Fred Allen

Fred Allen

Born: John Florence Sullivan (1894 - 1956) American comedian and radio host

• "The American arrives in Paris with a few French phrases he has culled from a conversational guide or picked up from a friend who owns a beret."

• "What's on your mind, if you will allow the overstatement?"

• "California is a fine place to live--if you happen to be an orange"

• "Imitation is the sincerest form of television."

• "You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart."

• "I have just returned from Boston. It is the only sane thing to do if you find yourself up there."

• "When I was a boy, I said, 'Daddy, take me to the zoo.' My father said, 'Son, when the zoo wants you, they'll come and get you'."