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Famous Fred Allen Quotes

“A human being is nothing but a story with skin around it.”

“Imitation is the sincerest form of television.”

Attributed in Newsweek, 14 January 1980.

“All the sincerity in Hollywood you could stuff in a flea's navel and still have room left to conceal eight caraway seeds and an agent's heart.”

Fred Allen

From a lost letter to Kenny Delmar quoted in Earl Wilson's syndicated column (May 1959).

“I like long walks, especially when they're taken by people who annoy me.”

Fred Allen

“A good comedian can say things funny and other guys just say funny things.”

Fred Allen

Attributed by Robert Lemke in The Sunday Press (Binghamton, NY), “Rock ‘n Roll ‘Musically Horrid” Says Ex-2-a-Dayer,” pg. 2-C, col. 1 (9 August 1959)

“I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you find yourself up there.”

Fred Allen

Letter to Groucho Marx.

Fred Allen Quotes

“California's a wonderful place to live - if you happen to be an orange.”

Fred Allen

Reported in Steven D. Price, 1001 Greatest Things Ever Said About California (2007), p. viii.

“A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized”

Fred Allen

Treadmill to Oblivion.

“A molehill man is a pseudo-busy executive who comes to work at 9 am and finds a molehill on his desk. He has until 5 pm to make this molehill into a mountain. An accomplished molehill man will often have his mountain finished even before lunch.”

Fred Allen

Treadmill to Oblivion http://books.google.com/books?id=8IC6ZSGPAAYC&q=&quot;A+molehill+man+is+a+pseudo+busy+executive+who+comes+to+work+at+9+am+and+finds+a+molehill+on+his+desk+He+has+until+5+pm+to+make+this+molehill+into+a+mountain+An+accomplished+molehill+man+will+often+have+his+mountain+finished+even+before+lunch&quot;&pg=PA27#v=onepage (1954).

“Sullivan will be successful as long as other people have talent.”

Fred Allen

As quoted in Always On Sunday. Ed Sullivan: An Inside View (1968) by Michael David Harris; reproduced in "Sunday Marks Ed Sullivan's 20th Anniversary on TV," https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/82860831/ The San Antonio Express (June 16, 1968), p. 117

“I'm a little hoarse tonight. I've been living in Chicago for the past two months, and you know how it is, yelling for help on the way home every night. Things are so tough in Chicago that at Easter time, for bunnies the little kids use porcupines.”

Fred Allen

Much Ado About Me (1956).

“What does Sullivan do? He points at people. Rub meat on actors and dogs will do the same thing.”

Fred Allen

As quoted in Always On Sunday. Ed Sullivan: An Inside View (1968)