Thursday, March 28, AD 2024 7:22am

Red Skelton: Pledge of Allegiance

One of the forgotten geniuses of American comedy, Red Skelton.  Skelton rose out of abject poverty to become one of the great comedians of his time.  As the above video indicates Skelton also had his serious side.  A remembrance of better times when students pledged allegiance to the country rather than chanting hymns of praise for a living politician.

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Al
Al
Friday, September 25, AD 2009 7:09am

Not forgotten by all.Still a fan of his.

Also: KGRR-FM brings this out every so often.

Paul, Just This Guy, You Know?
Friday, September 25, AD 2009 1:04pm

I remember watching this show when I was kid; I was 7 in 1969.

Bill Hoogsteden
Friday, September 25, AD 2009 4:29pm

A buddy of mine saw one of his last shows. He kept the audience in stitches for over two hours without using ANY profanity. What a class act. May he rest in peace!

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Monday, September 28, AD 2009 5:26am

[…] 1957 comedian Red Skelton was on top of the world.  His weekly comedy show on CBS was doing well.  He had  curtailed the […]

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