Allen tries to assemble a television variety program and encounters eccentric performers offering old-fashioned vaudeville acts along the way.
This The Fred Allen Show broadcast aired on February 6, 1949. It is listed as episode 593 in the archive. NBC Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa, Bert Lahr, Al Goodman and His Orchestra, and Kenny Delmar. Other credited names include Kenny Delmar as announcer.
The surviving recording runs about 30 minutes. The broadcast is also associated with Ford.
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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