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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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,
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I'm going to Boston to see my doctor. He's a very sick man.
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There are two kinds of jokes - funny jokes and Jack Benny jokes.
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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.
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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.
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Three million frogs' legs are served in Paris - daily. Nobody knows what became of the rest of the frogs.
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On ships they call them barnacles; in business they attach themselves to desks and are called vice presidents.
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My agent gets 10 percent of everything I get, except the blinding headaches.