Makes me weepy eyed watching all these old shows with all these great actors and actresses outside of their work and see them as regular folks having fun
Every time I watch something like this, I realize how much I miss the days of great comedy, humor, and real entertainment. Red Skelton was always one of my favorites. He had many talents -- as a clown (see Lois Simmons' excellent comment below), a mime, and he even sang on his show. I'm glad TH-cam is here to allow us to relive some of that great entertainment. Thank you for posting this!
JOHN Helfrick...absolutely correct...the caliber of people and show biz media not even the same. Those in the limelight for 2022 have nothing to which others can aspire.
true however watch an episode or two when Fred is on the panel & the contestant is elderly, overweight &/or not the most attractive your opinion may change
Listen to his radio show. The jokes come fast and furious and many are cheesy but the overall effect is pretty funny. The ad libs alone make the show worthwhile.
Roy and Dale were international stars. For 21 years I lived about 1.5 miles from them in Apple Valley Ca. Where they lived until their passing for about 50 years. Very kind and beloved by everyone who came in contact with them.
May he Rest In Peace! He absolutely was one of the funniest (& such a natural) comedians that ever lived! A amazing man too! May his memory live forever! Amen!♥️
Wonderful mystery guests! Roy Rodgers was amazing. Though I am not a firearms enthusiast, I did happen to watch him on a television show where he did some skeet shooting. Until that time, I had considered him to be a TV cowboy. On this program, he was drawing his pistol from a holster and skeet shooting (obviously not an easy task). He only missed one out of about 12 shots. Roy Rogers was not just a kind man who used his position of popularity to help others, but regarding cowboys, he was the real thing!
And Roy was also known as a singing cowboy. He used to be with Sons of the Pioneers. Saw Roy and Dale in person at show at Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis as a kid.
I had the pleasure of seeing Roy, now years ago, in Victorville. Trigger was there, in his own showcase. Nellybelle was there. Many other things from his show l had seen and loved were there. It was wonderful. Thanks Roy, Mr. Slye, for being there for us. You gave us many beautiful, memorable moments.
And even Arlene stood up to shake their hands! Very rarely did either of the ladies on the panel do that, it says a lot about how respected they were. Roy and Dale were legends, and made a difference in countless children's lives (including those with special needs thanks to their book Angel Unaware).
Dorothy is a very good player... easy to see why she was a top reporter of the day. She always has a purpose to her questioning... Very penetrating and deliberate. Easily the best player this game ever featured.
Sadly she passed away, shortly after this episode..... barbiturates / alcohol OD........ (** some believe conspiracy theory abt JFK death) she was a good reporter....)
true she was 90% brains, 10% personality but many times her co-panelists set her up & when everyone knew what the line/who the mystery guest was she would pad her time but continuing to ask questions maybe ego trip?
Red Skelton was one of a kind he lived to make people happy Love red Skelton he was the greatest.comic loved his show he was gone to soon good night and may god bless rip
And a pretty good horse that would climb four flights of stairs for any reason other than some outstanding horse training, probably done by someone other than Roy Rogers himself. There were several 'Triggers,' all palominos, each with a specialty--like run fast, do tricks, etc. There was a little bit of phony there, but I still believe that Roy Rogers and Dale Evans were sincerely sweet people. They never stepped out of character.
slaytonp Never anything phony about Roy & Dale. There was only one Trigger who played in the movies. Roy helped a lot with the training. There was Trigger Jr and Little Trigger that travelled with Roy. Didn’t want to risk hurtingTrigger
@@mssuzieq312 That showed Roy and Dale's genuine love for Trigger. I would have loved to have met Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, and Trigger while they were still alive. I know that the original Trigger died in 1965. I think that he was in his 30s. Maybe 35.
I've actually heard that Trigger was so well trained that he could actually "sign" autographs for people (really a rough x-mark, but still). An insanely smart horse, Roy and Dale were lucky to have him.
@@karenstrycharz1499 I still can't explain why when he simply read off names and phone numbers, it just got funnier and funnier. There have been many comedians I've heard over the years that I like a lot better, but I doubt that one of them could have made a telephone book side-splitting funny.
@@bskelton8712 There are so few left who are old enough to know what you're saying anymore, you're chances for using that repost must be getting distressingly rare. 😢
@@brunoantony3218 Fred Allen had a unique style of humor that was widely admired. But not universally -- some people found it irritating, and you represent them. I think most humorists have to deal with that -- some people just won't see them as funny. Lots of people admire Jimmy Durante, for example, but he leaves me cold. But I do find Fred Allen hilarious. If we all liked the same things, it would be a dull world.
