[78-L] Charlie Barnet title I can't think of

[Jeff Sultanof]

I just finished reading both of Fred Allen's books; I had no idea until
recently that both had been reissued. It is clear in Treadmill to Oblivion
that he considered Jack Benny one of his best friends, and there is a clip
somewhere where Allen walks on a stage where Jack Benny is appearing and
demands his money back. Benny repeatedly doubles over in laughter at
Allen's quips.

BTW, in case anyone is interested, most of Fred Allen's appearances on
What's My Line are now available. They'd been re-broadcast on GSN and at
least one company is selling DVDs of the series.

Jeff Sultanof

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:36 AM, Mark Bardenwerper <citrogsa at charter.net>wrote:

> On 3/18/2012 10:54 PM, david.diehl at hensteeth.com wrote:
> > Sammy had a sense of humor-give the Varsity of "Oh Helen" or the
> post-war "I used to work in Chicago" a spin. I'm certain that the Victor
> brass would have gotten his OK before releasing something that might offend
> one of their most consistent money makers. In June of 1940 Oberstein
> offered Kaye what was then reported by Variety as one of the most lucrative
> contracts in the business, which Victor matched when US Records went into
> receivership.
> >
> Stage show biz was rife with conflict put-ons. The classic was that
> between Jack Benny and Fred Allen, who regularly traded potshots. During
> sequential appearances at the Chicago Theater in 1947, they went to
> blows to a point where a lawsuit was threatened. Allen wrote a letter to
> the offices of Balaban & Katz, referring to Benny disparagingly (tongue
> in cheek) and stated that if Benny made further aspersions he would sue
> the theater  for $2,000,000. Of course it was all a sham, and the
> resulting hoopla only added to both of their box office takes.
>
> http://www.otrr.org/FILES/Magz_pdf/Nostalgia%20Digest/NostalgiaDigest_V21_%2802%29FebMar95.pdf
>
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>
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