Red Skelton

Smokeless Sunday [Red Skelton Show]

by tfraymond
May 27, 2020March 3, 2022

Smokeless Sunday – The Red Skelton Show, season 1, episode 4, originally aired October 21, 1951

Smokeless Sunday begins with Red Skelton playing checkers with a dog … and losing.

Next is Red’s opening monologue, that leads into Cauliflower McPugg with his million dollar idea. Which involves a human fly climbing 100 feet on a ladder and jumping into a small cup of water. When the fly loses his nerve, Cauliflower takes his place … and regrets it.

Loco Boy Makes Good (The Red Skelton Show, Season 15, episode 5) - aired October 12, 1965

Loco Boy Makes Good [Red Skelton Show]

by tfraymond
May 25, 2020April 2, 2021

Loco Boy Makes Good (The Red Skelton Show, Season 15, episode 5) – aired October 12, 1965

In Loco Boy Makes Good, Clem Kadiddlehopper has to fill in for the American Olympic team — for matchstick piling. Accompanied by his cousin Goody (Bobby Rydell).

Red Skelton staring at girls

by tfraymond
February 5, 2019October 9, 2021

A funny joke told by Red Skelton about staring at girls on the Ed Sullivan show in 1968 – enjoy! “Pardon while I comb my… Read More »Red Skelton staring at girls

Two guys at the funny farm

by tfraymond
February 4, 2019July 28, 2021

Two guys at the funny farm – an old joke, told by Red Skelton on The Ed Sullivan Show

Virginia O’Brien, Eleanor Powell, and Red Skelton trying to relax on board ship in deck chairs – if Red can win his battle with the chair in Ship Ahoy

Photo gallery for Ship Ahoy

by tfraymond
February 25, 2018December 4, 2021

Photo gallery for Ship Ahoy – a very enjoyable musical comedy with Red Skelton, Bert Lahr, Eleanor Powell, Virginia O’Brien

The Show-Off (1946) starring Red Skelton, Marilyn Maxwell

The Show-Off [romantic comedy]

by tfraymond
January 8, 2017January 17, 2022

The Show-Off (1946) starring Red Skelton, Marilyn Maxwell

Synopsis of The Show-Off

Amy Fisher falls in love with Aubrey Piper, a loudmouth and braggart who pretends to be more than the lowly clerk he is. Then she marries him, over her family’s objections. Aubrey can’t seem to stop insulting others or interfering with their lives. He accidentally sets her inventor brother Joe’s laboratory on fire, wrecks a car, driving it without a license, gets kicked off a radio show for offending the sponsor and blows Joe’s deal with a paint company.

Redna Rancho is Home; Sweet Home for Red Skelton and wife; Edna. They met when Red played a theatre where Edna was cashier.

Everything’s Funny but Love

by tfraymond
December 26, 2016December 4, 2021

Everything’s Funny but Love, by John R. Franchey
Originally published in Radio and Television Mirror, June 1942

Their romance was touched with amiable lunacy, and the groom borrowed the license-money from the bride — but Edna knew that Red Skelton was the man for her

If it weren’t for his wife, Edna …

by tfraymond
September 4, 2016October 9, 2021

If it weren’t for his wife, Edna, he would be a bum – says Red Skelton Originally published August 17, 1941, in The Telegraph-Herald – by… Read More »If it weren’t for his wife, Edna …

Panama Hattie

by tfraymond
March 17, 2015June 8, 2022

Panama Hattie (1942) starring Red Skelton, Ann Sothern, Rags Ragland, Virginia O’Brien Synopsis In Panama Hattie, the brassy but gold-hearted proprietress of a Canal Zone hotel, where… Read More »Panama Hattie

Red Skelton’s eye exam

by tfraymond
January 25, 2015April 2, 2021

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

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