Radio: The World's Worst Juggler

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Ten minutes before broadcast time, the famous comedian pushed his way through the stage curtain and raked the studio audience with a cold, poached eye.

They howled and they screamed. The comedian gave them a look of deep distaste and tongued his three-stick gum wad to the other side of his mouth. In the well-known nutmeg-grater tones, he announced: "For those of you who got caught in the crowd and swept in hereĀ—I would like to say that this is the Fred Allen show, and you still have eight minutes before we...

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