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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Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted.
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Television is a triumph of equipment over people, and the minds that control it are so small that you could put them in a gnat's navel with room left over for two caraway seeds and an agent's heart.
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What's on your mind, if you will allow the overstatement.
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An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission.
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Imitation is the sincerest form of television.
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He dreamed he was eating shredded wheat and woke up to find the mattress half gone.
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It is bad to suppress laughter. It goes back down and spreads to your hips.
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I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back.
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Treat employees like partners, and they act like partners.
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I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
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If you want to stop people from smoking, it takes a much larger tax increase.
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A gentleman never strikes a lady with his hat on