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Television is a medium because anything well done is rare.

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Fred Allen
Age: 61 †
Born: 1894
Born: May 31
Died: 1956
Died: March 17
Actor
Comedian
Journalist
Radio Personality
Screenwriter
Cambridge
Massachusetts
John Florence Sullivan
Humor
Television
Technology
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Anything
Wells
Medium
Well
Mediums
Done
Rare

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