Time Left:
From GROUPON in Los Angeles
Time Left:
From GROUPON in Los Angeles
What’s My Line following death of Fred Allen
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Radio Shows: Burns & Allen (Old-Time Radio Blockbusters 1-Hour Collections) $4.98 … |
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Old Time Radio Comedy/Burns and Allen, Groucho Marx, Spike Jones and His City Slickers, Will Rogers $6.00 George Burns and Gracie Allen, Groucho Marx, Spike Jones, and Will Rogers are among the radio stars featured in this collection. 4 cassettes…. |
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Fred Allen Disc 2 Oldtime Radio Show MP3 CD This is an MP3 Audio CD of Fred Allen Disc 2, an oldtime radio show from the 1930′s and 1940′s. If you love a good comedy, you’ll love these. You get all these (and many others): Fred Allen & Jack Benny Feud 1 of 6 – The Vaudeville Days |
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Oldtime Something $4.99 We believe it is important to preserve what makes music special, and make it easy to craft listening experiences. At MOG, browse millions songs and play them instantly. Or just turn on radio where you can stop and replay songs. You can also create playlists for any occasion, and even download songs to your mobile. We are dedicated to employing the cleanest but most powerful technology so you can enjoy music as much as ever. |
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Blues, Booze and Oldtime Soul $16.15 Blues, Booze and Oldtime Soul |
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Fred Allen’s Radio Comedy $28.95 “A notable example of radio at its best.” Back Stage/SHOOT In 1954, James Thurber wrote: “You can count on the thumb of one hand the American who is at once a comedian, a humorist, a wit, and a satirist, and his name is Fred Allen.” Several decades after his death and more than forty years since his radio program left the air, Fred Allens reputation as a respected humorist remains intact. In this book, Alan Havig explores the roots of his comedy, the themes it exploited, the problems and challenges that faced the radio comedy writer, and Allens unique success with the one-dimensional medium of radio. Tracing a career that lasted from 1912 into the 1950s and encompassed vaudeville, Broadway revues, movies, radio, and television, Havig describes the “verbal slapstick” style that was Fred Allens hallmark and legacy to American comedy. More than a biography of Fred Allen, this is a study of the development of the radio industry, a discussion of American humor, and the story of how one relates to the other. Using a wide variety of published and unpublished sources, including the Allen Papers, Havig analyzes Allens radio comedy of the 1930s and 40s within the context of the peculiar advantages and limitations of radio as a medium for comedy. He argues that Allen did not merely transfer vaudeville routines to a non-visual medium as did Eddie Cantor, Ed Wynn, and others. Allen developed a comedic style that depended on word play, sound effects, and on his audiences ability and readiness to imagine a visual world in which his eccentric characters operated. Havig illustrates his story with numerous examples of Allens humor, with fascinating anecdotes, and excerpts from radio broadcasts. In accounting for the comedians success, he deals with vaudeville, comedy writing, sponsors demands and censorship of material, and the organizational world of radio broadcasting companies. Describing radio as “an instrument of wit,” Fred Allen wrote: “on radio you could do subtle writing because you had access to the imagination…that was why I liked radio. we had some fun.” Readers will also have some fun remembering or discovering for the first time Allens Alley and the magic of radio comedy in its prime. “Fred was one of the greatest of vaudeville and radio comedians. Anyone even casually concerned with the state of American humor will be well advised to give his work, as Mr. Havig presents it, careful study.” Steve Allen “Alan Havig has done an intelligent, careful and exhaustive research job. This is a well-written, solid performance-biography.” J. Fred MacDonald, Curator of the Museum of Broadcast Communication, Chicago |
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Allen $4.99 We believe it is important to preserve what makes music special, and make it easy to craft listening experiences. At MOG, browse millions songs and play them instantly. Or just turn on radio where you can stop and replay songs. You can also create playlists for any occasion, and even download songs to your mobile. We are dedicated to employing the cleanest but most powerful technology so you can enjoy music as much as ever. |
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Will Allen $4.99 We believe it is important to preserve what makes music special, and make it easy to craft listening experiences. At MOG, browse millions songs and play them instantly. Or just turn on radio where you can stop and replay songs. You can also create playlists for any occasion, and even download songs to your mobile. We are dedicated to employing the cleanest but most powerful technology so you can enjoy music as much as ever. |
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NELSON,MARK KAILANA: OLDTIME HAWAIIAN SL $18.87 NELSON,MARK KAILANA: OLDTIME HAWAIIAN SL |
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National Oldtime Fiddlers’ Contest: The Grand National Championship $15.45 National Oldtime Fiddlers’ Contest: The Grand National Championship |
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Allen & Allen $4.99 We believe it is important to preserve what makes music special, and make it easy to craft listening experiences. At MOG, browse millions songs and play them instantly. Or just turn on radio where you can stop and replay songs. You can also create playlists for any occasion, and even download songs to your mobile. We are dedicated to employing the cleanest but most powerful technology so you can enjoy music as much as ever. |
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Oldtime Festival $4.99 For everything you do, there’s a song that hits the spot. MOG brings them all to you: a world of music on demand, unlimited mobile downloads and ways to discover music free from the limitations of Pandora. The music you love, with you everywhere you go. |
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