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Red?╟╓s characterizations are strictly for laughter . for laughter is his food, his wine, his religion. If there is a vignette or characterization you would like to see, let Red know by checking your favorites. ?√φ OLD MAN AND THE LITTLE BOY ?√φ THE CHEF ?√φ DRUGSTORE ?√φ THE PARADE WATCHER ?√φ PREACHER AND THE BOY ?√φ FISHING ?√φ WATCHING THINGS GROW ?√φ THEATRE TROUBLES ?√φ MIXING A SALAD ?√φ SLOW MOTION TENNIS GAME ?√φ ABCs ?√φ GIRL GETTING UP ?√φ PEOPLE WALKING ?√φ MECHANICAL MAN ?√φ HITCH-HIKING ?√φ AFTER DINNER SPEAKERS ?√φ LITTLE BOY AND HIS BALLOON ?√φ AUTOGRAPH ?√φ LADY DRIVER ?√φ EMBARRASSING MOMENTS ?√φ HEROES DYING IN MOVIES ?√φ HOW TO IMITATE A DRUNK ?√φ GUZZLER'S GIN ?√φ JAPANESE ?√φ POISON DART ?√φ HILLBILLY ?√φ IRISH TENOR ?√φ POET AND PEASANT OVERTURE ?√φ TAKING CARE OF BABY ?√φ SEAGULLS ?√φ OIL PAINTING ?√φ MAN REALIZING HE'S GETTING OLD ?√φ LOOKING AT NEW BABIES ?√φ PRIZE FIGHT ?╟  ?√φ DUNKING DOUGHNUTS ?√φ CORN EATING ?√φ EIFFEL TOWER ?√φ TOURIST IN PARIS ?√φ THREE DRUNKS AT BAR ?√φ OPERATION BY DRUNK DOCTOR ?√φ DEAD-EYE ROUTINE SONGS: ?√φ FOGGY FOGGY DEW ?√φ OLD AAAN RIVER ?√φ SCARLET RIBBONS ?√φ TEN PRETTY GIRLS ?√φ DELILAH SOMETHING ABOUT Red SkeCfew ...ONE OF AMERICA'S CLOWNs! Red Skelton was born in Vincennes, Indiana on July 18th . | . His father (Joe) was a lawyer, author, taught elocution at Valparaiso, was a master electrician, and circus clown with the Hagenbeck and Wallace Circus. He died in May 1913 . . . Red was born two months later ... In 1926 at the age of 13, Red's destiny caught up with him . . . Show business was his ambition . . . He attended school during the winter and pursued his career in show business during the summer ... In 1928 he adopted the theatre as his home ... He traveled with medicine shows, tent shows, and showboats on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Then he joined Clarence Stout's Minstrels as a black-face comedian . . . Al G. Fields, the famous Minstrel man, was his mother's uncle . . . Red went into small-time vaudeville and burlesque and was featured as "the youngest comedian in burlesque" . . . WaIkathons started to gain in popularity, so he joined this phase of show business as a master of ceremonies . . . Then came big time vaudeville . . . Skelton was booked 52 weeks out of the year and has never stopped working since ... In 1937 Rudy Va I lee introduced him IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAIL THIS SOUVENIR CARD, ADDRESS BACK COVER ?╟≤ ?╟≤ SANDS WILL MAIL!