Ba$ed on Otter Logs Dated May 22, 2005
Date Aired : 32/10/23
Episode Number : 1
Available : NO
Notes: First of the Linit Bath Club Revue shows sponsored by the Corn Products Company. The shows are 30 minutes in length.
Date Aired : 32/10/30
Episode Number : 2
Available : NO
Date Aired : 32/11/06
Episode Number : 3
Available : NO
Date Aired : 32/11/13
Episode Number : 4
Available : NO
Date Aired : 32/11/20
Episode Number : 5
Available : NO
Date Aired : 32/11/27
Episode Number : 6
Available : NO
Date Aired : 32/12/04
Episode Number : 7
Available : NO
Date Aired : 32/12/11
Episode Number : 8
Available : NO
Date Aired : 32/12/18
Episode Number : 9
Available : NO
Date Aired : 32/12/25
Episode Number : 10
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Mammoth Department Store
First Line : Announcer Kenneth Roberts: “Christmas greetings, ladies and gentlemen. The makers of Linit, the bath way to a soft, smooth skin, hope you’ve had a joyful holiday.”
Date Aired : 33/01/01
Episode Number : 11
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host:
First Line :
Date Aired : 33/01/08
Episode Number : 12
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/01/15
Episode Number : 13
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/01/22
Episode Number : 14
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Court of Judge Allen
First Line : [Song: “Rise and Shine”] Announcer Kenneth Roberts: “Presenting Fred Allen.” Allen: “Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, thank you. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Tonight the Linit Bath Club Revue starts a new series of radio presentations.”
Date Aired : 33/01/29
Episode Number : 15
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/02/05
Episode Number : 16
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/02/12
Episode Number : 17
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/02/19
Episode Number : 18
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/02/26
Episode Number : 19
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/03/05
Episode Number : 20
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/03/12
Episode Number : 21
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/03/19
Episode Number : 22
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/03/26
Episode Number : 23
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/04/02
Episode Number : 24
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/04/09
Episode Number : 25
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/04/16
Episode Number : 26
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/08/04
Episode Number : 1
Available : NO
Notes: First of the Salad Bowl Revue shows sponsored by the Hellmann’s Mayonnaise Company. The shows are 30 minutes in length.
Date Aired : 33/08/11
Episode Number : 2
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/08/18
Episode Number : 3
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/08/25
Episode Number : 4
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/09/01
Episode Number : 5
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/09/08
Episode Number : 6
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/09/15
Episode Number : 7
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/09/22
Episode Number : 8
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/09/29
Episode Number : 9
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/10/06
Episode Number : 10
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/10/13
Episode Number : 11
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/10/20
Episode Number : 12
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/10/27
Episode Number : 13
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/11/03
Episode Number : 14
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/11/10
Episode Number : 15
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/11/17
Episode Number : 16
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/11/24
Episode Number : 17
Available : NO
Date Aired : 33/12/01
Episode Number : 18
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/01/03
Episode Number : 1
Available : NO
Notes: First of the Sal Hepatica Revue shows sponsored by the Bristol-Myers Company. The shows are 30 minutes in length.
Date Aired : 34/01/10
Episode Number : 2
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/01/17
Episode Number : 3
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Bedlam University
First Line :
Date Aired : 34/01/24
Episode Number : 4
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Trustee’s Meeting
First Line :
Date Aired : 34/01/31
Episode Number : 5
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Bedlam’s Amusement Agency
First Line :
Date Aired : 34/02/07
Episode Number : 6
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Bedlam’s Amusement Agency Revisited
First Line :
Date Aired : 34/02/14
Episode Number : 7
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Bedlam Penitentiary
First Line :
Date Aired : 34/02/21
Episode Number : 8
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Bedlam Penitentiary Revisited
First Line :
Date Aired : 34/02/28
Episode Number : 9
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Bedlam Gables resort
First Line :
Date Aired : 34/03/07
Episode Number : 10
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Mechanical Robot
First Line :
Date Aired : 34/03/14
Episode Number : 11
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Sideshow
First Line :
Date Aired : 34/03/21
Episode Number : 1
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: First Show - Hour of Smiles
First Line : Allen: “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and more than welcome to our new full hour radio show which we are calling ‘The Hour of Smiles.’”
Notes: First show with two products, Sal Hepatica and Ipana Toothpaste, sponsored by the Bristol-Myers Company. The shows are 60 minutes in length. At the end of the show, the announcer states that in two weeks the makers of Ipana will announce details of a dental charm contest. Three winners will receive free trips to the Chicago World’s Fair. The 1st prize winner will be the official Dental Charm Girl of the Century of Progress 1934.
Note : My copy is edited and only 30 minutes long.
Date Aired : 34/03/28
Episode Number : 2
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Stamping Out Crime
Guest: Norma Terris
First Line : Allen: “-have radio’s brilliant baritone, the Sal Hepatica singers, the Song Smiths, and as our guest artist tonight, the brilliant star of so many Broadway successes, Miss Norma Terris.”
Notes: There is a reminder at the end of the show to tune in next week for the rules of the dental charm contest.
Note: My copy has been edited and runs 22:40.
Date Aired : 34/04/04
Episode Number : 3
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Circus Has Arrived
First Line : Allen: “The curtain is lowered, the studio darkened, the camera starts, and we bring you the latest news of the week. [fanfare] The Bedlam News, sees nothing, shows all. [fanfare] New York City. Circus arrives at Madison Square Garden.”
Note: My copy has been edited and runs 25:06. The dental charm contest details have been edited out.
Date Aired : 34/04/11
Episode Number : 4
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Spring Has Arrived
First Line : Allen: “-starts, and we bring you the latest news [record skip]. [fanfare] Bedlam News, sees nothing, shows all. [fanfare] Spring is here and the Bedlam News cameraman heralds arrives a vernal season around the world.”
Note: At the end of the show details are given on the dental charm contest.
Note: My copy has been edited and runs 26:29.
Date Aired : 34/04/18
Episode Number : 5
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: To Buy or Not Buy a Toupee
First Line : Allen: “The curtain is lowered, the studio darkened, the camera starts, and we bring you the latest news of the week. [fanfare] Bedlam News, sees nothing, shows all. [fanfare] Baseball season opens and crowds throng parks to greet their favorites.
