In Red Skelton‘s monologue in A Royal Command Performance, he tells the following joke. It’s the story of a person caught in a flood, who’s convinced — The Lord will take care of me … Very true, with a very good point!
The Lord will take care of me … [joke]
A Royal Command Performance – Red celebrated his 70th birthday with a Command Performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The royal family were treated to Freddie the Freeloader, Clem Kadiddlehopper, George Appleby, Gertrude & Heathcliff, and the Guzzler’s Gin routine.
A Royal Command Performance
In Eenie Meenie Minee Schmo, Mickey the Loser (Mickey Rooney) has a perpetual run of bad luck at the gambling tables. His luck gets worse as he seeks the advice of “the swami of Las Vegas” – Clem Kadiddlehopper!
Eenie Meenie Minee Schmo [The Red Skelton Show]
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 should wed. With a smile in her roguish eyes, she… Go Ask Father [poem]
![If I Were the King of the Birdies [song lyrics]](https://red-skelton.info/wp-content/uploads/bird.png)
Red Skelton jokes on hospitals and doctors – a variety of jokes on hospitals, hospital gowns, and doctors from his opening monologue on The Red Skelton Show
Red Skelton jokes on hospitals and doctors
Red Skelton wrote “This Is No Joke” during his first year in the Army. It was published in the September 1946 issue of Classic Comics. This photo of the column was taken at the Red Skelton Museum in Vincennes. I originally found this at KPCnews.com
This is No Joke
The Red Skelton Show is an American television comedy/variety show that ran from 1951 to 1971. To a generation of viewers, it was a weekly institution. Although associated with CBS, where it appeared for more… The Red Skelton Show
In A Thousand And One Arabian Nuts, carpet manufacturer Abou-Smart (Stubby Kaye) establishes Gazundheit Airlines after his brother Abou-Boob (Red Skelton) invents the flying carpet.
A Thousand And One Arabian Nuts
Willie and the Burglar is the main sketch in this episode. Also, Clem Kadiddlehopper sells real estate, Red Skelton hawks snake oil medicine, and Red and Lucille Knoch are artist and model.
Willie and the Burglar [The Red Skelton Show]