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Fred Allen (Version 2): Judge Allen's Court (1933)
Judge Allen opens a cut-rate court that is open day and night and lets people pay fines in installments. Over one busy morning he hears a string of odd cases, from a filling station quarrel over a small car to a shoplifter who leaves things behind in public places. Each hearing turns absurd, with the judge's rulings growing more unlikely as the cases pile up. The Fred Allen series presents this 1933 episode, first broadcast on January 22, 1933, with Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa, Kenny Delmar and Minerva Pious in the leading roles. The program is a comic sketch built on wordplay and…
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