TV

Red Skelton end speech from last taping on CBS.

Award: AMVETS Silver Helmet Awards Banquet.

Red meets Billy Long. The 7 year old boy is dying from a brain tumor.

Des Moines Tribune Tue, Jul 07, 1970 ·Page 24

Stage

Iowa State Fair. Meet Billy Long again.

Des Moines Tribune Wed, Aug 26, 1970 ·Page 3

“I won’t appear anywhere in person again”.1

1. “No more shows, says Skelton” Daily Enterprise, Jan 28, 1972

Georgia Skelton is in the hospital recovering from a reoccurring dislocation of her left shoulder.

Tonight Show

Attends Harold Lloyd’s funeral.1

1. VSC “Filmland Friends Pay Last Respects to Lloyd” 03/12/1971

Note: Taped last original network episode

Illinois State Fair2

2. VSC 1971/03/21

San Antonio festival 4/16-25/1971

Art

Prints of Brown and Bigelow.

eBay, Historic Images.

Desert Symphony Orchestra.

Merriweather Post Paviliion, Columbia, Maryland3

3. “Red Skelton Opens Season at Merriweather Post Pavilion” The Sun (Baltimore)

“Red Skelton Opens Week at Holmdel Amphitheater” Garden State Art Center5

5. Asbury Park Press (New Jersey) June15, 1971

Flag Day Program, House of Representatives4

4. Program

Separation.6

6. FWNS, 11/12/1971

Montana State Fair, Great Falls7

7. Rack card

Masons

Honorary Member of the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin. Grand Master Denman Kramer.

Wisconsin Mason newspaper, August 1973

Stage

Wisconsin State Fair.

Kenosha News 17 Aug 1971, Tue ·Page 10

[TV repeat] [end of series]

Birthday gala for Mamie Eisenhower.8

8. carlanthonyonline.com

“Red Skelton to Divorce Wife”6

6. FWNS, 11/12/1971

Dedication Eisenhower Memorial Hospital

Clippings, Arc2016.064

Performance at Allen Food Products Company meeting, Hilton Hotel, New York, NY.10

10. Agreement

Decorating Rolls Royce with wreath.11

11. The Desert Sun, Dec 18 1971, Arc 2016.064

Painting: Flower Power, Clown with Twisted Life, Toulouse Lautrec, Clown with Cigar , Candy Cane Clown, The Accordionist, Bouquet of Flowers, Duck Eggs, Granny, Golf King , Indian Chief , Samurai

Stage: Hilton Showroom, Las Vegas, NV

Stage:

Stage: Montana (Great Falls) State Fair 08/05, 06/1972

Flag Day, House of Representatives

Southern California Presidential Dinner.2 Pledge.

2. Program

Stage

Orpheum re-open, Omaha, NB

Sunday World-Herald, Dec 22, 1974

Painting: Ruffled Clown

National Confernce of Christians and Jews, San Deigo

Spoke at a banquet honoring Green Berets and Viet-nam POWs in San Francisco.

Press-Enterpise (Riverside, CA), April 28, 1973

Art

Painting "The Clown" to the Franklin Mint Gallery of American Art.

AP Wirephoto

Red jokes with Leonid Brezhnev at San Clemente, CA

Historic Images, AP Wirephoto

The Mike Douglas Show, KYW TV, Philadelphia, PA.1

1. Contract, June 27, 1974

Family

Final divorce papers.

by Marilyn Beck, Star-News (Pasadena), 09/19/1973

Stage: Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, CA

Stage

Fairmont Hotel, Blue Room, New Orleans, LA

The Times-Picayune, Oct 26, 1973

Painting: Redso

Showtime’s Entertainer of the Year.1

1. Showtime, Aaron Ging, Jan 1, 1975

Stage

The Nugget; Performs with Emmett Kelly and Bertha.

Photo by Doug Hart

Stage

A Night with "Red" for Al. ILL. Albert N. Hepler, Jr. 33o. South Bend.

