Article View: bc.general
Article #63696Re: Red Skelton
From: Tom Hall
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 17:23
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 17:23
33 lines
2965 bytes
2965 bytes
tappd@sam.neosoft.com (Dan Tapp) writes: > In article <355iil$m0f@news.onramp.net> jgray@onramp.net (Joe Gray) writes: > >Actually, he's still alive (I think he's over 70). I wish someone like > >Nickelodeon would rerun his old TV show. I loved watching that as a kid. > >He did an HBO special not too long ago and he was as funny as ever. > Assoc. a couple of years ago, and M.C'd Red Skelton as the star > entertainment for their Annual High Roller Banquet. He said Skelton > came out, did a VERY lengthy and absolutely hysterical show (I > always thought his most endearing trait was his ability to crack > himself up), and then collapsed in agony in a wheelchair as soon as > he was out of the audience's sight. > Seems he's in constant pain from savage arthritis in both knees, but > won't give up touring, and won't use a wheelchair or stool when he > does his stand-up thing. Won't give the audience a hint that > anything's wrong. > Talk about a trouper... One of the all time greats... Actually, he did a show at the Jubilee a year or so ago, and at that time I believe I recall him saying that he was celebrating his 80th birthday... -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Hall All opinions are my own thth@forsci.ualberta.ca No one else would want them anyway -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<359vu5$9h9@quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!cs.utexas.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!scipio.cyberstore.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!unixg.ubc.ca!quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca!brule.forsci.ualberta.ca!ththReferences:
<caustn.1129640246J@news.rmii.com> <34u4v3$443@rigel.infinet.com> <352ppm$ig0@panix2.panix.com> <355iil$m0f@news.onramp.net> <tappd.4.000AD09D@sam.neosoft.com>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,51205b9773bdac4 X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,51205b9773bdac4 X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-Thread: 106cdd,51205b9773bdac4 X-Google-Attributes: gid106cdd,public X-Google-Thread: fa15f,51205b9773bdac4 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa15f,public X-Google-Thread: f95f9,51205b9773bdac4 X-Google-Attributes: gidf95f9,public X-Google-Thread: 10d2a3,51205b9773bdac4 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d2a3,public X-Google-Thread: 104ad1,51205b9773bdac4 X-Google-Attributes: gid104ad1,public X-Google-Thread: 109097,51205b9773bdac4 X-Google-Attributes: gid109097,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-09-15 10:48:53 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!cs.utexas.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!scipio.cyberstore.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!unixg.ubc.ca!quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca!brule.forsci.ualberta.ca!thth From: thth@brule.forsci.ualberta.ca (Tom Hall) Newsgroups: bc.general,ca.general,cmh.general,dc.general,dfw.general,edm.general,ga.general,houston.general,la.general,ne.general Subject: Re: Red Skelton Date: 15 Sep 1994 17:23:17 GMT Organization: Computer and Network Services, U of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Lines: 33 Message-ID: <359vu5$9h9@quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca> References: <caustn.1129640246J@news.rmii.com> <34u4v3$443@rigel.infinet.com> <352ppm$ig0@panix2.panix.com> <355iil$m0f@news.onramp.net> <tappd.4.000AD09D@sam.neosoft.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: brule.forsci.ualberta.ca