What happens
Fred Allen opens his West Coast broadcast from Hollywood, joking with his announcer Harry von Zell and bandleader Peter van Steeden about a lost lapel and a cramped hotel. A chamber of commerce visitor, a studio censor and a precocious child actor's mother all drop in on the program. Guests include the cattle and horse supplier Jack Boyle, who talks about supplying animals to Paramount, and the singer Betty Jane Rose performs. The episode is part of the Fred Allen series, first aired on June 12, 1940, and stars Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa, Kenny Delmar and Minerva Pious.
Hollywood, California, at a studio broadcast of the Fred Allen show
Characters: Fred Allen, Harry von Zell, Peter van Steeden, Portland Hoffa, Jack Boyle, Betty Jane Rose, Mr. Trent, Mr. Snollsworth
Listen for: Allen's running gags about the lost lapel, the censor's banned jokes, and Jack Boyle's talk of horse doubles and make-up
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.