Note: My copy has been edited and runs 24:35.
Date Aired : 34/04/25
Episode Number : 6
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Bedlam Department Store
First Line : Allen: “-that great waste of time, trouble and money, we bring you the Bedlam News.”
Note: At show’s end, the announcer states that this is the last chance to enter the dental charm contest, which ends at midnight on Monday, April 30th. Contestants are to send in a photograph.
Note: My copy has been edited and runs 26:30.
Date Aired : 34/05/02
Episode Number : 7
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Bedlamville Needs Funds
First Line :
Date Aired : 34/05/09
Episode Number : 8
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/05/16
Episode Number : 9
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/05/23
Episode Number : 10
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/05/30
Episode Number : 11
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/06/06
Episode Number : 12
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/06/13
Episode Number : 13
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/06/20
Episode Number : 14
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/06/27
Episode Number : 15
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/07/04
Episode Number : 16
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/07/11
Episode Number : 1
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Rollin Home
Notes: The Hour of Smiles is retitled Town Hall Tonight. The shows remain at 60 minutes in length.
Date Aired : 34/07/18
Episode Number : 2
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/07/25
Episode Number : 3
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Town Hall Tonight
Date Aired : 34/08/01
Episode Number : 4
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/08/08
Episode Number : 5
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/08/15
Episode Number : 6
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/08/22
Episode Number : 7
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/08/29
Episode Number : 8
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/09/05
Episode Number : 9
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/09/12
Episode Number : 10
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/09/19
Episode Number : 11
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/09/26
Episode Number : 12
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/10/03
Episode Number : 13
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/10/10
Episode Number : 14
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/10/17
Episode Number : 15
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Fred Allen’s Revue
Date Aired : 34/10/24
Episode Number : 16
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/10/31
Episode Number : 17
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/11/07
Episode Number : 18
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/11/14
Episode Number : 19
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/11/21
Episode Number : 20
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/11/28
Episode Number : 21
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/12/05
Episode Number : 22
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Fred Allen’s Revue
Date Aired : 34/12/12
Episode Number : 23
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/12/19
Episode Number : 24
Available : NO
Date Aired : 34/12/26
Episode Number : 25
Available : NO
Date Aired : 35/01/02
Episode Number : 26
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 35/01/09
Episode Number : 27
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 35/01/16
Episode Number : 28
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 35/01/23
Episode Number : 29
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Bedlam News
Date Aired : 35/01/30
Episode Number : 30
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 35/02/06
Episode Number : 31
Available : NO
Date Aired : 35/02/13
Episode Number : 32
Available : NO
Date Aired : 35/02/20
Episode Number : 33
Available : NO
Date Aired : 35/02/27
Episode Number : 33
Available : NO
Date Aired : 35/03/06
Episode Number : 35
Available : NO
Date Aired : 35/03/13
Episode Number : 36
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Super Amateurs
Date Aired : 35/03/20
Episode Number : 37
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: First Anniversary of One Hour Show
Date Aired : 35/03/27
Episode Number : 38
Available : NO
Date Aired : 35/04/03
Episode Number : 39
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Only French Spoken Here
Date Aired : 35/04/10
Episode Number : 40
Available : NO
Date Aired : 35/04/17
Episode Number : 41
Available : NO
Date Aired : 35/04/24
Episode Number : 42
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: College Night for Amateurs
Date Aired : 35/05/01
Episode Number : 43
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Van Steeden’s Third Show
Date Aired : 35/05/08
Episode Number : 44
Available : NO
Date Aired : 35/05/15
Episode Number : 45
Available : NO
Date Aired : 35/05/22
Episode Number : 46
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: The Square Dance
Date Aired : 35/05/29
Episode Number : 47
Available : NO
Date Aired : 35/06/05
Episode Number : 48
Available : NO
Date Aired : 35/06/12
Episode Number : 49
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: All-Star Amateurs
Date Aired : 35/06/19
Episode Number : 50
Available : NO
Date Aired : 35/06/26
Episode Number : 51
Available : NO
Date Aired : 35/10/02
Episode Number : 52
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Once an Amateur, Always an Amateur
First Line : Announcer Tiny Ruffner: “And tonight, a big celebration. Fred Allen’s coming back to the old Town Hall. He’s bringing Portland and the Mighty Allen Art Players and his baggage and they’re all going to give us the biggest show we’ve had in months.”
Date Aired : 35/10/09
Episode Number : 53
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: A Free Soul - the Scot’s Idea of Heaven
Date Aired : 35/10/16
Episode Number : 54
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Who Killed Kirk Reuben
First Line: Announcer Tiny Ruffner: “Well, the band’s playing, the crowd’s cheering and here comes Fred Allen leading a new big colorful parade to the old Town Hall. So, come on folks, let’s march along with them. Everybody’s going!”
Date Aired : 35/10/23
Episode Number : 55
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 35/10/30
Episode Number : 56
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Revue
Date Aired : 35/11/06
Episode Number : 57
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: One-Girl Band
Date Aired : 35/11/13
Episode Number : 58
Available : NO
Date Aired : 35/11/20
Episode Number : 59
Available : NO
Date Aired : 35/11/27
Episode Number : 60
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 35/12/04
Episode Number : 61
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Case of the Disappearing Elephant
First Line: Allen: “…clothes on. I’m opening with ‘All’s Well’.” Harry Von Zell: “Okay, Peter, let ‘er go!”
Date Aired : 35/12/11
Episode Number : 62
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Uncle Tom’s Hot Spot or It Might Be Hammy but It Ain’t Porgy
First Line : [Cheers] Announcer Harry Von Zell: “Listen to that crowd. They’re cheering Fred Alllen as he leads his weekly parade to the old Town Hall. Fred’s laughing, the band’s playing, the Mighty Allen Art Players are doing nip-ups.”
Note: Only the first half of this show appears to be available. File cuts off before skit is finished.
