23 Famous Quotes by Fred Allen
5/31/1894 - 3/17/1956
Also Known As:
John Florence Sullivan
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About Fred Allen
Fred Allen was an American comedian whose absurdist, topically pointed radio show made him one of the most popular and forward-looking humorists in the Golden Age of American radio.
His best-remembered gag was his long-running mock feud with friend and fellow comedian Jack Benny, but it was only part of his appeal; radio historian John Dunning wrote that Allen was radio's most admired comedian and most frequently censored. A master ad libber, Allen often tangled with his network's executives, while developing routines the style and substance of which influenced contemporaries and futures among comic talents, including Groucho Marx, Stan Freberg, Henry Morgan and Johnny Carson, but his fans also included President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and novelists William Faulkner, John Steinbeck and Herman Wouk.
Fred Allen was honored with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for contributions to television and radio.
A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to
become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.
Inspirational
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A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognised.
Fame
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If you took all the sincerity in Hollywood and put it in the navel of a fruit fly, you'd still have room for three carraway seeds and a producer's heart. -Fred Allen.
Heart-quotes
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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.
Miscellaneous
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