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

[David Lennick]

Both of those books have been favorites of mine for decades. If you like them, 
find FRED ALLEN'S LETTERS. Hysterical stuff, much of it very inside.

dl

On 3/19/2012 9:39 AM, Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> 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
>>
>> --
>> Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr.
>>
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>>
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