The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
"The Red Skelton Show" (original title)

Season:

20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | See more »

Year:

1971 | 1970 | 1969 | 1968 | 1967 | 1966 | 1965 | 1964 | 1963 | 1962 | See more »

Parents Guide:

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Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 September 1951 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

El show de Red Skelton See more »

Filming Locations:

CBS Television City - 7800 Beverly Blvd., Fairfax, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »

Production Co:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Sursum Corporation See more »

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Runtime:

60 min  | 30 min (1951-1962)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White (1951-1955 and 1958-1965) | Color (1955-1958 and 1965-1971)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Trivia

Red Skelton had a reputation among comedy writers as being extremely difficult to work with, since he didn't like writers in general and resented CBS for insisting that he use them on his show; he wanted to write all the sketches himself, his reasoning being that no one knew his characters as well as he did. Sherwood Schwartz, prior to taking the position as head writer on the show, had it written into his contract with CBS that Skelton was under no circumstances allowed to discuss anything about a show's script with him before he was given it prior to taping, which often resulted in Skelton not knowing what a sketch was about or even what character he would be playing until shortly before airtime. That's why Skelton would often break character in the middle of a skit and turn to the audience and say something like, "Don't blame me, folks, I don't write this stuff." See more »

Connections

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Pod People (#4.3)" (1991) See more »

Soundtracks

"Holiday for Strings"
by David Rose and Sammy Gallop
WB Music Corporation (ASCAP) See more »