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
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
larger people stop takes tax
If you want to stop people from smoking, it takes a much larger tax increase.
american-comedian returned sane
I have just returned from Boston. It is the only sane thing to do if you find yourself up there.
advertising agency finished man mountain president until vice
A vice president in an advertising agency is a ""molehill man"" who has until 5 PM to make a molehill into a mountain. An accomplished molehill man will often have his mountain finished even before lunch.
becomes cost income taxpayers
Not every one of those lower-income taxpayers becomes a cost to a state-funded system.
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.