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.
The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion.
I don't have to look up my family tree, because I know that I'm the sap.
—The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes
—Hannah Harrington in Saving June