Fred Allen (Version 2): Judge Allen's Cut Rate Court (1934)

The Fred Allen Show: Old-Time Radio Comedy · Oct 28, 2026 · 31m

Fred Allen hosts his full-hour variety program, the Hour of Smiles, on Bristol-Myers, a show he introduces with his cast of Portland Hoffa, Kenny Delmar and Minerva Pious. After a newsreel parody and music from Lenny Hayton and the Ipana Troubadours, Allen presents Judge Allen's Cut Rate Court, where he hears a string of absurd cases. Cases include a window-breaking inventor, a taxi-and-truck collision, a pet-shop shoplifting charge, and a dispute over an opera performance. The judge's rulings grow increasingly ridiculous as the defendants and witnesses make their claims.

With Judge…