Fred Allen
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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 never strikes a lady with his hat on
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If you want to stop people from smoking, it takes a much larger tax increase.
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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.
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The world is a grindstone and life is your nose
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We take nominations from the general public, and they go through a screening and voting, which has worked very well for the most part. But it's been a less-than-perfect system for long-dead inventors who don't have a constituency to push for them.