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No Red Skelton

posted 8 years ago by cloud_nine
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Skelton was one of the top comics for years. Was he even asked?

[–] snelling 8 years ago

He was too busy doing "The Clown" and "Half a Hero."

"'Extremely High Voltage.' Well, I don't need safety gloves, because I'm Homer Simpzszszszbzbzbzbuzzzzz--" - Frank Grimes

[–] powersroc 8 years ago

I read that Red's agent wanted more money than Krammer was prepared to give.

Also,no Danny Kaye,Bob Hope,Danny Thomas,Jackie Gleason,Lucy.

[–] snelling 8 years ago

Tony Randall, Rock Hudson, Doris Day? Elvis? We could go on and on here.

"'Extremely High Voltage.' Well, I don't need safety gloves, because I'm Homer Simpppbzzzzxxx--" - Frank Grimes

[–] PaladinNJ (21510) 6 years ago

Don Rickels wasn't approached either and he made it a point to remind the director about it every time he saw him.