I love these wonderful shows. I was 6 years old when this was broadcast... probably didn't even see it at the time because we didn't have a tv, I don't think. Thank you so much for the uploads. In these troubled times, they are a blessing, and we can remember the times of fun, sophistication, and class. Roy Rogers and Dale Evans were beautiful souls, and so was Red Skelton.
I love the way the said good night to each other at the end of the show. Those days are sadly gone. No one does that hardly anymore. If they do, it is very rare. My opinion only.
I remember watching Roy Rogers every Saturday on TV when I was a kid. He and Dale would always sing "Happy Trails to You" during the show's closing credits.
What a wonderful and funny episode! Like many others I'm truly dismayed that we never got to see Steve Allen's final jaunt with the WML gang, but this great episode nearly makes up for it. Thanks very much for all you do, curating and maintaining this important, intriguing, and entertaining slice of history.
TY for this old show featuring my childhood hero, Roy Rogers❤Watched him & Dale during my young years...wanted a horse like Trigger for my own or a dog like Bullet...sigh😊
One can plainly see that looks were not necessarily the main focus like it had become in the 1990s and early 2000s. One can see that presentation and style were very much in vogue. Many of the people in the limelight for 2022 do not even have the look or the style. They have nothing to which youngsters can aspire. Kudos to those in this program who knew how to conduct themselves on national television.
Is there anyone today who is beloved and revered from "Coast-to-Coast"? Roy Rogers and Dale Evans were role models for my generation. What has happened to us?
While Red Skelton's "no" answer to the question "Are you a comedian?" was primarily for comic effect, it was not a totally false answer by him. He preferred to be known as a clown rather than as a comedian, because he felt a clown employed a broader range of talents to touch the audience, using pathos as well as comedy. Clowns were the subject matter of his paintings. When he introduced his character "Freddy the Freeloader" wearing clown makeup, the makeup was inspired by the clown makeup his father had used, helped by his mother's recollections as to how he had done it. For many, calling someone a clown is meant to be derogatory. To Red, it was a compliment.
Excellent observation! He could be a clown, he had his own style of mime, he sometimes even sang on his show. When his son was dying from cancer, he sang a very touching song in his inimitable style (I'm certain it brought tears to the viewers who were familiar with some of his personal challenges). He was one of a kind, and did it all.
Lois Simmons - You are so right. For those of us in the performing arts, a clown carries layers of talent and meaning in all that s/he does. Skelton was superior. What the general public means by the term diva or the term clown is not what a performing artist would quite recognize. Both huge carry depths and breadths.
Even in the UK the name Roy Rogers was as revered as The Lone Ranger in the 50s/early 60s Instant identification with good Cowboy heroes! We had the annuals and the toy gun outfits and we could go riding off into the sunset in our dreams! Wonderful days!
I had to stay with Roy Rodgers when he headlined the last Hero Scholarship Thrill Show before The?JFK Stadium in Philadelphia closed and was demolished and what a nice man he was. The next day he was opening the Roy Rogers restaurant in Deptford N.J. and he invited me their when he found out i lived in the next town over. And we got alot of pictures together and they are one if my great pleasures in photos I have. Roy and Dale were such class acts you never heard any bad stuff about them like you hear from so many other celebrities.
I really enjoyed watching Roy Rogers and Dale Evans perform. I also watched Roy Rogers bowl on Celebrity Bowling with Jed Allen as the moderator. Roy Rogers was a superb bowler!! 🎳. He could easily bowl a 200 game if he bowled 🎳 by himself! After the bowling game was over Jed Allen asked Roy if it was true that Trigger was stuffed after he died. Roy said "Yes, and I told Dale after I die, you can stuff me and put me on Trigger." Roy's sense of humor was overlooked and underappreciated.
Red Skelton had such a hard life, worked so hard....raised enough money to buy a fighter plane for our allies, The Soviet Union in 1943...his biography goes on and on
Although there were a handful that were even bigger stars (Bob Hope) I personally thought Red Skelton was THE funniest comedic actor that was in films in the 40s. ( Danny Kaye may have had a wider range of skills ...comedy,singing ,dancing, )but for the sheer skill of making people laugh ,I thought Red was the best of the 40s movie stars.
