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
larger people stop takes tax
If you want to stop people from smoking, it takes a much larger tax increase.
catch fine known
He's a fine fellow. I've known him a long time. I say they'll never catch him.
fun grew kids spent time
I had to come out one more time to take a look. I had a lot of fun and spent a lot of time out here. Our kids grew up out here.
gentleman hat lady strikes
A gentleman never strikes a lady with his hat on
laughter down-and hips
It is bad to suppress laughter. It goes back down and spreads to your hips.
criticism would-be harm
If criticism had any power to harm, the skunk would be extinct by now.
life-sucks noses world
The world is a grindstone and life is your nose
skins stories humans
A human being is nothing but a story with skin around it.
cows milk littles
Condensed milk is wonderful. I don't see how they can get a cow to sit down on those little cans.
uplifting cutting worry
If the grass is greener in the other fellow's yard- let him worry about cutting it.
issues office faces
It was once rumored that fledgling executives walked around their offices backwards so they wouldn't have to face an issue.
two kind funny-jokes
There are two kinds of jokes - funny jokes and Jack Benny jokes.
money aspirin radio
After quitting radio I was able to live on the money I saved on aspirins.
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.