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Life at the South Pole
Fred Allen (Version 2) · February 28, 1940 · 60 min · 7,914 words
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The Fred Allen Show brought to you by a panitooth face for the smile of beauty Salhepatica for the smile of health Smiles with Fred Allen folks, 3,600 seconds of fun and music Fun with our star comedian Fred Allen With our guest a representative from the Statue of Liberty David Lebmer Music with Peter Van Stieden, the Mary Max and Win Wurley
The time has come, it's the Fred Allen Show Well, as the feller says, you can't start a show without an overture, folks, so we've out of the inevitable and our overture is yet by Adi A.
Ladies and gentlemen, A is for Alan, who comes every week. B is for the bags hanging down on each cheek.
C is for the comedy he's been rehearsing, and D is for duck. Here comes Fred in person. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, and good evening, ladies and gentlemen, Congratulations to you Harry on finally mastering your ABCs.
Why didn't you do the rest of the alphabet? You're going so well there, I thought you could continue. Oh, was there more to it? Haven't you heard Harry? Oh no, I didn't get any farther than college, Fred.
Oh, you only got up to D, a Dartmouth man, huh? Well, would you like to hear at this late age? Would you like to hear the rest of the alphabet Harry? Yeah, what is the next letter, Fred?
Well, to a musician, it's E-flat, but to us, it's E. E for their ears, listeners, find full of corn. F for the fanfares, Peter blows on his horn. G's for the gags, we hope will go well.
H our announcer, Prischel von Zehr. Well, that's fine. Now for the news, Peter. No, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Don't put the fanfare in there. I'm not through yet, Harry. Well, I'm sorry. I for I, Paner, whose praises we sing, J is the jive that the Mary Mac swing.
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