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Red Skelton
|Red Skelton
Skelton in 1960
|Birth name
|Richard Bernard Skelton
July 18, 1913
Vincennes, Indiana, United States
September 17, 1997
(aged 84)
Rancho Mirage, California, United States
|Years active
Valentina (1947-)[1]
Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton (July 18, 1913 – September 17, 1997) was an American entertainer. He was best known for his national radio and television acts between 1937 and 1971, and as host of the television program The Red Skelton Show. Skelton, who has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in radio and television, also appeared in vaudeville, films, nightclubs, and casinos, all while he pursued an entirely separate career as an artist.
Skelton began developing his comedic and pantomime skills from the age of 10, when he became part of a traveling medicine show. He then spent time on a showboat, worked the burlesque circuit, then entered into vaudeville in 1934. The Doughnut Dunkers, a pantomime sketch of how different people ate doughnuts written by Skelton and his wife launched a career for him in vaudeville, in radio and in films. Skelton's radio career began in 1937 with a guest appearance on The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour which led to his becoming the host of Avalon Time in 1938. He became the host of The Raleigh Cigarette Program in 1941 where many of his comedy characters were created and had a regularly scheduled radio program until 1957. Skelton made his film debut in 1938 alongside Ginger Rogers and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. in Alfred Santell's Having Wonderful Time, and he went on to appear in numerous musical and comedy films throughout the 1940s and early 1950s, with starring roles in Ship Ahoy (1941), I Dood It (1943), Ziegfeld Follies (1946) and The Clown (1953).
He was most eager to work in television, even when the medium was in its infancy. The Red Skelton Show made its television premiere on September 30, 1951, on NBC. By 1954, Skelton's program moved to CBS, where it was expanded to one hour and renamed The Red Skelton Hour in 1962. Despite high ratings, his television show was cancelled by CBS in 1970 as the network believed more youth-oriented programs were needed to attract younger viewers and their spending power. Skelton moved his program to NBC, where he completed his last year with a regularly scheduled television show in 1971. After he no longer had a television program, Skelton's time was spent making up to 125 personal appearances a year and on his artwork.
Skelton's artwork of clowns remained a hobby until 1964 when his wife, Georgia, convinced him to have a showing of his work at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas while he was performing there. Sales of his originals were successful and Skelton also sold prints and lithographs of them, earning $2.5 million yearly on lithograph sales. At the time of his death, his art dealer believed that Skelton had earned more money through his paintings than from his television work.
Skelton believed his life's work was to make people laugh; he wanted to be known as a clown because he defined it as being able to do everything. He had a 70-year career as a performer and entertained three generations of Americans during this time. Many of Skelton's personal and professional effects, including prints of his artwork, were donated to Vincennes University by his widow, where they are part of the Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy.
Biography 1
- Early years, the medicine show and the circus (1913–29) 1.1
Burlesque to vaudeville (1929–37) 1.2
- "Doughnut Dunkers" 1.2.1
- Film work 1.3
Radio, divorce and remarriage (1937–51) 1.4
- "I dood it!" 1.4.1
- Divorce from Edna, marriage to Georgia 1.4.2
- A cast of characters 1.4.3
Television (1951–70) 1.5
- Richard's illness and death 1.5.1
- The Red Skelton Hour 1.5.2
- Off the air and bitterness (1970–83) 1.6
- Skelton onstage 1.7
- Later years and death 1.8
Art and other interests 2
- Artwork 2.1
- Other interests 2.2
- Fraternity and honors 3
- Awards and recognition 4
- Legacy and tributes 5
Filmography 6
- Features 6.1
- Short subjects 6.2
- Box office ranking 6.3
- Published works 7
- Sources cited 8
- Notes 9
- References 10
- External links 11
Early years, the medicine show and the circus (1913–29)
Born on July 18, 1913, in Vincennes, Indiana, Richard Skelton was the fourth and youngest son of Ida Mae (née Fields) and Joseph Elmer Skelton. Joseph, a grocer, died two months before Richard was born; he had once been a clown with the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus.[4][5] During Skelton's lifetime there was some dispute about the year of his birth. Author Wesley Hyatt suggests that since he began working at such an early age, Skelton may have claimed he was older than he actually was in order to gain employment.[6][1][2] Vincennes neighbors described the Skelton family as being extremely poor; a childhood friend remembered that her parents broke up a youthful romance between her sister and Skelton because they thought he had no future.[9]
Because of the loss of his father, Skelton went to work as early as the age of seven, selling newspapers and doing other odd jobs to help his family, who had lost the family store and their home.[9][10] He quickly learned the newsboy's patter and would keep it up until a prospective buyer bought a copy of the paper just to quiet him.[4] According to later accounts, Skelton's early interest in becoming an entertainer stemmed from an incident that took place in Vincennes around 1923, when a stranger, supposedly the comedian Ed Wynn, approached Skelton, who was the newsboy selling papers outside a Vincennes theater. When the man asked Skelton what events were going on in town, Skelton suggested he see the new show in town. The man purchased every paper Skelton had, providing enough money for the boy to purchase a ticket for himself. The stranger turned out to be one of the show's stars, who later took the boy backstage to introduce him to the other performers. The experience prompted Skelton, who had already shown comedic tendencies, to pursue a career as a performer.[11][5][9][3]
Skelton discovered at an early age that he could make people laugh. Skelton dropped out of school around 1926 or 1927, when he was 13 or 14 years old, but he already had some experience performing in minstrel shows in Vincennes, and on a showboat, "The Cotton Blossom", that plied the Ohio and Missouri rivers.[4][13] He enjoyed his work on the riverboat, moving on only after he realized that showboat entertainment was coming to an end.[7] Skelton, who was interested in all forms of acting, took a dramatic role with the John Lawrence stock theater company, but was unable to deliver his lines in a serious manner; the audience laughed instead. In another incident, while performing in Uncle Tom's Cabin, Skelton was on an unseen treadmill; when it malfunctioned and began working in reverse, the frightened young actor called out, "Help! I'm backing into heaven!" He was fired before completing a week's work in the role.[4][7][14] At the age of 15, Skelton did some early work on the burlesque circuit,[15] and reportedly spent four months with the Heganbeck-Wallace Circus in 1929, when he was 16 years old.[16]
Ida Skelton, who held multiple jobs to support her family after the death of her husband, did not suggest said that her youngest son had run away from home to become an entertainer, but "his destiny had caught up with him at an early age". She let him go with her blessing. Times were tough during the Great Depression, an it may have meant one less child for her to feed.[5][17] Around 1929, while Skelton was still a teen, he joined "Doc" R.E. Lewis's traveling medicine show as an errand boy who sold bottles of medicine to the audience. During one show, when Skelton accidentally fell from the stage, breaking several bottles of medicine as he fell, people laughed. Both Lewis and Skelton realized one could earn a living with this ability and the fall was worked into the show. He also told jokes and sang in the medicine show during his four years there.[18] Skelton earned ten dollars a week, and sent all of it home to his mother. When she worried that he was keeping nothing for his own needs, Skelton reassured her: "We get plenty to eat, and we sleep in the wagon."[19]
Burlesque to vaudeville (1929–37)
As burlesque comedy material became progressively more ribald, Skelton moved on. He insisted that he was no prude; "I just didn't think the lines were funny". He became a sought-after master of ceremonies for dance marathons (known as "walkathons" at the time), a popular fad in the 1930s.[7][20] The winner of one of the marathons was Edna Stillwell, an usher at the old Pantages Theater.[21][22][4] She approached Skelton after winning the contest and told him that she did not like his jokes; he asked if she could do better.[26] They married in 1931 in Kansas City, and Edna began writing his material. At the time of their marriage Skelton was one month away from his 18th birthday; Edna was 16.[7][27] When they learned that Skelton's salary was to be cut, Edna went to see the boss; he resented the interference, until she came away with not only a raise, but additional considerations as well. Since he had left school at an early age, his wife bought textbooks and taught him what he had missed. With Edna's help, Skelton received a high school equivalency degree.[26][5]
