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We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion.
We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion.
Approximate author period: c. 1925 AD · modern
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- Fred Allen
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- Approximate author period: c. 1925 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Fred Allen, based on documented lifetime 1894 to 1956. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q967454 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q967454 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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