Fred Allen's Letters edited by Joe Mc Carthy
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Fred Allen's Letters edited by Joe Mc Carthy. Five days a week, Fred Allen wrote scripts for his radio show, under the watchful eyes and waiting blue pencils of sponsors and network vice-presidents. The two other days he wrote letters-thousands of them. No carbons were kept, but the letters were. They were treasured by people like Groucho Marx, Abe Burrows, Pat Weaver, John Steinbeck, Herman Wouk, and H. Allen Smith. In fact, H. Allen Smith has said that "this is the funniest Fred Allen of all, on the air or off. This is the true man, with all the wraps off, and the result is a book that comes close to being magnificent." Five days a week, Fred Allen wrote scripts for his radio show, under the watchful eyes and waiting blue pencils of sponsors and network vice-presidents. The two other days he wrote letters-thousands of them. No carbons were kept, but the letters were. They were treasured by people like Groucho Marx, Abe Burrows, Pat Weaver, John Steinbeck, Herman Wouk, and H. Allen Smith. In fact, H. Allen Smith has said that "this is the funniest Fred Allen of all, on the air or off. This is the true man, with all the wraps off, and the result is a book that comes close to being magnificent."
