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Red Skelton with wife Georgia, son Richard, daughter Valentina

Red Skelton’s Son Dies Thinking of Mother

Red Skelton’s Son Dies Thinking of Mother – originally published in the Pittsburgh Press-Gazette, May 12, 1958

Writer tells how comedian and wife spent grief-filled hours after death

(Associated Press Hollywood Writer James Bacon is a long-time friend of Red and Georgia Skelton. He was with them Saturday night in their Bel-Air home when they returned from UCLA Medical Center, less than one hour after their son, Richard, lost his valiant fight with leukemiaemia.)

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Weepy Talks Turkey

Weepy Talks Turkey

Weepy Talks Turkey, The Red Skelton Show season 2, originally aired November 23, 1952

Weepy Talks Turkey features Red Skelton as Clem Kadiddlehopper as John Alden (whew!) in the first thanksgiving – “The Thanksgiving Turkey” – truly funny and highly recommended. Also, Coach J. Weepy Numbskull lectures his family on how to eat the Thanksgiving feast. Ending with Red addressing the audience on the meaning of Thanksgiving.

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