tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43343480156705471682024-03-05T09:27:53.824-08:00Red Skelton Museum BlogRed Skelton Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871747960849889496noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334348015670547168.post-35682202927892645402018-09-13T10:37:00.001-07:002018-09-13T10:40:28.539-07:00TV Season 18 Air date: 10/01/1968 #0802 The Red Skelton Hour TV Season 18 1968-1969 Air date: 10/01/1968 #0802<br />
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"Guess Whose Dinner is Coming to Freddie?"<br />
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Freddie the Freeloader<br />
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Van Johnson - J. L. Van Freckle<br />
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The Lettermen<br />
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Van Johnson plays a movie director that cast Freddie as a hobo not knowing that Freddie is a real hobo looking for a meal.<br />
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The Olio "Tea for Two"<br />
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The Silent Spot "The Wax Museum" Night janitor dance and duels with figures that come alive.<br />
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Music: "Going Out of My Head" (Lettermen), "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (Lettermen), "Never, My Love" (Lettermen), "Waltz of the Bubbles" (Rose, Hansen)<br />
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Cast:<br />
Pepe Brown - First Boy<br />
Todd Roberts - Second Boy<br />
Florence Lake - Old Lady<br />
Sam Edwards - Howard<br />
Bill Tannen - Well Dressed Man<br />
Pat Priest - Pretty Girl/Madam Pompadour<br />
Ross Ford - Cop/D'Artagnan<br />
Mike Wagner - Prop Man<br />
Joan Freeman - Cynthia<br />
Nickey Bakewell - Cameraman<br />
Henry Corden - Mr. Grimshaw/Boss<br />
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Tape date: 08/26-28/1968<br />
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<br />Red Skelton Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871747960849889496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334348015670547168.post-45102771917443021332018-09-07T09:16:00.001-07:002018-09-07T10:09:42.464-07:00TV Season 18 Air date: 09/24/1968 #0804 The Red Skelton Hour TV Season 18 1968-1969 Air date: 09/24/1968 #0804<br />
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"He Who Steals My Robot Steals Trash"<br />
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Tuesday 8:30 PDT CBS<br />
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The Alan Copeland Singers<br />
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The Tom Hansen Dancers<br />
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David Rose Orchestra<br />
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Clem Kadiddlehopper, Willie Lump Lump<br />
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Boris Karloff - Dr. Nelson, Sr.<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanky_Wilson" target="_blank">Spanky Wilson</a> (Introducing)<br />
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Monologue:<br />
Train trip; School; Seagulls.<br />
Invites Ed Sullivan on stage.<br />
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Price and Karloff play scientists that mistake Clem as their robot they are making for the Pentagon.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Karloff was not in a wheelchair on the broadcast episode.</td></tr>
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Olio: The Reunion - Two drunks meet in a bar.<br />
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Silent Spot: The Nervous Wreck - A man takes an apartment near an airport.<br />
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Music: The Two of Us (Price, Karloff, Skelton), Alfie (Wilson), Apartment 101 (Wilson), Nola (Hansen Dancers), Do You Know the Way to San Jose? (Hansen Dancers, Copland Singers)<br />
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Cast:<br />
Jan Arvan - Paw<br />
- Zeke<br />
James Millhollin - General<br />
- Clerk (Stunt Man)<br />
- Professor Von Gruber<br />
Melanie Alexander - Girl Robot<br />
Jan Arvan - Bartender<br />
Jimmy Cross - Drunk<br />
Mary Foran - Stout Wife<br />
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Announcer - Art Gilmore<br />
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Tape date: 09/10/1968 (Television City, Hollywood)<br />
Repeat: 07/01/1969<br />
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<br />Red Skelton Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871747960849889496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334348015670547168.post-75023146173083102832017-08-22T09:48:00.000-07:002017-08-22T09:50:28.083-07:00Red Skelton story from Barbara (Phillips) Siembida<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFgGdUA1ndcXibhDaDYKRRs2xok6utNnxr2_77VJ80mGQEsQJqkTmJwMexJv2Pg9C80PAo4oU9XU5X-5WT4uQnvz4vYJlK6f3afhpz6XR5Y2Es3RBrYVcreZhAHwjxUbbcNmp0JAWEsfk/s1600/Red+Skelton+Photo+1963.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFgGdUA1ndcXibhDaDYKRRs2xok6utNnxr2_77VJ80mGQEsQJqkTmJwMexJv2Pg9C80PAo4oU9XU5X-5WT4uQnvz4vYJlK6f3afhpz6XR5Y2Es3RBrYVcreZhAHwjxUbbcNmp0JAWEsfk/s400/Red+Skelton+Photo+1963.jpg" width="290" /></a><br />
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<b>Barbara gave me permission to post her letter.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "aparajita" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>Dear
Mrs. Red Skelton,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "aparajita" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>I
was so happy to have recently come across the July 19<sup>th</sup>, 2017 Fox
News posting of <i>The Red Skelton Museum of
American Comedy.</i> <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "aparajita" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>As
I write this letter to you, I feel as if I am that old woman who told the story
of the Titanic. A tragic beginning but with a happy ending.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "aparajita" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>Long
ago, December 3<sup>rd</sup>, 1961, within minutes from our home in Boardman, Ohio,
my family’s plane had crashed on the Ohio Turnpike. I was the sole survivor at
the age of 5 who received gifts as far as South America but there is only one
cherished ever since.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "aparajita" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>Red
Skelton of whom I adored as a child, took time to mail me a photo of himself
and wrote, “<i>To Barbara, Best Wishes, Red
Skelton</i>”. Those six hand-written words have meant more to me than gold!
Even the empty frame I found in my families attic decades ago was <i>meant-to-be. </i>For over half-a-century
now, I have held his personal gift close to my heart and thought of sharing my
story with you.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "aparajita" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>Your
husband, Red Skelton, the man who touched many, was truly blessed! In spite of
life’s challenges he had given me the will to continue on with <i>courage, God’s love & laughter</i>. He
also inspired me to become a young performing ventriloquist of which I still
have fun with when teaching piano with my finger puppets (Legato &
Staccato). My true love however was and always will be composing music.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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few days ago as I was searching for articles of my past from what is now known
as The Vindicator (Youngstown, Ohio) . . . next to Red Skelton’s photo were lyrics
to a piano arrangement I had written in the mid 1990’s, “<i>The Magic of Love</i>”. A song, I believe(d), was meant for Disney only
to then be told they did not accept music outside their industry. I never found
that love yet the meaning still lives within and after reading your story
perhaps it’s time to try again.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "aparajita" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>Sometime
after 1984, Red Skelton had appeared in one of the theaters here in Columbus,
Ohio of where I have since called home. I remember feeling like a little girl
once again, sitting straight up in her seat, anxiously awaiting to grasp
whatever memory I could hold on to thereafter. All I remember though was what
