For three years Funnyman Fred Allen has cultivated a spurious feud with Jack Benny. This week he will begin to engage another comic in a more realistic fight. Having forsaken NBC because his former sponsor Bristol-Myers insisted that his hour show be reduced to 30 minutes, he starts on a CBS network for Texas Co. opposite Eddie Cantor on NBC. This season, as Bristol-Myers' substitute for Allen, Cantor will be spurred on by a contract that calls for a flat $10,000 a week, an extra $200 for every point over 20 he registers with...
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