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''The Fred Allen Show'' was a popular and long-running American old-time radio comedy program starring comedian Fred Allen〔(Fred Allen Radio Shows )〕 and his wife Portland Hoffa. Over the course of the program's 17-year run, it was sponsored by Linit Bath Soaps, Hellmann's, Ipana, Sal Hepatica, Texaco and Tenderleaf Tea. The program ended in 1949 under the sponsorship of the Ford Motor Company. Perhaps the most popular period of the program was the few years of sponsorship under the Texaco Gas Company. During this time, the program was known as ''Texaco Star Theatre with Fred Allen''. On the December 6, 1942 episode of the program, Allen premiered his first in a series of infamous "Allen's Alley" segments. The segments would have Allen strolling through an imaginary neighborhood, knocking on the "doors" of various neighbors, including average-American John Doe (played by John Brown), Mrs. Nussbaum (Minerva Pious), pompous poet Falstaff Openshaw (Alan Reed), Titus Moody (Parker Fennelly), and boisterous southern senator Beuregard Claghorn (announcer Kenny Delmar).〔Fred Allen Radio Broadcasts at the Old Time Radio Catalog〕 Texaco ended its sponsorship of the program in 1944. The infamous Benny-Allen Feud between Allen and radio rival Jack Benny began on the ''Town Hall Tonight'' version of ''The Fred Allen Show''. On the December 30, 1936 episode of ''Town Hall Tonight'', child prodigy and violinist Stuart Canin performed Schubert's ''The Bee''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alex Walsh, "STUART CANIN: "... An Excellent Violinist." — Harry Truman )〕 His incredible rendition of the classic led to Allen to make a joke about "... a certain alleged violinist" who should hide in shame over his poor playing. And the next week in January 1937, Benny fired and the two, really good friends in real life, began traded insults back-and-forth for the next 12 years. Some prominent guest stars on Allen's program over the years included Frank Sinatra, Orson Welles, Roy Rogers, Bela Lugosi, Ed Gardner, Norman Corwin and Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Fred Allen Show )〕 ==''The Linit Bath Club Revue''== The first version of ''The Fred Allen Show'' premiered under the title of ''The Linit Bath Club Revue'' on the Columbia Broadcasting System Sunday night October 23, 1932.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fred Allen Comedy-O-Rama Tribute Page )〕 According to his official website, Fred Allen had trouble from the beginning of it all with the program's sponsor, Linit bath soaps and with the advertising agency that supervised production. After only a single season and 26 weeks on the air, on April 16, 1933, Linit pulled the plug on the ''Revue''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FRED ALLEN: Early Radio - Linit Bath Club Review )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Fred Allen Show」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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