Word: allens
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Truman had nominated George Allen to RFC, and George weathered a Senate committee's scrutiny. But Funnyman George hardly added luster to the Administration. And when bumbling Jake Vardaman, whom the President had named to the Federal Reserve Board, was called before the Senate, God only knew what would happen...
Roly-poly (219 Ibs.) George Allen is a regular card. One of his favorite stories is about the time he was captain of a Cumberland University football team, beaten 222-to-0 by Georgia Tech. George likes to say that he made Cumberland's best run -"I only got thrown for a five-yard loss...
Drowned in the giggles was any thought of happy George Allen's qualifications for the RFC job. He had proved a great capacity to crack jokes about himself, a pleasant candor about his own ambitions and finances. He had demonstrated that a good many companies-most of whom find it convenient to be on good terms with Washington-considered him a useful man to have on the payroll. But there was no hint that any of his many previous employers had ever dreamed of making him board chairman of a corporation- much less of a $10½ billion empire...
...unsung bit players and stooges were finally honored by Hall of Fame (ABC, Sun., 6-6:30 p.m., E.S.T.), few listeners knew Mel by name. But millions probably knew him as Jack Benny's English butler, train announcer, parrot, French violin teacher and news reporter; as Burns & Allen's melancholy postman; as Judy Canova's Pedro, Salesman Roscoe Wortle and a chronic hiccougher; as Bob Hope's "Private Snafu"; as Abbott & Costello's Scotsman...
...best wartime program in radio was not heard by U.S. civilians. Called Command Performance (TIME, March 8,1943), it brought together each week the big names in show business. When servicemen overseas requested a sigh from Carole Landis or an ad-lib quarrel between Jack Benny and Fred Allen, they got it. Such high-priced talent, donated as a war service, could not possibly be financed by commercial radio. But last week an economy-size version called Request Performance was well on its way to stardom...