On Jan. 14 1969, Red Skelton gave one of his most famous monologues concerning the Pledge of Allegiance to our flag. Red was a national treasure and just about the entire country tuned in to see his TV show, including me. I remember reciting every morning the Pledge all through elementary school to a little flag in our class rooms. We'd also recite the Lord's Prayer. This was public school, mind you. Things are a little different now, aren't they? Enjoy. Kent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfz2XDXaeqc
I too grewup watching Red. What a wonderful person he was. My favorite were his seagulls, can't remember their names, something like Mrytle or Gertrude, Bertha or there abouts.
elims: 10-4, thanks openminded: Red had so many different characters and the seagull routine was always funny. I loved the way Red changed his voice to fit the characters. I get so tickled at Red laughing at his own jokes before he even starts to tell them. His laughter was very infectious. You know, it takes talent to be funny and still tell a clean, wholesome joke. It takes no talent at all to be vulgar and have a profanity-laced routine. Kent
openminded: I agree with you about the Carol Burnett show, and ANY scene with Tim Conway was great. For me, the funniest scene of all time for that show was when Tim played a dentist and Harvey Korman was the patient. Tim kept giving himself a novacaine shot to different body parts and Korman was about to have a stroke trying to suppress his laughter. Kent
once in an interview, Carol B. said that those two would adlib a lot just to see who would crack first.
