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I agree.for years, asked Entratter to be his personal advisor and manager* Entratter now bandies all of Red's business, guides Skelton's career which nets Red more than three million dollars a year * but Jack refuses to take the usual personal manager's percentage?╟≤ He feels Red Is his friend, he plays for him at the Sands eight record-breaking weeks a year - that's the relationship which percentages and money cannot chip Into. As a result, when Entratter suddenly found himself without a show one night when his current star became sick 3 hours before showtime It was Red Skelton who flew up from a heavy TV-maklng schedule in time to do the evening's performance. The Associated Press found out about It, talked to Red, asked him "Why??╟Ñ - and the next day headlined their story, "MILLION-DOLLAR HOTEL GETS FREE BENEFIT PERFORMANCE." At the end of the 700 word story, when the AP reported, John Flynn, asked Skelton why he did the "benefit," flfebtten replied simply* "Jack is ray friend." This relationship with the stars prompted Entratter to make Sinatra a partner In the Sands 10 years ago. The same foresight by Entratter was used when Dean Martin split with Jerry Lewis - the Industry and the "smart-money" boys believed both would fell on their acts. Jack signed each of the two stars to long-term contracts at the Sands, even made Dean a partner in the Sands.