Fred and Portland explore Main Street, meeting eccentric residents with outlandish observations and ideas for new radio programming.
This The Fred Allen Show broadcast aired on March 6, 1949. It is listed as episode 597 in the archive. NBC Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa, Al Goodman and His Orchestra, Parker Fennelly, and Minerva Pious. Other credited names include Kenny Delmar as announcer and Del Sharbutt as announcer.
The surviving recording runs about 24 minutes.
Long-running topical comedy-variety vehicle for Fred Allen and Portland Hoffa under multiple historical titles.
Listeners can expect comedy, variety show in format, and satirical and humorous in tone.
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