I met one of his distant relatives and he sort of resembles him and also has a sense of humor. He said that Red was a distant relative through his mothers side of the family. Loved them both.
Since Trigger got a mention from the brilliant, beloved Fred Allen, I must do a call out to Buttermilk, Dale's faithful horse. Dale, of course, was the lyricist/composer of "Happy Trails to You," often referred to as the happiest cowboy song ever written. LOL.
It is an amazing show.I love the cultivated way of conversation in it.It's a shame,that the society today had not that fine respect that those people had back in those days.It is so warm and kindly.But it's nice to see that it is possible to live.May be it becomes a time that the people realise how good it feels and come back to this kind of respect.It may help to have a better feeling in live.💋😎
"When country music performers from Nashville's Grand Ole Opry appeared in concert at Carnegie Hall to benefit New York's Musicians Aid Society in 1961, Kilgallen dismissed them as "hicks from the sticks". In her column she advised that "everyone should leave town. The hillbillies are coming". Patsy Cline, one of the headliners, responded that "Miss Dorothy called us Nashville performers 'the gang from Grand Ole Opry - hicks from the sticks.' And if I have the pleasure of seeing that wicked witch, I'll let her know how proud I am to be a hick from the sticks.""
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans ~ 'loved from one end of our "Countries" 🇨🇦 to the other' & Red Skelton, the beloved comic entertainer & very talented artist of clowns. Our family loved them all! ❤
Skelton's response to question "Are you a man" was "I don't think I just returned from Copenhagen" referred to the then current story of Christine Jorgensen, the first sex change operation.
Indeed Roy and Dale were fine folk. In 1948 or 1949 Roy Rogers stopped for gas at a station in our very small rural California town. I was a child in a wheel chair with my parents also getting gas. Mr Rogers spontaneously gave me a large photo of him and personally autographed it on the spot, while chatting with me briefly. He was my idol then so I was one thrilled child. Unfortunately that photo has disappeared amid many many moves.
The announcer blooper at the beginning was funny, saying the panel "was broadcasting to you...." It's obviously something he said all the time for another show. It's easy to press the wrong button in your mind sometimes.
At the beginning of the show, Fred Allen notes the same thing I mentioned when he had been part of the panel a few weeks earlier: that WML could use the same sign as they did for Steve Allen.
In November, Skelton fell down stairs and injured an ankle, and he nearly died after a "cardiac-asthma" attack on December 30, 1957. He was taken to St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, where, his doctors said, "if there were ten steps to death, Red Skelton had taken nine of them by the time he had arrived". Skelton later said he was working on some notes for television and the next thing he remembered, he was in a hospital bed; he did not know how serious his illness was until he read about it himself in the newspapers. His illness and recovery kept him off the air for a full month; Skelton returned to his television show on January 28, 1958. His young son Richard & Red’s 2nd wife info is below
Red Skelton died on September 17, 1997, at the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California, at the age of 84, from pneumonia. Red Skelton was an American comedy entertainer who had a net worth of $30 million. Red Skelton was born in Vincennes, Indiana in July 1913.
Today's TH-cam Rerun for 3/16/16: Well, I certainly didn't plan it this way, but in another odd bit of serendipity, we're kicking off the Fred Allen era of WML the day before the 60 anniversary of his death (Mar 17, 1956). Much better that we can focus on the shows he was in, rather than on his untimely passing. Fred had appeared as mystery guest in 1953 and as a guest panelist a few weeks before this show, but this is his first episode as a regular. My disdain for Robert Q. Lewis largely stems from the fact that for a while, Fred alternated weeks with Q. My lifelong obsession with Fred Allen was the reason I sought out WML in the first place. I'd waited so many years to finally see his episodes, then when I discovered the GSN reruns, the cycle was *just* past his shows and I had to wait another two years! When they finally got back around to Fred's shows, every time I tuned in and saw Q in his place, I'd involuntarily let forth a stream of profanity that would have made Buddy Rich blush. It didn't help that I also just flat out plain didn't like him. . . hence, Q has the distinct honor of being the only guest panelist on WML whose name I petulantly leave out of the video titles, because I'm a very small, very petty person. ;) ----------------------------- Join our Facebook group for WML-- great discussions, photos, etc, and great people! facebook.com/groups/728471287199862/ Please click here to subscribe to the WML channel if you haven't already-- you'll find the complete CBS series already posted, and you'll be able to follow along the discussions on the weekday "rerun" videos: th-cam.com/channels/hPE75Fvvl1HmdAsO7Nzb8w.html
If I'm not mistaken, correctly guessing Red Skelton marks the first and I believe the only time that Fred Allen "ran the table" with a mystery guest, i.e., having the questions begin with him and never passing to another panelist before correctly guessing the MG.
