My all time favorite was Jim and Marian Jordan as Fibber McGee and Molly
Don't open that door McGee........
Don't open that door McGee........
Growing up my dad hated TV. He had the radio on all day. The only two shows he would watch was Red Skelton and Dean Martin. He loved Skelton’s end of show send off: “Good night and God Bless.” Now,TV is a complete cesspool.
skelton cracked me up as much because he used to crack himself up in the middle of the joke.
I forget how quick Red was.
Seems like yesterday. . . and a hundred years ago at the same time.
He was 70 when he filmed this show. Amazing.
I believe Red Skelton is the greatest ever American comedian. He played all the formats, burlesque through TV, and all the genres, slapstick, standup, sketch, pantomime, long form. He kept it clean, but with some double entendres so that all ages could enjoy.
Saw Pat O’Brien in a dinner theater production of on Golden Pond late in his life. After the play, he came out and did 45 minutes of standup, all clean, that had the patrons howling with laughter.
Saw Frankie Avalon at DisneyWorld. He sang, danced, played the trumpet, told jokes, all clean, all enjoyable.
Today it’s Amy Schumer, Bill Maher, and every black comic who can’t tell a single joke without the worst profanity. And it’s because they’re no good, talentless bums.
Pretty cool! We once watched Red every week and enjoyed his shows. These are soon to be seen on a Roku channel, Countless Classics. Johnny Carson we pick up on OTA on either Retro or Hot tee vee fail to remember which. Very interesting seeing the faces of old and how they have changed throughout the years. Also good to see faces of those who are no longer with us.
Don’t remember Frank Sinatra’s having a show, but he must have at one time. His shows are to be seen on the same channel, Roku. Bring it on :-)
My favorite Carson reaction take was when he had Zsa Zsa Gabor sitting next to him with a cat in her lap and when he said what a nice cat, she answered "Would you like to pet my pussy?"
One skit of Skelton that I vividly remember is when he did his Deadeye Dick routine. He struts into a bar, orders a shot of redeye, and gulps it down.
He spent the next minute or two collapsing and rolling about on the floor, stumbling over tables and bouncing off the walls. Finally he calms down and tells the barkeep, “This drink’s been cut!”
I realized the other day my grandson (high school age) had no idea who Bob Hope was so I found some video of him and Carson so he could watch. His first comment was they both used current events in their jokes. He said “wow people had to really keep up with what was going on back then to get the humor” he also wondered how we kept up when we didn’t have all the technology we do now.
so so good.
True talent!
It was great...thanks!
Rolling Stones on Red Skelton Hour '64 from Craig Snyder on Vimeo.