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We was playing Pin the Tail on the Elephant -  A joke from the classic radio program, The Red Skelton Show, starring Red's famous Mean Little Kid (famous for the "I dood it!" line)We was playing Pin the Tail on the Elephant -  A joke from the classic radio program, The Red Skelton Show, starring Red's famous Mean Little Kid (famous for the "I dood it!" line)

We was playing Pin the Tail on the Elephant

We was playing Pin the Tail on the Elephant –  A joke from the classic radio program, The Red Skelton Show, starring Red’s famous Mean Little Kid (famous for the “I dood it!” line) Mean… 

Red Skelton on The estimate tax -  If only we *could* get away with this from our friendly IRS agent ...

The estimate tax

Red Skelton on The estimate tax –  If only we *could* get away with this from our friendly IRS agent … Red Skelton: I had to fill out the estimate tax, but I didn’t sign… 

Gertrude and Heathcliff see an airplane – Red Skelton joke about his two favorite seagulls, Heathcliff and Gertrude

Gertrude and Heathcliff see an airplane

Gertrude and Heathcliff see an airplane –  Red Skelton joke about his two favorite seagulls,  Heathcliff  and Gertrude

Red Skelton:   Heathcliff and Gertrude are flying along when all of the sudden an airplane goes whizzing by .

She needs a monkey to get into Heaven

She needs a monkey to get into Heaven

She needs a monkey to get into Heaven –  Courtesy  of Brian Hoffman, Red Skelton impersonator Red Skelton  joke: I had a dream that my wife was at the Pearly Gates. St Peter told her… 

I Dood It! (1943) starring  Red Skelton, Eleanor Powell

I Dood It – funny movie quotes

Funny movie quotes from  I Dood It!(1943) starring  Red Skelton, Eleanor Powell

Kenneth Cawlor (Thurston Hall): No crashing the gates of Paradise, young man. In the vernacular, where’s your ticket?
Joe Renolds (Red Skelton): Sorry, here you go.
Kenneth Cawlor (Thurston Hall): Wait a moment, this ticket is for coffee – We’re selling sugar!

What’s your forte?

What’s your forte?  From the Red Skelton radio show, with Red playing Bolivar Shagnasti, interviewing a new performer for his circus

Barber trying to improve his shop -  From the Red Skelton radio show, 1952, "Barber who is trying to improve his shop" - Red Skelton as the inebriate Willy Lump Lump, a would-be barber

Barber trying to improve his shop

Barber trying to improve his shop –  From the Red Skelton radio show, 1952, “Barber who is trying to improve his shop” – Red Skelton as the inebriate Willy Lump Lump, a would-be barber

For two cents, I'd go home to mother

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