.  He was last seen running up the stairs of the Marriott World Trade Center, just prior to its collapse.  Davidson, who was seven years old at the time, was profoundly affected by the loss.  He told "The New York Times" that it was "overwhelming" and that he would often act out in school as a result of the trauma, at one point ripping his hair out until he was bald.  In October 2016, Davidson revealed on "The Breakfast Club" morning radio show that he struggled with suicidal thoughts when he was younger, and that the music of rap artist Kid Cudi saved his life.

Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys and Girls: Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys And Girls is a humorous book first published by Methuen in 1974 which purports to have been written by a psychopathic character, Dr. Fegg.  In fact, the book is the work of Terry Jones and Michael Palin, who adapted a range of material from scripts written for the television comedy series, "Monty Python's Flying Circus".  Some material was later used in Palin's 1977 TV series, "Ripping Yarns".  The first edition was sold bearing a sticker on the front cover which read "A Monty Python Educational Product".

Jim Smith (animator): James Carl Jobb (born October 8, 1954, Lubbock, Texas), known professionally as Jim Smith, is an American animator and musician.  He worked on "" with his long-time working partner John Kricfalusi.  Smith later briefly worked on "Tiny Toon Adventures", and then along with Kricfalusi, Bob Camp and Lynne Naylor he founded Spümcø, where he co-created "The Ren & Stimpy Show" and "The Ripping Friends".  He is also the one playing the guitar for the "Ren & Stimpy" theme in the intro.  His performance name is Jelly-Roel, Jelly Roll.

Alan J. W. Bell: Alan J. W. Bell (born 14 November 1937) is a British television producer and director.  He has produced and/or directed many BBC series since the early 1970s, most notably "Last of the Summer Wine", "Ripping Yarns" and the TV adaptation of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".  He was also assigned to re-edit and improve Ronnie Barker's short 1982 film, "By the Sea".  Other comedy shows include "There's a Lot of it About", "The Hello Goodbye Man", "The Clairvoyant", "Wyatt's Watchdogs", "Dogfood Dan and the Carmarthen Cowboy" and "Split Ends".

K. D. Wentworth: Kathy Diane Wentworth (January 27, 1951 – April 18, 2012), known as K. D. Wentworth, was an American science fiction author.  A University of Tulsa graduate, she got her start winning the Writers of the Future Contest in 1988, and then later won Field Publications' "Teachers as Writers" Award in 1991.  Wentworth served two terms as secretary of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in the early 2000s.  She served as the editor for the Writers of the Future Contest from 2009 until her death.  One of her novelettes, "Kaleidoscope" (2008), and three of her short stories, "Burning Bright" (1997).  "Tall One" (1998), and "Born Again" (2005) have been Nebula award finalists.  Wentworth died on April 18, 2012, from complications with pneumonia and cervical cancer.

List of Ripping Yarns episodes: "Ripping Yarns" is a television comedy series created by Michael Palin and Terry Jones and first broadcast on BBC 2 between 1976 and 1979.  This is a list of the nine episodes forming the series.  Although all were co-written by Palin and Jones, Jones only appears in the first episode, "Tomkinson's Schooldays".

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Answer: 5 May 1943