The Red Skelton Scrapbook 66 – The Red Skelton Hour, season 15, originally aired March 1, 1966
In The Red Skelton Scrapbook 66, Red Skelton reprises several of his most beloved routines, including ‘Dunking Doughnuts’. The second annual Red Skeltop Scrapbook is hosted by Red’s friend John Wayne. And Red teases his friend with jokes about Duke, and how they first met.
monologue | The Silent Spot | Quick Blackout | Ballet | Dunking Doughnuts | John Wayne on courting | Upside Down Room
Opening monologue
- Stork: What I’m nervous about is flying over those senior citizen villages. They put up anti-aircraft guns!
- A series of jokes on hospitals, hospital gowns, and doctors
The Silent Spot – The Elopement
Red plays the part of a bachelor in the 1890’s courting his lady love (Chanin Hale), But her father doesn’t approve. It’s frankly hilarious! Wonderful slapstick humor, where he keeps running afoul of the father, a chubby neighbor (Peggy Rea), the local police …
The Quick Blackout comedy
For those who don’t know, in vaudeville, very short comedy bits, normally 1 minute long, were called “quick blackouts”. These include:
- The elephant gun.
- Red plays a man at a bar, having “one for the road”.
- Red plays Thomas Alva Edison, trying to perfect his great invention.
- A short, but hilarious bit, as a kettledrum player.
- A brilliant mathematician. “What a brain, what a brain!”
- Take one spoonful in water.
Spectre of the Rose
Red spoofs Michael Fokine’s ballet. Spectre of the Rose, with Roberta Lubbell. It’s equal parts touching and hilarious, as Red plays the spirit of her lost love. With a bad case of allergies!
Dunking Doughnuts
Red has done the Dunking Doughnuts routine many times, in vaudeville, on screen, and on his television show. But never funnier than here! It’s literally laugh out loud funny!
Red and John Wayne on stage
John Wayne gives Red tips on how to court a beautiful girl, Western style. With the help of the lovely Chanin Hale; who gets to slap Red twice!
Upside Down Room
One of Red’s classic — and expensive to produce — routines. The perpetually inebriated Willie Lump-Lump‘s wife (Chanin Hale) has decided to teach him a lesson. She’s hired someone (Ray Kellogg) to modify a room. So, it looks like Willie’s sleeping on the wall! And everything is 90 degrees off! There’s a reason that Red included this in his movie, The Clown.