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Category: Fred Allen

3 December 2020 Fred Allen

The last time I saw him he was walking down lover’s lane holding his own hand.

3 December 2020 Fred Allen

An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission.

3 December 2020 Fred Allen

I don’t have to look up my family tree, because I know that I’m the sap.

3 December 2020 Fred Allen

We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion.

3 December 2020 Fred Allen

I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you find yourself up there.

3 December 2020 Fred Allen

Television is a medium because anything well done is rare.

3 December 2020 Fred Allen

The first time I sang in the church choir two hundred people changed their religion.

3 December 2020 Fred Allen

My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense.

3 December 2020 Fred Allen

I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back.

3 December 2020 Fred Allen

Most of us spend the first six days of each week sowing wild oats then we go to church on Sunday and pray for a crop failure.

3 December 2020 Fred Allen

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.

3 December 2020 Fred Allen

Some movie stars wear their sunglasses even in church. They’re afraid God might recognize them and ask for autographs.

3 December 2020 Fred Allen

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

3 December 2020 Fred Allen

All I know about humor is that I don’t know anything about it.

3 December 2020 Fred Allen

California is a fine place to live – if you happen to be an orange.

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