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Red Skelton Show Cast

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Red Skelton

Red Skelton

Seeing Red : The Skelton in Hollywood's Closet by Wes D. Gehring, Steve Bell - Book

TV Greatest Shows DVD

1950s TV's Greatest Shows - 12 Shows - 3 DVDs

Includes Red Skelton

Red Skelton Show Tidbits

The Red Skelton Show began on radio in 1941 and was a success but television was the medium which best showcased the huge talents of Red Skelton. Radio didn't allow for Skelton to demonstrate his gift for pantomine and sight gags.

The show always featured a guest star and some skits. Musical guests performed and one of the first TV appearances of the Rolling Stones was on Red Skelton.

But it was for the wonderful characters Skelton created that people tuned in. Among those characters:

Clem Kadiddlehopper

Freddy Freeloader

The Mean Widdle Kid

Sheriff Deadeye

Willy Lump Lump

Cauliflower McPugg

Bolivar Shagnasty

San Fernando Red

Skelton always closed his show with "God Bless."

Passings

Red Skelton died in 1997 of pneumonia.

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