Red Skelton

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

Flight Command

by tfraymond
February 19, 2014April 21, 2021

Flight Command (1940) starring Rod Taylor, Walter Pidgeon, Ruth Hussey, Red Skelton

I originally watched Flight Command because it was one of Red Skelton‘s earliest movie roles — which is technically true; Red’s in the film as part of the Hellcats squadron, acting as the class clown, but he’s definitely a secondary character. Flight Command is primarily about a brash young pilot, Alan Drake (played by Robert Taylor) who’s recruited straight out of college to join the premier squad of Navy Hellcats.