Program

{Award] Showtime’s Entertainer of the Year.2

2. Showtime, Aaron Ging, Jan 16, 1975

Painting: Little Blue Clown

Cove Galleries

Palm Springs Life, March 1975. Genius of Red Skelton Shown in New Form of Art – Painting” The Desert Sun, March 6, 1975

03/07-16/1975 Grand Marshall of Desert Circus. Lothian Desert Circus Queen.

Palm Springs Life, March 1975

PRINT-ART: “PAINTINGS BY AMERICA’S BELOVED CLOWN IN PREMIERE EXHIBIT AT COVE GALLERIES”4 5

4. Palm Springs Life, Anne Phillips, 03/1975. 5. Key magazine 1975/05/01

Award: Honorary Degree

Letter April 24 1975, Indiana State University

Stage: Celebrity Room of the Gold Buffet, Kansas City, MO.7

7. KC Star, Nov 5, 1975 Jess Ritter

Long Park Amphitheater, Lancaster, PA.9. Tiny Wright and his Orchestra with Manny Harmon musical director. Visiting new office of Gravette giant coloring book.

9. Lancaster New Era, 6/10/1975

TV-GUEST: THE TONIGHT SHOW

STAGE: NUGGET WITH EMMETT KELLY 08/2010 11

10. Postcard. 11. Program

TV-GUEST: MERV GRIFFIN12

12. 1975/10/07 VA

STAGE: AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATION CONVENTION LUNCH11

11. Program

LIFE: “SKELTON AILING” BACK SPRAIN AGE 57.13

13. 1975/11/20 VSC

Stage: Nite of Stars, St. Jude’s Ranch of Children.14

14. Letter Dec 19 1975, Father Herbert A. Ward Jr., RSM 2016.010B

STAGE: NUGGET NEW CELEBRITY ROOM WITH SINGERS JAN & JILL – 1976/01/03 15

15. Showtime, Jan 9, 1975

STAGE:  SARATOGA (SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY) FAIR8

8. Rack card

Art: The Recent Paintings of Red Skelton, Cove Galleries, Palm Springs, CA

Art

Started making collector plates with David Armstrong. "Freddie the Freeloader"

Plate World, Feb-April 1980

Stage: St. Joseph Hospital Benefit. With Helen Reddy.1

1. Program, RSM 2016.010B 07/07-28/1976 Stage: Nugget with Rip Taylor 08/26/1976 Minnesota State Fair. 09/11/1976 Stage: Clay County (Iowa) Fair. ((Spencer Daily Reporter, Sept 13, 1976

Stage

Minnesota Stat Fair with Helen O'Connell

Flyer

Ohio State Fair

Stage

Clay County Fair, Spencer, Iowa

Spencer Daily Reporter, Sept 9, 1976

Stage: Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, Iowa.2

2. Contract Jan 20 1976, RSM 2016.010B

The Life and Legend of Gene Fowler by H. Allen Smith1

1. William Morrow and Company

Owns 15 cars (7 Rolls-Royces), 100 watches and about 150 cameras.2

2. “Quotes of the Week”, 1977

Painting: The Pledge, Clem Kaddidlehopper, The Gent

Art

Plate "W. C. Fields"

Plate World

Rose parade.3 4

3. 1976/12/26 VSC “Red Will Be In Rose Parade”. 4. Rose Parade Program (RSMC)

Wish to sell homes in Palm Springs. Building home in Santa Rosa Mountains.5

5. “Straight From (Bob) Lardine”, 02/1977

Mike Douglas taping 03/07-9/1977

Stage

Carnegie Hall

Program (RSMC)

The Fabulous Fifties

Command Performance

TV

The Mike Douglas Show. Co-host 03/28/1977-04/01/1977

TV

Academy Awards. Presented 1976 Sound Award.

Family

(Brother) Chris Skelton died. Murphy & Moore Funeral Home, Santa Monica, CA. Ojai, CA. Son, Marvin in LA.

