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Steve Allen

Date of Birth / Doğum Tarihi
26 December 1921, New York, New York, USA

Date of Death / Ölüm Tarihi
30 October 2000, Encino, California, USA. (heart attack)

Birth Name / Gerçek Adı
Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen

Trivia / Önemsiz Şeyler
Wrote more than 50 books and 7,400 songs.Brother-in-law of the late actress Audrey Meadows.At one point in his broadcasting career he was a commentator for professional wrestling. He later admitted that in order to juice up his commentary, he made up the names of wrestling holds. Apparently, nobody ever questioned him about it.Biography in: ""Who's Who in Comedy"" by Ronald L. Smith; pg. 12-13. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387.First coined the term ""Is it bigger than a breadbox?"" when making an appearance as a panelist on "What's My Line?" (1950) on January 18, 1953.Prolific composer/lyricist of some 2000+ songs, the best known of which are ""This Could Be the Start of Something"" (his theme song), ""Pretend You Don't See Her"" (a top-ten hit for Jerry Vale), ""Impossible"", and ""Gravy Waltz"" (a top-40 instrumental hit for Allen himself in 1962, and a jazz standard today).During his 1940-1941 school year, he transferred to Phoenix Union High School from Hyde Park in Chicago. In spite of a late start he still received credit in the yearbook for the Annual Staff, Journal Staff, Mor Follies, Entertainment Committee, Scribble and Blot. His trademark glasses are missing from his senior picture. Following high school, he attended Arizona State University Tempe in 1942 when it was the State Teacher's College. In a matter of months his parent's vaudeville blood got the better of him, and he dropped out to work as a disc jockey at KOY radio in Phoenix.Attended Drake University, 1941 and Arizona State Teacher's College, 1942.Named to Academy of Television Arts and Sciences [ATAS/NATAS] ""Hall of Fame"" in 1986.Biography, ""Inventing Late Night: Steve Allen and the Original Tonight Show"", written by Ben Alba, to be published Fall 2005. ISBN 1-59102-342-4.Claimed that the melody of his biggest hit, ""This Could Be the Start of Something Big"", came to him in a dream.Milton Berle always referred to Steve's mother, Belle Montrose, as ""the funniest woman in vaudeville"".Son of vaudeville stars Carroll Allen and Belle Montrose.Father of Steve Jr., David, Brian and Billy Allen.

Personal Quotes / Kişisel Alıntılar
Hosting a talk show is the easiest job anybody ever had.Beware of assuming that credentials establish intelligence.We pride ourselves on the high moral standards of our programmes and I mean that sincerely. We don't resort to sex or crime or violence or drinking...on the programmes.