Memorable Quotes and quotations from Fred AllenFred Allen US radio comedian (1894 - 1956)Fred Allen - - Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for movie stars. Fred Allen - - Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted. Fred Allen - - Advertising is 85% confusion and 15% commission. Fred Allen - in a letter to Groucho Marx, 1953 - I have just returned from Boston. It is the only sane thing to do if you find yourself up there. Fred Allen - - Imitation is the sincerest form of television. Fred Allen - - Television is a medium because anything well done is rare. Fred Allen - - My hometown was so dull that one time the tide went out and never came back. Fred Allen - - A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. Fred Allen - - A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. Fred Allen - - My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense. Fred Allen - - Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted. Fred Allen - - I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you find yourself up there. Fred Allen - - Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for stars. Fred Allen - - An income tax form is like a laundry list -- either way you lose your shirt. Fred Allen - - A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done. Fred Allen - - During the Samuel Johnson days they had big men enjoying small talk; today we have small men enjoying big talk. Fred Allen - - The vice-president of an advertising agency is a bit of executive fungus that forms on a desk that has been exposed to conference. Fred Allen - - Radio is a bag of mediocrity where little men with carbon minds wallow in sluice of their own making. Fred Allen - - Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted. Fred Allen - - Committee--a group of men who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be done. Fred Allen - - California is a fine place to live--if you happen to be an orange. Fred Allen - - [Television is] the triumph of machine over people. Fred Allen - - Imitation is the sincerest form of television. Fred Allen - - Do we really deserve top billing? |
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