12:51 Dorothy by far the best at playing the game(due to her line of work) but one of many examples where she took the game too seriously with a crass reply
![What's My Line? - Portland Hoffa [Fred Allen's wife!]; Reginald Gardiner [panel] (Feb 27, 1955)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/pjEdQuWu5ak/mqdefault.jpg)
These people genuinely had fun doing the show -- and live!
Makes me weepy eyed watching all these old shows with all these great actors and actresses outside of their work and see them as regular folks having fun
I'm there now.
Adored Roy and Dale! Hilarious and so much fun from wonderful and beloved stars! My hero and heroine since I was a child 60 years ago!!!
Fred and Red made this episode worth watching. :-)
They're all worth watching😊
Every time I watch something like this, I realize how much I miss the days of great comedy, humor, and real entertainment. Red Skelton was always one of my favorites. He had many talents -- as a clown (see Lois Simmons' excellent comment below), a mime, and he even sang on his show. I'm glad TH-cam is here to allow us to relive some of that great entertainment. Thank you for posting this!
I whole heartedley agree!! Really REALLY miss the wonderful and wonder-filled times of watching Red Skeleton with my Dad!!!!!!!
I understand he was also a fine artist as well.
You can just feel the class and quality of this show and it's participants.
JOHN Helfrick...absolutely correct...the caliber of people and show biz media not even the same. Those in the limelight for 2022 have nothing to which others can aspire.
And Respect.
And Civility
true however watch an episode or two when Fred is on the panel & the contestant is elderly, overweight &/or not the most attractive your opinion may change
Red Skelton was such a true blue and altogether lovely man.
I just loved Red Skelton!!! I remember watching him on TV when I was a child, and always adored him! He was so hilarious and sweet!!!
Listen to his radio show. The jokes come fast and furious and many are cheesy but the overall effect is pretty funny. The ad libs alone make the show worthwhile.
Roy and Dale were international stars. For 21 years I lived about 1.5 miles from them in Apple Valley Ca. Where they lived until their passing for about 50 years. Very kind and beloved by everyone who came in contact with them.
Absolutely LOVE Roy, Dale, AND Red. Red was such a lovely, kind man.
Roy Rogers made about 200 personal appearances , with Trigger, all over America, every year.....amazing man
My father took my brother and me to see that rodeo in Madison Square Garden when I was in the third grade in 1954. A great memory!
May he Rest In Peace! He absolutely was one of the funniest (& such a natural) comedians that ever lived! A amazing man too! May his memory live forever! Amen!♥️
THE 50's & Roy and Dale.....a very special time.....
Wonderful mystery guests! Roy Rodgers was amazing. Though I am not a firearms enthusiast, I did happen to watch him on a television show where he did some skeet shooting. Until that time, I had considered him to be a TV cowboy. On this program, he was drawing his pistol from a holster and skeet shooting (obviously not an easy task). He only missed one out of about 12 shots. Roy Rogers was not just a kind man who used his position of popularity to help others, but regarding cowboys, he was the real thing!
Yes! He was also a superb bowler! 🎳
And Roy was also known as a singing cowboy. He used to be with Sons of the Pioneers. Saw Roy and Dale in person at show at Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis as a kid.
loved his roast beef sandwiches(even if he nothing to do with creating them)
@@brianoyler4777 And he could not only sing well, he was a phenomenal yodeler. Try to find his "Pecos Bill" or any of a couple dozen others.
I had the pleasure of seeing Roy, now years ago, in Victorville. Trigger was there, in his own showcase. Nellybelle was there. Many other things from his show l had seen and loved were there. It was wonderful. Thanks Roy, Mr. Slye, for being there for us. You gave us many beautiful, memorable moments.
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans were two of the very few celebrities who acknowledged the audience as they were leaving.
From some glimpses at the edge of the camera frame, I think that happens more often than is shown.
