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For two cents, I’d go home to mother
For two cents, I’d go home to mother — From the Red Skelton radio show, 1952, “Barber who is trying to improve his shop” – Red Skelton as the inebriate Willie Lump-Lump, a would-be barber
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Shave and a haircut
Shave and a haircut — From the Red Skelton radio show, 1952, “Barber who is trying to improve his shop” – Red Skelton as the inebriate Willie Lump-Lump, a would-be barber
Bad mosquito netting
Bad mosquito netting – From the Red Skelton radio show, 9/3/1948, “Red Returns after the Summer” – Red Skelton and Rod O’Connor swap mosquito jokes!
Rod O’Connor: You’ve got a nice tan.
Red Skelton: That’s not a tan, that’s the color I turn when the mosquitoes drain all the blood out of me!
Rod O’Connor: The mosquitoes were bad, huh? Why didn’t you use mosquito netting?Read More »Bad mosquito netting
Gertrude and Heathcliff jokes
Gertrude and Heathcliff jokes by Red Skelton, about his seagull friends – flapping their wings, the ship of fools, and an elephant with a cold in the nose
As Red Skelton used to say, there were these two seagulls named Gertrude and Heathcliff:
Herringbone suit
Herringbone suit – From the 1948 Red Skelton radio show, “G. I. Joe’s Memories” – where Red picks on his announcer, Rod O’Connor, over his new suit
Red Skelton: Well, Rod, you look good tonight – I like your suit.
Rod O’Connor: Herringbone.Read More »Herringbone suit
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 eye’s making me dizzy.”
He said, “Well, let’s not blame it on the eye.”Read More »Red Skelton’s eye exam
Red Skelton on counterfeiting
Red Skelton on counterfeiting – (taken from Red Skelton’s opening monologue from The Red Skelton Show episode, Clem and the Dalton Girls, from Red Skelton – America’s Clown Prince)
Red Skelton photo gallery
A photo gallery of Red Skelton as himself as well as some of his most famous characters, such as Freddie the Freeloader, Clem Kadiddlehopper, etc.
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Red Skelton recipe for the perfect marriage
Red Skelton recipe for the perfect marriage As part of his weekly monologue on his TV show, Red once shared Red Skelton‘s recipe for the… Read More »Red Skelton recipe for the perfect marriage