Talk:Red Skelton

first screen appearance:1930? UNDER THE COCKEYED MOON rpf16mm?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nEEf8Apf-oc&amp;list=PLXfUC2LN_SRzc_rMl-cg0luHGIDCyjDsw&amp;index=19 Starting at 11:40 I swear that that's Red Skelton. Would have been 16 or 17 years old. Can someone more competent than me research this? Thanks.88.3.2.96 (talk) 21:07, 29 September 2021 (UTC)


 * No Skelton in this clip. -  FlightTime  ( open channel ) 21:33, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

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Skelton's paintings of clowns(of which I have one) were exclusively sold at galleries in the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas and the Don Cesar Hotel in Saint Petersburg Beach,Florida.

One story you don't mention t hat I've heard repeated many times is that when Skelton's son was diagnosed with leukemia,he decided to personally inspect his finances for the first time in years to see how much time he could afford to take off.

He discovered his business manager(no longer his first wife) had been robbing him blind and had cashed the boy's life insurance policy for himself.It took several people to hold Red back from throwing the man off a high balcony of the Sands Hotel. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.23.5.11 (talk) 12:50, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

Ambiguous wording in Biography section
In the Biography / Early Years section, a sentence about Red's father is followed by the sentence: "His birth certificate surname was that of his father's stepfather." In this sentence, does "his" refer to Red or to his father? rowley (talk) 23:58, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

Books published?
When Red appeared in Saskatoon, Canada, in the 1980s he gave a press conference where he talked about his daily writing, composing and painting routine (cited in this article from a 1967 interview). He also mentioned publishing many of his short stories privately (I think he said something about selling the books at his shows). This article does list several book releases (including some from the time period of the press conference), but I wonder if there were more? 136.159.160.121 (talk) 17:12, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Degree.
High school equivalency ‘degree’? Should this be ‘diploma’? 2001:8003:3020:1C00:44C:C08D:6DCD:234B (talk) 06:08, 2 November 2023 (UTC)