always meant the most . . . as he stood behind the single podium, the lights
became dimmer and dimmer and he ended with, ‘<i>Good night and God Bless</i>’.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "aparajita" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Funny
how life sometimes brings many circles to those we cherish or never knew. It
was a pleasure to have shared mine with you and reminisce of Red Skelton once
again </span><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; font-size: 14.0pt;">J</span><span style="font-family: "aparajita" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "aparajita" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>Barbara
(Phillips) Siembida <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "aparajita" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>August 5th, 2017</b></span><br />
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Red Skelton always wanted to make people laugh. He was a clown at a young age in Vincennes, Indiana. He did a TV special called "Clown Alley" with celebrities friends and professional clowns. </div>
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Red was told that his father was a clown. There is a timeline the shows Red's father and circus history. </div>
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Red was fiends to Clyde Beatty and Emmett Kelly.</div>
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Clown honored Red with memberships to Clown Alleys and he kept clown gifts and paintings.</div>
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<br />Red Skelton Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871747960849889496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334348015670547168.post-13165768889347346462017-02-09T08:54:00.001-08:002021-01-08T11:47:12.893-08:00Black History Month<span style="font-size: x-large;">Wonderful Smith</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wonderful appeared as many characters on the show. He did telephone bits and was Deadeye's partner. Smith was drafted in the Army in 1942 but Red read his letters on the air. He returned to the show for the 1945-47 seasons. His contract ended in 1947 and was not renewed. Negative talk followed but if you look at the the 1947 season you will see that Skelton did other cast changes. Band leader David Forrester was replaced by David Rose and GeGe Pearson was replaced by Lurene Tuttle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Smith did some television in the 70s. He can be seen in the "Hello Cleveland" scene in "This is Spinal Tap" (1984). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Singing group on Red Skelton's radio show 1948-50. Appeared on the TV show in 1951. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Nat King Cole</span><span style="font-size: large;"> (1953)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Mahalia Jackson</span><span style="font-size: large;"> (1962)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Dionne Warwick</span><span style="font-size: large;"> (3)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Gabe" Jackson taught young Red Skelton to play the ukulele.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Red Skelton Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871747960849889496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334348015670547168.post-33279950495027093352016-12-01T09:12:00.000-08:002016-12-01T09:12:29.895-08:00Red Skelton Hour Christmas<br />
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Red Skelton started the 12th season with hour long shows. The Christmas episode had the "Freddie and the Yuletide Doll" from 1961. 1962 episode also had the Modernairs sing "The Little Christmas Tree", ballet dancer Roberta Lubell dance to two Christmas songs composed by David Rose, Red singing with the Mitchell Boys Choir and a silent spot with Lubell and Skelton dancing in "The Spectre and the Rose". The Yuletide Doll was used in 1963. A week before the 1962 episode Red did a silent spot of a husband looking for his gift from his wife.<img src="file:///E:/RED%20SKELTON/Christmas/Scan4.jpg" /><br />