The couple put together an act and began booking it at small midwestern theaters.[29] When an offer came for an engagement in Harwich Port, Massachusetts, some 2,000 miles from Kansas City, they were pleased to get it because of its proximity to their ultimate goal, the vaudeville houses of New York City. To get to Massachusetts they bought a used car and borrowed five dollars from Edna's mother, but by the time they arrived in St. Louis they had only fifty cents. Skelton asked Edna to collect empty cigarette packs; she thought he was joking, but did as he asked. He then spent their fifty cents on bars of soap, which they cut into small cubes and wrapped with the tinfoil from the cigarette packs. By selling their products for fifty cents each as fog remover for eyeglasses, the Skeltons were able to afford a hotel room every night as they worked their way to Harwich Port.[19]
"Doughnut Dunkers"
Skelton and Edna worked for a year in Camden, New Jersey, and were able to get an engagement at Montreal's Lido Club in 1934 through a friend who managed the chorus lines at New York's Roxy Theatre.[19] Despite an initial rocky start, the act was a success, and brought them more theater dates throughout Canada.[7][6]
Skelton's performances in Canada lead to new opportunities and the inspiration for a new, innovative routine that brought him recognition in the years to come. While performing in Montreal, the Skeltons met Harry Anger, a vaudeville producer for New York City's Loew's State Theatre. Anger promised the pair a booking as a headlining act at Loew's, but they would need to come up with new material the engagement. While the Skeltons were having breakfast in a Montreal diner, Edna had an idea for a new routine as she and Skelton observed the other patrons eating doughnuts and drinking coffee. They devised the "Doughnut Dunkers" routine, with Skelton's visual impressions of how different people ate doughnuts.[7] The skit won them the Loew's State engagement and a handsome fee.[29][32]
The couple viewed the Loew's State engagement in 1937 as Skelton's big chance. They hired New York comedy writers to prepare material for the engagement, believing they needed more sophisticated jokes and skits than the routines Skelton normally performed. However, his New York audience did not laugh or applaud until Skelton abandoned the newly written material and began performing the "Doughnut Dunkers" and his older routines.[7][8] The doughnut-dunking routine also helped Skelton rise to celebrity status. In 1937, while he was entertaining at the Capitol Theater in Washington, D.C., President Franklin D. Roosevelt invited Skelton to perform at a White House luncheon. During one of the official toasts, Skelton grabbed Roosevelt's glass, saying, "Careful what you drink, Mr. President. I got rolled in a place like this once." His humor appealed to FDR and Skelton became the master of ceremonies for Roosevelt's official birthday celebration for many years afterward.[33]
Film work
Skelton's first contact with Hollywood came in the form of a failed 1932 screen test. In 1938 he made his film debut for Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney.[33]
Skelton began appearing in numerous films for MGM. In 1940 he provided comic relief as a lieutenant in Frank Borzage's war drama Flight Command, opposite Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey and Walter Pidgeon.[38] In 1941 he also provided comic relief in Harold S. Bucquet's Dr. Kildare medical dramas, Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day and The People vs. Dr. Kildare. Skelton was soon starring in comedy features as inept radio detective "The Fox", the first of which was Whistling in the Dark (1941) in which he began working with director S. Sylvan Simon, who would become his favorite director.[39] He reprised the same role opposite Ann Rutherford in Simon's other pictures, including Whistling in Dixie (1942) and Whistling in Brooklyn (1943).[40][41][42] In 1941, Skelton began appearing in musical comedies, starring opposite Eleanor Powell, Ann Sothern and Robert Young in Norman Z. McLeod's Lady Be Good.[43] In 1942 Skelton again starred opposite Eleanor Powell in Edward Buzzell's Ship Ahoy, and alongside Ann Sothern in McLeod's Panama Hattie.[44]
In 1943, after a memorable role as a nightclub hatcheck attendant who becomes King Bathing Beauty, playing a songwriter with romantic difficulties. He next had a relatively minor role as a "TV announcer who, in the course of demonstrating a brand of gin, progresses from mild inebriation through messy drunkenness to full-blown stupor" in the "When Television Comes" segment of Ziegfeld Follies, which featured William Powell and Judy Garland in the main roles.[51] In 1946, Skelton played boastful clerk J. Aubrey Piper opposite Marilyn Maxwell and Marjorie Main in Harry Beaumont's comedy picture The Show-Off.[52]
Skelton's contract called for MGM's approval prior to his radio shows and other appearances.[54] When he renegotiated his long-term contract with MGM, he wanted a clause that permitted him to remain working in radio and to be able to work on television, which was then largely experimental. At the time, the major work in the medium was centered in New York; Skelton had worked there for some time and was able to determine that he would find success with his physical comedy through the medium.[38][9] By 1947, Skelton's work interests were focused not on films, but on radio and television. His MGM contract was rigid enough to require the studio's written consent for his weekly radio shows, as well as any benefit or similar appearances he made; radio offered less restrictions, more creative control and a higher salary.[54][56] Skelton asked for a release from MGM after learning he could not raise the $750,000 needed to buy out the remainder of his contract.[54] He also voiced frustration with the film scripts he was offered while on the set of The Fuller Brush Man, saying, "Movies are not my field. Radio and television are."[57][10] He did not receive the desired television clause nor a release from his MGM contract.[60] In 1948, columnist Sheilah Graham printed that Skelton's wishes were to make only one film a year, spending the rest of the time traveling the U.S. with his radio show.[39]
Skelton's ability to successfully ad-lib often meant that the way the script was written was not always the way it was recorded on film. Some directors were delighted with the creativity, but others were often frustrated by it.[11] S. Sylvan Simon, who became a close friend, allowed Skelton free rein when directing him.[62][63] MGM became annoyed with Simon during the filming of The Fuller Brush Man, as the studio contended that Skelton should have been playing romantic leads instead of performing slapstick. Simon and MGM parted company when he was not asked to direct retakes of Skelton's A Southern Yankee; Simon asked that his name be removed from the film's credits.[49][64]
Skelton was willing to negotiate with MGM to extend the agreement provided he would receive the right to pursue television. This time the studio was willing to grant it, making Skelton the only major MGM personality with the privilege. The 1950 negotiations allowed him to begin working in television beginning September 30, 1951.[65][66] During the last portion of his contract with the studio, Skelton was working in radio and on television in addition to films. He would go on to appear in films such as Jack Donohue's The Yellow Cab Man (1950),[67] Roy Rowland and Buster Keaton's Excuse My Dust (1951),[68] Charles Walters' Texas Carnival (1951),[69] Mervyn LeRoy's Lovely to Look At (1952),[38] Robert Z. Leonard's The Clown (1953) and The Great Diamond Robbery (1954),[70] and Norman Z. McLeod's poorly received Public Pigeon No. 1 (1957),[71] his last major film role, which originated incidentally from an episode of the television anthology series Climax!.[72] In a 1956 interview, he said he would never work simultaneously in all three media again.[73] As a result, Skelton would make only a couple of minor appearances in films after this, including playing a saloon drunk in Around the World in Eighty Days (1956), a gambler in Ocean's 11 (1960), and a Neanderthal man in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965).[74]
Radio, divorce and remarriage (1937–51)
Performing the "Doughnut Dunkers" routine led to Skelton's first appearance on Rudy Vallée's The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour on August 12, 1937. Vallée's program had a talent show segment and those who were searching for stardom were eager to be heard on it. Vallée also booked veteran comic and fellow Indiana native Joe Cook to appear as a guest with Skelton. The two Hoosiers proceeded to trade jokes about their home towns, with Skelton contending to Cook, an Evansville native, that the city was a suburb of Vincennes. The show received enough fan mail after the performance to invite both comedians back two weeks after Skelton's initial appearance and again in November of that year.[75]
On October 1, 1938, Skelton replaced Red Foley as the host of Avalon Time on NBC; Edna also joined the show's cast, under her maiden name.[76][12] She developed a system for working with the show's writers: selecting material from them, adding her own and filing the unused bits and lines for future use; the Skeltons worked on Avalon Time until late 1939.[78][79] Skelton's work in films led to a new regular radio show offer; between films, he promoted himself and MGM by appearing without charge at Los Angeles area banquets. A radio advertising agent was a guest at one of his banquet performances and recommended Skelton to one of his clients.[37]
Skelton went on the air with his own radio show, The Raleigh Cigarette Program, on October 7, 1941. The bandleader for the show was Ozzie Nelson; his wife, Harriet, who worked under her maiden name of Hilliard, was the show's vocalist and also worked with Skelton in skits.[80]
"I dood it!"
