Fred Allen was the undisputed master of the adlib,often throwing out his scripts during a show he and Jack Benny begain a long running Feud.And a regular stroll down Allen's Alley With failing health,Allen left Radio in June 1949 and became a panelist on TV's "Whats my Line Until his Death on March 17, 1955.
Portland Hoffa Portland Hoffa Allen
Titus Moody Parker Fennelly
Mrs. Pansy Nussbaum Minerva Pious
Senator Beauregard Claghorn
Kenny Delmar
Ajax Cassidy Peter Donald
Falstaff Openshaw Alan Reed
John Doe John Brown
Socrates Mulligan Charles Cantor
Mr. Pinkbaum Irwin Delmore
Heres a List of Fred Allen Shows
The Linit Bath Club Revue. December 25, 1932. CBS
A visit to Fred's zany department store
The Linit Bath Club Revue. January 22, 1933. CBS
A visit to Judge Alien's courtroom.
Town Hall Tonight. October 2, 1935. NBC .
Town Hall news: an anti-noise campaign and
other news of the week.
Town Hall Tonight. October 7, 1936. NBC
First show of the season, The Mighty Alien Art
Players do "Who Killed Barkley Rappaport?"
Town Hall Tonight. March 10, 1937.
Town Hall News Of The Week awards to movie
patrons for unusual achievements.
Town Hall Tonight. March 17, 1937.
Town Hall News Of The Week, The Mighty
Alien Art Players do a hillbilly drama.
Town Hall Tonight. December 22, 1937. Guest
Jack Benny tries to sell Alien his Maxwell.
Town Hall Tonight. May 18, 1938. NBC
"Gramps" plays music on matches, knives, and
balloons.
Town Hall Tonight. May 25, 1938. NBC
Starring Fred Allen
Town Hall Tonight June 8, 1938. NBC .
Fred interviews actors" about the coming summer
stock season.
Town Hall Tonight. June 22, 1938. NBC
Fred decides on a vacation.
Town Hall Tonight. February 22, 1939. NBC
With Fred and a TV tube glass blower.
Town Hall Tonight. June 21, 1939. NBC
Fred tries to choose a place to spend his
summer vacation.
The Fred Alien Show. October 11. 1939. NBC
With Fred and guest Bert Lahr:
The Fred Alien Show. November 8, 1939. NBC
Fred analyzes the statutes for pedestrians
in New York .
The Fred Alien Show. December 27, 1939.NBC
An interview with the "little people
who made "Gone With The Wind" possible.
The Fred Alien Show. January 31, 1940. NBC
"Should New York run a lottery, and should
Binge games be taxed?"
The Fred Alien Show. February 28, 1940. NBC
Fred interviews the assistant superintendant of
the Statue of Liberty,
The Fred Alien Show. March 20, 1940. NBC
The famous "Eagle" show.
The Fred Alien Show. March 27, 1940. NBC
The Alien Art players perform "Who Killed Mack Borden."
The Fred Alien Show. May 8, 1940
The Fred Alien Show. June 12, 1940. NBC
With Fred and the Alien Art Players,
Information Please. November 15, 1940. NBC
The first question is "How would the
poems be changed by today's song writers?"
Information Please. October 17, 1941. NBC
The first question is: "What is the
source of the following quotations?"
The Texaco Star Theatre. December 10, 1941. CBS
Guest Louella Parsons.
Command Performance. March 22, 1942.
AFRS origination. With Fred Alien, Henny
Youngman, Gladys swarthout, and Madeleine
The Texaco Star Theatre. April 5, 1942. CBS
With Fred and guest Victor Moore.
The Texaco Star Theatre. May 10, 1942. CBS
With Fred and guest Marlene Dietrich.
The Texaco Star Theatre, May 24, 1942. CBS
With Fred and guest Jack Haley.
The Texaco Star Theatre. June 7, 1942. CBS
With Fred and guest Jean Arthur.
