From Bruce Duguid at the David Allen At Large Fan Site:
The 98 year old Mother Superior from Poland was dying. The nuns gathered around her bed trying to make her last journey comfortable. They gave her some warm milk to drink but she refused. Then one of the nuns took the glass back to the kitchen. Remembering a bottle of Irish whiskey received as a gift the previous Christmas, she opened and poured a generous amount into the warm milk. Back at Mother Superior's bed, she held the glass to her lips. Mother drank a little, then a little more and before they knew it, she had the whole glass down to the last drop. "Mother," the nuns asked with earnest, "please give us some wisdom before you die." She raised herself up in bed and with a pious look on her face said, "Don't sell that cow."
You are the first person I've encountered in many years who even knows who Dave Allen is.
I haven't seen that guy's show since I was a teenager, but I always did like it. It came on just before Dr. Who when I lived in Chicago back in the early '80s.
Posted by: Dean Esmay | 04/14/2004 at 07:09 AM
Yes, from WTTW ("Window To The World") in Chicago! Dave Allen, Fred Allen, Gracie Allen: I Luv 'em all!
Posted by: Tom McMahon | 04/14/2004 at 02:35 PM