Skelton introduced the first two of his many characters during The Raleigh Cigarette Program's first season. The character of Clem Kadiddlehopper was based on a Vincennes neighbor named Carl Hopper, who was hard of hearing.[13] Skelton's voice pattern for Clem was similar to the later cartoon character, Bullwinkle; there was enough similarity to cause Skelton to contemplate filing a lawsuit against Bill Scott, who voiced the cartoon moose.[82] The second character, The Mean Widdle Kid, or "Junior", was a young boy full of mischief, who typically did things he was told not to do. "Junior" would say things like, "If I dood it, I gets a whipping.", followed moments later by the statement, "I dood it!"[82] Skelton performed the character at home with Edna, giving him the nickname "Junior" long before it was heard by a radio audience.[83] While the phrase was Skelton's, the idea of using the character on the radio show was Edna's.[84] Skelton starred in a 1943 movie of the same name, but did not play "Junior" in the film.[85]
The phrase was such a part of national culture at the time that, when General Doolittle conducted the bombing of Tokyo in 1942, many newspapers used the phrase "Doolittle Dood It" as a headline.[37][86][87] After a talk with President Roosevelt in 1943, Skelton used his radio show to collect funds for a Douglas A-20 Havoc to be given to the Soviet Army to help fight World War II. Asking children to send in their spare change, he raised enough money for the aircraft in two weeks; he named the bomber "We Dood It!"[88] In 1986 the Soviet newspaper Pravda offered praise to Skelton for his 1943 gift, and in 1993, the pilot of the plane was able to meet Skelton and thank him for the bomber.[89][90][14]
Skelton also added a routine he had been performing since 1928. Originally called "Mellow Cigars", the skit entailed an announcer who became ill as he smoked his sponsor's product. Brown and Williamson, the makers of cigarettes, asked Skelton to change some aspects of the skit; he renamed the routine "Guzzler's Gin", where the announcer became inebriated while sampling and touting the imaginary sponsor's wares.[91] While the traditional radio program called for its cast to do an audience warm-up in preparation for the broadcast, Skelton did just the opposite. After the regular radio program had ended, the show's guests were treated to a post-program performance. He would then perform his "Guzzler's Gin" or any of more than 350 routines for those who had come to the radio show. He updated and revised his post-show routines as diligently as those for his radio program. As a result, studio audience tickets for Skelton's radio show were in high demand; there were times where up to 300 people needed to be turned away for lack of seats.[33][92]
Divorce from Edna, marriage to Georgia
In 1942, Edna announced that she was leaving Skelton but would continue to manage his career and write material for him. He did not realize she was serious until Edna issued a statement about the impending divorce through NBC.[93] They were divorced in 1943, leaving the courtroom arm in arm.[94][95] The couple did not discuss the reasons for their divorce and Edna initially prepared to work as a script writer for other radio programs. When the divorce was finalized, she went to New York, leaving her former husband three fully prepared show scripts. Skelton and those associated with him sent telegrams and called her, asking her to come back to him in a professional capacity.[96][97][15] Edna remained the manager of the couple's funds because Skelton spent money too easily. An attempt at managing his own checking account that began with a $5,000 balance, ended five days later after a call to Edna saying the account was overdrawn. Skelton had a weekly allowance of $75, with Edna making investments for him, choosing real estate and other relatively stable assets.[33] She remained an advisor on his career until 1952, receiving a generous weekly salary for life for her efforts.[99]
The divorce meant that Skelton had lost his married man's deferment; he was once again classified as 1-A for service. He was drafted into the army in early 1944; both MGM and his radio sponsor tried to obtain a deferment for the comedian, but to no avail.[100] His last Raleigh radio show was on June 6, 1944, the day before he was formally inducted as a private; he was not assigned to the entertainment corps at that time. Without its star, the program was discontinued, and the opportunity presented itself for the Nelsons to begin a radio show of their own, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.[40][101]
By 1944, Skelton was engaged to actress Muriel Morris, who was also known as Muriel Chase; the couple had obtained a marriage license and told the press they intended to marry within a few days. At the last minute, the actress decided not to marry him, initially saying she intended to marry a wealthy businessman in Mexico City. She later recanted the story about marrying the businessman, but continued to say that her relationship with Skelton was over. The actress further denied that the reason for the breakup was Edna's continuing to manage her ex-husband's career; Edna stated that she had no intention of either getting in the middle of the relationship or reconciling with her former husband.[102][103] He was on army Beverly Hills, California, on March 9, 1945; the couple met on the MGM lot.[94][104][16] Skelton traveled to Los Angeles from the eastern army base where he was assigned for the wedding. He knew he would possibly be assigned overseas soon and wanted the marriage to take place first.[106] After the wedding, he entered the hospital to have his tonsils removed.[107][108] The couple had two children; Valentina, a daughter, was born May 5, 1947, and a son, Richard, was born May 20, 1948.[1][109]
A cast of characters
Skelton served in the United States Army during World War II. After being assigned to the entertainment corps, Skelton performed as many as ten to twelve shows per day before troops in both the United States and in Europe. The pressure of his workload caused him to suffer exhaustion and a nervous breakdown.[4][40] His nervous collapse while in the army left him with a serious stuttering problem. While recovering at an army hospital in Virginia, he met a soldier who had been severely wounded and was not expected to survive. Skelton devoted a lot of time and effort to trying to make the man laugh. As a result of this effort, his stuttering problem was cured; his army friend's condition also improved and he was no longer on the critical list.[111] He was released from his army duties in September 1945.[40][112] His sponsor was eager to have him back on the air, and Skelton's program began anew on NBC on December 4, 1945.[101][113]
Upon returning to radio, Skelton brought with him many new characters that were added to his repertoire: Bolivar Shagnasty, described as a "loudmouthed braggart"; Cauliflower McPugg, a boxer; Deadeye, a cowboy; Willie Lump-Lump, a fellow who drank too much; and San Fernando Red, a conman with political aspirations.[114] By 1947, Skelton's musical conductor was David Rose, who would go on to television with him; he had worked with Rose during his time in the army and wanted Rose to join him on the radio show when it went back on the air.[115]
On April 22, 1947, Skelton was [117][118]
Skelton changed sponsors in 1948; Brown & Williamson, owners of Raleigh cigarettes, withdrew due to program production costs. His new sponsor was Procter & Gamble's Tide laundry detergent. The next year he changed networks, going from NBC to CBS, where his radio show aired until May 1953.[119][120] After his network radio contract was over, he signed a three-year contract with Ziv Radio for a syndicated radio program in 1954.[121] His syndicated radio program was offered as a daily show; it included segments of his older network radio programs as well as new material done for the syndication. He was able to use portions of his older radio shows because he owned the rights for rebroadcasting them.[73][122]
Television (1951–70)
Skelton was unable to work in television until the end of his 1951 MGM movie contract; a renegotiation to extend the pact provided permission after that point.[60][65] He signed a contract for television on NBC with Procter and Gamble as his sponsor on May 4, 1951, and said he would be performing the same characters on television as he had been doing on radio.[123][124] The MGM agreement with Skelton for television performances did not allow him to go on the air before September 30, 1951.[125] His television debut,
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Sources cited
Published works
For a number of years US exhibitors voted Skelton among the most popular stars in the country:
Box office ranking
- The Broadway Buckaroo (1939)[303]
- Seeing Red (1939)
- Radio Bugs (1944, voice)
