- His company, Entertainment Studios--later Allen Media Group--bought The Weather Channel on May 22,2018 for $300 million.
- At age 18, he was the youngest comedian ever to appear on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962).
- On 6/13/20, he paid for a huge two-page advertisement in the "New York Times' Sunday edition entitled "Black America Speaks. America Should Listen. What We Need to do to Never Come Back Here Again". The ad had previously appeared as an online guest column Allen had written for Deadline.com that appeared June 8.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 1739 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on October 20, 2021. His Walk of Fame star is located at the famous corner of Hollywood and Vine.
- His wife, Jennifer Lucas, gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Chloe Ava Allen, on 8/22/08. She weighed 7 lb. 14 oz.
- His wife, Jennifer Lucas, gave birth to their third child, a son named Lucas Byron Allen, on 12/11/12.
- His wife, Jennifer Lucas, gave birth to their second child, a daughter named Olivia Rose Allen, on 4/7/10.
- Became a father exactly four months after his 47th birthday.
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