Topic: Fred Allen

Harlequins hold their Carnival ball for the 87th time

Tweet Share Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print . The Harlequins held their 87th annual ball Wednesday in the New Orleans Theater of...

Thanks a Million

Thanks a Million is a 1935 musical film produced and released by 20th Century Fox and directed by Roy Del Ruth . It stars Dick Powell , Ann Dvorak and Fred Allen , and features Patsy Kelly , David Rubinoff and Paul Whiteman and his band ...

Biography: Ezra Stone

" With that introduction, the beloved situation comedy "The Aldrich Family" led off its episodes exceeding a decade, first heard over the NBC Blue Network in 1939 and simultaneously becoming a trademark portrayal for the lead actor, Ezra Stone. He was to likewise ...
Like many of the great comedy performers from radios golden age Fred Allen got his start in vaudeville, where he had developed several quality comedy routines that he had written himself. The most popular regular feature of the show was when Allen ...
My memories of radio began about 1939, when I was six years old. I have vague memories before that, of hearing Tommy Dorsey play "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" on the radio, but 1939 sticks out in my mind because my ...

Silly Sayings

Kathy Lette9 out of 10 doctors agree that 1 out of 10 doctors is an idiot.Unknown AuthorDon't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.Charles SchulzI don?t like sex - so let ...

Legendary All Black coach Allen knighted

The achievements of the All Blacks' only unbeaten coach Fred Allen were recognised by the New Zealand government with a knighthood Monday.Allen, 90, who was known as "The Needle" for the strict discipline he insisted on, coached the All Blacks to ...
Each week, I've been inviting readers to submit quotations for which they want me to try to trace the origin, using The Yale Book of Quotations and my own research. The frontal lobotomy quote was from Fred Allen (1894-1956).. I have ...

ALL HAIL ENERTIA

The article announces the inventors who won in the 2007 Modern Marvel of the Year awards, including grand prize winner Mike Sykes, first price winner Kim Bertron and second placer Dan Didrick. Judges included Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, New York Times technology ...

Cheers

The author reflects on the issues concerning the alcohol problems in the U.S. She states that alcoholism touches one in four American children before age 18 in which 2.6 million binge drinkers in 2002 are between ages 12 and 17 ...