Radio Index
Guest Jimmy Durante
Description
In this radio episode, Fred Allen asks people on Allen's Alley a question about how the fish shortage affected them. We hear responses from Senator Bloat, Mrs. Prawn, Mr. Nussbaum, and Falstaff. Jimmy Durante appears as a guest star and helps Fred purchase war stamps.
Texaco Star Theater is an American comedy-variety show, broadcast on radio from 1938 to 1949 and telecast from 1948 to 1956. It was one of the first successful examples of American television broadcasting, remembered as the show that gave Milton Berle the nickname "Mr. Television", and helping propel the sales of Televisions in the 1950s.
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Sound Recordings
29m02s
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29m02s
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Cast & Crew
J
Jimmy Wallington
Announcer
A
AAlan Reed (aka Teddy Bergman)
Cast
Artie Auerbach
Cast
Fred Allen
Cast
H
Hi Lo Jack and The Dame
Cast
Jimmy Durante
Guest
Portland Hoffa
Cast
R
Raymond Scott and His Orchestra
AFRS music fill