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Sometimes Red repeated Christmas skits. In 1963 he did a silent spot about a Christmas rush in a toy store that may have been shown again in 1966,<br />
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1964 and 1965 Freddie was featured with Greer Garson in "The Plight Before Christmas". Freddie is looking for a place to have a show for orphans. Greer Garson just finished h<br />
er performance as the Flower Lady in her theater. She is still in make-up when she can't get into her theater. Freddie lets her stay in his shake for the night. She get backs to the theater and offers the theatre for Freddie's show. Freddie does not realize that Garson and the Flower Lady are the same person. The orphans' show has Freddie singing with the Hillcrest Elementary School Choir of Los Angeles. They sing "The Night Before Christmas" written by Red Skelton. Freddie does a mime bit of threading a needle. Greer Garson reads "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus". The show ends with Freddie and Garson singing "Side by Side". A week before the repeat of this show in 1965, there was a silent spot of Scrooge type newspaper vendor during Christmas.<br />
In 1966 the Flower Lady <span style="font-family: inherit;">returns. </span>The 100-voice Recruit Bluejacket Choir from US Naval Training Center this time sings Skelton's "The Night Before Christmas". <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGIvds2laWlIuREt0AAL1LQ2FjUh8am_Ujiod5O2fdZEqn18r9bdzmNkinZMiacPzcKcysjpcXpmfe5z2F1LNa5I4mXx-tDsGLsOcCk4OtcCGfuFPnYTHIZaIFodqlYoIzKHvXee90MAg/s1600/1967-12-23URSHIN.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGIvds2laWlIuREt0AAL1LQ2FjUh8am_Ujiod5O2fdZEqn18r9bdzmNkinZMiacPzcKcysjpcXpmfe5z2F1LNa5I4mXx-tDsGLsOcCk4OtcCGfuFPnYTHIZaIFodqlYoIzKHvXee90MAg/s1600/1967-12-23URSHIN.JPG" width="200" /></a>A silent spot in 1967 had Santa on a slick roof. The next week had "The Christmas Urchin". The story was about a Freddie and a police officer (Howard Keel) helping a mother and a little girl (Linda Sue Risk). Keel sings Christmas music including Skelton's "The Night Before Christmas".<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94SNdy8Cs7Xzv2aLXYMMbKLj-GB4u1D7qbgZCqL2G4GlIKRgXD-04RlaFIS3iNn060gmOOQpAaHXxhnwRS1RCtX_3IbKpvbCSx8ExR1MQEhfffNtEleCYQU9sRyUDC3Eo-WhQpETPlhc/s1600/Scan4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94SNdy8Cs7Xzv2aLXYMMbKLj-GB4u1D7qbgZCqL2G4GlIKRgXD-04RlaFIS3iNn060gmOOQpAaHXxhnwRS1RCtX_3IbKpvbCSx8ExR1MQEhfffNtEleCYQU9sRyUDC3Eo-WhQpETPlhc/s200/Scan4.jpg" width="152" /></a>The 1968 Christmas episode is one I would like to see. The story is based on Christmas during the Revolutionary War. "Senator Dirksen reads Clement Clark Moore's 'A Visit From St. Nicholas' and narrates a dramatic sketch 'A Christmas Story - 1777', <img src="" />written by Red. Balerina Jiliana dances to a medley of David Rose tunes. Mrs. Red Skelton makes her first appearance on the show in eleven years, accepting gifts from four of Red's characters. In the Silent Spot, titled, 'Yes, There is a Santa Claus', Red reprises his classic routine as a husband playing Santa Claus contending with a slippery rooftop." *IMDb<img src="file:///E:/RED%20SKELTON/Christmas/Scan4.jpg" /><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDw2NaXZOWQdXMksmGex4YiuOr01ofF-BUO_A2EjI_-BtLDoke8IwoFRVVTI2g-oN5HBZq8pAZ2lUQ4de3X8dxK-jliH90O40ZCa2_rfwEJcWpL-qVkpxnAVs1zg346k561am3HnVP-c/s1600/1970-12-14+Gift.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDw2NaXZOWQdXMksmGex4YiuOr01ofF-BUO_A2EjI_-BtLDoke8IwoFRVVTI2g-oN5HBZq8pAZ2lUQ4de3X8dxK-jliH90O40ZCa2_rfwEJcWpL-qVkpxnAVs1zg346k561am3HnVP-c/s1600/1970-12-14+Gift.jpg" width="200" /></a>Linda Sue Risk returns in a 1969 silent spot "The Magic of Christmas". A toymaker on Christmas Eve. Risk appears in a silent spot in 1970. "The Gift of Giving" is about a shoeshine finds a way to help a mother with a little girl.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvx2W_1SEkJ9hJgSYo-I5e8NV3vfHbXZAlXhj8NFEJTiPx7U99npn95CRCDyUeWthBWdb5lH3Mp4thuNvhsMk7XxLJiMT80CoUQDAhZGq4n_Gy099pI9zTqG3NZc498mT90_5dXbtmB8o/s1600/1970-12-21+Christmas+special.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvx2W_1SEkJ9hJgSYo-I5e8NV3vfHbXZAlXhj8NFEJTiPx7U99npn95CRCDyUeWthBWdb5lH3Mp4thuNvhsMk7XxLJiMT80CoUQDAhZGq4n_Gy099pI9zTqG3NZc498mT90_5dXbtmB8o/s1600/1970-12-21+Christmas+special.JPG" width="200" /></a>Red's last Christmas episode was on NBC in 1970 with Leslie Neilsen as a police officer helping Freddie put on a show for orphans.<br />