- Weekend in Hollywood (1947)
- The Luckiest Guy in the World (1947, voice)
- Some of the Best (1949)
Short subjects
- Having Wonderful Time (1938)[303]
- Flight Command (1940)
- The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941)
- Whistling in the Dark (1941)
- Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941)
- Lady Be Good (1941)
- Ship Ahoy (1942)
- Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
- Panama Hattie (1942)
- Whistling in Dixie (1942)
- DuBarry Was a Lady (1943)
- Thousands Cheer (1943)
- I Dood It (1943)
- Whistling in Brooklyn (1943)
- Bathing Beauty (1944)
- Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
- The Show-Off (1946)
- Merton of the Movies (1947)
- The Fuller Brush Man (1948)
- A Southern Yankee (1948)
- Neptune's Daughter (1949)
- The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
- Three Little Words (1950)
- Duchess of Idaho (1950)
- The Fuller Brush Girl (1950, cameo)
- Watch the Birdie (1950)
- Excuse My Dust (1951)
- Texas Carnival (1951)
- Lovely to Look At (1952)
- The Clown (1953)
- Half a Hero (1953)
- The Great Diamond Robbery (1954)
- Susan Slept Here (1954, cameo)
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956, cameo)
- Public Pigeon No. 1 (1957)
- Ocean's 11 (1960, cameo)
- Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965)
The town of Vincennes has held an annual Red Skelton Festival since 2005. A "Parade of a Thousand Clowns", billed as the largest clown parade in the Midwest, is followed by family-oriented activities and live music performances.[301][302]
The Red Skelton Performing Arts Center was dedicated in February 2006 on the campus of Vincennes University, one block from the home in Vincennes where Skelton was born.[290][291] The building includes an 850-seat theater, classrooms, rehearsal rooms, and dressing rooms. Its grand foyer is a gallery for Skelton's paintings, statues, and film posters.[292] The theater hosts theatrical and musical productions by Vincennes University, as well as special events, convocations and conventions.[290] The adjacent Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy opened on July 18, 2013, on what would have been Skelton's 100th birthday.[293][294] It houses his personal and professional materials, which he had collected since the age of ten, in accordance with his wishes that they be made available in his hometown for the public's enjoyment. Skelton's widow, Lothian, noted that he expressed no interest in any sort of Hollywood memorial.[292][38] The museum is funded jointly by the Red Skelton Museum Foundation and the Indiana Historical Society.[296][297][298] Other Foundation projects include a fund that provides new clothes to Vincennes children from low-income families.[246] The Foundation also purchased Skelton's birthplace and continues to finance its restoration.[292][299] Restoration continues as well at the historic Vincennes Pantheon Theatre, where Skelton performed during his youth.[300]
Skelton and [289] CBS issued the following statement upon his death: "Red's audience had no age limits. He was the consummate family entertainer—a winsome clown, a storyteller without peer, a superb mime, a singer and a dancer."[250]
In Groucho and Me, Groucho Marx called Skelton "the most unacclaimed clown in show business", and "the logical successor to [Charlie] Chaplin", largely because of his ability to play a multitude of characters with minimal use of dialogue and props. "With one prop, a soft battered hat", Groucho wrote, describing a performance he had witnessed, "he successfully converted himself into an idiot boy, a peevish old lady, a teetering-tottering drunk, an overstuffed clubwoman, a tramp, and any other character that seemed to suit his fancy. No grotesque make-up, no funny clothes, just Red." He added that Skelton also "plays a dramatic scene about as effectively as any of the dramatic actors."[203][286] In late 1965 ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, reminiscing about the entertainment business, singled out Skelton for high praise. "It's all so very different today. The whole business of comedy has changed — from 15 minutes of quality to quantity. We had a lot of very funny people around, from Charley Chase to Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy. The last one of that breed is Red Skelton." [287] Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures also praised Skelton, saying, "He's a clown in the old tradition. He doesn't need punch lines. He's got heart."[205]
Skelton preferred to be described as a clown rather than a comic: "A comedian goes out and hits people right on. A clown uses pathos. He can be funny, then turn right around and reach people and touch them with what life is like."[207] "I just want to be known as a clown", he said, "because to me that's the height of my profession. It means you can do everything—sing, dance and above all, make people laugh."[4][285] His purpose in life, he believed, was to make people laugh.[180]
Legacy and tributes
Skelton received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild in 1987, and in 1988, he was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Television Hall of Fame.[278][279][280] He was one of the International Clown Hall of Fame's first inductees in 1989.[281][282][283] Skelton and Katharine Hepburn were honored with lifetime achievement awards by the American Comedy Awards in the same year.[284] He was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 1994.[119] Skelton also has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his radio and television work.[285]
Skelton's first major post-television recognition came in 1978, when the Golden Globe Awards named him as the recipient for their Cecil B. DeMille Award, which is given to honor outstanding contributions in entertainment. His excitement was so great upon receiving the award and a standing ovation, that he clutched it tightly enough to break the statuette.[276] When he was presented with the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Governor's Award in 1986, Skelton received a standing ovation. "I want to thank you for sitting down", he said when the ovation subsided. "I thought you were pulling a CBS and walking out on me."[4][277] The honor came 16 years after his television program left the airwaves.[205]
In 1952, Skelton received Emmy Awards for Best Comedy Program and Best Comedian.[272][273] He also received an Emmy nomination in 1957 for his non-comedic performance in Playhouse 90's presentation of "The Big Slide".[274] Skelton and his writers won another Emmy in 1961 for Outstanding Writing Achievement In Comedy.[272][273] He was named an honorary faculty member of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College in 1968 and 1969.[275]
Awards and recognition
The Red Skelton Memorial Bridge spans the Wabash River and provides the highway link between Illinois and Indiana on U.S. Route 50, near Skelton's home town of Vincennes. He attended the dedication ceremonies in 1963.[271]
Skelton was made an honorary brother of Phi Sigma Kappa at Truman State University.[266] In 1961 he became an honorary brother of the Phi Alpha Tau Fraternity of Emerson College when he was awarded the Joseph E. Connor Award for excellence in the field of communications. He also received an honorary degree from the college at the same ceremony.[267] Skelton received an honorary high school diploma from Vincennes High School.[268] He was also an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity; Skelton had composed many marches which were used by more than 10,000 high school and college bands.[28][269] In 1986, Skelton received an honorary degree from Ball State University.[270]
Skelton was a Freemason, a member of Vincennes Lodge No. 1, in Indiana. He also was a member of both the Scottish and York Rite.[262] He was a recipient of the Gold Medal of the General Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, for Distinguished Service in the Arts and Sciences. On September 24, 1969, he received the honorary 33rd degree in the Scottish Rite and was a Gourgas Medal recipient in 1995.[262][263] Skelton became interested in Masonry as a small boy selling newspapers in Vincennes, when a man bought a paper from him with a five dollar bill and told him to keep the change. The young Skelton asked his benefactor why he had given him so much money; the man explained that he was a Mason and Masons are taught to give. Skelton decided to become one also when he was grown.[264] He was also member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,[265] as well as a Shriner in Los Angeles.[262]
Fraternity and honors
