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Soldiers Red Skelton and Harpo Marx, on opposite sides, play checkers

Red’s letter to Harpo Marx

Recently, I read the autobiography “Son of Harpo Speaks!” by Harpo Marx‘s son Bill. It’s an interesting book, with lots of details about Harpo that I hadn’t already known. Including a very sweet letter from Red Skelton to Harpo Marx.

Harpo’s final television appearance was on The Red Skelton Hour season 12 episode, “Somebody Up There Should Stay There“. Harpo made his (final) retirement shortly after. When the news of his retirement become public, Red sent him the following letter:

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Willy Lump Lump in the Topsy Turvey room in "The Transcontinental"

The Transcontinental

This weeks episode of The Red Skelton Show is four unrelated sketches – The Transcontinental (spoof of a TV series), It’s Magic (J. Newton Numbskull), The Streets of Laredo (Deadeye, Tide commercial), and Topsy Turvy (Willie Lump Lump)

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The Quiz Show Winner, Willy Lump Lump

Quiz Show Winner

Willie Lump Lump can’t stop being the quiz show winner! And he has nowhere to keep all his winnings! He’s even afraid to answer the phone … Also Deadeye rolls a cigarette, and a televised surgery?

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