The Texaco Star Theatre. June 14, 1942. CBS
With Fred and guest Maurice Evans.
The Texaco Star Theatre. June 21, 1942. CBS
With Fred and guest Doc Rockwell.
The Texaco Star Theatre. June 28, 1942.CBS
With Fred and guest Judy Canova.
The Texaco Star Theatre. October 4, 1942. CBS
The cast does "Poor Old Charlie" with guest
Charles Laughton.
The Texaco Star Theatre. October 18, 1942.
Fred and guest Orson
Welles do their version of "Les Miserables."
The Texaco Star Theatre. February 7, 1943.
CBS net. Alien's Alley question: "Will the 'Work
Or Fight' order affect you?"
Information Please. February 15, 1943. NBC
Fred Alien and Clifton Fadiman change roles halfway
through the show.
The Texaco Star Theatre. December 12, 1943. CBS
With Fred and guest Lauritz Melchior
The Texaco Star Theatre. January 2, 1944.
With Fred Alien, Charlie Canter, Alan
The Texaco Star Theatre. January 9, 1944.
With Fred and guest Ed Gardner.
The Texaco Star Theatre. January 23, 1944.
With Fred and guest Jimmy Durante.
The Texaco Star Theatre. March 19, 1944.
With Fred and guest Ted Lewis.
The Texaco Star Theatre. April 16, 1944.
With Fred and guest Leo Durocher.
The Fred Alien Show. April 23, 1944.
With Fred Alien, Portland Hoffa, Jimmy Wallington,
Alan Reed
The Texaco Star Theatre. May 7, 1944. .
With Fred Alien and guest George Jessel.
The Texaco Star Theatre. June 4, 1944.
With Fred Alien and guest Peter Lorre.
The Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre.
December 6, 1944. AFRS."The Show Off," with
Harold Lloyd and Fred Alien
The Radio Hall Of Fame. March 25, 1945. ABC
.With Fred Alien, Paul Whiteman and
His Orchestra.
The Fred Alien Show. October 7, 1945. NBC
Guests Edgar Bergen and Charlie
McCarthy.
The Fred Alien Show. October 21, 1945. NBC
With Fred Alien and guest Frank Sinatra.
The Fred Alien Show. October 28, 1945.
Charlie McCalthy takes Fred to court
and sues him for slander
The Fred Alien Show. November 25, 1945.NBC
With Fred Alien and guest Leo Durocher
The Fred Alien Show. December 16, 1945.
With Fred Alien, Kenny Delmar, Portland Hoffa.
The Fled Alien Show. December 30, 1945.
AFRS rebroadcast. With Fred Alien and guest
Gregory Ratoff
The Fred Alien Show. January 20, 1946. With
Fred Alien and guest George Jessel
The Fled Alien Show. February 3, 1946. NBC
With Fred Alien and guest Beatrice Lillie.
The Fled Alien Show. February 10, 1946.
AFRS rebroadcast. Guest Edward Everett
Horton becomes "Nasty Eddie," tough guy on
the Bowery
The Fred Alien Show. February 24, 1946.
AFRS rebroadcast. Fred and guest Arthur
Treacher do a hillbilly play
The Fled Alien Show. March 3, 1946. AFRS
rebroadcast. With Fred and guest Orson Welles
The Fled Alien Show. March 10, 1946. AFRS
rebroadcast. With Fred Alien and guest Carmen
Miranda.
The Fled Alien Show. April 14, 1946. NBC
origination. Guest Leo Durocher does a repeat
performance of "The Brooklyn Pinafore.
The Fled Alien Show. April 28, 1946. NBC net.
Guest Bert Lahr winds up defending Fred in court
The Fled Alien Show. May 5, 1946. AFRS
rebroadcast. Fred and guest Tallulah Bankhead
do their version of an early morning radio show.
