Red Skelton
For those of you old enough to remember Red Skelton, I think you will enjoy this. For those of you not old enough you will see what you missed. Either way, his humor was always clean and he was a great entertainer.
Clean? I always thought some of the double-entendres on his TV show were
quite racy for 60s TV. Most of the off-color jokes were aimed at a
recurring busty blonde character.
Blonde (in bikini, frustrated with Skelton): "I've had it!"
Skelton (turns directly to audience): "Yeah, I bet she has!"
I was only a child but I got that joke.
Another racy sketch involved his college student/golfer character
(forgot the name) keeping his head immersed deep in a book while walking
along from one Mr. Magoo mishap to another. Turns out that book was
covering a Playboy mag. They actually showed a distant image from the
mag. The image was probably doctored for TV and couldn't be seen clearly
because of the quality of B/W TV at that time.
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