Skelton was a prolific writer of both short stories and music. After sleeping only four or five hours a night, he would wake up at 5 AM and begin writing stories, composing music, and painting pictures. He wrote at least one short story a week and had composed over 8,000 songs and symphonies by the time of his death.[258] He wrote commercials for Skoal tobacco and sold many of his compositions to Muzak, a company that specialized in providing background music to stores and other businesses.[8] Skelton was also interested in photography; when attending Hollywood parties, he would take photos and give the film to newspaper reporters waiting outside.[259] He was never without a miniature camera and kept a photographic record of all his paintings.[183] Skelton was also an avid gardener who created his own Japanese and Italian gardens and cultivated bonsai trees at his home in Palm Springs, California.[260][261]
Other interests
In addition to his originals, Skelton also sold reproductions and prints through his own mail order business.[192] He made his work available to art galleries by selling them franchises to display and sell his paintings.[31] He once estimated the sale of his lithographs earned him $2.5 million per year.[4][36] Shortly after his death, his art dealer said he believed that Skelton made more money on his paintings than from his television work.[255] At the time of his death, Skelton had produced over 1,000 oil paintings of clowns. When asked why his artwork focused on clowns, he said at first, "I don't know why it's always clowns." He continued after thinking a moment by saying. "No, that's not true—I do know why. I just don't feel like thinking about it ..."[7][37] At the time of Skelton's death, his originals were priced at $80,000 and upward.[257]
[183] Skelton believed painting was an asset to his comedy work, as it helped him to better visualize the imaginary props used in his pantomime routines.[254][253] Skelton began producing artwork in 1943, but kept his works private for many years. He said he was inspired to try his hand at painting after visiting a large Chicago
Art and other interests
[213][4] Skelton was survived by his widow, Lothian Toland Skelton; his daughter, Valentina Marie Skelton Alonso; and granddaughter Sabrina Maureen Alonso.[252][251][237] Skelton died on September 17, 1997, at the
In 1981, Skelton made several specials for HBO including Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner (1981) and the Funny Faces series of specials.[244][245][246] He gave a Royal Command Performance for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in 1984, which was later shown in the U.S. on HBO.[247][248] A portion of one of his last interviews, conducted by Steven F. Zambo, was broadcast as part of the 2005 PBS special The Pioneers of Primetime.[249]
In 1974, Skelton's interest in film work was rekindled with the news that Walter Matthau ultimately starred in the film.[241][242][35]
Later years and death
Though Skelton had always done live engagements at Nevada hotels and appearances such as state fairs during his television show's hiatus, he focused his time and energy on live performances after he was no longer on the air, performing up to 125 dates a year.[230] He often arrived days early for his engagement and would serve as his own promotion staff, making the rounds of the local shopping malls.[205] Before the show, his audiences received a ballot listing about 100 of his many routines and were asked to tick off their favorites. The venue's ushers would collect the ballots and tally the votes. Skelton's performance on that given day was based on the skits his audience selected.[14] After he learned that his performances were popular with the hearing-impaired because of his heavy use of pantomimes, Skelton hired a sign-language interpreter to translate the non-pantomime portions of his act for all his shows.[236] He continued performing live until 1993, when he celebrated his 80th birthday.[237]
[235] He received both an enthusiastic reception and an invitation to return for the Palladium's Christmas show of that year.[234][233], France.Lyon. As he did so, he told Skelton, "You take care of your department, Red, and I'll take care of mine." Skelton diverted the attention of the passengers with pantomimes while Father Carney prayed. They ultimately landed at a small airstrip in last rites. The priest readied himself to administer Mont Blanc meaning that the plane would crash over [232] Skelton was invited to play a four week date at the
Skelton's 70-year career as an entertainer began as a stage performer. He retained a fondness for theaters, and referred to them as "palaces"; he also likened them to his "living room", where he would privately entertain guests.[228][229] At the end of a performance, he would look at the empty stage where there was now no laughter or applause and tell himself, "Tomorrow I must start again. One hour ago, I was a big man. I was important out there. Now it's empty. It's all gone."[230]
Skelton onstage
Skelton made plans in 1977 to sell the rights to his old television programs as part of a package which would bring him back to regular television appearances. The package called for him to produce one new television show for every three older episodes; this appears to not have materialized.[208] In 1980, he was taken to court by 13 of his former writers over a story that his will called for the destruction of recordings of all his old television shows upon his death.[8][225][33] Skelton contended his remarks were made at a time when he was very unhappy with the television industry and were taken out of context. He said at the time, "Would you burn the only monument you've built in over 20 years?"[203][226] As the owner of the television shows, Skelton initially refused to allow them to be syndicated as reruns during his lifetime.[31][203][34] In 1983, Group W announced that it had come to terms with him for the rights to rebroadcast some of his original television programs from 1966 through 1970; some of his earlier shows were made available after Skelton's death.[157][227]
[216] He put all professional activities on hold for some months as he mourned his former wife's death.[224][223] There were personal as well as professional changes taking place in Skelton's life at this time. He divorced Georgia in 1971 and married Lothian Toland, daughter of
As the 1970s began, the networks began a major campaign to discontinue long-running shows that they considered stale or lacking youth appeal. Despite Skelton's continued strong ratings, CBS saw his show as fitting into this category and cancelled the program along with other comedy and variety shows hosted by veterans such as Jackie Gleason and Ed Sullivan.[203][204][27] Performing in Las Vegas when he got the news of his CBS cancellation, Skelton said, "My heart has been broken."[4] His program had been one of the top ten highest rated shows for 17 of the 20 years he was on television.[205] Skelton moved to NBC in 1970 in a half-hour Monday night version of his former show.[60] Its cancellation after one season ended his television career, and he returned to live performances.[206] In an effort to prove the networks wrong, he gave many of these at colleges and proved popular with the audience.[4][91] Skelton was bitter about CBS's cancellation for many years afterwards.[203] Believing the demographic and salary issues to be irrelevant, he accused CBS of bowing to the anti-establishment, anti-war faction at the height of the Vietnam War, saying his conservative political and social views caused the network to turn against him.[10][28] He had invited prominent Republicans, including Vice President Spiro Agnew and Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen, to appear on his program.[29][30]
Off the air and bitterness (1970–83)
In 1969, Skelton performed a self-written monologue about the Pledge of Allegiance. In the speech, he commented on the meaning of each phrase of the pledge. He credited one of his Vincennes grammar school teachers, Mr. Laswell, with the original speech.[198][26] The teacher had grown tired of hearing his students monotonously recite the pledge each morning; he then demonstrated to them how it should be recited, along with comments about the meaning behind each phrase.[10][200] CBS received 200,000 requests for copies; the company subsequently released the monologue as a single on Columbia Records.[201] A year later, he performed the monologue for President Richard Nixon at the first "Evening at the White House", a series of entertainment events honoring the recently inaugurated president.[202]
Skelton's season premiere for the 1960–61 television season was a tribute to the United Nations. Six hundred people from the organization, including diplomats, were invited to be part of the audience for the show. The program was entirely done in pantomime, as UN representatives from 39 nations were in the studio audience.[194] One of the sketches he performed for the UN was that of the old man watching the parade. The sketch had its origins in a question Skelton's son, Richard, asked his father about what happens when people die. He told his son, "They join a parade and start marching."[180][195] In 1965, Skelton did another show in complete pantomime. This time he was joined by Marcel Marceau; the two artists alternated performances for the hour-long program, sharing the stage to perform Pinocchio. The only person who spoke during the hour was Maurice Chevalier, who served as the show's narrator.[196][197]
