Town Hall Tonight with Fred Allen: 3/17/1937 - St. Patrick's Day

Our current batch of political satirists like Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert really owe a great debt of gratitude to Fred Allen. Allen was possibly the first to tackle the blowhards and stuffed shirts of the establishment by way of a national broadcast.

A St. Patrick’s Day show. The first tune is, “Swing High, Swing Low.” Town Hall News Of The Week, The Mighty Allen Art Players do a hillbilly drama. Town Hall Varieties: Professor Quigley tries to escape from a packing case once again. Adrian O’Brien, an Irish tenor sings. Martin Burns and The Irish Blackbirds, Maria and Julia Dougherty (from Bayonne, New Jersey) dance an Irish jig to the tune of “The Cow That Ate The Blanket.”

Town Hall Tonight with Fred Allen – St. Patrick’s Day

Fred Allen, Harry Von Zell (announcer), Peter Van Steeden and His Orchestra, Portland Hoffa, The Town Hall Quartet, Adrian O’Brien, Martin Burns and The Irish Blackbirds, Maria Dougherty (dancer), Julia Dougherty (dancer).

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