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This HBO Special was recorded live at the Centre in the Square Theatre in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
This is the third and final HBO special by Red Skelton and was taped live at Hamilton Place in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Skelton performed several mime skits including a grandfather teaching baseball to his grandson, a woman driver, a veterinarian giving a flu shot to a whale, and a father viewing his new baby for the first time at the maternity ward window
In 1984, Skelton gave a Royal Command Performance for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds which was later shown in the US on HBO
Freddie the Freeloader sets out to have Xmas dinner in a very expensive New York restaurant with his good friend, the Professor. Along the way he stops in a hospital to entertain some children on Xmas. Red Skelton does a couple of songs on his own & a duet with Vincent Price.
The biography covers Skelton's life from birth to death, divided into chapters: The Boy From Vincennes; Canadian Comic; Radio, War, and New Family; Welcome to Hollywood; Red Skelton on TV - the NBC Years; The Comeback; The Death of Richard Freeman Skelton; On With the Show; The Many Sides of Red Skelton.
A Peak Behind the cutain in this special look at Red's unique and freewheeling rehearsal process. Filled with more of Red's signature ad-libs than you ever though possible, this anarchic dress rehearsal provides a very different experience from the episode which made it to the airwaves - yet still manages to leave Red's audience in stiches
From the Nuggett Hotel in Sparkes, Nevada.
An intimate interview with the man himself. Red Skelton.
Red Skelton Career in Laughter DVD
Performance at John Ascuaga's Nugget (Sparks, Nevada August 5th, 1980)
Christmas Silent spot from the Red Skelton Show.
Opening: Talks about coming back to television; dressing rooms; looking good at old age; State Fair health; meeting people; Seagulls; type of mime.
Mimes: New Yorker on a Horse; Drive-In; Dunking Donuts; Greek restaurant waiter; Birth, Life and Death of a Flower in a Storm.
Jokes: Desires at Midnight. Clem (Hunting dogs); Junior (Milkman; Dust); Funeral; Airplane fuel.
Red Skelton on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.
An interview with Jamie farr.
