For almost twenty years, in the nineteen thirties and forties, Fred Allen had a radio show called "Allen's Alley."

VOA: special.2009.03.09

But some of Fred Allen's funniest programs were about his supposed longtime dispute with another radio star,Jack Benny.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

Many of the songs were used in movies starring the famous dancers Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

VOA: special.2009.12.20

At the same time Fred Allen and Jack Benny were making America laugh, so was Bob Hope.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

The Gershwins wrote the song for dancer and actor Fred Astaire for the film "Shall We Dance."

VOA: special.2009.02.08

BENNY: "Mister Rockford, I'm Jack Benny. This is Fred Allen." ALLEN: "That's right, Mister Rockford.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

A man named Fred Dewey wrote to friends back home that it took him two weeks just to move his supplies from Skagway to the mountain.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

They found nothing. Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan were officially declared "lost at sea."

VOA: special.2010.05.26

It carried pilot Amelia Earhart and just one male crew member, navigator Fred Noonan.

VOA: special.2010.05.26

Here is Fred Astaire,followed by a later version sung by Ella Fitzgerald.

VOA: special.2009.02.08

Fred Clifton was a professor of philosophy at a local university.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

BENNY: "Ready? Ready with your clarinet,Fred?" ALLEN: "Ready." BENNY: "Okay.One,two.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

Fred Noonan served as navigator for the flight.

VOA: special.2011.01.18

Atta boy,Fred.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

But a representative for Nonviolence International, Fred Lubang,says arming volunteers shows the government's weakness as it tries to end the violence.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

Fred Barnes, editor of The Weekly Standard magazine "Obama,while a glib and smooth speaker, is not particularly persuasive,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

Lovell and fellow astronauts Fred Haise and Jack Swigert returned to Earth 40 years ago.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

It was first performed by Fred Astaire in the 1955 musical film "Daddy Long Legs."

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

Lovell will join fellow astronaut Fred Haise to mark the occasion.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

For Fred Haise, it was the last journey into space.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15