Fred Allen
Fred Allen
John Florence Sullivan, known professionally as Fred Allen, was an American comedian whose absurdist, topically-pointed radio program The Fred Allen Showmade him one of the most popular and forward-looking humorists in the Golden Age of American radio...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRadio Host
Date of Birth31 May 1894
CityCambridge, MA
CountryUnited States of America
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Cocktail party: A gathering held to enable forty people to talk about themselves at the same time. The man who remains after the liquor is gone is the host.
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The average girl would rather have beauty than brains because she knows the average man can see much better than he can think- Ladies' Home JournalI'd rather have two girls at seventeen than one at thirty-four
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All I know about humor is that I don't know anything about it.
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I don't want to own anything that won't fit into my coffin.
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He's so small, he's a waste of skin.
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Success is like dealing with your kid or teaching your wife to drive. Sooner or later you'll end up in the police station.
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The American arrives in Paris with a few French phrases he has culled from a conversational guide or picked up from a friend who owns a beret.
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A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but who, as a group, can meet and decide that nothing can be done.
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A gentleman is any man who wouldn't hit a woman with his hat on.
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An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match.
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I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you find yourself up there.
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I always have trouble remembering three things: faces, names, and - I can't remember what the third thing is.
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My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense.
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Television is a triumph of equipment over people,