(Editor’s note: originally published in The Ogden Standard-Examiner, October 27, 1940)
By Paul Harrison
NEA Service Staff
HOLLYWOOD – the busiest strip of film in the whole film capital is a Metro screen test of Comedian Red Skelton. It won him a job weeks ago and he has already finished his role as a fellow aviator with Bob Taylor in “Flight Command“. But that initial test keeps reeling along.
UNSEEN FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, SEE NEVER-BEFORE-RELEASED EPISODES FROM ONE OF TV’S MOST LEGENDARY AND LONGEST-RUNNING VARIETY SHOWS: THE RED SKELTON HOUR—IN COLOR
In short, The Red Skelton Hour in Color Collection is … a collection of 4 other collections:
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…
Two guys at the funny farm – an old joke, told by Red Skelton on The Ed Sullivan Show
[Editor’s note: this is Red Skelton‘s entry for the Lou Jacobs Memorial Book, created for the funeral mass of legendary clown Lou Jacobs] Dear Jean, Dolly, and Lou Ann, How sad the news that came…
Red Skelton on Oh Canada – similar to his explanation of the Pledge of Allegiance, Red expounds on the Canadian national anthem, Oh Canada “O Canada”: I see mountains and valleys and rivers and trees;…
Red Skelton blog for February 2017 For people interested in collecting Red’s paintings, there’s a Red Skelton Limited Edition Giclée “The Philosopher” available at Barneby’s
Red Skelton was inducted into the International Clown Hall of Fame in 1990. Here is his letter in response to them: