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 saw Algy,
The bear was bulgy,
The bulge was Algy!
Ziegfeld Follies
Ziegfeld Follies (1945) starring Red Skelton, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Lucille Ball, Lena Horne, Kathryn Grayson, William Powell and many more
Ziegfeld Follies is an attempt at recreating the spectacle of Flo Ziegfeld’s famous Broadway shows. And so the film is a series of unrelated musical and comedy routines. They’re unconnected except by the narration of the ghostly Flo Ziegfeld. The part is played by William Powell. He sits back in Heaven, thinking of the spectacles that he could create with then-current stars.
Red Skelton – Unreleased
Red Skelton – Unreleased – Collector’s Edition – Select Shows from 1959-1962
Red Skelton Unreleased is a fairly different DVD collection of The Red Skelton Show in several respects. It is digitally remastered, unlike most of the Red Skelton DVD collections out there. It is also authorized by the Red Skelton estate. It also contains a lot of episodes of The Red Skelton Show – sixteen episodes in all, as well three full-length color episodes from Red’s final year on broadcast TV, as well as a taping of one of Red’s live shows.
Red Skelton: America’s Favorite Funnyman
Red Skelton – America’s Favorite Funnyman is a DVD collection of 10 episodes of The Red Skelton Show. Not a bad collection by any means, and inexpensive as well. $9.95 U.S. dollars at the time of this writing. And it has a collection of some of my favorite episodes as well. They are:
Photos of Red Skelton
A collection of photos of Red Skelton, America’s clown prince. Photos from his days in radio, movies, television show, and publicity photos.
Red Skelton – The Lost Episodes
Red Skelton – The Lost Episodes – DVD collection
In short, Red Skelton – The Lost Episodes is a compilation of six episodes of the Red Skelton Show. It features four of Red’s popular clown characters.
Temple doctor has last laugh after meeting Red Skelton
A sweet story from the Midland Reporter-Telegram, where a retired doctor talks of meeting Red Skelton when Red was 77, and performing at Harrah’s: “When Gosney asked Red about the braces he was wearing, the…
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 him into moving from New York City to the suburbs. Here he is nickel and dimed to the verge of bankruptcy. Until his boss gives him his first chance at writing his own article for this national magazine. An article talking about the “slums of tomorrow” — the suburbs
Brian Hoffman’s Remembering
Brian Hoffman’s Remembering Red – A Tribute to Red Skelton: Traveler Reviews (Editor’s note: I’ve never met Brian, although he’s a Facebook friend who I’ve interacted with – he clearly has a great love for…