Date Aired : 35/12/18
Episode Number : 63
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Murder in the Moonlight
Date Aired : 35/12/25
Episode Number : 64
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Department Store Santa
First Line: [Cheers] Announcer Harry Von Zell: “Yes sir, listen to that crowd cheering Fred Allen as he heads his weekly parade to the old Town Hall. Members of the band are carrying the Christmas tree and the Mighty Allen Art Players are disguised as reindeer.”
Notes: File runs only 41 minutes.
Date Aired : 36/01/01
Episode Number : 65
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Murder at the Microphone
First Line: [Cheers] Announcer Harry Von Zell: “Yes sir, listen to that crowd cheer Fred Allen as he heads his weekly parade to the old Town Hall. Fred and the band are carrying signs with their resolutions spelled out in neon lights.”
Date Aired : 36/01/08
Episode Number : 66
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Fred Allen Receives an Award
Date Aired : 36/01/15
Episode Number : 67
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Home on the Range
First Line : [Cheers] Announcer Harry Von Zell: “Listen to that crowd. They’re cheering madly as they march along with Fred Allen and his parade to the old Town Hall, Fred zig zagging up the street. The band zags where Fred zigged.”
Note: Only the first half of this show appears to be available. My file runs 31:41 and at times has poor sound. Lisa Fittinghoff
Date Aired : 36/01/22
Episode Number : 68
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Mumbo, or Who Stole the Elephant from Billy Nose’s Finale
First Line : [Cheers] Announcer Harry Von Zell: “Listen to that crowd. They’re jumping up and down and cheering as Fred Allen leads his weekly parade to the old Town Hall. Fred’s driving in the wind as the band lowers the boom boom.”
Date Aired : 36/01/29
Episode Number : 69
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Lord Falconbeak’s Dilemma
First Line: [Cheers] Announcer Harry Von Zell: “The crowd is cheering Fred Allen as he leads his weekly parade to the old Town Hall. Fred’s keeping the band in time with a gold baton and the Mighty Allen Art Players are following, out of step with the world.”
Date Aired : 36/02/05
Episode Number : 70
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Going, Going, Gone
First Line: [Cheers] Announcer Harry Von Zell: “Listen to that crowd. They’re cheering Fred Allen as he leads his weekly parade to the old Town Hall. Fred’s leading the band with a roman candle and the Mighty Allen Art Players are right behind doing their best to douse the sparks.”
Date Aired : 36/02/12
Episode Number : 71
Available : NO
Date Aired : 36/02/19
Episode Number : 72
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Talkative Tom aka The Fatal Shot
First Line: Announcer Harry Von Zell: “Just listen to that crowd cheer Fred Allen as he leads his weekly parade to the old Town Hall. Fred’s leading the band on a muted motorcycle and the Mighty Allen Art Players, swinging their golf clubs, bring up the rear in par.”
Date Aired : 36/02/26
Episode Number : 73
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: The Hillbilly Debutante
Date Aired : 36/03/04
Episode Number : 74
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Six Black Amateurs
Date Aired : 36/03/11
Episode Number : 75
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 36/03/18
Episode Number : 76
Available : NO
Date Aired : 36/03/25
Episode Number : 77
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 36/04/01
Episode Number : 78
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Strange Case of Luke Allen, or Why the Lonesome Cowboy Was Lonesome
Date Aired : 36/04/08
Episode Number : 79
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 36/04/15
Episode Number : 80
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Texas Rangers
Date Aired : 36/04/22
Episode Number : 81
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Lost Vice President
First Line :
Date Aired : 36/04/29
Episode Number : 82
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Jim Brown Is Really Fred Allen
Date Aired : 36/05/06
Episode Number : 83
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 36/05/13
Episode Number : 84
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 36/05/20
Episode Number : 85
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Comedian’s Plight
First Line :
Date Aired : 36/05/27
Episode Number : 86
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Trombone Annie
First Line :
Date Aired : 36/06/03
Episode Number : 87
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 36/06/10
Episode Number : 88
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Welcome Stranger
First Line :
Date Aired : 36/09/30
Episode Number : 2
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Snoopnagle And Bud
First Line :
Date Aired : 36/10/07
Episode Number : 3
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Who Killed Rappaport
First Line : [Cheers] Announcer Harry Von Zell: “The crowd’s cheering Fred Allen and Portland as they march down from Main scattering fishing tackle and wet bathing suits on all sides.”
I’m trying to find out why this is numbered as a different series. It’s still Town Hall Tonight with the same sponsors.
Date Aired : 36/10/14
Episode Number : 4
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Will She Come Out
First Line :
Date Aired : 36/10/21
Episode Number : 5
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Fred’s Fourth Anniversary
First Line :
Date Aired : 36/10/28
Episode Number : 6
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
First Line :
Date Aired : 36/11/04
Episode Number : 7
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
First Line :
Date Aired : 36/11/11
Episode Number : 8
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: South African Hockey Team
First Line :
Date Aired : 36/11/18
Episode Number : 9
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Mexican Football Team
First Line :
Date Aired : 36/11/25
Episode Number : 10
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Egg Baron
First Line :
Date Aired : 36/12/02
Episode Number : 11
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Princeton and Harvard
First Line :
Date Aired : 36/12/09
Episode Number : 12
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Local Professional Talent
First Line :
Date Aired : 36/12/16
Episode Number : 13
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Million Dollar Smile
First Line :
Date Aired : 36/12/23
Episode Number : 14
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Ambrose Smith, Department Store Santa
First Line :
Date Aired : 36/12/30
Episode Number : 15
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: The Feud
Date Aired : 37/01/06
Episode Number : 16
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 37/01/13
Episode Number : 17
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Musical Feud, Jazz or Classical
Date Aired : 37/01/20
Episode Number : 18
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Three Madcaps
Date Aired : 37/01/27
Episode Number : 19
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Fred to Expose Jack Benny’s Violin Playing
First Line :
Date Aired : 37/02/03
Episode Number : 20
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: The Bee
Date Aired : 37/02/10
Episode Number : 21
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: The Family Genealogy of Jack Benny
Date Aired : 37/02/17
Episode Number : 22
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 37/02/24
Episode Number : 23
Available : NO
Date Aired : 37/03/03
Episode Number : 24
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 37/03/10
Episode Number : 25
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Murder on the High Seas, or One Long Pan Helps Boy Meet Gull
First Line : [Cheers] Announcer Harry Von Zell: “Listen to that crowd cheer as Fred Allen leads the parade to the old Town Hall. Fred’s conducting the band with a big sword followed by those dull blades of the boards, the Mighty Allen Art Players.”
