Stroll down Allen's Alley (1947)

Fred Allen again!

Thank you Cobalt Club

Fred Allen advert in the comic section

It's rare when radio show ever advertised in the comic section of newspapers - that is, unless the advertisement was about a crossover comic/radio show, such as The Lone Ranger, Superman, Charlie McCarthy, Mark Trail, Blondie, etc.

Here's one I found today of Fred Allen and Portland Hoffa, announcing the return of their show off summer vacation in 1948:

Fred Allen against Stop the Music

"Young" Fred Allen wasn't so...ugly

1934

Jokes about John L. Lewis' eyebrows

According to Wikipedia,

John L. Lewis was an American leader of organized labor who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) from 1920 to 1960.

His eyebrows were often the butt of jokes as well!  Here are two such occaisions, the first from Jack Benny in January of 1939 and the other from Fred Allen's Texaco program in 1943:

(((HEAR)))

Fred Allen in '49

Newspaper Promo Dump [#11]

A look at Kenny Baker

Mrs. Nussbaum was the bomb

Mrs. Nussbaum a regular on Jack Benny Show?

It never happened and we may never know how close it was but in 1943, Fred Allen almost quit radio. Rumors were flying and at least 3 of his cast might have beaded to the Benny Show.



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Call him Kenny - Delmar that is