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Red Skelton staring at girls

Red Skelton and Esther Williams in a publicity photo from Bathing Beauty

A funny joke told by Red Skelton about staring at girls on the Ed Sullivan show in 1968 – enjoy! “Pardon while I comb my hair. I’m going to do it while I can; it ain’t gonna be long, boy. You know, I’m in my 50’s, did you...

February 5, 2019 Tom Raymond Jokes

Two guys at the funny farm

Two guys at the funny farm – an old joke, told by Red Skelton on The Ed Sullivan Show

February 4, 2019 Tom Raymond Jokes

Photo gallery for Ship Ahoy

Virginia O'Brien, Eleanor Powell, and Red Skelton trying to relax on board ship in deck chairs - if Red can win his battle with the chair in Ship Ahoy

Photo gallery for Ship Ahoy – a very enjoyable musical comedy with Red Skelton, Bert Lahr, Eleanor Powell, Virginia O’Brien

February 25, 2018 Tom Raymond Photos

The Show-Off

The Show-Off (1946) starring Red Skelton, Marilyn Maxwell Synopsis of The Show-Off Amy Fisher falls in love with Aubrey Piper, a loudmouth and braggart who pretends to be more than the lowly clerk he is. She marries him, over her family’s objections. Aubrey can’t seem to stop insulting others or...

January 8, 2017 Tom Raymond Movies

Everything’s Funny but Love

Redna Rancho is Home; Sweet Home for Red Skelton and wife; Edna. They met when Red played a theatre where Edna was cashier.

Everything’s Funny but Love, by John R. Franchey Originally published in Radio and Television Mirror, June 1942 Their romance was touched with amiable lunacy, and the groom borrowed the license-money from the bride — but Edna knew that Red Skelton was the man for her

December 26, 2016 Tom Raymond Articles

If it weren’t for his wife, Edna, he would be a bum – says Red Skelton

If it weren’t for his wife, Edna, he would be a bum – says Red Skelton Originally published August 17, 1941, in The Telegraph-Herald – by Fredrick C. Othman, UP Hollywood Correspondent The girl we want to meet is Edna Skelton, one-time usherette at Loew’s Theater in Kansas City....

September 4, 2016 Tom Raymond Articles

Red Skelton’s eye exam

Red Skelton’s eye exam – From Red’s opening monologue on “The Red Skelton Show” (January 25, 1971) – Red talks about a visit to his eye doctor. This doctor starts examining my eyes, now you’ve got to hear some of the conversation that went on. I said, “The...

January 25, 2015 Tom Raymond Jokes

Flight Command

Flight Command (1940) starring Rod Taylor, Walter Pidgeon, Ruth Hussey, Red Skelton I originally watched Flight Command because it was one of Red Skelton‘s earliest movie roles — which is technically true; Red’s in the film as part of the Hellcats squadron, acting as the class clown, but...

February 19, 2014 Tom Raymond Movies

Half a Hero (1953)

Synopsis of Half a Hero, starring Red Skelton, Jean Hagen Red Skelton stars as Ben Dobson, a freelance writer who no sooner starts working full-time as a rewrite man at a magazine than his wife (Jean Hagen) decides that they should have their first child. Afterward, she pushes...

October 6, 2012 Tom Raymond Movies

Leave Arm in Arm

Leave Arm in Arm – Red Skelton, ex-Wife, Still Together After Court Gives Divorce (originally printed in the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, February 12, 1943) LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12 – Edna Marie Skelton on Thursday divorced Richard (Red) Skelton, the comedian, and then left the Hall of Justice on the...

February 12, 1943 Tom Raymond Uncategorized