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Fred Allen (Version 2) · February 7, 1940 · 44 min · 6,714 words

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No, you didn't know I've been throwing my voice there. I hire a man to stand there and I throw my voice. I don't blame you. I throw it myself. Ladies and gentlemen, see where I made myself. I know you're laughing at something you did on the Ezra Stone program.

I wondered why I didn't laugh last night. Now I know you were waiting to laugh tonight at the Aldrich family. Are we still at the opening? Yes. Ladies and gentlemen, I am privileged that this time to present a very close relative of the star of the Hobby Lobby program of last Sunday.

I give you the husband of Portland Hoffa in person. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you, Harry, for that. Say what happened to my name in the thing there?

Oh. That suddenly a law against mentioning my name. No, I'm any law as I thought something could happen. No, no. to mention it but I didn't have a chance to check with Porty's with all of them well what is Portland got to do well things move very quickly and radio for you I know I've had two sponsors get out with one my back I didn't dare look

over my shoulder no I didn't mean that what I meant is that that overnight you might say on Hobby Lobby Portland became a star yeah now as a star in her own right she naturally has a voice in deciding who gets billing on this program well I don't want her seem to be pushing a young boy who had whom they

say as talent Harry, but my parents went to a lot of trouble to pick out a name for me. Now if they knew that people weren't going to use it, they could have given me a number, seven or something, seven Alan. Just call me seven folks. I have no name.

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