Skelton frequently employed the art of pantomime for his characters: a segment of his weekly program was called the "Silent Spot" and the sketch was performed in pantomime.[191] He attributed his use of pantomime and few props to his early days when he did not want to have a lot of luggage, so he crafted routines that used few of them.[192] He explained that the right hat was the key to his being able to get into character.[139][193]
In early 1960, Skelton purchased the old Charlie Chaplin Studios and updated it for videotape recording.[184][185] With a recently purchased three-truck mobile color television unit, he recorded a number of his series episodes and specials in color. Even with his color facilities, CBS discontinued color broadcasts on a regular basis and Skelton shortly thereafter sold the studio to CBS and the mobile unit to local station, KTLA.[186][25] Prior to this, he had been filming at Desilu Productions.[188] Skelton then moved back to the network's Television City facilities, where he resumed taping his programs until he left the network. In the fall of 1962, CBS expanded his program to a full hour, retitling it The Red Skelton Hour.[189] While a staple of his radio programs, he did not perform his "Junior" character on television until 1962, after extending the length of his program.[190]
The Red Skelton Hour
Richard died on May 10, 1958; it was ten days before the child's tenth birthday.[175] Skelton was scheduled to do his weekly television show on the day his son was buried. Though there were recordings of some older programs available which the network could have run, he asked that guest performers be used instead.[176] Calling themselves The Friends of Red Skelton, his friends in the television, film and music industries organized The Friends Of Red Skelton Variety Show, which they performed to replace The Red Skelton Show for that week; by May 27, 1958, Skelton had returned to his program.[177][178][179] The death of Richard profoundly affected the family; by 1961 Richard's model trains had been moved to a storeroom in the Bel Air mansion, but Skelton refused to have them dismantled.[180] In 1962, the Skelton family moved to Palm Springs, and Skelton used the Bel Air home only on the two days a week when he was in Los Angeles for his television show taping.[181][182][183]
The Skelton family received support from CBS management and from the public following the announcement of Richard's illness.[162] Skelton himself was beset by a serious illness and by a household accident which kept him off the air.[169] He suffered a life-threatening asthma attack on December 30, 1957, and was taken to St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, where his doctors said that "if there were ten steps to death, Red Skelton had taken nine of them by the time he had arrived".[24] Initially hospitalized for an indeterminate length of time, Skelton later said he was working on some notes for television and the next thing he remembered, he was in a hospital bed; he did not know how serious his illness was until he read about it himself in the newspapers.[171][172] His illness and recovery kept him off the air for a full month; Skelton returned to his television show on January 28, 1958.[173][174]
At the height of Skelton's popularity, his nine-year-old son Richard was diagnosed with leukemia and was given a year to live.[160][161] While the network told him to take as much time off as necessary, Skelton felt that until he went back to his television show, he would be unable to be at ease and make his son's life a happy one.[162] He returned to his television show on January 15, 1957, with guest star Mickey Rooney helping to lift his spirits.[163] In happier times, he frequently mentioned his children on his program, but found it extremely difficult to do so after Richard became ill. Skelton resumed this practice only after his son had asked him to do so.[164][165] After his son's diagnosis, Skelton took his family on an extended trip, so Richard could see as much of the world as possible. When they arrived in London, there were press accusations that the trip was more about publicity than his seriously ill son. There were also newspaper reports about Richard's illness being fatal, which were seen by the boy.[166] The family returned to the United States after the British press stories.[167][168]
Richard's illness and death
By 1955, Skelton was broadcasting some of his weekly programs in color, which was the case approximately 100 times between 1955 and 1960.[153] He tried to encourage CBS to do other shows in color at the facility, but CBS mostly avoided color broadcasting after the network's television set manufacturing division was discontinued in 1951.[154][22] By 1959, Skelton was the only comedian with a weekly variety television show; others who remained on the air, such as Danny Thomas, were performing their routines as part of situation comedy programs.[155][156] He performed a preview show for a studio audience on Mondays, using their reactions to determine which skits needed to be edited for the Tuesday program. For the Tuesday afternoon run-through prior to the actual show, he ignored the script for the most part, ad-libbing through it at will. The run-through was well attended by CBS Television City employees[131] Sometimes during sketches, both live telecasts and taped programs, Skelton would break up or cause his guest stars to laugh.[4][157][23]
[152].Pet Milk Company and Johnson's Wax He curtailed his drinking and his ratings at CBS began to improve, especially after he began appearing on Tuesday nights for co-sponsors [151][150].Geritol basis; his first CBS sponsor was sustaining For the initial move to CBS, he had no sponsor. The network gambled by covering all expenses for the program on a [149] Beginning with the 1953–54 season, he switched to CBS, where he remained until 1970.[148] Declining ratings prompted sponsor Procter & Gamble to cancel his show in the spring of 1953, with Skelton announcing that any future television shows of his would be variety shows, where he would not have the almost constant burden of performing.[147][146]. Procter & Gamble was unhappy with the filming of the television show, and insisted that Skelton return to live broadcasts. The situation caused him to think about leaving television at that point.Burbank Later the show was moved to the new NBC television studios in [145] in Hollywood.Santa Monica Boulevard, next to the Sam Goldwyn Studio, on Eagle Lion Studios NBC agreed to film his shows in the 1952–53 season at [21][142][141] Skelton was delivering an intense performance live each week, and the strain showed in physical illness. In 1952, he was drinking heavily from the constant pain of a
During the 1951–52 season, the program was broadcast from a converted NBC radio studio.[137] The first year of the television show was done live; this led to problems as there was not enough time for costume changes; Skelton was on camera for most of the half-hour, including the delivery of a commercial which was written into one of the show's skits.[138][139] In early 1952, Skelton had an idea for a television sketch about someone who had been drinking not being able to know which way is up. The script was completed and he had the show's production crew build a set that was perpendicular to the stage, so it would give the illusion that someone was walking on walls. The skit, starring his character Willie Lump-Lump, called for the character's wife to hire a carpenter to re-do the living room in an effort to teach her husband a lesson about his drinking. When Willie wakes up there after a night of drinking, he realizes he is not lying on the floor but on the living room wall. Willie's wife goes about the house normally, but to Willie, she appears to be walking on a wall. Within an hour after the broadcast, the NBC switchboard had received 350 calls regarding the show, and Skelton had received more than 2,500 letters about the skit within a week of its airing.[140]
[20][134][4] A ritual became established at the end of every program, with Skelton's shy boyish wave and words of, "Good night and may God bless."[133][132][16] His "Freddie the Freeloader" clown was introduced on the program in 1952, with Skelton copying his father's makeup for the character. He learned how to duplicate his father's makeup and perform his routines through his mother's recollections.[19]


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The country may have no nuclear reactors running by May 2012.
