the thing that helped to make red skelton so much more memorable was the child like innocence of freddie the freeloader who only wished to help others see the true beauty that this world provides. to one of the greatest performers, comedians, and cheer-bringers in the world...thanks for all that you gave to the world red. a truly beautiful human being.
I have not seen this in years and it brings back so many warm memories. This man was one of a kind and the world is a better place for him and his gift of laughter and sadder because he is gone. We could all still learn from him.
This makes me think of my dad who died in 2009 and my mom in 2013... I remember watching this all the time with them... Thank you... I can feel the tears....
I watched Red's show when I was a kid, but hadn't seen this Canadian special till now. And I didn't realise till watching the Pediatric Ward scene that he's probably the only male clown I ever liked.
It feels good seeing this but it must have been hard for Red to do the scene in the hospital, because after he lost his son, he couldn’t preform at children’s hospitals for a long time
There is something SO comical about how at first Freddy seems so strange. And then he runs across the drunk Santa who is far more out of it. Granted we got to know Freddy a little longer, and we have seen some of his beautiful points. But it is funny how the eccentric Freddy appears normal when he runs across the even stranger drunk Santa.
When the drunk Santa was commenting about how bad business was, Freddy could have said: "You could try sticking around and see if you have any luck selling trees for the Russian Christmas" on January 6th." That would have been funny. Or when Freddy asked what he was going to do with the trees, the drunk Santa could have said: "Leave them there. Maybe I'll have better luck on the Russian Christmas." And with the orange tree, Freddy could have said: "Maybe you could get away with that if we were in Florida."
kindness and a humble nature with laughs. memories of my family and youth. Thank you RED
the thing that helped to make red skelton so much more memorable was the child like innocence of freddie the freeloader who only wished to help others see the true beauty that this world provides. to one of the greatest performers, comedians, and cheer-bringers in the world...thanks for all that you gave to the world red. a truly beautiful human being.
I have not seen this in years and it brings back so many warm memories. This man was one of a kind and the world is a better place for him and his gift of laughter and sadder because he is gone.
We could all still learn from him.
Merry Christmas Red Skelton character and Freddie the free loader and you to Red Skelton
This makes me think of my dad who died in 2009 and my mom in 2013... I remember watching this all the time with them... Thank you... I can feel the tears....
Groovy music! Thank you for sharing. how special of a man he was....
God bless Red Skelton.
One the greatest with such a sincere and loving heart that helped as a child to laugh when I felt hurt. Thank you for this video
Deana Hill
I watched Red's show when I was a kid, but hadn't seen this Canadian special till now. And I didn't realise till watching the Pediatric Ward scene that he's probably the only male clown I ever liked.
How sad, this reminds me of his little boy Richard. How heart breaking
Here Red's "Freddie"performs a wonderful pantomime.
It feels good seeing this but it must have been hard for Red to do the scene in the hospital, because after he lost his son, he couldn’t preform at children’s hospitals for a long time
There is something SO comical about how at first Freddy seems so strange. And then he runs across the drunk Santa who is far more out of it.
Granted we got to know Freddy a little longer, and we have seen some of his beautiful points. But it is funny how the eccentric Freddy appears normal when he runs across the even stranger drunk Santa.
Here.."Freddie"sings a sweet ballard.
I'm going home to the old crow. You mean your wife? No, The Old Crow. I have a bottle of it stashed. LOL
Brother Red was a gentleman's gentleman.The IRS droped a bomb on him and he never recovered.
Really SPECIAL.
When the drunk Santa was commenting about how bad business was, Freddy could have said: "You could try sticking around and see if you have any luck selling trees for the Russian Christmas" on January 6th." That would have been funny. Or when Freddy asked what he was going to do with the trees, the drunk Santa could have said: "Leave them there. Maybe I'll have better luck on the Russian Christmas." And with the orange tree, Freddy could have said: "Maybe you could get away with that if we were in Florida."
Any Deep Space 9 fans? See if you can spot a future Ezri Dax in this scene.
LOL have you seen a caloun