The Fled Alien Show. May 12, 1946. AFRS
rebroadcast. With Fred Alien and guest Sydney
Greenstreet
The Fred Alien Show. May 26, 1946. NBC
With Fred and guest Jack Benny
The Fled Alien Show. June 9, 1946. NBC
Fred goes to Sammy's Bowery Follies and visits
guest Dennis Day in his new job as a singing
waiter
The Fled Alien Show. June 23, 1946. Guest
Oscar Lavant tries to get a job in Fred's band in
the Catskills.
The Fred Alien Show. October 13, 1946. NBC
With Fred Alien and guest Tony Martin.
The Fled Alien Show. October 27, 1946. NBC
Guest Tallulah Bankhead and Fred do their
version of a morning happy-couple radio show.
The Fled Alien Show. March 2, 1947. NBC
The cast does a drama with the Quiz Kids
called "Mayhem In The Penthouse."
The Fled Alien Show. May 25, 1947. NBC net.
Fred tries to convince guest Rudy Vallee to
return to show business
The Fled Alien Show. June 8, 1947. NBC net.
Guest Rochester gives Fred the opportunity to
crack lots of anti-Jack Benny jokes
The Fled Alien Show. October 19, 1947.
Guest James Mason joins with oriental detective
One Long Pan to solve a British murder mystery.
The Fled Alien Show. October 26, 1947.
Guest Jack Haley visits the offices of Beagle
Productions to discuss his life story on film.
The Fled Alien Show. December 14, 1947.
NBC With Fred Alien and guest George Jessel
The Fled Alien Show. December 28, 1947.
NBC net Guest Monty Woolley helps Fred exchange
a cuckoo clock
The Fled Alien Show. January 4,1948. NBC
With Fred Alien and guest James Mason
The Fled Alien Show. March 28, 1948. Guests
Pamela and James Mason perform in an
English "Husband and Wife" radio programme.
The Fled Alien Show. April 11, 1948. NBC net.
Guest Basil Rathbone and oriental detective
One Long Pan solve the murder of a British
Birdwatcher
The Fled Alien Show. April 18, 1948. NBC
Fred and Postmaster Jim Farley do a parody of
"Author Meets The Critics."
The Fled Alien Show. April 25, 1948. NBC net.
Fred and guest Leo Durocher appear before the
Brooklyn Bar Of Justice
The Fled Alien Show. May 2, 1948. NBC net.
Fred and guest Henll Morgan do a satire called
"Mr. John J. Morgan.
The Fled Alien Show, May 9, 1948. NBC
Guest Don McNeill and Fred do the classic parody
"Break The Contestant."
The Fled Alien Show. June 6, 1948. NBC
The show's guest is Jack Eigen, described as a
disc jockey at the Copacabana
The Fled Alien Show. November 7, 1948. NBC
The cast does "Sam Shovel, Private Eye.
The Fled Alien Show. November 28, 1948.
NBC With Fred Alien and guest George Jessel
The Fled Alien Show. December 5, 1948. NBC
Since "radio is dead," guest Henry Morgan
does a radio crime show
The Fled Alien Show. January 9, 1949. NBC
With Fred Alien and guest H. Alien Smith,
The Fled Alien Show. January 23, 1949. NBC
net. Guest Jack Haley and Fred do a television
opera about a traveling salesman and the
farmer's daughter.
The Fled Alien Show. January 30, 1949. NBC
Fred tries to convince guest Rudy Vallee to
go into television.
The Fled Alien Show. April 24, 1949. NBC
Guest Basil Rathbone joins Fred in a mystery
play titled '7he Mad Doctor Of Downing Street."
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Coffee Rationing 11/1/41
Mayor cleaning up bookmakers 10/11/42
The Brooklyn Pinafor3 4/14/46
Racing Form 4/28/46
Guest:Tallulah Bankhead 10/27/46
Science Techniques 12/14/47
Guest:Basil Rathbone 4/11/48
Guest:James Farlet 4/18/48
Guest:Jack Eigen 6/06/48
Guest:Allen Smith 1/09/49
Guest:Doc Rockwell 2/13/49
Teaching Techniques 4/24/49
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