Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

Quote by Fred Allen

Topics: Television Quotes

I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when...

I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when...

Life, in my estimation, is a biological misadventure that we terminate on the shoulders of...

Life, in my estimation, is a biological misadventure that we terminate on the shoulders of...

Television is the triumph of machine over people.

Television is the triumph of machine over people.

All that the comedian has to show for his years of work and aggravation is...

All that the comedian has to show for his years of work and aggravation is...

The vice-president of an advertising agency is a bit of executive fungus that forms on...

The vice-president of an advertising agency is a bit of executive fungus that forms on...

I don't have to look up my family tree, because I know that I'm the...

I don't have to look up my family tree, because I know that I'm the...

Television is a triumph of equipment over people and the minds that control it are...

Television is a triumph of equipment over people and the minds that control it are...

Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and...

Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and...

A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the...

A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the...

Treat employees like partners, and they act like partners.

Treat employees like partners, and they act like partners.

We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian...

We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian...

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually...

It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually...

An associate producer is the only guy in Hollywood who will associate with a producer.

An associate producer is the only guy in Hollywood who will associate with a producer.

Television is a medium because anything well done is rare.

Television is a medium because anything well done is rare.

Advertising is 85% confusion and 15% commission

Advertising is 85% confusion and 15% commission

You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a...

You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a...

I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy.

I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy.

The advertising world had space men in it before spacemen existed.

The advertising world had space men in it before spacemen existed.

Ed Sullivan will be around as long as someone else has talent.

Ed Sullivan will be around as long as someone else has talent.