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Allen, Fred (1894–1956)| US comedian. Allen wrote much of his material and was one of the first American comedians to employ situations and a cast of characters that satirized topical events. He appeared in vaudeville and Broadway shows before moving to radio in the 1930s and to television in the 1950s. His television shows included The Colgate Comedy Hour, 1953–54, and Fred Allen's Sketchbook (1954). |
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| Before that, it might be the amazing talent of the mid-1970s, in which four successive classes produced such big-time players as Fred Allen, DANNY MCDANIEL, DEXTER REED, LAWRENCE "LANKY" WELLS, RON BREWER, MARVIN DELPH (Micah) Delph's father), ROBERT GRIFFIN, SIDNEY MONCRIEF and CHRIS BENNETT, as well as several others who went on to NCAA careers. Comparisons between today’s disasters and yesterday’s are so ubiquitous that one half-expects to turn on the radio and hear Fred Allen skewering greedy CEOs. Inspired by such disparate sources as the late radio personality Fred Allen, the cornball television variety show Hee Haw, and Keillor's own upbringing as a Midwesterner, the program provides music, comedy, theatrical skits, and a lot of sweet and funny sermonizing about the dumb human things we do in an effort to be happy. |
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