Red Skelton

Title: Red Skelton
Category: Society & Culture / People | Words: 752 | Pages: 3.2 (approximately 235 words/page)

Red Skelton

Red Skelton We know him as Freddy the Freeloader, Clem Kaddidlehopper, Cauliflower McPugg and Dead Eye. His career spanned over fifty years and he conquered every entertainment medium from vaudeville to television. He is Red Skelton, who’s remarkable skill to evoke emotional responses from laughter to tears from his audiences have marked him as one of the greatest and best loved comedians. In his biography of this great comedian, Arthur Marx captured the many …showed first 75 words of 752 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 752 total…his live performances until he became ill. He passed away in September of 1997. Skelton will forever be remembered as one of the greatest comedians of all time and as America’s clown. Marx’s book provided a very comprehensive look at the life of Red Skelton. Although at times too wordy, Marx himself painted a clear picture of the on-camera clown and of the unfortunately depressed, beleaguered man who lived in solitude off the camera.

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