feuds with censors who were often at the last minute forcing script changes on his show because of its content. And Tex Avery's Thugs with Dirty Mugs (1938) features the main character addressing the audience and showing them his Fred Allen impersonation in one scene. In Action Comics #50 (July 1942), Superman quips, "Fred Allen would get a kick out of this!" as he hops on to the side of a moving train. Bibliography Allen, Fred. Much Ado About Me (Boston: Little, Brown, 1956). Allen, Fred. Treadmill to Oblivion (Boston: Little, Brown, 1954). Allen, Fred, ed. by Joe McCarthy, Fred Allen's Letters (New York: Doubleday, 1965) Allen, Fred, ed. by Stuart Hample, all the sincerity in hollywood... (New York: Fulcrum Publishing, 2001). (The lower-case of the title was a tribute to Allen's habit, later in his life, of typing his letters in all-lower case, à la poet E. E. Cummings.) Smith, H. Allen, introduction by Fred Allen. Low Man on a Totem Pole, Doubleday, Doran, 1941. See also Colgate Comedy Hour (Fred Allen episodes) References Sources Jack Benny and Joan Benny, Sunday Nights at Seven: The Jack Benny Story. (New York: Warner Books, 1990). Frank Buxton and Bill Owen, The Big Broadcast: 1920-1950 (New York: Flare Books/Avon, 1972). John Crosby, Out of the Blue: A Book About Radio and Television (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952). Alan Havig, Fred Allen's Radio Comedy (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1989). Ben Schwartz, "The Man Who Invented Jack Benny" ('Written By', Writers Guild of America, 2002) Robert Taylor, Fred Allen: His Life and Wit (Boston: Little, Brown, 1989). John Dunning, On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio''. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998). Hilmes, M. (1997). Radio voices American broadcasting, 1922–1952. Minnesota Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. External links Fred Allen Fred Allen's Radio, television, and film appearances Fred Allen In-depth Fred Allen Biographical Interview with Martin Gostainian Fred Allen at the Radio Hall of Fame Laughterlog.com Biography with list of radio, television, film and record appearances Irving Wallace on Fred Allen Audio files Internet Archives: The Fred Allen Show (150 episodes in MP3 format) OTR Network Library: The Fred Allen Show (84 episodes) Biography in Sound: "A Portrait of Fred Allen" (May 29, and December 18, 1956) Zoot Radio, free old time radio show downloads of the 'Fred Allen' radio program 149 episodes. 1894 births 1956 deaths American male comedians Radio personalities