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Minerva Pious

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Minerva Pious was an American radio, television and film actress. She was best known as the malaprop-prone Pansy Nussbaum in Fred Allen's famous "Allen's Alley" current-events skits. In his book, Treadmill to Oblivion, Allen called Pious "the most accomplished woman dialectitian ever to appear in radio."

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The Fred Allen ShowDoughnut KingWed Nov 8 1939 · 1:01:00 The Fred Allen ShowPolitical Amateur HourWed Feb 7 1940 · 45:00 The Fred Allen ShowGuest Don Mcneill Break The ContestantSun May 9 1948 · 29:00 The Fred Allen ShowGuest Maurice EvansSun Jan 13 1946 · 30:00 The Fred Allen ShowHillbilly DramaSun Feb 24 1946 · 30:00 The Fred Allen ShowBrooklyn PinaforeSun Apr 14 1946 · 25:00 The Fred Allen ShowFinal ShowSun Jun 26 1949 · 30:00 The Fred Allen ShowSeeking A Radio JobSun Dec 16 1945 · 31:00 The Fred Allen ShowThe Senator's DilemmaWed Jun 5 1940 · 46:00 The Fred Allen Show1946.04.21 Command Performance Fred AllenSun Apr 21 1946 · 30:00 The Fred Allen Show50th Anniversary Of The Telephone CompanySun Jun 23 1946 · 30:00 The Fred Allen ShowThe Laziest Man In The WorldWed Apr 3 1940 · 46:00 The Fred Allen ShowHe Caught His Wife Kissing A StrangerWed Apr 24 1940 · 39:00 The Fred Allen ShowTribute To Medical ScienceSun Oct 6 1946 · 49:00 The Fred Allen ShowThe Missing CatWed Feb 21 1940 · 48:00 The Bob Hope ShowBroadcast of October 29, 1946Tue Oct 29 1946 · 26:00 The Fred Allen ShowGuest Leo Durocher Brooklyn PinaforeSun Nov 25 1945 · 29:00 The Fred Allen ShowJamaica Race TrackSun May 1 1949 · 56:00 The Fred Allen ShowCairoSun May 12 1946 · 32:00 The Fred Allen ShowFrom Nipper To NobodyWed Apr 17 1940 · 47:00 The Fred Allen ShowSatire On Surveys And PollsWed Oct 11 1939 · 1:01:00 The Fred Allen ShowThe Curse Of RaWed May 22 1940 · 46:00 The Fred Allen ShowMayhem In The PenthouseSun Mar 2 1947 · 31:00 The Fred Allen ShowMr. Mob BusterSun Nov 11 1945 · 30:00 The Fred Allen ShowCease The MelodySun Feb 27 1949 · 26:00 The Fred Allen ShowThe Prairie PredicamentWed Oct 25 1939 · 1:00:00 The Fred Allen ShowCarmen MirandaSun Mar 10 1946 · 30:00 The Fred Allen ShowHillbillySun Oct 21 1945 · 30:00 The Fred Allen ShowLaw BustersSun Jan 26 1947 · 30:00 The Fred Allen ShowMurder CaseSun Feb 13 1949 · 31:00 The Fred Allen ShowLeo Durocher, Scalping Baseball TicketsSun Apr 25 1948 · 29:00 The Fred Allen ShowJP Morgan Court Of Human RelationsSun May 2 1948 · 31:00 The Fred Allen ShowGuest George Jessel New Years PartySun Dec 14 1947 · 27:00 The Fred Allen ShowGuest Rudy ValleeSun Jan 30 1949 · 30:00 The Fred Allen ShowDeath Takes A Pretzel BaronWed May 29 1940 · 45:00 The Fred Allen Show1st Q 'Do You Think Mystery Stories Are On Their Last Legs'; British Radio Spoof, With Guest Gracie FieldsSun Jan 12 1947 · 30:00 The Fred Allen ShowRacing Form TrialSun Apr 28 1946 · 30:00 The Fred Allen ShowCandy AnonymousSun Mar 24 1946 · 25:00 The Fred Allen ShowDr HoppinpepperSun Jan 25 1948 · 9:00 The Fred Allen ShowOne Long Pan SkitSun Apr 11 1948 · 30:00 The Fred Allen ShowTraveling SalesmanSun Jan 23 1949 · 31:00 The Fred Allen ShowRochester Has His Own Radio ProgramSun Jun 8 1947 · 29:00 The Fred Allen Show1st Q 'Have You Ever Won Anything On A Quiz Program'; Fred Tries To Get Lauritz Melchior A Job In RadioSun Feb 2 1947 · 29:00 The Fred Allen ShowThe BowerySun Jun 9 1946 · 30:00 The Fred Allen ShowStop The MusicSun Jun 27 1948 · 29:00 The Fred Allen ShowQuiz Program And Soap OperaSun Jun 6 1948 · 29:00 The Fred Allen ShowEdward Everett Horton Wants To Change His NameSun Feb 10 1946 · 31:00 The Fred Allen ShowAuditionsSun Oct 7 1945 · 30:00 The Fred Allen ShowTake It Or Leave ItSun Jan 6 1946 · 30:00 The Fred Allen ShowFred Tries To Sue To Return His Cuckoo ClockSun Dec 28 1947 · 28:00 Duffy's TavernGuests John H Anthony And Minerva PiousWed Jan 22 1947 · 30:00 The Fred Allen ShowBreakfast ShowSun May 5 1946 · 29:00 The Fred Allen ShowGuest Rudy Vallee And His MegaphoneSun May 25 1947 · 27:00 The Fred Allen ShowChicken SurplusSun Mar 3 1946 · 29:00 The Fred Allen ShowCol Stoopnagle BabysittingSun May 22 1949 · 28:00 The Fred Allen ShowRadio MikadoSun Oct 13 1946 · 49:00 The Fred Allen ShowRenting The RoomSun Jun 15 1947 · 28:00 The Fred Allen ShowBarber CollegeWed May 8 1940 · 1:00:00 The Fred Allen ShowPrize For Listeners Missing ContestSun Oct 24 1948 · 29:00 The Fred Allen ShowPlanning A TV ShowSun Feb 6 1949 · 29:00