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I agree.mL UMTCD PRESS INTERNATIONAL OPEN AMERlCA^Am^ ID1CN5W ' . CASPER, WYO., JULY 29 JKUPI)?╟÷COMEDIAN RED SKELTON SHOWED 13,000 CASPER SPECTATORS JUST WHAT KIND OF SHOWMAN HE WAS LATE YESTERDAY BY PERFORMING FOR AN HOUR AND 16 MINUTES ON AN OPEN STAGE IN A STEADY RAIN. ABOUT 7,000 SKELTON FANS SAT ON OPEN BLEACHERS TO HEAR HIM AND ABOUT AN INCH OF WATER FROM THE SHOES. A MAN IN THE AUDIENCE OFFERED SKELTON, AN UMBRELLA, BUT RED SAID! "GET OUTTA HERE WITH THAT...WHAT YOU THINK I AM, A COMMUNIST?" !|S SKELTON, 32, WAS IN DENVER TODAY, BUT AN AIDE SAID HE WAS ENROUTE TO LONDON TO WORK ON A MOTION PICTURE AND APPEAR ON TELEVISION. SKELTON'S WIFE IS THE FORMER GEORGIA DAVIS OF CASPER. (HC-ASKT) "IF YOU STAY, I'LL STAY," SKELTON TOLD HIS AUDIENCE AT THE 1 CENTRAL WYOMING FAIR AND RODEO. "YOU KNOW IT'S UNAMAERICAN TO LEAVE," HE JOKED. THE OTHER 6,000 WERE IN A COVERED GRANDSTAND. BUT SKELTON WAS UNDER THE CLOUDBURST. HE TOOK HIS SHOES OFF BECAUSE THE STAGE WAS SLIPPERY. HE EMPTIED JB826PMS