Red Skelton on The Ed Sullivan Show

[traintyme]

there are no others like him, a one of a kind. the so called comedians of today are totally useless.

rest in peace oh great clown

[PikaJew1213]

heh...hehehe. hehehhehehah *Grabs joker forcefully

[DEbeachbum1]

One of the greatest at his craft -- I still laugh at his jokes and skits -- and no vulgarity, no sexual innuendos...proves truly great comedy doesn't need that trash, and can stand on its own merit.

[ProjectOutcast]

that opening joke was used in Batman: The Killing Joke. you could never understand it until u saw red do it.

[RiverKanoff]

The Killing Joke

[SuperHartline]

Red wasn't just a comic. He was a cherished national treasure. I don't think he ever knew it. That's the pity. He was sooooooo beloved. Other comics were popular or highly popular. Red Skelton was beloved by the whole of the english speaking world.

[BuddyNovinski]

My mother used to criticize Red Skelton because he laughed at his own jokes. I say we need more comedians like him! He had such clean humor, and the kids loved him. I wonder how long it took to get his hair to fly out at a fake sneeze. What scares me is that I am almost the same age as he is in this scene from 1968.

[Planktontwo]

@BuddyNovinski I bet your Mom just loves some of the alleged comedians today. Red was genuine, A great guy and performer. And as said, no foul language. Glad you appreciate what he did.

[rebelmunro]

The Greaytest comedian Who Ever Lived!

[KFHorror190]

what a gentle man. He was funny and genuine.

[123markym]

A wonderful, wonderful., gifted man whose talent few can match. I could think of no one who is this funny nowadays, and who doesn't have to use a vulgar word to be funny.. i am sorry i never got to meet Red.

[1954tele]

The high water mark of comedy!!! Simply the best!

[sunshine45986]

Always loved him, made me giggle so hard when i was a little boy and he was on tv, never forgot that!

[mrgears]

Red was a comedian's comedian

[leavinghope1970]

The Joker's joke...

[wrestling782]

my grandfather's Favorite Comedian Is Red Skelton

[TakagiSnaporaz]

said by the joker in "the killing joke"

[MrSourceMan]

@TakagiSnaporaz thats how i got here

[DoobieRiley]

The best thing about Red is his ability to laugh at himself :D

[DoobieRiley]

The best thing about Red is his ability to laugh at himself :D

[hollyroxtar]

i dont get the first joke, some one explain it to me??? :(

[kibbles1053]

@hollyroxtar It isn't the funniest joke in the world, so it seems like you're missing something when you aren't. So, the first guy says "climb up the light." and the second guy says "you think I'm crazy, don't you?" You'd expect him to say "you can't climb light."  but instead he says "you'll turn it off when I'm halfway up." That's all there is to it.

[stomyn]

43 years later, and it's still funny as hell

[anonfromebaumsworld]

I uh..... I dont get it

[kyokogodai]

Alan Moore stole that first joke, to use in the Batman one-shot comic, "The Killing Joke!" I thought it was original, when I read it, decades ago. Nope, Good'ole Red did it 20 years earlier than that. God Bless you Red!

[nekwa2]

"HEH."

[stefanrozman]

Why So Serious?

[jrg8008]

I never thought he was funny.

For one thing, he laughs at his own jokes. You just don't do that.

Oh well.

[john295]

@jrg8008 you sure? I laugh at my jokes all the time...

[a1b2m13]

Laughed at the Scotsman joke and the sneeze...didn't get any of the others.

[MrLunitunz]

He certainly looks like The Joker. And that's the Joker's joke, about the flashlight. Alan Moore must have seen this or something, either him or Brian Bolland.

[mauridaherg]

@MrLunitunz He did. Or they did. According to Wikipedia

[josh4jay]

Stupid, retarded, fucking pointless

[legnanamor]

@josh4jay Yes you are. and more. glad u know urself that well.

[funkyboyz27]

i dont understand the first joke. Someone help me..

[dasstu]

@funkyboyz27 The first guy is implying he could climb the beam from the flashlight like a support beam.

[funkyboyz27]

@dasstu as in the beam of light from the flashlight?

[dasstu]

@funkyboyz27 yup.

[funkyboyz27]

@dasstu oh, thnx!

[jrmrofin]

OMG. Flocks of seagulls hairdo at 02:06 ROFL

[BlazingBurglekutt]

he's so animated, comics these days could learn a thing or two.

[usmc8542]

Classic

[Kerridee100]

Sooo funny--there will never be another like him.

Thanks for uploading : )

[thatpat]

The master of true comedy...Thank you so much for posting this treasure.

[dcspaced]

Wonderful! The hair routine had the precision of a blue angels flight formation, and the flashlight joke was very clever and well-delivered.

[mikeyzip]

He was so funny and we need him back again to make us belly laugh.

[909chuck]

TIMING!!!! hahahahahahahahahahaha! Lovable genius and a true master of "the clown." Thanx for it all, Red! Hardships in his life never made him bitter. A lesson for us all, and for those who were religious he would always close with, "...and may God bless." Gentleman/genius.

[RaChiEgiRl101]

one of a kind!

[wonglee2424]

Thanks Dad for putting on this show when we were kids

[demaster619]

WOW I click on Ed Sullivan to see Ed Sullivan, but I see everyone else but Ed Sullivan. How can You have an Ed Sullivan Channel, but you don't show Ed Sullivan?