Date Aired : 37/03/17
Episode Number : 26
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: St Patrick’s Day Show
First Line : [Cheers] Announcer Harry Von Zell: “Listen to that crowd cheer Fred Allen as he leads the parade to the old Town Hall. Fred’s leading the band with a shillelagh and is followed by those greenhorns of the theater, the Mighty Allen Art Players.”
Date Aired : 37/03/24
Episode Number : 27
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 37/03/31
Episode Number : 28
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 37/04/07
Episode Number : 29
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 37/04/14
Episode Number : 30
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 37/04/21
Episode Number : 31
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Peter Van Seeden’s Second Anniversary
Date Aired : 37/04/28
Episode Number : 32
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 37/05/05
Episode Number : 33
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 37/05/12
Episode Number : 34
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 37/05/19
Episode Number : 35
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Story of Hollywood
First Line :
Date Aired : 37/05/26
Episode Number : 36
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 37/06/02
Episode Number : 37
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 37/06/09
Episode Number : 38
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 37/06/16
Episode Number : 39
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 37/06/23
Episode Number : 40
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 37/06/30
Episode Number : 41
Available : NO
Date Aired : 37/11/17
Episode Number : 42
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Fred Returns After Making a Movie
Date Aired : 37/11/24
Episode Number : 43
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Guest: Ned Sparks, movie comic.
Date Aired : 37/12/01
Episode Number : 44
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 37/12/08
Episode Number : 45
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Show From Hollywood
First Line :
Date Aired : 37/12/15
Episode Number : 46
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Tycoon’s Dilemma
First Line :
Date Aired : 37/12/22
Episode Number : 47
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Santa Will Not Ride Tonight
Guest: Jack Benny and Willie King, operator of the studio lunch wagon.
First Line : [Cheers] Announcer Harry Von Zell: “Listen to that crowd cheer as Fred Allen leads his parade of stars to the old Town Hall. Fred’s leading the band dressed as Santa followed by those Claus in the theater’s lights, the Mighty Allen Art Players.”
Date Aired : 37/12/29
Episode Number : 48
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Farewell to Hollywood Show
First Line :
Date Aired : 38/01/05
Episode Number : 49
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 38/01/12
Episode Number : 50
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 38/01/19
Episode Number : 51
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 38/01/26
Episode Number : 52
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 38/02/02
Episode Number : 53
Available : NO
Date Aired : 38/02/09
Episode Number : 54
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 38/02/16
Episode Number : 55
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 38/02/23
Episode Number : 56
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 38/03/02
Episode Number : 57
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 38/03/09
Episode Number : 58
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur Show
Date Aired : 38/03/16
Episode Number : 59
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Advertising Agency’s Faux Pas
First Line :
Date Aired : 38/03/23
Episode Number : 60
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: High Wide and Homely
First Line :
Date Aired : 38/03/30
Episode Number : 61
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Lady Putney’s Demise
First Line :
Date Aired : 38/04/06
Episode Number : 62
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Studio Executive’s Predicament
First Line :
Date Aired : 38/04/13
Episode Number : 63
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Hotel Mystery
First Line :
Date Aired : 38/04/20
Episode Number : 64
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Scoop Allen Comes Through
First Line :
Date Aired : 38/04/27
Episode Number : 65
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The True Story of Your Hero
First Line :
Date Aired : 38/05/04
Episode Number : 66
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Who Killed the Hula Hula Dancer
First Line :
Date Aired : 38/05/11
Episode Number : 67
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Mountain Justice
First Line :
Date Aired : 38/05/18
Episode Number : 68
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The House That Jack Built
Guest: Ralph W. Smith, barnstormer and test pilot.
First Line : [Cheers] Announcer Andre Baruch: “Listen to that crowd cheer Fred Allen as he heads his weekly parade to the old Town Hall. Fred’s leading the band with a breadstick, followed by those crumbs of the stage, the Mighty Allen Art Players.”
Date Aired : 38/05/25
Episode Number : 69
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Who Stole the Favorite
Guest: Alfred Fiorella, hand organ player (aka organ grinder).
First Line : [Cheers] Announcer Andre Baruch: “Listen to that crowd cheer Fred Allen as he heads his weekly parade to the old Town Hall. Fred’s leading the band with an adding machine, followed by those unwelcome additions to the drama, the Mighty Allen Art Players.”
Date Aired : 38/06/01
Episode Number : 70
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Program Was Killing Them
Guest: John O’Boyle, former hoofer and dance director.
First Line :
Date Aired : 38/06/08
Episode Number : 71
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Satire on Song Writers
Guest: Ray Smith, hunting and fishing guide.
First Line : [Cheers] Announcer Andre Baruch: “Ah, listen to that crowd cheer Fred Allen as he heads his weekly parade to the old Town Hall. Fred’s leading the band with a celery stalk, followed by those deadbeats of the theater, the Mighty Allen Art Players.”
Date Aired : 38/06/15
Episode Number : 72
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Murder At The Zoo
First Line :
Date Aired : 38/06/22
Episode Number : 73
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Telephone Weddings
Guest: Art Moger, contest editor on the Boston Evening American.
First Line : [Cheers] Announcer Harry Von Zell: “Listen to that crowd cheer Fred Allen as he leads his weekly parade to the old Town Hall. Fred’s leading the band with a fishing rod followed by those castoffs of the drama, the Mighty Allen Art Players.”