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Freddie appeared on TV again in a Bob Hope special in 1978.<br />
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Last Christmas special was for a HBO in 1981. In "Red Skelton's Christmas Dinner" Freddie has saved his money to pay for a Christmas dinner with his friend Professor Humperdoo (Vincent Price). While Freddie is trying to find his friend, he does acts of kindness. One of the them is doing a mime at a children's hospital. He ends up spending all his money on kindness and can't afford a dinner. But being kind has its rewards.<br />
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Red Skelton did one special that is played during Christmas because it it connected to Santa Claus but it really is a New Year's special. "Rudolph's Shiny New Year" has the red nosed reindeer looking for the baby new year. Skelton plays Father Time and also Baby Bear of the Three Bears. Baby Bear sounds like his Junior character from the radio.<b></b><img src="file:///E:/RED%20SKELTON/Christmas/Scan4.jpg" /><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Don Knotts (1924-2006)</span><br />
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<a href="https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/redskelton/images/1/19/1961-05-22_Indiana.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110109231931" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Best know for his role as 'Barney Fife' on the "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960-1968). He was a 'Nervous Chap' on "The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1957-1960). He was the star in feature films in the late 60's and Disney films in the late 70's. Returned to TV on "Three's Company" (1979-1984). Don Knotts' daughter, Karen Knotts, performs a one-woman show about her father. She performed the show at the Red Skelton Center in 2015.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jerk and the Beanstalk</span><span style="font-size: large;"> (1963/05/28) Don Knotts is a fitness trainer helping Appleby.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">How Are Things in Glocca Moron?</span><span style="font-size: large;">(1964/02/25) Knotts is a diamond cutter and Clem is the guard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />A Creep in the Deep (1965/01/26) A Commodore of Lagoons wants to take down Freddie's houseboat in a park.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Freddie's Thanksgiving 1957/11/26</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Freddie and the Turkey Dinner 1958/11/25</span></div>
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Red Skelton Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871747960849889496noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334348015670547168.post-91766903428331566312016-11-10T16:23:00.000-08:002016-11-18T09:52:32.551-08:00Red Skelton Hour TimeLife DVD release 2016<span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5PQpUAB8riZak_rTkF-7DQdW03NDMLLjaNpGmrduac8rAZamnyUmlg2iTcSdSMCGskCnaRshyeZ8s9NolxJbQW8Cr5wSC3Qmnsz6E5_a9C6fGDvd8_M933fshYL0j2b7OW0l_YXJ74W8/s1600/TimeLife.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5PQpUAB8riZak_rTkF-7DQdW03NDMLLjaNpGmrduac8rAZamnyUmlg2iTcSdSMCGskCnaRshyeZ8s9NolxJbQW8Cr5wSC3Qmnsz6E5_a9C6fGDvd8_M933fshYL0j2b7OW0l_YXJ74W8/s320/TimeLife.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://timelife.com/products/red-skelton-hour-in-color">TimeLife</a> has release a collection of edited episodes of the Red Skelton Hour. The Red Skelton Hour in Color is a 10 disc set. The episodes are not complete. In most cases some musical numbers are edited out. In one case a silent spot is edited out. - MK</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf4rxEZCMCiFh3UWKwLz3rAD4mefRsucTJ49W6uoyFD9KGFbl-t3VvkJQasMgnfKau1yVtmYT8i-fxyOAbn_6pYBLygUztpHYQoXm5zFPWqN9M6h4ceRb_XiREnlTPtZylQH0tZA4GObs/s1600/1969Wayne40th.