The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion.

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About Fred Allen

Portrait of Fred Allen

John Florence Sullivan (May 31, 1894 – March 17, 1956), known professionally as Fred Allen, was an American comedian. His absurdist, topically pointed radio program The Fred Allen Show (1932–1949) made him one of the most popular and forward-looking humorists in the Golden Age of American radio.

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I don't have to look up my family tree, because I know that I'm the sap.

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

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A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done.

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A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.

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Television is a medium because anything well done is rare.

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No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.

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My heart is like a singing bird.

—Christina Rossetti

Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings.

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I am all for singing. If I had had children, I should have hounded them into choirs and choral societies, and if they weren't good enough for that, I would have sent them out, to sing in the streets.

—Sylvia Townsend Warner

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Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back, and, instead of bleeding, he sings.

—Robert Benchley

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History

30 Dec 2014 Added