Red Skelton OTR Old Time Radio Show MP3 CD 102 Episodes

After 1937 appearances on The Rudy Vallee Show, Skelton became a regular in 1939 on NBC’s Avalon Time, sponsored by Avalon Cigarettes. On October 7, 1941, Skelton premiered his own radio show, The Raleigh Cigarette Program, developing routines involving a number of recurring characters, including punch-drunk boxer Cauliflower McPugg, inebriated Willie Lump-Lump and “mean widdle kid” Junior, whose favorite phrase (“I dood it!”) became part of the American lexicon. There was con man San Fernando Red with his pair of crosseyed seagulls, Gertrude and Heathcliffe, and singing cabdriver Clem Kadiddlehopper, a country bumpkin with a big heart and a slow wit. Clem had an unintentional knack for upstaging high society slickers, even if he couldn’t manipulate his cynical father: “When the stork brought you, Clem, I shoulda shot him on sight!” Skelton also helped sell WWII war bonds on the top-rated show, which featured Ozzie and Harriet Nelson in the supporting cast, plus the Ozzie Nelson Orchestra and announcer Truman Bradley. Harriet Nelson was the show’s vocalist.[/n]

Skelton was drafted in March 1944, and the popular series was discontinued June 6, 1944. Shipped overseas to serve with an Army entertainment unit as a private, Skelton had a nervous breakdown in Italy, spent three months in a hospital and was discharged in September, 1945. He once joked about his military career, “I was the only celebrity who went in and came out a private.” On December 4, 1945, The Raleigh Cigarette Program resumed where it left off with Skelton introducing some new characters, including Bolivar Shagnasty and J. Newton Numbskull. Lurene Tuttle and Verna Felton appeared as Junior’s mother and grandmother. David Forrester and David Rose led the orchestra, featuring vocalist Anita Ellis. The announcers were Pat McGeehan and Rod O’Connor. The series ended May 20, 1949, and that fall he moved to CBS. Ironically, given that his peak of popularity came with his television show, in recent years recordings of the Red Skelton radio show have become much easier to come by than the TV show.    
  
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Includes 102 Episodes![/n]

Episodes On This CD:[/n]

45.12.18.mp3
45.12.25.mp3
46.01.01.mp3
46.01.15.mp3
46.01.22.mp3
46.01.29.mp3
46.02.05.mp3
46.02.12.mp3
46.02.17 Department Stores.mp3
46.02.19.mp3
46.02.26.mp3
46.03.05.mp3
46.03.19.mp3
46.03.26.mp3
46.04.02.mp3
46.04.09.mp3
46.04.16.mp3
46.04.23.mp3
46.04.30.mp3
46.05.07.mp3
46.05.21.mp3
46.05.28.mp3
46.06.04.mp3
46.09.10.mp3
46.09.17.mp3
46.10.01.mp3
46.10.08.mp3
46.11.05.mp3
46.11.19.mp3
46.11.26.mp3
46.12.03.mp3
46.12.17.mp3
46.12.24.mp3
46.12.26 Christmas Stories.mp3
46.12.31.mp3
47.01.07.mp3
47.01.14.mp3
47.01.28.mp3
47.02.04.mp3
47.02.11.mp3
47.02.25.mp3
47.03.25.mp3
47.04.01.mp3
47.04.08.mp3
47.04.15.mp3
47.04.22.mp3
47.09.30.mp3
47.10.21.mp3
47.10.28.mp3
47.11.04.mp3
47.11.11.mp3
47.11.18.mp3
47.11.25.mp3
49.04.15.mp3
49.04.29.mp3
49.05.06.mp3
49.05.13.mp3
50.01.08.mp3
50.04.09.mp3
50.12.31.mp3
51.01.14.mp3
51.01.28.mp3
51.02.04.mp3
51.02.11.mp3
51.02.18.mp3
51.03.04.mp3
51.03.18.mp3
51.04.01.mp3
51.04.08.mp3
51.04.22.mp3
51.04.29.mp3
51.05.07.mp3
51.05.13.mp3
51.06.03.mp3
51.06.10.mp3
51.06.17.mp3
51.06.24.mp3
51.10.03.mp3
51.10.10.mp3
51.10.17.mp3
51.10.24.mp3
51.10.31.mp3
51.11.07.mp3
51.11.14.mp3
51.11.21.mp3
51.11.28.mp3
51.12.05.mp3
51.12.12.mp3
51.12.19.mp3
51.12.26.mp3
52.01.02.mp3
52.01.09.mp3
52.01.16 Dancing.mp3
52.01.23 (17) To Park Or Not To Park.mp3
52.01.30 Ep18 Dogs.mp3
52.02.14 Ep20 Doctors And Hospitals (Part 1).mp3
52.02.21 Ep21 Doctors And Hospitals (Part 2).mp3
52.02.28.mp3
52.03.04.mp3
52.03.11.mp3
52.03.18.mp3
52.03.25.mp3