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTEyVxq5h7kRcjAqsxwYhj8znrryZ1sRR7pc5IzJ8BMlilZbMtvEslVmR93ngvVRHsgeNPxIlpTdYKG8fJs3wBj8gDpn_vcn_Qyy94B2qU2PQnUTNXSjiaw45vH3MUfAo8Hu_NmLBqpXA/s1600/Scan6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTEyVxq5h7kRcjAqsxwYhj8znrryZ1sRR7pc5IzJ8BMlilZbMtvEslVmR93ngvVRHsgeNPxIlpTdYKG8fJs3wBj8gDpn_vcn_Qyy94B2qU2PQnUTNXSjiaw45vH3MUfAo8Hu_NmLBqpXA/s200/Scan6.jpg" width="143" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Disc1 - 1966/01/04 Forsooth, GS: Milton Berle; [Red and Berle are torture chamber salesmen. They end up entertaining knights in the field.] 1969/10/28 Deadeye, GS: John Wayne; <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf4rxEZCMCiFh3UWKwLz3rAD4mefRsucTJ49W6uoyFD9KGFbl-t3VvkJQasMgnfKau1yVtmYT8i-fxyOAbn_6pYBLygUztpHYQoXm5zFPWqN9M6h4ceRb_XiREnlTPtZylQH0tZA4GObs/s1600/1969Wayne40th.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf4rxEZCMCiFh3UWKwLz3rAD4mefRsucTJ49W6uoyFD9KGFbl-t3VvkJQasMgnfKau1yVtmYT8i-fxyOAbn_6pYBLygUztpHYQoXm5zFPWqN9M6h4ceRb_XiREnlTPtZylQH0tZA4GObs/s200/1969Wayne40th.jpg" width="200" /></a>[Celebrating John Wayne's 50 years in movies] 1967/10/31 Freddie, GS: Jackie Coogan, Tim Conway, Nancy Ames; [Freddie becomes a hippie] 1968/09/24 Clem GS: Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Ed Sullivan. [Karloff and Price thinks that Clem is a robot. Boris and Vincent sing.] Bonus interviews: Bobby Rydell; Vicki Lawrence</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Disc 2 - 1966/09/20 Clem, GS: Mickey Rooney, Simon & Garfunkel [Rooney is gambler that is cursed to see Clem's face on people he meet.] 1967/02/14 Forsooth GS: George Gobel [Christopher Columbus] 1968/01/23 Clem GS: Phyllis Diller, Lou Rowls; [Diller is a old movie star trying to make a come back.] Deadeye, 1968/10/15 GS: Martha Raye [Raye tries to get rid of Deadeye.]</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieOJIw_k94ZsqPqDD9BQ6oOZM_l6wFce_1SfcX2dBza6RRVrv-8AE48x7zbdz-WjIqDm2dLBfD73dqQJ4UoKkiOd3j-p8DhMS7rPxjXroGsJ1FfB-dVPMv0q0XkFz37_WtqbOTyT3NJRo/s1600/Scan4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieOJIw_k94ZsqPqDD9BQ6oOZM_l6wFce_1SfcX2dBza6RRVrv-8AE48x7zbdz-WjIqDm2dLBfD73dqQJ4UoKkiOd3j-p8DhMS7rPxjXroGsJ1FfB-dVPMv0q0XkFz37_WtqbOTyT3NJRo/s200/Scan4.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Disc 4 - 1968/03/12 Appleby, GS: Mike Connors; [Appleby believes that Clara is trying to kill him for insurance money.] 1967/10/10 Appleby, GS: Fernando Lamas, The 5th Dimension; [Appleby helps a "I Spy" type spy.] 1967/11/21 Bolivar, McPugg, Appleby, GS: Polly Bergen, Pat Carroll [An old man reviews his relatives to see who should inherit his money.]</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Disc 7 - 1966/02/01 Deadeye, GS: George Gobel [Deadeye tries to a famous painter to sign a wanted poster.] 1967/02/28 Freddie, GS: Terry-Thomas; [Freddie interferes with a highway beautification project.] 1967/03/21 San Fernando GS: Richard Chamberlain [Red is on trial for tax evasion.]</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Disc 9 - 1967/03/07 Appleby, GS: Mickey Rooney, Martha Raye; [George meets a rich friends that miss vaudeville days.] 1967/05/09 Appleby, GS: Nipsey Russell [Nipsey and George team up as a comedy team to get on TV.] 1967/10/17 Freddie, GS: Terry-Thomas, Nancy Wilson [Freddie is in a department store fashion show.]</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Disc </span><span style="font-size: large;">10 - 1968/10/08 McPugg, Bolivar, GS: Maurice Evans, Shirley Bassey [McPugg learns to play the violin but Bolivar wants him to be a boxer.] Documentary: America's Clown.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A memory book is included with the 10 disc set. Many photos in the book are from the <a href="http://redskeltonmuseum.org/">Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy</a>. </span><br />
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<br />Red Skelton Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871747960849889496noreply@blogger.com020 W Red Skelton Blvd, Vincennes, IN 47591, USA38.6894385 -87.5176538.687889 -87.5201715 38.690988000000004 -87.5151285tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334348015670547168.post-27403597717838227942016-11-01T15:05:00.002-07:002016-11-01T15:12:40.061-07:00Red Skelton 1/2 hour Christmas episodes.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Red Skelton did many episodes about Christmas.</div>
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In 1951 Skelton was in the Christmas spirit early. He did a bit as Clem selling Christmas tree. This was based on a radio skit. Then he did a bit as Willie Lump Lump trimming a tree.<br />
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On Christmas week, he did a special episode with his family and friends. Cast member Shirley Mitchell welcomed guest to Skelton's home. Guest were humor writer Gene Folwer and wife, David Rose and wife and Skelton's business manager Bo Roos. Skelton's character stopped by for a quick visit. The show ended with a boys choir.<br />
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"The Christmas Show" 1952 has not been released on DVD. I have seen the script. The outline of the show has Red Visits Santa, Different People Buying Toys, Freddie, Dressing the Window, Clem in the Post Office and Red's Closing Christmas Speech. </div>
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In 1953 another visit with the Skelton family. They wonder how Freddie is celebrating Christmas. He gets a gift of a turkey from the police and dresses up as Santa to give himself a gift. Ends with a boys choir and Red sings "Oh Come All Ye Faithful".<br />
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1954 has Red telling the story of the "The Unwanted Christmas Tree" to his family. Red is Chester, an assistant tree salesman. He gets an unwanted tree to a poor boys club. Magic happens when the boys welcome the tree.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-k21paJvnAZw_zVHspF6H9VlOwZeAFFj4Yqmf64WCuIdKDZQekk7Gr7Jg7zA4ZTmU-B7LInUL6gcyRBEy06BwMUSwdSp5uK1VNL_YJbbV-NmTWX43jCx9IIUxAzsJE7Y19Suc26Dwq8/s1600/1955-12-20+Cop+Anthem.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-k21paJvnAZw_zVHspF6H9VlOwZeAFFj4Yqmf64WCuIdKDZQekk7Gr7Jg7zA4ZTmU-B7LInUL6gcyRBEy06BwMUSwdSp5uK1VNL_YJbbV-NmTWX43jCx9IIUxAzsJE7Y19Suc26Dwq8/s1600/1955-12-20+Cop+Anthem.jpg" width="200" /></a>Red Skelton adapted the short story "The Cop and the Anthem" by O. Henry for Freddie the Freeloader. The story is about a hobo that plans to spend the winter in a warm jail. He tries many ways to get arrested but fails. Ends up getting inspired to better himself after just before he gets arrested. This episode first aired in 1955, then repeated in 1956 and 1960.<br />
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<a href="http://www.historyforsale.com/productimages/thumbnails/342355.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://www.historyforsale.com/productimages/thumbnails/342355.jpg" width="162" /></a>Freddie is featured in the 1957 Christmas episode "The Third Wish". All I know (not on DVD) is that Freddie is repairing toys for children and gets help from a Genie. The Genie is played by child actor Richard Eyer. This episode aired before Eyer played the Genie in the film "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad". This episode was repeated in 1958.<br />
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"Clem the Mailman" was the 1959 episode. Clem is a mailman during Christmas time. He gets involved with a jewel thief trying to smuggle gems in candy.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnnCfr2RMUl90RLzFqxsaD_8QPuOj8fxJQdEmLgC2SVMHGTS07F5TbL9L4-HBRiCqrYDH-kjT2FKErxFogaojOsxYB9L2yP-b72k14lsij1yAqEih7KXdjwF4Gf9FM3tnZWYwisZinwQQ/s1600/1961-12-19+Yuletide.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnnCfr2RMUl90RLzFqxsaD_8QPuOj8fxJQdEmLgC2SVMHGTS07F5TbL9L4-HBRiCqrYDH-kjT2FKErxFogaojOsxYB9L2yP-b72k14lsij1yAqEih7KXdjwF4Gf9FM3tnZWYwisZinwQQ/s1600/1961-12-19+Yuletide.jpg" width="200" /></a>1961 was the last season of the half hour episodes. Red did an all mime Christmas episode. Freddie finds a Raggedy Ann doll in a park played by Cara Williams. Williams was appearing in a TV comedy show "Pete and Gladys" at the time. It comes to life and they visit Santa and go ice skating. "Freddie and the Yuletide Doll" was repeated in the hour episodes in 1962, 1963 and 1964.<br />
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More about the hour Christmas shows in another post.<br />
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