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Quotation by Fred Allen
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American Magazine (Dec. 1945)quoted in Forbes (New York, August 1, 1967)quoted in No People Like Show People Maurice Zolotow (1951)quoted in Paris After Dark Art Buchwald (1954)Treadmill to Oblivion (1954)Related Subjects
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We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion.
Fred Allen (1894–1957), U.S. comic. Treadmill to Oblivion, pt. 4 (1954).
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