Fred Allen's Radio Comedy

Alan Havig is Professor of History and American Studies at Stephens College in Columbia Missouri.

• Acknowledgments Illustrations 1. An Introduction 2. The World of a Smalltimer, 1894-1932 3. The Fred Allen Shows, 1933-1949 4. Creating Radio Comedy 5. Fred Allen and Radio Censorship 6. Fred Allen's Comedy of Language 7. Fred Allen, Satirist 8. Allen's Alley, 1942-1949 9. An Epilogue Appendix: The Complex World of Network Radio Notes Index

"A notable example of radio at its best."-Back Stage/SHOOT "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