Red Skelton - Volume 1 - DVD

With a career beginning in vaudeville, Red Skelton found success in radio and film before his television variety show brought him into America's living rooms in 1951. Skelton's slapstick bits and colorful characters were extremely popular and the show remained on the air for two decades. A strict adherent to the concept fo doing only one take, his program retained an off-the-cuff style, with flubbed lines and frequent ad-libs becoming p

With a career beginning in vaudeville, Red Skelton found success in radio and film before his television variety show brought him into America's living rooms in 1951. Skelton's slapstick bits and colorful characters were extremely popular and the show remained on the air for two decades. A strict adherent to the concept of doing only one take, his program retained an off-the-cuff style, with flubbed lines and frequent ad-libs becoming p

Airing Saturday nights on NBC over 1950-1954-and regarded as the benchmark for TV variety programming for a generation after that-this 90-minute live showcase offered up musical performances, special guest hosts, and, always, the classic comedy sketches rendered by the remarkable house company of Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, and Howard Morris.2 episodes on 1 disc. 178 min. Standard; Soundtrack English.