Judge Allen's Cut Rate Court (Aired March 21, 1934)
Born John Florence Sullivan on May 31, 1894, Fred Allen began his career in vaudeville before becoming one of radio’s most acerbic and admired wits. Allen and his wife, former chorus girl Portland Hoffa, began their radio career on October 23, 1932, starring on The Linit Bath Club Revue. By 1934, Allen was starring on Town Hall Tonight, a one-hour show which featured Allen examining current events and interviewing unusual guests. It was here that Allen began radio’s longest-running “feud” in 1937, when he made a series of jokes about fellow comedian Jack Benny. Allen's best-remembered feature was “Allen's Alley,” a weekly segment in which he would discuss issues of the day with eccentric creations like the blustery Senator Claghorn, Brooklyn housewife Pansy Nussbaum and stoic New Englander Titus Moody. Allen was known to read up to nine newspapers a day and often spent 12 to 14 hours a day writing and re-writing his scripts. Poor health forced Allen off the air in 1944, but he returned in the fall of 1945 with The Fred Allen Show, which lasted until June 26, 1949. Fred Allen died on March 17, 1956. Fred Allen was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1988.
THIS EPISODE:
The Hour Of Smiles. March 21, 1934. NBC network. "The Passe News Of The Day." A visit to Judge Allen's courtroom. A rock is thrown through the courthouse window. The Jewish owner of a pet shop accues Minnie of shoplifting a cat. Madame Pizzicato's obligato went awry. Has Casper Wince caused the Depression? He's married to the piccolo! The People Vs. The Count of Dwanacheck; he didn't kill Rasputin! Fred's question box: "The beard and soup dilemma." Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa, Minerva Pious, J. Scott Smart (billed as "Jack Smart"), Erwin Delmore (possibly Kenny Delmar), Lionel Stander, Eileen Douglas, Lennie Hayton and His Orchestra (heard briefly), The Sal Hepatica Singers (heard briefly). 31:06.
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