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Mortgage lender HDFC, which announces its June quarter results today, will be keenly watched by domestic investors
The domestic market is likely to open in the green on supportive global cues. Good economic data boosted the US markets overnight to close with gains between 0.74% and 1.36%. The optimism in the US encouraged its Asian peers to open mostly higher this morning. The European Central Bank's interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 1.5% was largely factored by the markets. The SGX Nifty was up by 16 points at 5,761.50 compared to its previous close of 5,745.50.
Positive moves across the bourses globally helped the domestic market to make significant gains on Thursday. The markets overlooked the 25 basis points interest rate hike by the Chinese central bank for the third time this year and the nervousness over the euro zone debt crisis after Moody's slashed its ratings for Portugal which sparked a sell-off in peripheral bonds.
Also yesterday, the European Central Bank raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point to 1.5%, but the Bank of England kept its key interest rate at a record low 0.5% as worries about the lacklustre recovery outweighed any concern about above-target inflation.
The Sensex and the Nifty opened higher at 18,777 and 5,633. The indices continued to rise for the whole day, up to the intra-day high of 19,098 and 5,737 in the closing session. The indices closed at nearly two-month highs. The Sensex rose 351 points to close at 19,078 and Nifty put on 104 points to close at 5,729.
The small decline over the past three of the four trading days had given a sense that a fall might begin. But yesterday's massive gain lifted the Nifty over the resistance of 5,690 which we mentioned in our Monday closing report. A higher high today will ensure the uptrend will continue and could see the Nifty hit 5,800.
Positive economic news helped Wall Street close higher on Thursday. A rise in private sector jobs, coupled with a fall in initial jobless claims, gave the impression that the slowdown in the economy was only temporary. Also, a rise in retail sales resulted in higher crude prices on speculations of higher demand.
Data from the Automatic Data Processing said the US economy added 157,000 private-sector jobs in June, more than analysts' expected. Separately, the Labor Department data showed jobless claims fell by 14,000 to 418,000 last week, more than economists' forecast for a fall to 420,000.
The Thomson Reuters Same-Store Sales Index climbed 6.5% in June, more than doubling from 3.1% in the same month last year and exceeding analyst's estimate for a 4.9%.
Retail sales reports indicated that shoppers took advantage of discounts that retailers implemented in June. A fall in gas prices and warmer temperatures also lured consumers. Target surged 6.7%, Kohl's jumped 7.1% Urban Outfitters climbed 6% and Limited Brands Inc advanced 2.7%.
Meanwhile, a team of US Treasury officials is exploring options to stave off default if Congress fails to raise the debt limit by 2nd August. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and other officials have said there are no contingency plans if lawmakers do not give the US government the authority to borrow more money.
The Dow gained 93.47 points (0.74%) to 12,719.49. The S&P added 14 points (1.05%) 1,353.22 and the Nasdaq rose 38.64 points (1.36%) to 2,872.66. The Nasdaq's 8.3% gain in the last eight sessions is the most for the index in two years.
Markets in Asia were trading mostly higher on improved economic data from the US. The Nikkei 225 hit a four-month high in intra-day trade, close to pre-quake levels. Shares in Hong Kong were supported by gains in materials and resources sectors.
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Back home, a panel of ministers on Thursday approved a new Bill calling for coal miners to share a maximum 26% of their profits with local communities. The mining ministry added the draft law, which now goes to Cabinet for approval, also calls for other miners to give to local communities an amount equivalent to royalties.
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One of our favourite tweets of the morning linked to this brief sound file from the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) saying: "It is probably something mundane, but [this] might be a signal from an exterrestrial intelligence". Further checking heavily favours the mundane, of course, as this post on Nasa's Astronomy Picture of the Day page confirms. But it does strike us that, should aliens ever really be detected, we probably will hear about them first from Twitter. (H/t Paul Saffo)


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California Tuna Parmesan
- Thaw fish, if frozen. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Finely shred 2 teaspoons peel from one lemon. Squeeze juice from lemon. For dressing, in a small bowl whisk together the lemon peel and juice, olive oil, pepper, and salt; set aside. Cut the remaining lemon into wedges; set aside.
- Snap off and discard woody bases from asparagus. Place asparagus in a single layer in a shallow baking pan. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons dressing. Bake, uncovered, for 8 minutes.
- Meanwhile, rinse fish; pat dry with paper towels. In a large skillet heat 1 tablespoon dressing over medium heat. Add tuna; cook for 8 to 12 minutes or until browned and center is slightly pink.
- Divide greens among serving plates; top with tuna and asparagus. Drizzle remaining dressing over all. Top with Parmesan cheese. Serve with lemon wedges.
Nutrition Facts (California Tuna Parmesan)
- Per serving:
- 377 kcal cal.,
- 26 g fat
- (5 g sat. fat,
- 4 g polyunsaturated fat,
- 16 g monounsatured fat),
- 48 mg chol.,
- 312 mg sodium,
- 9 g carb.,
- 4 g fiber,
- 2 g sugar,
- 31 g pro.
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HOUMA -- Incoming college freshmen who haven�t been able to get the meningitis vaccine from their doctors prior to the upcoming fall semester will not be barred from starting college, according to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals.
Recent legislation requires all first-time freshmen attending Louisiana colleges or universities to show proof of having received either the Menomune or Menactra meningococcal vaccine or provide a properly executed waiver at registration. Classes at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux and Fletcher Community College in Houma start Aug. 21.
A student�s registration will not be complete unless these documents are provided. The law applies to both public and private colleges and universities.
However, many freshmen haven�t had much success obtaining the vaccine, according to the state health department.
"People haven�t been able to get it," said Courtney Cassard, Nicholls State University director of enrollment services. "It�s in short supply."
Michelle Caruso, dean of Nicholls State University Student Services, said, "The supply issue is the biggest problem. We alone need more than 1,000 vaccines, and that�s not counting other state colleges."
The shortage, said Nicholls� Health Services Director Jan Thomas, is because only one company manufactures the vaccine and it�s in high demand now.
As an example, Nicholls Health Services administered 22 of the vaccines to students last year. Then came reported cases of meningitis at Loyola University in New Orleans and University of Louisiana at Lafayette and demand increased. Last semester alone, Thomas said, 109 vaccines were administered.
Students who can�t get the vaccine due to unavailability can check a box on the exemption form to indicate that they tried to obtain the meningitis vaccine and could not find it.
"Any student that checks the �Unavailability of the Vaccine� box can still begin the fall semester. This will allow colleges to have records of these students so that they can be contacted when more vaccine is available," said Dr. Fred Cerise, secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals, in a news release.
The waiver forms will be made available to students during registration, according to the release.
Marianne McCrory, coordinator of institutional development at Fletcher, said any student 18 or older who doesn�t want the shot doesn�t have to take it if they sign a waiver.
Fletcher will provide its students with information about the disease and with the waiver form, if they want it. Fletcher students who haven�t been able to get the shot because it�s in short supply can sign a form stating that�s the reason at Fletcher, just as their counterparts are doing at Nicholls.
Meningitis, which can be spread through viruses, bacteria and fungi, is an infection of the brain and spinal cord. The disease is not highly contagious, but can be spread by sharing food, drinks or cigarettes and intimate kissing. The disease can be fatal. Bacterial meningococcal meningitis is the most deadly form of the disease. Meningitis typically occurs in late winter, with December, January and February being the peak season for cases.
When Nicholls University Health Services does have the Menactra vaccine in stock, it costs $85 per person.
The new vaccine requirement is in addition to the current immunization requirement students must prove they�ve had. The list includes two doses of measles, mumps, and rubella and one tetanus/diphtheria vaccine within the last 10 years.
Nicholls State officials are advising incoming freshmen to try to get the meningitis shot from their doctors if they have health insurance. Those without health insurance should try to get the shot from a public health unit, Cassard said.