Date Aired : 38/06/29
Episode Number : 74
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Mountain Malfeance
First Line :
Date Aired : 38/10/05
Episode Number : 75
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Alexander’s Ragtime Band
First Line :
Date Aired : 38/10/12
Episode Number : 76
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Who Killed Judge Knapp
First Line :
Date Aired : 38/10/19
Episode Number : 77
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Hobby Lobby
First Line :
Date Aired : 38/10/26
Episode Number : 78
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: 6th Anniversary Show
Date Aired : 38/11/02
Episode Number : 79
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: November, Month of Harvest and Thanksgiving
First Line :
Date Aired : 38/11/09
Episode Number : 80
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: If I Were Too
First Line :
Date Aired : 38/11/16
Episode Number : 81
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Bank’s Dilemma
First Line :
Date Aired : 38/11/23
Episode Number : 82
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Murder In the Stadium
First Line :
Date Aired : 38/11/30
Episode Number : 83
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Us The People Couldn’t Speak
First Line :
Date Aired : 38/12/07
Episode Number : 84
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Hillbilly Justice or The Judge Refused to Open the Case Until Someone Ordered Him a Chaser
Guest: Lou Miller and his dog, King
First Line : Disc Two: [Music] Allen: “That was the ‘Skater’s Waltz’ played by the Sonja Henie of ice-stro’s, Peter Van Steeden and his Ipana watchamacallits.” Disc Four: [Music] Allen: That was ‘The Night Before Christmas,’ ladies and gentlemen, played by Peter Van Steeden, the Ipana Troubadours and the Town Hall Singers.”
Notes: Only discs two and four are available so far.
Date Aired : 38/12/14
Episode Number : 85
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Santa Claus
First Line :
Date Aired : 38/12/21
Episode Number : 86
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Santa Claus Sits Down
First Line :
Date Aired : 38/12/28
Episode Number : 87
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Studio’s Crisis
First Line :
Date Aired : 39/01/04
Episode Number : 88
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Luke Allen’s Courtship
First Line :
Date Aired : 39/01/11
Episode Number : 89
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Non Campus Mentis
First Line :
Date Aired : 39/01/18
Episode Number : 90
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Deep Sea Tragedy
First Line :
Date Aired : 39/01/25
Episode Number : 91
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Kay Kyser’s Musical High School
First Line :
Date Aired : 39/02/01
Episode Number : 92
Available : NO
Date Aired : 39/02/08
Episode Number : 93
Available : NO
Date Aired : 39/02/15
Episode Number : 94
Available : NO
Date Aired : 39/02/22
Episode Number : 95
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Subway Posters
Guest: Carl Schuman, television glass tube blower.
First Line : [Cheers] Announcer Harry Von Zell: “Well, sir, the Town Hall opens once again for our weekly meeting, folks.” Allen: “Here, here.” Von Zell: “Peter raises his baton and the overture is, ‘This Night.’”
Date Aired : 39/03/01
Episode Number : 96
Available : NO
Date Aired : 39/03/08
Episode Number : 97
Available : NO
Date Aired : 39/03/15
Episode Number : 98
Available : NO
Date Aired : 39/03/22
Episode Number : 99
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Murder at Madison Square Garden
Guest: Joe Cooper, pullman porter.
First Line : [Cheers] Announcer Harry Von Zell: “Well, sir, once again the old Town Hall hangs out its SRO sign. The janitor conceals his exit sign.”
Date Aired : 39/03/29
Episode Number : 100
Available : NO
Date Aired : 39/04/05
Episode Number : 101
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Studio’s Plight
First Line :
Date Aired : 39/04/12
Episode Number : 102
Available : NO
Date Aired : 39/04/19
Episode Number : 103
Available : NO
Date Aired : 39/04/26
Episode Number : 104
Available : NO
Date Aired : 39/05/03
Episode Number : 105
Available : NO
Date Aired : 39/05/10
Episode Number : 106
Available : NO
Date Aired : 39/05/17
Episode Number : 107
Available : NO
Date Aired : 39/05/24
Episode Number : 108
Available : NO
Date Aired : 39/05/31
Episode Number : 109
Available : NO
Date Aired : 39/06/07
Episode Number : 110
Available : NO
Date Aired : 39/06/14
Episode Number : 111
Available : NO
Date Aired : 39/06/21
Episode Number : 112
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Crisis on the Showboat
Guest: A Movietone cameraman.
First Line : [Cheers] Announcer Harry Von Zell: “Well, sir, another hour of entertainment is starting down the assembly line at the old Town Hall. Here comes the chassis, Peter Van Steeden, and the orchestra bolts on the overture.”
Date Aired : 39/06/28
Episode Number : 113
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Sponsor Problems
Date Aired : 39/10/04
Episode Number : 1
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Search for Dr Livingston
Guest: Ned Sparks
First Line: Announcer Harry Von Zell: “And now, ladies and gentlemen, we celebrate the opening of our new fall series by bringing you that lovable buffoon, that man about clown…gee, what is your name again, Bud?”
Notes: First of The Fred Allen Show broadcasts. The Bristol-Myers Company remains the sponsor. The show remains 60 minutes in length.
Date Aired : 39/10/11
Episode Number : 2
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Satire on Surveys and Polls
Guest: Bert Lahr
First Line : Announcer Harry Von Zell: “And now, ladies and gentlemen, any similarity between the next voice you will hear and any living voice is purely coincidental and a figment of the acoustics.”
Notes: This show can also be found as the file 49/05/01 “Jamaica Race Track.” Lisa Fittinghoff
Date Aired : 39/10/18
Episode Number : 3
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host:
Notes : The show with this date and the title Guest - Edgar Rice Burroughs is not a Fred Allen Show. Fred was not sponsored by Texaco until 40–10–02. Therefore, that show is “The Texaco Star Theater (without Fred Allen)”
Date Aired : 39/10/25
Episode Number : 4
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Prairie Predicament
Guest: Billy Rose, producer of the 1939 World’s Fair Aquacade.
First Line : Announcer Harry Von Zell: “Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, we give you the winner in the big contest we forgot to announce last week.”
Date Aired : 39/11/01
Episode Number : 5
Available : NO
Date Aired : 39/11/08
Episode Number : 6
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Doughnut King
Guest: Alfred L. Plan, in charge of merchandising research for the doughnut industry.
First Line : Announcer Harry Von Zell: “And now, ladies and gentlemen, as the evening sun, a fiery orb, sinks slowly into the golden west, we turn with regret from the end of the perfect day to face the hectic hour we know is to come.”