@@bryanstorm8291I agree! I hv seen a few do this! Dick Van Dyke and Sammy Davis Jr first example…
And even Arlene stood up to shake their hands! Very rarely did either of the ladies on the panel do that, it says a lot about how respected they were. Roy and Dale were legends, and made a difference in countless children's lives (including those with special needs thanks to their book Angel Unaware).
I love watching these shows, takes me back to my happy childhood.
Roy, Dale, Red! Awesome talents, beautiful hearts.
Isn’t Roy Rogers just a gentleman? I like how he lifts his hat in respect.
Yes! I noticed that too.
Dorothy is a very good player... easy to see why she was a top reporter of the day. She always has a purpose to her questioning... Very penetrating and deliberate. Easily the best player this game ever featured.
Sadly she passed away, shortly after this episode..... barbiturates / alcohol OD........ (** some believe conspiracy theory abt JFK death) she was a good reporter....)
@@rhondapelletier2141 This episode was from 1954. She passed away in 1965.
@@rhondapelletier2141 Dorothy passed away many years after this episode.
true she was 90% brains, 10% personality but many times her co-panelists set her up & when everyone knew what the line/who the mystery guest was she would pad her time but continuing to ask questions maybe ego trip?
Dorothy was a investigative reporter for years 😊
Love Roy Rogers and Dale Evans And Trigger...Icons indeed, well loved.
I was wondering how on earth Red would come up with a voice nobody had ever heard him do before-- but he did! :-)
Red Skelton was one of a kind he lived to make people happy Love red Skelton he was the greatest.comic loved his show he was gone to soon good night and may god bless rip
My favorite also Lori. Lots of laughs without the F- - - bombs the comedians of today seem to need. Probably just showing my age LOL
Roy Rogers would lead Trigger up 4 flights of stairs to visit the kids wards in hospitals. Really a generous, compassionate man.
And a pretty good horse that would climb four flights of stairs for any reason other than some outstanding horse training, probably done by someone other than Roy Rogers himself. There were several 'Triggers,' all palominos, each with a specialty--like run fast, do tricks, etc. There was a little bit of phony there, but I still believe that Roy Rogers and Dale Evans were sincerely sweet people. They never stepped out of character.
slaytonp Never anything phony about Roy & Dale. There was only one Trigger who played in the movies. Roy helped a lot with the training. There was Trigger Jr and Little Trigger that travelled with Roy. Didn’t want to risk hurtingTrigger
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@@mssuzieq312 That showed Roy and Dale's genuine love for Trigger. I would have loved to have met Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, and Trigger while they were still alive. I know that the original Trigger died in 1965. I think that he was in his 30s. Maybe 35.
I've actually heard that Trigger was so well trained that he could actually "sign" autographs for people (really a rough x-mark, but still). An insanely smart horse, Roy and Dale were lucky to have him.
Red Skelton: one of the funniest comedians ever (whatever he called himself)!
I heard him read the Telephone Book once, and damned near split a gut laughing.
@@slaytonp Thanks for sharing!!!!♥️
@@karenstrycharz1499 I still can't explain why when he simply read off names and phone numbers, it just got funnier and funnier. There have been many comedians I've heard over the years that I like a lot better, but I doubt that one of them could have made a telephone book side-splitting funny.
He was my father's and my favorite comedian and when people ask how to spell my name, if they are old enough I say just like Red's LOL
@@bskelton8712 There are so few left who are old enough to know what you're saying anymore, you're chances for using that repost must be getting distressingly rare. 😢
Wonderful to see Roy, Dale & Red. Love to see John Daly's reaction. He truly is having lots of fun.
This show is so awesome. Thank You For Uploading these shows.
What a great line when Fred Allen said "I know this isn't Trigger (Roy Roger's horse) I would have gotten wind of it." 18:26
Fred Allen was terrific with Red Skelton ... I laughed out loud watching it ...
Fred Allen was incredibly annoying, as usual.
@@brunoantony3218 Fred Allen had a unique style of humor that was widely admired. But not universally -- some people found it irritating, and you represent them. I think most humorists have to deal with that -- some people just won't see them as funny. Lots of people admire Jimmy Durante, for example, but he leaves me cold. But I do find Fred Allen hilarious. If we all liked the same things, it would be a dull world.
That was absolutely classic!! I don't think I've seen a funnier guest/questioning.
@@brunoantony3218 I thought he was delightful. That's what makes horse racing
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I loved their interaction.
