Cultural Legacy
Allen was an influence on the writing and comedic timing of satirist Stan Freberg.
Tex Avery's cartoon Thugs with Dirty Mugs features the main character addressing the audience and showing them his Fred Allen impersonation in one scene. The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos features a Fred Allen fox screaming about being misinformed, hinting about his heated feuds with censors who were often at the last minute forcing script changes on his show because of its content. Warner Brothers spoofed Allen's radio show with their 1936 cartoon Toy Town Hall.
In Action Comics #50 (July 1942), Superman quips: "Fred Allen would get a kick out of this!" as he hops on to the side of a moving train.
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