30 minute comedy/variety episodes
Who's ready for pantomime....on the radio!!!
Red Skelton was clown, his father was a clown, and who knows, maybe he comes from a long line of clowns. Red started in show biz at an early age. I use the term “show biz” loosely here, he took the road of hard knocks to stardom. When he was 10 he joined a traveling medicine show. He then moved up to vaudeville, moved to New York to make it big, except, New York didn't like him. He married, Edna Stillwell, who also did not like his act. Although rather than canceling on him, she decided to write his material. They later divorced, but she remained his writer. After being unceremoniously rejected by the Big Apple, the Skeltons went into the entertainment hinterlands, literally, he went to Canada. In Montreal he perfected his act, and Edna fine tuned his material. Red hit his groove in the 1930s , and started to get gigs on various radio programs. He got a big break when he appeared in the Ginger Rogers film “Having a Wonderful Time”.
Back in the States, NBC took a chance and gave him his own show in 1941. The gamble paid off big, the Red Skelton Show was an instant success, up there with Jack Benny, and Fibber McGee and Molly. Skelton was voted the outstanding new radio star of 1941. Red Skelton was a physical actor, based on his clown upbringing, but obviously he had to rework his act for radio. He did this by introducing many, many new characters that work in an audio environment. His most famous included Junior, the “mean widdle kid”, Clem the singing cab driver, and Deadeye, the fastest gun in the West. There was a tie between the Red Skelton Show and Ozzie and Harriet. Red used Ozzie Nelson's band, and Harriet Hilliard (the Harriet in Ozzie and Harriet) became a regular on Red's show. She played Junior's mother and other roles.
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Episode List Set 1
red-skelton_451225 Christmas Trees.mp3
red-skelton_460101 Bells and Resolutio.mp3
red-skelton_460115 Local Department St.mp3
red-skelton_460122 People Clebrating.mp3
red-skelton_460129 Looking for Trouble.mp3
red-skelton_460205 Hospital Capers.mp3
red-skelton_460212 Meeting People.mp3
red-skelton_460217 Department Stores.mp3
red-skelton_460219 Stray Animal.mp3
red-skelton_460226 Telephones.mp3
red-skelton_460305 What Has Happened T.mp3
red-skelton_460319 Traffic is Terrible.mp3
red-skelton_460326 Newspspers.mp3
red-skelton_460402 Some People Won't P.mp3
red-skelton_460409 Postman, The.mp3
red-skelton_460416 Easy Money.mp3
red-skelton_460423 Old Letters and Tro.mp3
red-skelton_460430 Dentist, The.mp3
red-skelton_460507 Firemen.mp3
red-skelton_460521 It Pays To Look Wel.mp3
red-skelton_460528 People Who Hurt Oth.mp3
red-skelton_460528 Trying To Be Helpfu.mp3
red-skelton_460604 Vacations Vol I.mp3
red-skelton_460910 Vacations Vol II.mp3
red-skelton_460917 Barbers.mp3
red-skelton_461001 People Who Feel Uni.mp3
red-skelton_461008 Meat Shortage, The.mp3
red-skelton_461105 Photography.mp3
red-skelton_461119 Automobile Parking .mp3
red-skelton_461126 People Who Give Din.mp3
red-skelton_461203 Railroads.mp3
red-skelton_461226 Christmas Stories.mp3
red-skelton_461231 Old Man Winter.mp3
red-skelton_470107 Education and Schoo.mp3
red-skelton_470128 Jealousy.mp3
red-skelton_470204 Elevators.mp3
red-skelton_470211 Taxi Cabs.mp3
red-skelton_470225 Travel to Hawaii.mp3
red-skelton_470305 Careless Driving.mp3
red-skelton_470401 Willie Lump Lump an.mp3
red-skelton_470408 Things We Never Kne.mp3
red-skelton_470415 New West, The.mp3
red-skelton_470422 Friendly Farmer, Th.mp3
red-skelton_470930 Fire Prevention.mp3
red-skelton_471021 Man With A Plan, Th.mp3
red-skelton_471028 Haircut, The (Part .mp3
red-skelton_471104 Haircut, The (Part .mp3
red-skelton_471111 Haircut, The (Part .mp3
red-skelton_471118 Honky Tonk Photogra.mp3
red-skelton_471125 Little Boy and His .mp3
red-skelton_490415 How Is Red At Home.mp3
red-skelton_490429 House Cleaning.mp3
red-skelton_490506 Mother's Day.mp3
red-skelton_490513 Stray Dog.mp3
red-skelton_500108 Buying Insurance.mp3
red-skelton_500409 Skunk Patrol Benefi.mp3
red-skelton_501231 A New Years Puzzle.mp3
red-skelton_510114 Three Cent Stamp, T.mp3
red-skelton_510128 Big Business Ventur.mp3
red-skelton_510204 Helter Skelter.mp3