I adored each of them... A time that time forgot.
I would just die to see this episode clear and in color... to see the color and decoration of Roy and Dale’s outfits!
The previous week’s episode was in color, although it was not preserved
I love these wonderful shows. I was 6 years old when this was broadcast... probably didn't even see it at the time because we didn't have a tv, I don't think. Thank you so much for the uploads. In these troubled times, they are a blessing, and we can remember the times of fun, sophistication, and class. Roy Rogers and Dale Evans were beautiful souls, and so was Red Skelton.
DITTO!! SO TRUE!!!🤔👍
I love the way the said good night to each other at the end of the show. Those days are sadly gone. No one does that hardly anymore. If they do, it is very rare. My opinion only.
I remember watching Roy Rogers every Saturday on TV when I was a kid. He and Dale would always sing "Happy Trails to You" during the show's closing credits.
What a wonderful and funny episode! Like many others I'm truly dismayed that we never got to see Steve Allen's final jaunt with the WML gang, but this great episode nearly makes up for it. Thanks very much for all you do, curating and maintaining this important, intriguing, and entertaining slice of history.
This was FUN -- one of the best ones
I enjoyed
Thank you so much!🌷
TY for this old show featuring my childhood hero, Roy Rogers❤Watched him & Dale during my young years...wanted a horse like Trigger for my own or a dog like Bullet...sigh😊
The first challenger, Mrs. Lillian Rowen, was quite lovely with a gorgeous gown.
I also loved her smile !
How wonderful, so much class elegance and talent from a bygone era. Mores the pity.
Great Show. Miiss Red
One can plainly see that looks were not necessarily the main focus like it had become in the 1990s and early 2000s. One can see that presentation and style were very much in vogue. Many of the people in the limelight for 2022 do not even have the look or the style. They have nothing to which youngsters can aspire. Kudos to those in this program who knew how to conduct themselves on national television.
Is there anyone today who is beloved and revered from "Coast-to-Coast"? Roy Rogers and Dale Evans were role models for my generation. What has happened to us?
I met Mr Skelton several years ago when he was displaying one of his art shows on Cape Cod. He was lovely in person.
While Red Skelton's "no" answer to the question "Are you a comedian?" was primarily for comic effect, it was not a totally false answer by him. He preferred to be known as a clown rather than as a comedian, because he felt a clown employed a broader range of talents to touch the audience, using pathos as well as comedy. Clowns were the subject matter of his paintings. When he introduced his character "Freddy the Freeloader" wearing clown makeup, the makeup was inspired by the clown makeup his father had used, helped by his mother's recollections as to how he had done it.
For many, calling someone a clown is meant to be derogatory. To Red, it was a compliment.
Excellent point.
Lois Simmons ~ I love your comment! Very interesting, informative and well written. ❤️
Excellent observation! He could be a clown, he had his own style of mime, he sometimes even sang on his show. When his son was dying from cancer, he sang a very touching song in his inimitable style (I'm certain it brought tears to the viewers who were familiar with some of his personal challenges). He was one of a kind, and did it all.
Lois Simmons - You are so right. For those of us in the performing arts, a clown carries layers of talent and meaning in all that s/he does. Skelton was superior. What the general public means by the term diva or the term clown is not what a performing artist would quite recognize. Both huge carry depths and breadths.
So, Red never knew his father?
Even in the UK the name Roy Rogers was as revered as The Lone Ranger in the 50s/early 60s Instant identification with good Cowboy heroes! We had the annuals and the toy gun outfits and we could go riding off into the sunset in our dreams! Wonderful days!
I loved Red Skelton and Roy and Dale!
I had to stay with Roy Rodgers when he headlined the last Hero Scholarship Thrill Show before The?JFK Stadium in Philadelphia closed and was demolished and what a nice man he was. The next day he was opening the Roy Rogers restaurant in Deptford N.J. and he invited me their when he found out i lived in the next town over. And we got alot of pictures together and they are one if my great pleasures in photos I have. Roy and Dale were such class acts you never heard any bad stuff about them like you hear from so many other celebrities.
I don't think people today are aware of how beloved both mystery guests (Roy/Dale & Red) were in their day.
