tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post9098404431822339308..comments2024-03-04T17:06:55.232-08:00Comments on Classic Television Showbiz: An Interview with Will Jordan - Part FourUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-79397381481036578692011-07-28T01:39:25.196-07:002011-07-28T01:39:25.196-07:00What do you mean "...now we will never know a...What do you mean "...now we will never know about Fred Allen." I think there are at least a couple more instalments to come in the Will Jordan interview. And as for his friend Milt, Will mentions him at the start of Part One.Keith Scottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-57709409085732466412011-07-25T19:42:35.875-07:002011-07-25T19:42:35.875-07:00Well, now we will never know about Fred Allen. And...Well, now we will never know about Fred Allen. And I don't blame you a bit for it.<br />And who the hell was Milt?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-23832032049196554962011-07-25T10:30:31.244-07:002011-07-25T10:30:31.244-07:00Predating "New Faces of 1937" was the or...Predating "New Faces of 1937" was the original story for the Marx Bros "A Night at the Opera", written before MGM hired Kaufman and Ryskind or Al Boasberg. It was a tale about a Broadway producer intentionally raising too much money in hopes of making a flop, intending to flee with the cash, but it of course becomes a surprise hit. This idea was discarded by Irving Thalberg and never made by the Marxes. The meme had been around a long time before Brooks won the Oscar for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen in the late 1960's with his take on it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-2619363762332950012011-07-24T14:56:57.503-07:002011-07-24T14:56:57.503-07:00But what about the Fred Allen show?!But what about the Fred Allen show?!Kevin K.noreply@blogger.com