Timeline[]
1951 | 01 |
12) Watch the Birdie |
1951 | 02 | |
1951 | 03 | |
04 | 04) On set with wife and painting [1] | |
1951 | 04 |
19) Honorary Mayor of Culver City [2] |
1951 | 05 |
1950 Radio Television Mirror Award "Radio Comedy Program". Note: 4th year winner. [3] Signs contract with Bo Roos. 7 years [4] |
06 | Radio - Festival of Britian [5] | |
02) Appendectomy [6][7]  | ||
19) Europe trip with Gene Fowler[8] | ||
1951 | 06 |
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26) [Film] Excuse My Dust | ||
06 | ||
1951 | 07 | 02) [Stage] London Palladium |
1951 | 08 | 16) Airport with wife [13] |
09 | 23) Parade Mag | |
28) Hollywood Reporter. TV Guide | ||
1951 | 09 |
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10 | 03) Radio Season 11 1951-52 | |
05) [Film] Texas Carnival | ||
16) [Film] Annouced to be in a remake of Sam Harris' "Captain Applejack" Due out 1952. [14] | ||
1951 | 10 |
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1951 | 11 |
29) [Stage] Santa Claus Lane [15] |
1951 | 12 |
Biography[]
Red almost did not make it to TV. Before his season started he went to England to perform at the London Palladium. During this time he took a trip visit the Pope and then to Paris. On the plane trip over the Alps a motor went dead. There was a danger of panic. Red teamed up with his friend Father Edward J. Carney to calm down the people. Father Carney used faith, Red used laughter. Most of the passangers did not know English but Red used his talent of mime to communicate. The pilot was able to control the plane and made a safe landing.
The Red Skelton Show went on the air Sunday, September 30th on NBC. It was a Russel M. Seeds Company production, President Freeman Keyes. The sponsor was Procter & Gamble. Red was managed by the Beverly Management Corporation with Bo Roos as president. John Gaunt was the director and his writers were John Fenton Murray, Ben Freedman, Jack Douglas and Red Skelton. Edna was not included as a TV writer but she still was involved with the radio show. The public got to see "San Fernando Red", "Dead Eye", "Cauliflower McPugg" and "Clem Kadiddlehopper" every week.
- ↑ http://prl.lib.hku.hk/record/10977?ln=en
- ↑ http://prl.lib.hku.hk/record/12414?ln=en
- ↑ Radio Television Mirror, 05/1951
- ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HIstAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9JwFAAAAIBAJ&dq=red-skelton&pg=6449%2C1314148
- ↑ http://www.bob-block-scriptwriter.co.uk/2.html
- ↑ The Miami News
- ↑ http://prl.lib.hku.hk/record/12933?ln=en
- ↑ http://prl.lib.hku.hk/record/12638?ln=en
- ↑ http://www.jowettjupiter.com/2.html
- ↑ http://www.jowettjupiter.co.uk/J_famous.htm
- ↑ The Grape Belt 06/26/1951
- ↑ Deseret News, 06/28/1951
- ↑ http://prl.lib.hku.hk/record/10815?ln=en
- ↑ Charleston Gazette, 10/16/1951
- ↑ http://digitallibrary.usc.edu