Date Aired : 39/11/15
Episode Number : 7
Available : NO
Date Aired : 39/11/22
Episode Number : 8
Available : NO
Date Aired : 39/11/29
Episode Number : 9
Available : NO
Date Aired : 39/12/06
Episode Number : 10
Available : NO
Date Aired : 39/12/13
Episode Number : 11
Available : NO
Date Aired : 39/12/20
Episode Number : 12
Available : NO
Date Aired : 39/12/27
Episode Number : 13
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Dr. Allen Clinic
Guest: Robert Benchley, authority on wit and humor.
First Line : Announcer Harry Von Zell: “And now our next speaker, ladies and gentlemen, is a young man who has just caught 1939 under the mistletoe and is preparing to kiss the old year goodbye.”
Date Aired : 40/01/03
Episode Number : 14
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Romance
First Line :
Date Aired : 40/01/10
Episode Number : 15
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Amazing Dr Clitterhouse
First Line :
Date Aired : 40/01/17
Episode Number : 16
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Five Star Final
First Line :
Date Aired : 40/01/24
Episode Number : 17
Available : NO
Date Aired : 40/01/31
Episode Number : 18
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Mountain Justice
Guest: Joe Louis, World’s Heavyweight Champion
First Line : Announcer Harry Von Zell: “Now, ladies and gentlemen, I give you our star comedian.” Allen: “Good evening. And now, ladies and gentlemen, I give you our star announcer.”
Date Aired : 40/02/07
Episode Number : 19
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Political Amateur Hour
First Line :
Date Aired : 40/02/14
Episode Number : 20
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Visibility Was Poor, But The Pilot Could See His Finish
First Line :
Date Aired : 40/02/21
Episode Number : 21
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Missing Cat
Guest: Barbara Delrose, xylophone virtuoso, aka “Baby Barbara”
First Line : [Intro chopped off, Allen and Von Zell joking together] Announcer Harry Von Zell: “As I was saying, ladies and gentlemen, I bring you a man, well, I could say he is America’s favorite comedian.”
Notes: Von Zell mentions that tomorrow is Washington’s birthday. I am looking for a copy of this program with Barbara Delrose’s complete xylophone solo (I have only about 50 seconds of it). If you can provide a complete copy, please send an email by clicking on “Suggestions” (top left below the Main.SideBar?). Lisa Fittinghoff
Many thanks to Barbara Delrose for a copy of the 40/02/21 script. Among other delights, it clears up my question on the proper spelling of David Luddmer’s name below. Lisa Fittinghoff
Date Aired : 40/02/28
Episode Number : 22
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Life at the South Pole
Guest: David Luddmer, guide at the Statue of Liberty.
First Line : Announcer Harry Von Zell: “And now, ladies and gentlemen, A is for Allen who comes every week. B is for the bags hanging down on each cheek.”
Date Aired : 40/03/06
Episode Number : 23
Available : NO
Date Aired : 40/03/13
Episode Number : 24
Available : NO
Date Aired : 40/03/20
Episode Number : 25
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Eagle Gets Loose in the Studio
Guest: Captain Charles Knight, authority on eagles and his golden eagle, Mr. Ramshaw.
First Line : Announcer Harry Von Zell: “Now, ladies and gentlemen, we bring you a man who is known to most people as an actor. During the past week, however, he has been appointed a police officer at Old Orchard Beach, Maine.”
Date Aired : 40/03/27
Episode Number : 26
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Who Killed Mack Borden
Guest: Mr. T Hee, animation director for Walt Disney’s “Pinocchio.”
First Line : Announcer Harry Von Zell: “Well, ladies and gentlemen, we had hoped to have Toscanini conduct our overture tonight. But unfortunately our plans went amiss.”
Date Aired : 40/04/03
Episode Number : 27
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Laziest Man In The World
Guest: Richard Hart, head window cleaner at the Empire State Building.
First Line : [Intro chopped] Announcer Harry Von Zell: “To prove the truth of this old maxim, a man who foisted a 60 minute pecadillo on America last Wednesday night, returns to the scene of his crime tonight. He’s Fred Allen in person.”
This show is incomplete. It cuts off before the end of “The Laziest Man In The World” sketch.
There is a file labeled 40–04–03 that actually starts with the end of 40–02–21. It begins with a commercial for Ipana toothpaste and then Allen says ‘Thank you and now before the little man with his jingle bells plays his nocturnal oblagatto.’ There is a discussion that the next week’s guest will be David Ludmer, a guide to the Statute of Liberty. The actual beginning of the 40–02–21 episode is at 01:36 into the file and begins with : “A man who foisted a 60 minute pecadillo on America last Wednesday night, returns to the scene of his crime tonight. He’s Fred Allen in person.” I have a fixed version of 40–04–03 and 40–02–21. Andrew Steinberg
Date Aired : 40/04/10
Episode Number : 28
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Crisis In The Central Park Zoo
First Line :
Date Aired : 40/04/17
Episode Number : 29
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: From Nipper To Nobody
First Line :
Date Aired : 40/04/24
Episode Number : 30
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: He Caught His Wife Kissing A Stranger
Guest: Eddie “Rochester” Anderson
First Line : [Intro chopped] Announcer Harry Von Zell: “-this week celebrates his 30th anniversary as an entertainer of His Majesty, the great American public.”
Note: Incomplete file runs 38:59.
Date Aired : 40/05/01
Episode Number : 31
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Information Tease
First Line :
Date Aired : 40/05/08
Episode Number : 32
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Commencement Day At The Barber College
First Line :
Date Aired : 40/05/15
Episode Number : 33
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Murder at the Ball Park
Date Aired : 40/05/22
Episode Number : 34
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Curse of Ra
First Line :
Date Aired : 40/05/29
Episode Number : 35
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Death Takes A Pretzel Baron
First Line :
Date Aired : 40/06/05
Episode Number : 36
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Senator’s Dilemma
First Line :
Date Aired : 40/06/12
Episode Number : 37
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Judge Was A Vegetarian So He Couldn’t Mete Out Justice
Guest: Jack Boyle, the cattle and horse caster at Paramount Studios.
First Line : Announcer Harry Von Zell: “The time: five o’clock Pacific Time. The place: Studio B in Hollywood’s Radio City.”
Date Aired : 40/06/19
Episode Number : 38
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Jack Benny Interview
First Line :
Date Aired : 40/06/26
Episode Number : 39
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Us, The People Speak
First Line :
Date Aired : 40/10/02
Episode Number : 1
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Grab It Or Leave It
Guest: Christina Carroll, Major Bowes’ Amateur of the Month.
First Line : [Intro chopped] Fred Allen: “-that lovable old buffoon, everybody’s favorite, Fred Allen, in person.”
Notes: First of the Texaco Star Theater broadcasts sponsored by the Texas Company. The shows remain 60 minutes in length. Allen auditions a new announcer, new bandleader and new singer. Incomplete file runs 44:34. The musical numbers have been removed.
Date Aired : 40/10/09
Episode Number : 2
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Sea Buzzard
Guest: Jerry Siegel, Superman writer
First Line : Allen: “Who is the most popular comic strip character in the newspapers today?”
Note: I’ve found only a fragment of this show so far — the interview with Jerry Siegel. My thanks to Christopher Appel for his newsletter article (issue #3) that identifies this fragment and correctly dates the interview portion, confirmed in The Washington Post’s “Listen! With Glynn” column. My file runs 11:12. The Fred Allen portion starts at 2:31 and ends at 8:08. Lisa Fittinghoff
Date Aired : 40/10/16
Episode Number : 3
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Death Takes A Boniface
First Line :
Date Aired : 40/10/30
Episode Number : 4
Available : NO
Date Aired : 40/11/06
Episode Number : 5
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Story Of Bramson Snide
First Line :
Date Aired : 40/11/13
Episode Number : 6
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Mountain Justice
First Line :
Date Aired : 40/11/20
Episode Number : 7
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: The Eagle Is Back
Date Aired : 40/11/27
Episode Number : 8
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Great Department Store Dilemma
First Line :
Date Aired : 40/12/04
Episode Number : 9
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Death Comes To The Mystery Story Writer
First Line :
Date Aired : 40/12/11
Episode Number : 10
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Dentist’s Plight
First Line :
Date Aired : 40/12/18
Episode Number : 11
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Santa Claus Sits Down
First Line :
Date Aired : 40/12/25
Episode Number : 12
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Otto Hottendorf
First Line :
Date Aired : 41/01/01
Episode Number : 13
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Amateur of the Month
Guest: Anthony Polimeni, Major Bowes’ Amateur of the Month
First Line: [Song: “There’ll Be Some Changes Made”] Announcer Jimmy Wallington: “Ladies and gentlemen, 1941 may come and 1940 may go, but we bring you a man who just goes on and on and on and on….”
Date Aired : 41/01/08
Episode Number : 14
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: All Is Not Gold That Glitters
Guest: Patrick Brennan, smoke stack watcher
First Line: [Song: “Keep An Eye On Your Heart”] Announcer Jimmy Wallington and other members of the ensemble: “And now, ladies and gentlemen, we bring you that merchant of merriment, that lovable buffoon, that one and only Fred Allen, in person!”
Date Aired : 41/01/15
Episode Number : 15
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Specialist’s Quandary
Guest: Nelson Elliscue, owner of the Canine Country Club.
First Line : [Song: “The Wise Old Owl”] Announcer Jimmy Wallington: “And now, ladies and gentlemen, we bring you that master magician who with a few magic waves of his tongue changes an ordinary Wednesday evening into a night of mirth and merriment.”
Date Aired : 41/01/22
Episode Number : 16
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: They Almost Junked the Junket
Guest: James Gallagher, president of the Sandhogs union
First Line : [Song: “So You’re The One”] Announcer Jimmy Wallington: “And now, ladies, gents, in person, Fred Allen.” Allen: “Thank you. Thank you and good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Now look Jimmy, before we start, what was that in person Fred Allen introduction?”
Date Aired : 41/01/29
Episode Number : 17
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: A Stay-At-Home Cruise
Guest: Norman Gray, Schick electric shaver tester
First Line: [Song: “Number 10 Lullaby Lane”] Announcer Jimmy Wallington: “And now, ladies and gentlemen, we bring you that Wednesday night merrymaker-“ Allen: “Look, come one, come on, make it fast, Jimmy.”
Date Aired : 41/02/05
Episode Number : 18
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Mountain Justice
Guest: June Brady, Major Bowes’ Amateur of the Month.
First Line : [Song: “Manhattan”] Announcer Jimmy Wallington: “And now, ladies and gentlemen, presenting that happy hooligan, that jovial jibester, that unique you-know, Fred Allen in person.”
Date Aired : 41/02/12
Episode Number : 19
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Truth or Subsequences
Guest: Penobscot Chief Nee Da Bay, Indian guide.
First Line : Announcer Jimmy Wallington: “Ladies and gentlemen, if I say to you, Wednesday, February 12th, it means Lincoln’s birthday.”
Date Aired : 41/02/19
Episode Number : 20
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Milk
Guest: “Lindy” Lindemann, Restauranteur.
First Line : Announcer Jimmy Wallington: “Ladies and gentlemen, you never can be sure of your in-laws. You never can be sure of the weather.”
Date Aired : 41/02/26
Episode Number : 21
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Western Union
First Line :
Date Aired : 41/03/05
Episode Number : 22
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Little Red Riding Hood
Guest: Franklin P. Adams of Information Please
First Line : Announcer Jimmy Wallington: “Ladies and gentlemen, March may come in like a lion and March may go out like a lamb.”
Date Aired : 41/03/12
Episode Number : 23
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Philanda Blank - My Story
First Line : Announcer Jimmy Wallington: “Ladies and gentlemen, well, well, here it is Wednesday again. And here it is 9:00 o’clock again.”
Date Aired : 41/03/19
Episode Number : 24
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Nicotine Alley
First Line : Announcer Jimmy Wallington: “Ladies and gentlemen, tomorrow is the first day of spring. The day when Mother Nature auditions her buds and flowers.”
Date Aired : 41/03/26
Episode Number : 25
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Wedlock Society
First Line : Announcer Jimmy Wallington: “Ladies and gentlemen, now that the weather is warmer, you folks will soon be getting outdoors to exercise and build yourselves up.”
