Fred Allen runs a comic detective agency, and his secretary Miss Clues handles the calls that come in. A string of odd cases follows: a lion missing from a circus, a stolen city herring, a radio orchestra whose trumpet player has vanished during a broadcast, and a claim of an invisible man. Each client arrives with a complaint and Allen questions them with his usual wisecracks. The series is Fred Allen, first heard on CBS and NBC, and this installment aired on April 11, 1934. Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa, Kenny Delmar and Minerva Pious are the lead actors.

With Fred Allen, Miss Clues, Portland Hoffa, Kenny Delmar, Minerva Pious, Colonel Farnham, Gunner, Pinkbaum.

Listen for: Allen's rapid-fire questioning of each client and the escalating absurdity of the cases.

First aired on April 11, 1934 on CBS / NBC.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

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