Fred Allen (Version 2): Mammoth Department Store (1932)

The Fred Allen Show: Old-Time Radio Comedy · Oct 21, 2026 · 29m

Mr. Allen, the owner of Mammoth Department Store, hires an efficiency man named Mr. Finchpenny to save the failing business. Finchpenny proposes cutting staff and advertising, but Allen fires him over his salary demands and decides to run the store himself. Allen walks the floors and finds the store in disarray, with customers waiting on each other and staff causing confusion. A customer orders goods from the store, and a supplier demands payment. The episode is a Christmas-season comedy from the Fred Allen series, first broadcast on December 25, 1932, with Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa, Kenny…