Date Aired : 41/04/02
Episode Number : 26
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: One Long Pan Takes a Chance
First Line : Announcer Jimmy Wallington: “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, once again it is my pleasure-“ Allen: “Hurry up, Jimmy.” Wallington: “-to introduce that happy harlequin….”
Date Aired : 41/04/09
Episode Number : 27
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Shortcut to a Nervous Breakdown
First Line : Announcer Jimmy Wallington: “At this time of the year, ladies and gentlemen, the sun shines, the birds sing, the flowers bloom, the sap is running from the trees.”
Date Aired : 41/04/16
Episode Number : 28
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Sleep
Guest: Richard Kroener, Gargantua’s trainer.
First Line : Announcer Jimmy Wallington: “Ladies and gentlemen, Friday marks the 166th anniversary of the historic ride of Paul Revere.”
Date Aired : 41/04/23
Episode Number : 29
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Radio - the Great American Pastime
First Line : Announcer Jimmy Wallington: “And now, ladies and gentlemen, brevity may be the soul of wit, but tonight we bring you the heel of wit, and here he is, Fred Allen, in person.”
Date Aired : 41/04/30
Episode Number : 30
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Baritone’s Plight
First Line :
Date Aired : 41/05/07
Episode Number : 31
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Jack Benny’s 10th Anniversary
Guest: Amos & Andy and Mayor Talcott from Waukegan
First Line : Announcer Jimmy Wallington: “Ladies and gentlemen, tonight we present something heretofore unheard of in radio. One comedian is devoting his entire sixty minutes to a monster tribute to celebrate the 10th anniversary of another comedian.”
Date Aired : 41/05/14
Episode Number : 32
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Rhyme Doesn’t Pay
Guest: Crosley of the Crosley radio survey (announced on previous show)
First Line :
Date Aired : 41/05/21
Episode Number : 33
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: What’s Wrong with Radio
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Date Aired : 41/05/28
Episode Number : 34
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Great Studio Economy Wave
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Date Aired : 41/06/04
Episode Number : 35
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: One Long Pan, Ghost to Ghost Network
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Date Aired : 41/06/11
Episode Number : 36
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Saga of the Great American Drugstore
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Date Aired : 41/06/18
Episode Number : 37
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: No Blood and No Sand
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Date Aired : 41/06/25
Episode Number : 38
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Hour of Good Intentions
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Date Aired : 41/10/01
Episode Number : 39
Available : NO
Date Aired : 41/10/08
Episode Number : 40
Available : NO
Date Aired : 41/10/15
Episode Number : 41
Available : NO
Date Aired : 41/10/22
Episode Number : 42
Available : NO
Date Aired : 41/10/29
Episode Number : 43
Available : NO
Date Aired : 41/11/05
Episode Number : 44
Available : NO
Date Aired : 41/11/12
Episode Number : 45
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Havoc in the Auto Factory
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Date Aired : 41/11/19
Episode Number : 46
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Death Comes to Barnegie Hall
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Date Aired : 41/11/26
Episode Number : 47
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Mob Breakers
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Date Aired : 41/12/03
Episode Number : 48
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: How Clean Is My Valley
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Date Aired : 41/12/10
Episode Number : 49
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Death Valley Takes a Day Off
Guests: Louella Parsons, gossip columnist, and the winner of the Texaco College Competition, Jack Wilson from the University of Oklahoma.
First Line : Announcer Jimmy Wallington: “Ladies and gentlemen, for four days last week (garbled) was in a fog. We bring you now a man who was been in a fog for forty years.”
Notes: Special announcement at the beginning of the program by the Texas (Texaco Star) Company explaining that The Fred Allen Show will go on as usual (after the attack on Pearl Harbor). At the end of the program there is news from John Daly in the CBS newsroom.
Date Aired : 41/12/17
Episode Number : 50
Available : NO
Date Aired : 41/12/24
Episode Number : 51
Available : NO
Date Aired : 41/12/31
Episode Number : 52
Available : NO
Date Aired : 42/01/07
Episode Number : 53
Available : NO
Date Aired : 42/01/14
Episode Number : 54
Available : NO
Date Aired : 42/01/21
Episode Number : 55
Available : NO
Date Aired : 42/01/28
Episode Number : 56
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Date Aired : 42/02/04
Episode Number : 57
Available : NO
Date Aired : 42/02/11
Episode Number : 58
Available : NO
Title/Plot/Host: Duffy’s Tavern
Date Aired : 42/02/18
Episode Number : 59
Available : NO
Date Aired : 42/02/25
Episode Number : 60
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Death at King Tut’s Tomb
First Line :
Guest: Jack Haley, Actor, and the winner of the Texaco College Competition, Tom McIniry from the University of Alabama.
According to the Chicago Daily Tribune’s “Listeners’ Choice” column on Wednesday, February 25, 1942, the show’s guests were scheduled to be Jack Haley and Tom McIniry from the University of Alabama. According to the Washington Post, in their column “The Post Radio Highlights,” this was the last time to hear Fred Allen on Wednesday night. On Sunday, March 8, the show would take the slot vacated by the Sunday Evening Hour. Lisa Fittinghoff
Date Aired : 42/03/08
Episode Number : 61
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Life of Fred Allen
Guests: Maurice Evans, Shakespearean actor, and the winner of the Texaco College Competition, John J. McDonald from the College of the Holy Cross.
First Line : Announcer Jimmy Wallington: “Ladies and gentlemen, this week New York City installed an air raid siren that can be heard from one end of the city to the other.”
Date Aired : 42/03/15
Episode Number : 62
Available : NO
Guests: Tyrone Power and the winner of the Texaco College Competition, David Bowman from Colgate University (announced on previous show).
Date Aired : 42/03/22
Episode Number : 63
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Sherlock Holmes Parody
Guests: Reginald Gardiner, actor, and Robert Lloyd of Johns Hopkins University (according to the Listeners’ Choice radio listings, Chicago Daily Tribune).
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Date Aired : 42/03/29
Episode Number : 64
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Quiz Kids
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Date Aired : 42/04/05
Episode Number : 65
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: Forum for the Forlorn
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Date Aired : 42/04/12
Episode Number : 66
