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
men boston doctors
I'm going to Boston to see my doctor. He's a very sick man.
two kind funny-jokes
There are two kinds of jokes - funny jokes and Jack Benny jokes.
funny work humor
A molehill man is a pseudo-busy executive who comes to work at 9 AM and finds a molehill on his desk. He has until 5 PM to make this molehill into a mountain. An accomplished molehill man will often have his mountain finished before lunch.
promise able frozen
With the advance of refrigeration, I hope that along with the frozen foods someday we will have frozen conversation. A person will be able to keep a frozen promise indefinitely.
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Ed Sullivan will be around as long as someone else has talent.
paris legs frogs
Three million frogs' legs are served in Paris - daily. Nobody knows what became of the rest of the frogs.
president ships vices
On ships they call them barnacles; in business they attach themselves to desks and are called vice presidents.
agents headache percent
My agent gets 10 percent of everything I get, except the blinding headaches.
new-york humor cities
Everywhere outside New York City is Bridgeport, Connecticut.
funny teacher humor
She used to be a teacher but she has no class now.
skins humans human-beings
To a newspaperman, a human being is an item with skin wrapped around it.
average growth president
The average vice-president is a form of executive fungus that attaches itself to a desk. On a boat this growth would be called a barnacle.
issues office faces
It was once rumored that fledgling executives walked around their offices backwards so they wouldn't have to face an issue.
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Hollywood is a great place if you're an orange.