red-skelton_510211 Big Scare, The.mp3
red-skelton_510218 I Caught the Devil .mp3
red-skelton_510304 I Caught the Devil .mp3
red-skelton_510318 Sad Texan, The.mp3
red-skelton_510401 Skelton vs the Hosp.mp3
red-skelton_510408 Town Social, The.mp3
red-skelton_510422 McPug's Magic Glove.mp3
red-skelton_510429 Liberty Bell, The.mp3
red-skelton_510506 Devil Returns, The .mp3
red-skelton_510513 Devil Returns, The .mp3
red-skelton_510603 Take Me Out To the .mp3
red-skelton_510610 Guardian Angel's Re.mp3
red-skelton_510617 London Palladium Or.mp3
red-skelton_510624 Flight To London, T.mp3
red-skelton_511003 Vacation.mp3
red-skelton_511010 Women Are Ruling th.mp3
red-skelton_511017 Fear.mp3
red-skelton_511024 How To Make Enemies.mp3
red-skelton_511031 Public Speeches.mp3
red-skelton_511107 Job Hunting.mp3
red-skelton_511114 Travel Is So Broade.mp3
red-skelton_511121 Things To Be Thankf.mp3
red-skelton_511128 People Who Owe Mone.mp3
red-skelton_511205 People Who Brag.mp3
red-skelton_511212 Sunday Dinner.mp3
red-skelton_511219 A Christmas Story.mp3
red-skelton_511226 Day After Christmas.mp3
red-skelton_520102 Has Anybody Here Se.mp3
red-skelton_520109 Neighborhood Theate.mp3
red-skelton_520116 Dancing.mp3
red-skelton_520228 Inventions.mp3
red-skelton_520304 I Will Never Forget.mp3
red-skelton_520318 Circus, The.mp3
red-skelton_A New Deadeye (Best Show of.mp3
red-skelton_A New Years Puzzle.mp3
red-skelton_Air Mail Postage Up To 6 Ce.mp3
red-skelton_Automobile Parking Problem.mp3
red-skelton_Big Business Venture, The.mp3
red-skelton_Big Scare, The.mp3
Episode List Set 02
red-skelton_Buying Insurance.mp3
red-skelton_Careless Driving.mp3
red-skelton_Christmas Show.mp3
red-skelton_Christmas Stories.mp3
red-skelton_Dancing.mp3
red-skelton_Day After Christmas, The.mp3
red-skelton_Dentist, The.mp3
red-skelton_Devil Returns, The (Part 1).mp3
red-skelton_Devil Returns, The (Part 2).mp3
red-skelton_Doctors and Hospitals (p001.mp3
red-skelton_Doctors and Hospitals (part.mp3
red-skelton_Dogs.mp3
red-skelton_Easy Money.mp3
red-skelton_Education and Schools.mp3
red-skelton_Elevators.mp3
red-skelton_Fear.mp3
red-skelton_Fire Prevention.mp3
red-skelton_Firemen.mp3
red-skelton_Flight To London, The.mp3
red-skelton_Friendly Farmer, The.mp3
red-skelton_Guardian Angel's Revolt, Th.mp3
red-skelton_Has Anybody Here Seen Willi.mp3
red-skelton_Helter Skelter.mp3
red-skelton_Honky Tonk Photographer, Th.mp3
red-skelton_House Cleaning.mp3
red-skelton_How Is Red At Home.mp3
red-skelton_How To Make Enemies.mp3
red-skelton_I Will Never Forget Hawaii.mp3
red-skelton_Inventions.mp3
red-skelton_It Pays To Look Well.mp3
red-skelton_Jealousy.mp3
red-skelton_Job Hunting.mp3
red-skelton_Liberty Bell, The.mp3
red-skelton_Little Boy and His Dog.mp3
red-skelton_London Palladium Or Bust, T.mp3
red-skelton_Man With A Plan, The.mp3
red-skelton_McPug's Magic Glove.mp3
red-skelton_Meat Shortage, The.mp3
red-skelton_Mother's Day.mp3
red-skelton_Neighborhood Theater, The.mp3
red-skelton_New West, The.mp3
red-skelton_Newspspers.mp3
red-skelton_Old Letters and Trouble.mp3
red-skelton_Old Man Winter.mp3
red-skelton_People Who Brag.mp3
red-skelton_People Who Feel Unimportant.mp3
red-skelton_People Who Give Dinners To .mp3
red-skelton_People Who Hurt Others.mp3
red-skelton_People Who Owe Money.mp3
red-skelton_Photography.mp3
red-skelton_Postman, The.mp3
red-skelton_Public Speeches.mp3
red-skelton_Railroads.mp3
red-skelton_Sad Texan, The.mp3
red-skelton_Skelton vrs the Hospital.mp3
red-skelton_Skunk Patrol Benefit.mp3
red-skelton_Some People Won't Pay Their.mp3
red-skelton_Stray Dog.mp3
red-skelton_Sunday Dinner.mp3
red-skelton_Take Me Out To the Ball Gam.mp3
red-skelton_Taxi Cabs.mp3
red-skelton_Things To Be Thankful For.mp3
red-skelton_Things We Never Knew About .mp3
red-skelton_Three Cent Stamp, The.mp3
red-skelton_To Park or Not To Park.mp3
red-skelton_Town Gossip, The.mp3
red-skelton_Town Social, The.mp3
red-skelton_Travel Is So Broadening.mp3
red-skelton_Travel to Hawaii.mp3
red-skelton_Trying To Be Helpful.mp3
red-skelton_Vacation.mp3
red-skelton_Vacations Vol I.mp3
red-skelton_Vacations Vol II.mp3
red-skelton_Willie Lump Lump and the Tr.mp3
red-skelton_Willie Lump Lump.mp3
red-skelton_With Ozzie and Harriet.mp3
Women Are Ruling the World.mp3