04/28/1977 L’ville Co News. “Chris Skelton” April 26, 1977

Art

Needlepoint kits by Empress Designs

Letter from Jan, April 29, 1977

Stage: Performing Arts Center, Tulsa9

9. Key, 1977/05/07 (RSMC)

Boston (Krone)

Portland, OR (Kaye)

Evansville, IN (Krone) 06/03-04-1977

06/06-09 American Heart Association radio schedule. 06/10 [Stage] Providence RI

Schedule to played a medicine man in the film “Shadow Horse” 06/14-07/07/1977.11

11. Funsters, 1979

*Book published in 2014 based on script. “Shadow Horse” by Steve Hayes and Ben Bridges.15

15. Sixgold Books and Bookend Pub

"Shadow Horse," the Red Skelton star originally scheduled for production here on June H, has been moved back to a June 25 start date. Strother Martin and Rafer Johnson have been added to the cast. Johnson plays a Zulu warrior named Choka.12

12. Robert Skelton, "Out Takes from Old Tucson", Tucson Citizen, 06/11/1977

West Virginia

Filmed in Santa Fe, NM.13 Tucson production moved to March due to funding.14

13. Post-Herald And Register, 06/25/1977. 14. Tucson Citizen, 06/25/1977

The Mike Douglas Show10

10. The Paley Center

[Stage] Academy of Music of Philadelphia6

6. Program (RSMC)

[Art] 3rd International Plate Collectors’ Convention, University of Notre Dame.6

6. Program (RSMC)

[Stage] Nugget – 07/27/1977 16, 17, 18

16. Nugget Gazette (RSMC). 17. Nevada State Journal Entertainment, 1977/07/22 (RSMC). 18. Postcard (RSMC)

Stage

Nugget

Reno Gazette-Journal 01 Jul 1977, Fri ·Page 42

[Stage] Twin Lakes, MI. Blue Lake Highlights6

6. Program (RSMC)

Denver Symphony

“Skelton Now A Loner…Sadder But Wiser”19

19. AP (Seattle), 08/24/1977

[Stage] Seattle Opera House

Program (RSMC)

Du Quoin State Fair, In the winner circle for the horse Green Speed.

Broadstreet Racing Photography

Nebraska State Fair

[Stage] Kansas State University, Ahearn Field House.

Mitchell, SD 09/22-24/1977

“35,000 Enquirer Readers Wish Red Skelton ‘Happy Birthday'”20

20. by Hal Jacques, 09/27/1977

Univ. of Arkansas

[Print] Plans to publish “Twenty Christmas Stories” and “The True Scrooge”.21

21. Program, 10/08/1977

[Film] Plans to produce film “The Confessional” and a film about Las Vegas.21

21. Program, 10/08/1977

Eastern Illinois University

“Red Skelton in Drama Class”22

22. Betty Hinshaw, Burris Briefs, Autumn/1977

[Stage] Emens Auditorium, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 10/08-09/1977.21

21. Program, 10/08/1977

Stage: “An Evening with Red” War Memorial, Syracuse, NY, Onondaga County.

Historical Images. Herald-Journal, Clement H. Murray.

Sahara, NV 10/16-11/02/1977

“Red Skelton: Business ‘Leeches’ Ripped Me Off for Over $6 Million”23

23. by Ken Potter, National Enquirer, 08/1977

Nugget, Reno

Working on reruns of tv show.

Painting: The Chef, Clown Wagon, Freddie in the Tub, The Philosopher

Art

Plate "Happy"

Plate World

“Extraordinary Gentleman”

Sarasota Scene by Larry Murphy

Dayton, OH or Gammage Center of the Performing Arts, Tempe, AZ

Ft. Wayne, IN

Print: “Red Skelton The Man Behind the Performer”2

2. Curtain Call, by Marcia David, St. Petersburg, FL

Stage

Towson State University, Baltimore, MD. Lost a $200,000 ring but found by a fire-fighter.

The Evening Sun Thu, Feb 09, 1978 ·Page 73. The News-American, Feb 21, 1979.

Award

NECAA Award. Presented by Mary Joe Mertens, University of Kentucky. Convention in New Orleans, LA. Introduced by Earl R. Williams, manager of Emens Auditorium, Ball State University, Muncie, IN.

