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The Fred Allen Show
Description
Comedy-variety program mixes topical satire, Portland Hoffa banter, guest stars, and neighborhood character sketches.
The Fred Allen Show was a long-running American radio comedy program starring comedian Fred Allen and his wife Portland Hoffa. Over the course of the program's 17-year run, it was sponsored by Linit Bath Soaps, Hellmann's, Ipana, Sal Hepatica, Texaco and Tenderleaf Tea. The program ended in 1949 under the sponsorship of the Ford Motor Company.
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Showtimes
Original schedule
- 1932–19339:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19339:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19349:30 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19349:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1934–19359:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1935–19369:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1936–19379:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1937–19389:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1938–19399:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1939–19409:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1940–19419:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1941–19429:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19429:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1942–19439:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1943–19449:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1945–19468:30 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1946–19478:30 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19478:30 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19488:30 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19488:30 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19498:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
Cast & Crew
E
JEdmund 'Tiny' Ruffner
Announcer
Jack Lescoulie
Announcer
J
John 'Bud' Hiestand
Announcer
Ken Roberts
Announcer
Ralph Edwards
Announcer
Alice Frost
Cast
Beatrice Kay
Cast
Bernard Lenrow
Cast
Betty Jane Rhodes
Cast
BBlanche Stewart
Cast
Elvia Allman
Cast
E
Estelle Levy
Cast
F
Fred Uttal
Cast
Gale Gordon
Cast
H
Harold 'Scrappy' Lambert
Cast
I
Irwin Delmore
Cast
Jackie Kelk
Cast
JJim Harkins
Cast
JJohn Lake
Cast
J
KJoseph 'Joe' Julian
Cast
Kenny Baker
Cast
KKingsley Colton
Cast
LLarry Elliott
Cast
LLen Sterling
Cast
M
Madeleine Pierce
Cast
M
NMary McCoy
Cast
Ned Sparks
Cast
Richard Kollmar
Cast
Ronald Liss
Cast
R
Ruth Hopkins
Cast
Sam Levene
Cast
V
Vic Mizzy
Cast
Walter O'Keefe
Cast
Walter Tetley
Cast
WWynn Murray
Cast
H
Howard Reilly
Director
P
Preston Pumphrey
Director
F
Ferde Grofe
Musician
L
Louis 'Lou' Katzman
Musician
A
Aaron J. Ruben
et al
Al Goodman
Orchestra beginning fall 1940
A
Alan Reed (aka Teddy Bergman)
Falstaff Openshaw (1939-1944)
Alfred Hitchcock
Cast
A
AAnn Leaf
Organist
Ann Thomas
Cast
AArnold Auerbach
1936-1941
Arthur Godfrey
for 6 weeks begining 1942/10
Basil Rathbone
Cast
BBeatrice Lillie
Cast
Bert Lahr
Comedian
Bing Crosby
Cast
C
Charles 'Charlie' Cantor
Socrates Mulligan (1939-44)
Charles Laughton
Cast
C
Charlie Carlisle
Tenor (Linit Bath Club)
E
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Rochester
Edgar Bergen
Cast
E
Eileen Douglas
also replacing Atwell
E
Eunice Howard
Cast
Ezra Stone
Cast
Frank Sinatra
Cast
Audio Clips
0m26s
References
4, n.d.
2, n.d.
“Dunning, John.” 5, n.d.
“Hickerson, Jay.” 5, n.d.
“Paulson, Roger C.” 5, n.d.
“Terrace, Vincent.” 5, n.d.