Town Hall Tonight 1938-03-23 (221) High Wide and Homely
Allen combines musical numbers and comic interviews with eccentric characters before closing with an exaggerated western parody.
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Allen combines musical numbers and comic interviews with eccentric characters before closing with an exaggerated western parody.
Topical comedy, an interview with an unusual animal-rental operator and music lead into a mystery parody involving a bargain hunter's peculiar demise.
Town Hall News turns an extreme heat wave into comedy through reports and interviews with citizens struggling with the record temperatures.
Fred Allen combines music and satirical interviews with a spoof origin story explaining how the improbable Lonely Ranger became a hero.
News parodies and an interview with a daredevil lead into a farcical circus murder mystery involving a hula dancer.
Comedy and music surround a mock legal drama and a humorous historical tribute to a celebrated comedian.
An organ grinder and his monkey join the comedy before Allen presents a racetrack mystery centered on the disappearance of a favored horse.
Music and celebrity interviews give way to a self-referential murder mystery in which trouble erupts inside the radio program itself.
Allen presides over an hour of music, character comedy, interviews and sketches, including the title routine about a music publisher in search of a tune.
A telephone wedding, an odd flea service and a puzzle editor lead into a Hollywood-studio farce disrupted by a temperamental villain.
For the season finale, Allen presents topical heatwave comedy, a celebrity interview, musical performances and a chaotic hillbilly courtroom routine.
A disastrous subway trip, a child-prodigy interview and music lead into Allen's comic courtroom mystery surrounding the death of Judge Knapp.
A satirical newsreel, an interview with a Radio City guide and music accompany Allen's comic historical almanac for the Thanksgiving season.
Fred Allen, Peter Van Steeden and the Town Hall company present an hour of music, comedy and playful ensemble banter.
Income-tax jokes, an interview with a card detective and musical interludes lead into a chaotic comic drama set in a bank.
A would-be mind reader claims telepathic powers after completing a mail-order course, providing the premise for Allen's hillbilly comedy.
Fred interviews a department-store Santa and draws out the comic inconveniences and odd situations behind the job of spreading Christmas cheer.
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