What did Fred Allen mean by: A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary. Fred Allen Comedian · USA Copy
A comedian who starts talking to himself becomes his own audience. This is fatal. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, Fred Allen, Comedy, Isolation, Self-destruction, 0 Fred Allen Comedian · USA
My hometown was so dull that one time the tide went out and never came back. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, Fred Allen, Absence, Dullness, Mundanity, 0 Fred Allen Comedian · USA
Ed Sullivan will be around as long as someone else has talent. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, Fred Allen, Legacy, Longevity, Talent, 0 Fred Allen Comedian · USA
A psychiatrists is the next man you start talking to after you start talking to yourself. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, Fred Allen, Conversation, Mental health, Self-awareness, 0 Fred Allen Comedian · USA
+ Imitation is the sincerest form of television. Author, June 23, 2023January 2, 2025, Fred Allen, Imitation, Sincerity, Television, 0 Fred Allen Comedian · USA
+ Television is the triumph of machine over people. Author, July 18, 2023January 2, 2025, Fred Allen, Control, Society, Technology, 0 Fred Allen Comedian · USA
I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you find yourself up there. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, Fred Allen, Exploration, Perspective, Travel, 0 Fred Allen Comedian · USA
+ I don’t want to own anything that won’t fit into my coffin. Author, October 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Fred Allen, Materialism, Mortality, Possessions, 0 Fred Allen Comedian · USA
…two thirds of all sorrow is homemade and, so far as the universe is concerned, unnecessary. Aldous Huxley Writer · England
