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John Florence Sullivan , surtout connu sous le nom de Fred Allen, est un comédien américain. Il s'est fait connaître par l'animation de l'émission radiophonique The Fred Allen Show , qui en a fait l'un des humoristes les plus populaires de l'âge d'or radiophonique américain ,. Wikipedia  

✵ 31. mai 1894 – 17. mars 1956
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“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.”

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

“Imitation is the sincerest form of television.”

Attributed in Newsweek, 14 January 1980.

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

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

“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.”

Treadmill to Oblivion http://books.google.com/books?id=8IC6ZSGPAAYC&q="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"&pg=PA27#v=onepage (1954).

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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