Al Shean (May 12, 1868 in Germany - August 12, 1949) was the stage name for comedian Albert Schönberg. May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ...

Schönberg's father was a magician. His sister, Minnie, married Simon "Frenchie" Marx, whose children would become the Marx Brothers. Minnie Marx (1865-1929) was the mother and manager for the Marx Brothers and the sister of Al Shean. ... The Marx Brothers were a team of sibling comedians that appeared in vaudeville, stage plays, film and television. ...

After making a name for himself in Vaudeville, Shean teamed up with Edward Gallagher to create the act Gallagher and Shean. While the act was successful, the men apparently did not like each other much. Vaudeville is a style of multi-act theatre which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. ... For other people named Edward or Ed Gallagher, see Ed Gallagher Edward Gallagher (1873 - May 28, 1929) was a Vaudeville actor and half the act Gallagher and Shean. ... Sheet Music to Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean Gallagher & Shean was a highly successful double-act on Vaudeville and Broadway in the 1910s and 1920s, consisting of Edward Gallagher (1873 - March 28, 1929) and Al Shean (real name Albert Schoenberg) (May 12, 1868 - August 12, 1949). ...

Shean's son, also named Al Shean, worked on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. Bullwinkle (left) and Rocky (right), the stars of Rocky and His Friends and The Bullwinkle Show. ...