ENGLISH LIT 344 / COMEDY & SATIRE Who's Who in American Comedy
Comedian, most popular on radio in forties; "Allen's Alley" included characters like Senator Claghorn, Titus Moody, and Mrs. Nussbaum; dry comedy; long running "feud" with Jack Benny with whom he appears in this clip
[For more details on these people, check their listing in Wikipedia, but note--this is one of the rare times I can accept the use of Wikipedia as a source. I have found that most of the information there about these people is reliable.]
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