I really enjoyed watching Roy Rogers and Dale Evans perform. I also watched Roy Rogers bowl on Celebrity Bowling with Jed Allen as the moderator. Roy Rogers was a superb bowler!! 🎳. He could easily bowl a 200 game if he bowled 🎳 by himself! After the bowling game was over Jed Allen asked Roy if it was true that Trigger was stuffed after he died. Roy said "Yes, and I told Dale after I die, you can stuff me and put me on Trigger." Roy's sense of humor was overlooked and underappreciated.
Fred Allen was sooo unbelievable funny. I fear he's underappreciated.
Can't stand him. I'm on my 2nd watch from the beginning and I'm already fast forwarding through him. I have to do this until March 1956.
Red Skelton is hilarious act.
Red was the best. His show was treasured by most and certainly missed. As we say,,the good old days.
So much fun watching them again
Red Skelton had such a hard life, worked so hard....raised enough money to buy a fighter plane for our allies, The Soviet Union in 1943...his biography goes on and on
Red had one of THE greatest smiles
Arlene is so good at the game!
Roy and Dale were so cute as contestants. 😆🥰 They were such lovely people. Red was such a sweet man, too.
Although there were a handful that were even bigger stars (Bob Hope) I personally thought Red Skelton was THE funniest comedic actor that was in films in the 40s. ( Danny Kaye may have had a wider range of skills ...comedy,singing ,dancing, )but for the sheer skill of making people laugh ,I thought Red was the best of the 40s movie stars.
I met one of his distant relatives and he sort of resembles him and also has a sense of humor. He said that Red was a distant relative through his mothers side of the family. Loved them both.
just loooooove the classiness, the demureness, the beautiful appreciation of life - perfect....
Since Trigger got a mention from the brilliant, beloved Fred Allen, I must do a call out to Buttermilk, Dale's faithful horse. Dale, of course, was the lyricist/composer of "Happy Trails to You," often referred to as the happiest cowboy song ever written. LOL.
It is an amazing show.I love the cultivated way of conversation in it.It's a shame,that the society today had not that fine respect that those people had back in those days.It is so warm and kindly.But it's nice to see that it is possible to live.May be it becomes a time that the people realise how good it feels and come back to this kind of respect.It may help to have a better feeling in live.💋😎
Three of the most important people in my childhood.
Roy and Dale were the perfect couple.
"When country music performers from Nashville's Grand Ole Opry appeared in concert at Carnegie Hall to benefit New York's Musicians Aid Society in 1961, Kilgallen dismissed them as "hicks from the sticks". In her column she advised that "everyone should leave town. The hillbillies are coming". Patsy Cline, one of the headliners, responded that "Miss Dorothy called us Nashville performers 'the gang from Grand Ole Opry - hicks from the sticks.' And if I have the pleasure of seeing that wicked witch, I'll let her know how proud I am to be a hick from the sticks.""
J G - Ouch. As much as we love our own Dorothy, she sure could be a snob.
@@lauracollins4195 Now I know why Roy lifted hat for Arlene but not for Dorothy!
God help her if she'd tried that on on Dolly Parton.
Great line by Skelton. "With a voice like this, I don't think I've just returned from Copenhagen" 19:00
All hail the King of the Cowboys!!! Also I want Roy's hat.
I got the opportunity to meet Roy Rogers and shake his hand in the early 90s at his museum in Victorville. He remember he was very gracious!
4 days before I was born, can picture my parents and grandparents watching in Dallas
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans ~ 'loved from one end of our "Countries" 🇨🇦 to the other' & Red Skelton, the beloved comic entertainer & very talented artist of clowns. Our family loved them all! ❤
Skelton's response to question "Are you a man" was "I don't think I just returned from Copenhagen" referred to the then current story of Christine Jorgensen, the first sex change operation.
Michael Danello Thanks! I didn't understand the "Copenhagen" remark, but I DO now. :)
Ah, okay -- I was wondering about that.
That was a very risqué answer for that time in television. I’m even surprised it wasn’t bleeped out!
When Mr. Allen said “Is Fred Allen the father of Steve Allen from Whats My Line?” that had me laughing for some time.
It actually made me emotional since Steve talked about it on the first show after Fred's death.
Indeed Roy and Dale were fine folk. In 1948 or 1949 Roy Rogers stopped for gas at a station in our very small rural California town. I was a child in a wheel chair with my parents also getting gas. Mr Rogers spontaneously gave me a large photo of him and personally autographed it on the spot, while chatting with me briefly. He was my idol then so I was one thrilled child. Unfortunately that photo has disappeared amid many many moves.