The vaccine is available at public-health units in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes, but only to those 18 years and under who meet at least one of the following three criteria:
Not covered by health insurance.
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Global Flying Hospitals and its founder Neill Newton came to my attention through my friend Peter Young, who introduced me to Neill. Neill's vision of providing temporary, high quality health care in remote areas as a stepping stone to permanent clinics and hospitals is right on the mark.
The poorest people in poor countries and regions in the world need access to health care. Global Flying Hospitals is a wonderful solution. I laud this vision and urge broad support to save the lives of women and children.


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FOX FE EXHIBITION .410 & 28 Gauge SET, AS NEW! FANTASTIC!
Guns International #: 100884527 Seller's Inventory #:
Category: Fox Shotguns - Shotguns - Multi Barrel Sets
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Seller: Vintage Firearms, Inc
Company: Vintage Firearms, Inc.
Member Since: 5/19/07
First Name: jay
Last Name: shachter
State: Michigan
Zip: 49546
Country: United States
Phone: (616) 292-6240
Phone2: (616) 954-0362
Fax: (616) 805-3668
Number of Active Listings: 92
Total Number of Listings: 1770
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
3 days
Payment Types Accepted: check, certified funds
General Specs: CSMC Fox, Year 2002/2003, .410 & 28 Gauge, .410=6lbs 1oz ; 28=5lbs 8oz, Side by Side
Serial Number: F205829
Tony Galazan has produced many masterpieces in his Connecticut Shotgun Manufacturing facility. His faithful reproduction of Ansley H. Fox's fine shotguns are no exception, and his "EXHIBITION" quality renditions far exceed anything old Ansley H. Fox ever contemplated. With over-the-top engraving and gold inlays, masterful wood carvings and checkering patterns, and state-of-the-art materials, Galazan has brought us TRUE ART IN WORKING PLATFORMS. Shown here is a 2 gauge custom set ordered in 2002 and delivered in 2003. The .410/28ga. set snF205829. The special features list is impressive; actions are engraved in Italy at the Casarini house by W. Patelli, a world renowned master engraver...even the water table and back side of the forend irons are engraved! The frame is finely sculpted with bolsters on the bottom, beaded fences, fancy back scalloped frame, rebated to retain head of stock, gold wire inlays throughout the action, deeply carved and shaded bank note style scroll, very detailed gold inlaid ducks, grouse, and woodcock, pierced top lever and trigger guard, 100% gorgeous case color..simply stunning in every way. Both sets of barrels have detailed birds and game scenes engraved at the breech, with a ring of engraving with scroll at the muzzles, fancy gold wire inlaid to accent it all. Study the photos on our and you will be amazed at the depth and quality of the engraving. The wood carvings follow the theme of the engraving, on beautiful European marbled walnut. These Fox guns are made to shoot, for those so inclined, as the range of chokes and gauges will cover woodcock in the thick, to the gentleman's bobwhite and dove, to the quail and partridge species of the West, any game you should choose to pursue, including some challenging clay targets. The small gauge barrels are all 28" long. The .410 bore gun is the heaviest at 6lbs. 1oz. and the 28ga is 5 1/2lbs. Of course, to order a set similar from CSMC today would cost tens of thousands more than our asking price, and the set is as new in the maker's case. This is an investment quality example of gun maker's art, a true collector's set representing the finest in American gun making. This .410/28ga set is a match to another 20/16 set we have for sale. You can buy them both if you want an amazing 4 gauge set! Thanks for looking.
Barrel Length: 28" both
Chokes: 410=.003/.011 SK/M;28=.004/.007 SK/IC
Bores: mirror both
Bore Diameter: 410=.416/.415;28=.551 both
Wall Thickness: 28=.030/.025
% Blue: 100%
Chambers: 3", 2 3/4"
Ribs: tight both
Sights: double, ivory
Action: new, way right of center
Ejectors or Extractors: ejectors, strong, timed
Case Color: 100%
Screws: perfect
Engraving: Italy, W. Patelli; Casarini house;
Trigger Type: double, fine, crisp
Trigger Guard Color: pierced, gold, 100%
Type: English stock/schnable forend; figured; carved
LOP To End Of Wood: same
Cast: 1/8" off
Checkering Condition: carved, flor de lis;
Butt Treatment: checkered butt
There are more photos upon request. We offer a 30 day mechanical warranty on this fine shotgun. Call us for full details. PLEASE SEE MY OTHER FINE VINTAGE FIREARMS. Just open one of my ads and click on the line that says "see all items from this seller" and a very nice list of fine sporting and collectible arms will appear. I have many more fine sxs shotguns not yet listed. Thanks for looking!
We employ a full time gunsmith on premises and can perform alterations to suit your needs within a few weeks of purchase.
Payment Methods: Money Order, Certified Check, Personal Check, Wire Transfer
Inspection Period / Return Policy: Three Days from the date the item was received.
Sales Tax: 6% Michigan Only
Shipping & Insurance: Ground $250.00 We ship internationally!
Item Condition: Used
Requires FFL?: Yes
If you have any questions about this item or payment, please email or call us directly, at #616-292-6240. Thanks! Jay Shachter, Vintage Firearms, Inc
Price: $37,500.00


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Location of the hotel,unobtrusive room service Couldn't find a shoe-shine set,failed to take cold shower.
everyhing outstanding... I strongly suggest this hotel
Great location, very helpful staff and superb service Help from teh staff was excellent
Very good service, very intent concierges and porters. I didn't like your breakfast serviece. Early moning when I lived your hotel, there was not cold water in the tap, which is unacceptably for five-star hotel.
Stylish decor. Excellent food; attentive service Service ar beakfast was charming but amateurish
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personalized service. Very friendly and courteous staff. The rooms are very dark due to colors, design and lighting. Bathrooms are very poor in safety. The barthtub is very slippery when taking a shower and the shower heads are very have very low perssure and flow. Bathroom tiles color, black, is not the best choice and makes the look of bathrooms very depressing.
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The decoration is great and the personel very pleasant and helpfull. We had the luck to be upgraded in a junior suite and had the surprise of a very nice cake for my husband's birthday. Location on the park and near to the best areas.
Service and standard/condition of room . Service on arrival was less than disappointing. Room not ready ( arrived post 3.00pm) room very tired - bulbs out headboard stained general housekeeping unsatisfactory, reception staff not 5start trained.
great value for downtown London. Clean, safe, easily accessible. Staff was very helpful and accomodating. Room was small. Wi-fi expensive.
Location and price. It was spare but who goes to London to stay on their room. Waiting to check right at 2 pm and not a moment before.
Price, location, new, modern, full breakfast, gym and pool access, college campus environment
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Bom atendimento na recepção. Quarto muito agradavel com boa limpeza, funcionária que falava espanhol, enfim um ótimo hotel. Nenhum comentário que desabone o Hotal.
A localização é excelente próximo ao metrô, ao Museu de História Natural, Hyde Park e Palácio South Kensington.O staff muito prestativo, o quarto muito confortável, hotel charmoso, toda a estadia foi miuto agradável. Meus filhos de 13 e 17 anos também adoraram.
I thought we would find noisy students when staying at Beit Hall despite all the good comments we read, but we didn't. It is a really clean place, not noisy (at least all the week we stayed there), and very connected to many London places. There is one bus that stops in front of Beit Hall, and other two bus lines that stop just around the corner. Also, there is an underground station like 10 minutes walking, two nearby museums and Harrods. We would stay again in this place. The accommodation includes breakfast which is great, but everyday is the same menu. This doesn´t really matter if you don't get bored easily.


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