Word: guestly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Other facets of the fund drive include a banquet at the Hotel Commander May 8 for chapter members at which Charles G. Bolte, national chairman of AVC, will be the guest of honor. A raffle is included on the program...
Parietal rules took a severe beating at the hands of the severely restrained Freshmen, as many polls brought answers yearning for life under a lighter disciplinary hand. Expectations ranging from a moderate "more frequent guest permission for meals" to a startling "midnight for women guests" found their way onto the blanks...
With people who "take up his time," Fred is ruthlessly rude. When TIME asked for an interview, he snorted: "Why? You just have to find someone for your cover every week. . . . Well, it's the same trouble we have with guest stars. I'll cooperate-if it suits my convenience." Recently, when the U.S. Treasury asked him to appear at a bond rally, he declined: "Why should I? I pay my taxes...
...next three years Allen had three shows. It was in 1935, with Town Hall Tonight, that Fred really got on the radio beam. Not long after, he latched on to the biggest stunt of his career: his feud with Jack Benny. One night he assured a guest on his program, a twelve-year-old violinist, that he played the Flight of the Bumble Bee better than Benny played it after 40 years of practicing. Showman Benny knew a cue when he heard one. For ten years radio's biggest running gag has been kept alive without a single backstage...
...year later, now healthy but a mild hypochondriac, he came back to the air, began his present half-hour show. Its main attractions: a ten-minute sketch involving a guest star and a short stroll down the most famed of all airlanes: Allen's Alley...