Damn would have loved to see the previous week's episode....
I always wanted to dress like Roy and Dale. Lovely people. ❤
Roy Rogers was a terrific bowler! He is on a few episodes of Celebrity Bowling, which are available on TH-cam.
The announcer blooper at the beginning was funny, saying the panel "was broadcasting to you...." It's obviously something he said all the time for another show. It's easy to press the wrong button in your mind sometimes.
Steven Chappell It was probably because of the color episode the week before. Old script.
Steve Allen mentioned the man who asked if he was Fred Allen's son in the tribute episode to Fred after he passed away.
Wouldn’t it have been amazing if the following week they had on Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels!
I love the word gymnastics they have to do to answer questions. 😆
This show aired the day I was born
incredible!! this is amazing.
Nice of them to do it for the occasion!
How do you know, you were only one day old ?
Glenn...you'll always be way older than I am. I was born November 16, 1954
Glenn Bussell Dang you have an excellent memory! From one day old you remember that.
I like the new closing credits with the credits having drawn characters in them.
At the beginning of the show, Fred Allen notes the same thing I mentioned when he had been part of the panel a few weeks earlier: that WML could use the same sign as they did for Steve Allen.
In November, Skelton fell down stairs and injured an ankle, and he nearly died after a "cardiac-asthma" attack on December 30, 1957. He was taken to St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, where, his doctors said, "if there were ten steps to death, Red Skelton had taken nine of them by the time he had arrived". Skelton later said he was working on some notes for television and the next thing he remembered, he was in a hospital bed; he did not know how serious his illness was until he read about it himself in the newspapers. His illness and recovery kept him off the air for a full month; Skelton returned to his television show on January 28, 1958.
His young son Richard & Red’s 2nd wife info is below
When celebrities were dignified - and talented.
it didnt hurt that social media didnt exist & that reporters wouldn't withhold published certain stories
Red Skelton died on September 17, 1997, at the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California, at the age of 84, from pneumonia.
Red Skelton was an American comedy entertainer who had a net worth of $30 million. Red Skelton was born in Vincennes, Indiana in July 1913.
We went to Victorville to their museum when it was there , we had a nice time
Fred Allen is hilarious.
21:18 I am fairly good with voices, and the word "stolen" gave it to Fred Allen.
the interaction between fred and red is great
This is when it was fun to be an American...
@Just a Girl HOOAH!
Some graphics with the closing credits with this episode rather than merely the names against a plain background.
Today's TH-cam Rerun for 3/16/16: Well, I certainly didn't plan it this way, but in another odd bit of serendipity, we're kicking off the Fred Allen era of WML the day before the 60 anniversary of his death (Mar 17, 1956). Much better that we can focus on the shows he was in, rather than on his untimely passing.
Fred had appeared as mystery guest in 1953 and as a guest panelist a few weeks before this show, but this is his first episode as a regular. My disdain for Robert Q. Lewis largely stems from the fact that for a while, Fred alternated weeks with Q. My lifelong obsession with Fred Allen was the reason I sought out WML in the first place. I'd waited so many years to finally see his episodes, then when I discovered the GSN reruns, the cycle was *just* past his shows and I had to wait another two years!
When they finally got back around to Fred's shows, every time I tuned in and saw Q in his place, I'd involuntarily let forth a stream of profanity that would have made Buddy Rich blush. It didn't help that I also just flat out plain didn't like him. . . hence, Q has the distinct honor of being the only guest panelist on WML whose name I petulantly leave out of the video titles, because I'm a very small, very petty person. ;)
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Dale Evans was almost crying as John Daily was expressing the love international fans have for her and her husband.
This was the second episode transmitted in color. I haven't found the first but I know because Sept 12, 1954 said it was last b/w only
No. The previous week’s episode was the only one in color until the ’60s.
If I'm not mistaken, correctly guessing Red Skelton marks the first and I believe the only time that Fred Allen "ran the table" with a mystery guest, i.e., having the questions begin with him and never passing to another panelist before correctly guessing the MG.
wow, most amazing in all ways
Roy and Dale did good British accents.
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This was most likely the only episode featuring just ONE non-celebrity guest.
12:51 Dorothy by far the best at playing the game(due to her line of work) but one of many examples where she took the game too seriously with a crass reply
As kids,we called him Red Skeleton....:>)