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Phantom Of The Opera

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In this radio show episode, Fred Allen asks people on Allen's Alley a question about whether a new "Work Or Fight" order will change their lives. Different characters answer, including Joe Doe (who sounds like John Brown), Mrs. Nussbaum, Socrates Mulligan (who sounds like Charlie Cantor), and Fallstaff Openshaw (played by Alan Reed). Later in the show, Fred and his guest Claude Rains perform their own funny version of "Phantom Of The Opera." Their version is called "The Phantom Of Carnegie Hall" instead.

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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