Fran Allison
Recorded March 22nd, 1984 - 25 min
Actress-singer who appeared as Aunt Fanny on Don McNeil’s Breakfast Club and a co-starred on Burr Tillstrom’s Kukla, Fran and Ollie on television. She was born November 20, 1907 and was 76 when we visited with her in her Van Nuys, California home. She died June 13, 1989 at age 81.
Kukla, Fran and Ollie - 10/13/52 - Chicago radio version of the TV show
Did you enjoy the interview? Listen to Fran Allison in "Kukla, Fran and Ollie" from October 13th, 1952.
December 22, 2011 at 8:37 pm
I remember as a Cub Scout visiting the studio where Kukla, Fran and Ollie was being produced. It is hard to believe that was about 60 years ago.
May 3, 2014 at 6:29 pm
Marvelous! Remember an earlier interview with Fran on Those Were the Days, when she was visiting in Chicago
for an award (Ithink). It was the funniest piece of audio I’ve ever heard and makes me wish for Mr. Peabody’s Way-back Machine! Is there a chance that it’s in “the vault” somewhere?
Regards,
Joan Dobbs
June 12, 2014 at 3:33 pm
I listened to this first on the radio. And the Jon and Sparky radio show which had The Teddy Bear’s Picnic as its beginning theme song. Loved all those old radio shows. I am 68. I can remember radio before tv.
August 14, 2019 at 12:30 pm
I was in love with Kukla, Fran, and Ollie as a kid, and never missed the live television series that aired from 1947 to 1957…I was very sad when it was taken off the air..I have been an OTR collector for over 50 years and sadly there are only (3) episodes of KFO that are available…I cherish them….I remember the first radio show that played over the airwaves on October 13, 1952…It was a fifteen minute show, and I loved it…Thank you for the expertise of this website and thanks for the memories!