Heroes of the Airwaves

Fred Allen is my favorite old-time radio comedian, which is really saying something since there were so many good ones. His acerbic wit and unparalleled ad-libbing made him the premiere satirist of the radio age. Here he is, with Tallulah Bankhead, taking aim at insipid morning radio shows (apparently, they were almost as bad as the current spate of Morning Zoo shows). There's no real video with this clip, so just close your eyes and listen: