Go Ask Father [poem]
Go Ask Father – a poem recited by Red Skelton’s character, J. Newton Numbskull, in A Royal Command Performance I asked my girl if we […]
Poetry
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If I Were the King of the Birdies [song lyrics]
Song lyrics to If I Were the King of the Birdies, written and performed by Red Skelton in A Royal Command Performance
The Night Before Christmas song [Red Skelton]
The Night Before Christmas is a song composed by Red Skelton, and performed on The Red Skelton Hour episode, The Plight Before Christmas The snowflakes […]
Grandfather, Grandmother poem by Red Skelton
Grandfather, Grandmother – a poem by an older Red Skelton, recited on his weekly television show
Madam, I Love Your Crepes Suzette
Madam, I Love Your Crepes Suzette – song lyrics from “Dubarry Was A Lady“ Song lyrics to Madam, I Love Your Crepes Suzette, Music by […]
Algy and the Bear
Algy and the Bear, a poem recited in Ziegfeld Follies by Red Skelton using his J. Newton Numbskull character: Algy saw a bear, The bear […]
There’s Nothing Worse than Loneliness at Christmastime
There’s Nothing Worse than Loneliness at Christmastime – [written and sung by Red Skelton, as Freddy the Freeloader, in Red Skelton’s Christmas Dinner] There is […]
Frogs – a comedy poem by Red Skelton
Frogs, a poem by Red Skelton, read by Clem Kadiddlehopper [Editor’s note: Frogs is recited to the cadence of Boots, a famous poem by Rudyard […]
Red Skelton’s poem, The Circus
Red Skelton’s The Circus – a poem in honor of Red’s father, by Red Skelton Red Skelton, one of America’s great clowns, talks about an American tradition […]
Red Skelton’s Farewell
The time has come to say good night, My how time does fly. We ve had a laugh, perhaps a tear, and now we hear […]