Fred Allen: Citations en anglais
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.
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
Much Ado About Me (1956).
“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)
