This quote by Fred Allen is an amusing take on the expression "Imitation is the sincerest type of flattery". It recommends that television is the most prominent kind of media, and that people are most likely to imitate what they see on tv than anything else. This could be analyzed as a commentary on the power of television to form public opinion and behavior. It might likewise be viewed as a criticism of the propensity of individuals to mimic what they see on tv, rather than believing on their own. In either case, the quote implies that tv has a strong influence on how people believe and act.
This quote is written / told by Fred Allen between May 31, 1894 and March 17, 1956. He/she was a famous Comedian from USA.
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"Television news is like a lightning flash. It makes a loud noise, lights up everything around it, leaves everything else in darkness and then is suddenly gone"
"Television sounded really different than the Ramones sounded really different than us sounded really different than Blondie sounded really different than the Sex Pistols"
"I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens"
"I think it's brought the world a lot closer together, and will continue to do that. There are downsides to everything; there are unintended consequences to everything. The most corrosive piece of technology that I've ever seen is called television - but then, again, television, at its best, is magnificent"
"I was wildly out of style when that television theme song suddenly pushed its way onto the Top Ten. It was certainly not the record company trying to make that happen"
"If the education of our kids comes from radio, television, newspapers - if that's where they get most of their knowledge from, and not from the schools, then the powers that be are definitely in charge, because they own all those outlets"
"You know what I want? The answer is, I truly don't know what I want. I don't want to do a television series. I want to do dramas as well as comedies, but I have no idea what kind or in what order. Just give me the chance at them"
