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Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Red Skelton - Clem Kadiddlehopper


  

My friend posted a blog and in his replies, he made comment to Clem Kadiddlehopper. Those two words took me down a path of reminisces. Tuesday nights, pajama-clad laying in front of a big old black and white fuzzy television. (This would be prior to 1969 when daddy rolled in the new Zenith "Chromacolor" Cabinet Television into our lives.) My parents bickering if I should watch it. I always got to. The skits were bawdy and fun, my parents would laugh. The bawdiness always went over my sweet naive head. Red Skelton’s Comedy Hour was a staple in the '60s in our home. I remember when my ma showed me a Red Skelton Original Clown Painting. I was stunned that ‘My Red’ could paint like this. It was that moment that I wanted to paint too! I got an artist set for Christmas that year, but I could never do the canvas justice. This thought pattern brought the feeling of a better time came back to me.

Thank you Steve-O for a sweet gift this morning!

Red Skelton - Clem Kadiddlehopper

Red Skelton - The Pledge of Allegiance

and I am smiling ...

love me later~tj

 

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7 comments:

  1. Steven BerryDecember 11, 2007 at 10:05 AM

    Oh man ..I loved Red Skelton..What a class act this great entertainer was...Funny but after I mentioned the Clem bit this morning I started thinking about Red and ..Hell who knows what these people are like when not in front of cameras but I always just respected him ..He was a brilliant artist as well..A buddy had a blog site where he had found a really patriotic rendition by Red Skelton of The Pledge of Allegiance which was just very moving..Don't know if you have HBO but there is a documentary on the great Don Rickles that is just really fun and full of Don's great wit..I miss those guy's..Thank you reb for a wonderful walk down memory lane

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  2. Steven BerryDecember 11, 2007 at 2:01 PM

    Isn't that just about the best?..Make sure as will I to get the word out to let people see and hear this ..Atta girl reb..You done it just right!

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  3. XXXX YYYYDecember 11, 2007 at 4:43 PM

    hehehe I am not all that old but my parents are and they used to love to watch this and reruns. This is how comedy was ment to be.

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  4. Steven BerryDecember 11, 2007 at 5:22 PM

    By Gawd ..I do believe that you just called Reb ..OLD ..which of course she is ..me being her jr by decades ..but that might get her dang old (oops) dander up..LOLOLOL

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  5. tj charmingrebelDecember 11, 2007 at 6:17 PM

    Holy Crap! Yeah I invented dirt .... somebody had to and nobody was doing anything about the cave floor situation so now you know...I invented dirt, I'm THAT old!

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  6. tj charmingrebelDecember 11, 2007 at 6:19 PM

    And Steve-O baby if I were your senior by decades, you'd still be inutero. HA! .... goof

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  7. Kyle GDecember 17, 2007 at 1:27 PM

    yes, i remember watching red skelton too, thanks for letting us all go down memory lane sweet one

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