Aired from 1932 to 1949, The Fred Allen Show is a long-running American radio comedy program starring comedian Fred Allen and his wife Portland Hoffa. The show had a 17-year run and the segments would have Allen strolling through an imaginary neighborhood, knocking on the “doors” of various neighbors. Some prominent guest stars on Allen’s program over the years included Frank Sinatra, Orson Welles, Roy Rogers, Bela Lugosi, Ed Gardner, Norman Corwin and Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy.