I’m 25 so I never watched him live on air but my grandfather had VHS tapes and DVDs so I’d watch it with him when I visited in the early 2000s. He’s gone now but re-watching red skeleton is one of my favourite memories with him and I still have those :)
Important note this is the fourth aired episode not the first as claimed on many websites. The premier episode of the Red Skelton Show aired live on September 30th 1951 on NBC. This is likely the earliest episode they have a copy of. It aired on the 21st of October of 1951, on NBC of course. It just doesn't get any better than this. What was NBC thinking when they cancelled him in 53? He was still at the top of his game and was even still making movies on his off time. They ended up making it up to him in 70 but they never should have canceled him in the first place and CBS stabbed him in the back and canceled him with no advanced notice at all. That's part of the reason why he adamantly refused to have these shows edited together and syndicated. It wasn't until the VHS era that we started to see some his old shows. Red was the most moral and decent entertainer to EVER work in Hollywood. No doubt about it.
I wish more performers today were as concern as what kind of entertainment they bring into our homes. Red was one of a kind.
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Are you referring to the portrayal of the execution of US soldiers he did?
Very talented entertainer and artist. I grew up his humor and he is still funny to this day.
Takes a lot of hard work to be this entertaining, but everyone looked to be having a ball, which adds to the enduring enjoyment.
I’m 25 so I never watched him live on air but my grandfather had VHS tapes and DVDs so I’d watch it with him when I visited in the early 2000s. He’s gone now but re-watching red skeleton is one of my favourite memories with him and I still have those :)
"He must be an awfully smart dog!"
"What do you mean, smart? Last week, I beat him 2 games out of 10."
XD
😂
Thank you!!!!
Grew up listening to his radio show, I was born in the mid 1980s…
Um...ok
I love him!
thank you
When tv was worth watching
Important note this is the fourth aired episode not the first as claimed on many websites. The premier episode of the Red Skelton Show aired live on September 30th 1951 on NBC. This is likely the earliest episode they have a copy of. It aired on the 21st of October of 1951, on NBC of course.
It just doesn't get any better than this. What was NBC thinking when they cancelled him in 53? He was still at the top of his game and was even still making movies on his off time. They ended up making it up to him in 70 but they never should have canceled him in the first place and CBS stabbed him in the back and canceled him with no advanced notice at all. That's part of the reason why he adamantly refused to have these shows edited together and syndicated. It wasn't until the VHS era that we started to see some his old shows. Red was the most moral and decent entertainer to EVER work in Hollywood. No doubt about it.
OMG Red was so funny to bad we don't have comics like this today. People today think comedy needs to be blue to be funny but this is hilarious.
Judge Redd 6:45
25:02 Bob Hope strikes
I have a Red Skelton promotional pen, given by Tide and Camay. Is that pen mentioned in any of the episodes?
Love the show! That lady who danced looked like a skeleton.
No, that was Mara Lynn. No relation to Red. 😉
in the taylor maid group. the young singer third from left, brunette, looks familiar, from another show. she was cute. who is she?
You don't find anything this good anymore.everybody too filthy mouthed.
Red loved to go off script, made his co actors break up too.