Star Press, Muncie, IN. March 18, 1978, Sec. b, Pg. 7

St. Petersburg, FL

Daytona Beach, FL

West Palm Beach, FL

Stage: Nuggett with Sally Flynn and Clay Hart “so thrilling to see you again” 03/30-04/05/1978 3

3. Letter April 9 1978, from Anna Maria Alberghetti, RSM 2016.010A) EVENT May “Red Skelton Featured in House of Windsor Television Commercials” ((Newsletter, US Tobacco, May, 1978

Award: Honorable Colonel, State of Tennessee.

Jacksonville Coliseum. Conductor Jerry Kaye.

TV

Plan to burn TV show after death.

"Red Skelton: All My TV Shows Will Be Burned When I Die", Nat Enquirer, Mar 28, 1978, Dan Schwartz.

TV

House of Windsor tobacco ads

Stage

Memorial Hall, Dayton, Ohio

https://www.concertarchives.org/bands/red-skelton

Grand Master’s Dinner, Grand Lodge, NY

West Point

Stage: Nugget 05/25-06/04/1978

TV: Taping for GE 100th Anniversary Celebration.4

4. Letter May 12 1978, Paul W. Keyes Production, RSM 2016.010A

Stage: Concord Pavilion, San Francisco, CA

Stage

Fresno Convention center Arena

PR Reuben Mack Associates. AMA Arts Management Associates.

Stage: Nugget with Gloria Loring 08/17-23/1978

Du Quoin State Fair

Stage: Western Illinois University.5

5. Letter Nov 15 1978. RSM 2016.010B

Paintings: The New Stetson, Christmas Again, Balloon Man, Dinner Time, Crazy Quilt

Stage

Closing credits muted do to copyright.

Art

Plate "The Pledge"

Plate World

Press

Bob Braun Show, Cincinnati, Ohio

Stage: Johnson City (Tenn) Shrine Club.

Stage

Freedom Hall, Johnson City, TN

Johnson City Press-Chronicle, Jan 24, 1979

Stage

Mid-American Mall, The Auditorium Dixon-Myers, Memphis TN

The Commercial Appeal, Feb 9, 1979

Stage: Boutwell Auditorium, Birmingham, Alabama.

Birmingham Post-Herald, Feb 14, 1979

TV: The Mike Douglas Show

Stage

Boutwell Auditorium, Birmingham, AL

Birmingham Post-Herald Sat, Feb 10, 1979 ·Page 10

Stage

LSU Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, LA

Morning Advocate, Feb 19, 1979

Stage: Civic Center Arena, Savannah, GA.

Stage

Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA

Atlanta Constitution, Mar 6, 1979

Stage

Carolina Coliseum, Columbia, SC

Gamecock, Mar 14, 1979

Award

Stars Hall of Fame, Orlando, Fl. Paul Lewis as Chaplin

Photo

Americana Comedy of Arts, Anza, CA. No longer with Cove Galleries of Palm Springs.3

3. Ad, The Desert Sun, March 17, 1979

Stage

Lee County Arena, North Fort Myers, FL

News-Press, Mar 24, 1979

Stage

West Palm Beach Auditorium, Florida

Palm Beach Daily News, Mar 29, 1979

Stage

The Palace, Cleveland, Ohio

Plain Dealer, Apr 20, 1979

Stage

Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati Post, Apr 28, 1979

Award: Distinguished Achievement Award, Grand Master’s Dinner, New York.4

4. Letter May 9 1979, Charles W. Froessel

Stage

Centnnial Hall, University of Toledo, Ohio

The Collegian, May 16, 1979

Stage

Iowa State Fair

DesMoines Sunday Register, Aug 19, 1979.

Stage

Nugget with Franceen Devon 08/25-09-01/1979

Book – “Red Skelton: An Unauthorized Biography" by Arthur Marx

1. Funster, 1979

Stage

Harrah's South Shore Room. 20th anniversary.

Letter, Mead Dixon, 12/21/1979

Red Skelton Clowns, Blue Wall Gallery, Torrance, CA.

LA Times, ad, Dec 9, 1979