[chiefnut48]

I used to watch his show with my family. So funny and great comedy

[MRAGENTBLUE9]

YES MR SKELTON WAS AWSOME and he NEVER had to cuss to be funny

[frankiepace]

Red was the man....

[thejobloshow]

This has aged well. Funny stuff.

[TheStanbabe]

I'm also in my 50's..and the middle of my head is becoming a vancant lot.

[BannerBombers]

He was beyond brilliant. Amazing no one has written his biography.

[martikkeh]

A true genius...they dont come like Red any more:(

[alixinthemiddle]

XD!!! aww....

[skateboardgumby]

I loved Red Skelton when I was a kid. In fact, if I had been remotely funny, I wanted to be a stand up comic. Thanks for posting this.

[Greenwood4USA]

absolutely classic, I was born in 87 and still grew up with red. always wished i could've met him before he passed away. truly untouchable as an entertainer.

[crozboz]

absolutely brilliant - i love the way he's setting up for a joke while telling another joke!

"atchoo!"

[BTURNER1961]

For physical comedy, there was no better than Red. He had the complete control of a master mine, with an expressive capacity unequaled. Only Lucy was his equal.

[rosetadams15]

yes. NO ONE can measure up to Red Skelton. Don't make like him anymore. He is missed

[kelckeri]

I think he was a genious....

[GoldsboroughStudios]

The funny farm joke was used in Alan Moore's "The Killing Joke".

[WSenator1]

INCREDIBLY funny man. His show during the 60s (Tuesday, 8:00, CBS) was required viewing at our house. And as I got older, I did the requiring!

[chrissen1]

CBS had every top star in the 60's from Red Skelton to Jackie Gleason to Lucille Ball. Entetainment was exactly that in those days....We miss em all!

[BatMak23]

aw red...i own much of your show and am proud to watch it. i think of it as gaining television/film wisdom. Thanks for the good and worth-watching stuff red. :)

[luap123311]

There was no swearing / vulgar language & he was really funny! I miss his style of comedy! 

[zer1010]

He was a master

[OldTelivisionRocks]

I love the ending

[isenberd]

This man never had to cuss to be funny.

[stephenwinkler]

@isenberd Neither did Jack Benny nor Bob Hope.

[ClassicShowbiz]

@isenberd He wasn't allowed to cuss on TV. Otherwise he woulda - as foul mouthed as they come.

[holm81]

@isenberd Old fuck.

[sim1manson1]

@isenberd Maybe he shoulda

[onnet7]

0:38 Jack Nicholson.

[Mattstar100]

I realized when I was a youngster that we were living in a golden age of entertainment, that God had blessed this nation with a unique collection of talented performers. I hated the thought that one day they would be gone. Sadly, for the most part we now are faced with that loss. Thank God we have these wonderful memories.

[phantom4087]

@Mattstar100

The Golden Age is not over. The good entertainers still exist, but they're just harder to find. Some is on broadway, some is off-broadway, and a lot is even in regional theatre. You just have to look in the right places.

[dancebandleader]

@phantom4087 Good point! BUT heads of today's

shows ought to have more guts, and PRESENT talented

performers of today, instead of programming for

brain dead 20 year olds. Rock and Roll and dirty comedy

is not the be-all and end-all of entertainment. If variety

shows were still around today, I'm sure that people like

Michael Buble, Harry Connick, Jr., would be seen frequently

along with talent from the other areas you you mentioned. We

need showcases on TV for GOOD young talent.

[phantom4087]

@dancebandleader

What I'm saying is that the reason people don't put quality entertainment on TV sometimes because it doesn't get ratings because people don't want it. Leave TV to the idiots. We must go the theatre to get our fix for good art. BTW, look at screen actors like Kate Winslet, Cate Blanchett, Daniel Day-Lewis, etc. Good entertainment even in movies is far from dead. Only TV is dead.

[CorpsmanHM3]

What a great man he was. We need shows like his and the Ed Sullivan show again on TV.

[kosherspeare]

I remember Red Skelton, Jackie Gleason, Ed Sullivan, and The Smothers Brothers when they weren't re-runs. I'm still waiting for someone to be another groundbreaker.

[nancestef]

This man was a national treasure. I remember seeing him in person in 1987 in Connecticut. What a thrill that was. He is genuinely missed.

[thatpat]

Thank you for posting this. The best ever.....great memories.

[Gr8Gaia]

Thanks for posting this. I love Red. This was real humor. You didn't have to worry about sheilding your kids ears back then. Ahh, the good ole days....

[diddymuck]

Used in a Batman comic...the Joker got the Batman to laugh by offering up the loony bin joke.

[OldTelivisionRocks]

@diddymuck so cool thanks for the tidbit

[gibran53]

I saw Red live at the Fox Theatre in Detroit many years ago. He went for over two hours straight - no break! And before he started, he came on the PA system and had the audience in stitches! What a great, great performer! A true Entertainer!

[Jourell1]

Oh man... only red skelton could make brushing his hair that freaking hilarious

[girllovesmonkees]

THE VERY BEST!!

You can NOT find anyone better than that! :]

[Tejano44]

Thanks for posting . He was and is one of my favorites .

[Torontogirl49]

On our little black and white TV we used to watch Red Skelton, remember Gertrude and Heathcliff.

Thanks for the download.

[RedSkelton4u]

That's AWESOME. Thank you for sharing.