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THE FRED ALLEN SHOW- Life at the South Pole

Fred Allen was a vaudeville comedian who appeared on Broadway and became one of America’s most popular humorists in the classic radio era in the 1930s and 1940s.  During that time he hosted and starred in long running half or hour-long topical satire radio comedy shows.  The program of Feb. 28, 1940, Life at the South Pole, had an 11-minute Admiral Byrd spoof about Admiral Allen at Little Brooklyn Base at the South Pole.  Being very cold and running out of food, the camp managed to get a radio transmission to Irving’s delicatessen in New York, which offered to deliver cold cuts to the base.  Many of the Fred Allen programs have been digitally preserved and are available for purchase from the Web sites listed below.  We obtained this CD in 2008.    FA-014; www.originaloldradio.com; www.radioshowcds.com; www.oldclassicradio.com; www.otrstreet.com

 

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