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Nov 7, 2012 · This is a 62-year old program with good sound and average visual. Fred Allen had a difficult transition to television - his strength was the radio format. This will be of interest to those who have heard Fred Allen on radio.
- 30 min
A live comedy-variety series with rotating hosts Fred Allen and Bob Hope. The December 16, 1951 episode was preempted by "Dragnet: The Human Bomb", which was the pilot for the popular Dragnet series.
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- October 15, 1951
Chesterfield Sound Off Time: With Jerry Lester, Fred Allen, Arthur Havel, Morton Havel. "Sound-Off Time" was a live, half-hour variety series with Fred Allen and Bob Hope alternating at hosts, and not very successfully.
- (15)
- 1951-10-14
- Comedy, Music
- 30
A live comedy-variety series with rotating hosts Fred Allen and Bob Hope. The December 16, 1951 episode was preempted by "Dragnet: The Human Bomb", which was the pilot for the popular Dragnet series. The January 6, 1952 episode was the last for Sound Off Time and the series Dragnet premiered the next week in its time slot.
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One in this comedy-variety series with rotating hosts. Fred Allen, the host for this edition, begins with aroutine about the trusting nature of comedy audiences,then segues into an improbable story about a horror filmhe recently viewed on television. He then introduces"Sound Off News," a cluster of news stories that serve asjumping-off points for s...
NETWORK:NBCDATE:January 6, 1952 Sunday 7:00 PMRUNNING TIME:0:25:08COLOR/B&W:B&WFred Allen … HostFontane Sisters, The … Music GroupDave Garroway … GuestZeke Manners … Guest, InstrumentalistAllen and accordionist Zeke Manners act out a commercial for what the program sees as the next step in this trend, the sponsorship of a presidential candidate.
A live comedy-variety series with rotating hosts Fred Allen and Bob Hope. The December 16, 1951 episode was preempted by "Dragnet: The Human Bomb", which was the pilot for the popular Dragnet series. The January 6, 1952 episode was the last for Sound Off Time and the series Dragnet premiered the next week in its time slot.
