Título: Red Skelton
Seção: "I dood it!"
Background: Richard "Red" Skelton (July 18, 1913 - September 17, 1997) was an American comedy entertainer. He was best known for his national radio and television acts between 1937 and 1971, and as host of the television program The Red Skelton Show. He has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in radio and television, and also appeared in burlesque, vaudeville, films, nightclubs, and casinos, all while he pursued an entirely separate career as an artist. Skelton began developing his comedic and pantomime skills from the age of 10, when he became part of a traveling medicine show.

Conteúdo: Skelton and Edna worked for a year in Camden, New Jersey, and were able to get an engagement at Montreal's Lido Club in 1934 through a friend who managed the chorus lines at New York's Roxy Theatre. Despite an initial rocky start, the act was a success, and brought them more theater dates throughout Canada. Skelton's performances in Canada led to new opportunities and the inspiration for a new, innovative routine that brought him recognition in the years to come. While performing in Montreal, the Skeltons met Harry Anger, a vaudeville producer for New York City's Loew's State Theatre. Anger promised the pair a booking as a headlining act at Loew's, but they would need to come up with new material for the engagement. While the Skeltons were having breakfast in a Montreal diner, Edna had an idea for a new routine as she and Skelton observed the other patrons eating doughnuts and drinking coffee. They devised the "Doughnut Dunkers" routine, with Skelton's visual impressions of how different people ate doughnuts. The skit won them the Loew's State engagement and a handsome fee. The couple viewed the Loew's State engagement in 1937 as Skelton's big chance. They hired New York comedy writers to prepare material for the engagement, believing they needed more sophisticated jokes and skits than the routines Skelton normally performed. However, his New York audience did not laugh or applaud until Skelton abandoned the newly written material and began performing the "Doughnut Dunkers" a

user: Was this a sketch by him?

assistant: Skelton introduced the first two of his many characters during The Raleigh Cigarette Program's first season.

user: who played junior?

assistant: Edna,

user: Where did he perform?

assistant: the radio show

user: What acts did he perform on the show?

assistant: "I dood it!"

user: Who were those characters?

assistant: The character of Clem Kadiddlehopper was based on a Vincennes neighbor named Carl Hopper,

user: Who was the other based on?

assistant: The second character, The Mean Widdle Kid, or "Junior", was a young boy full of mischief,

user: Did audiences like the shows or the characters he played or wrote?

assistant: Skelton starred in a 1943 movie of the same name, but did not play "Junior" in the film.

user: Which phrase?

assistant: "I dood it!"

user: What else can be said about Red Skeleton and his material

assistant: studio audience tickets for Skelton's radio show were in high demand; there were times where up to 300 people needed to be turned away for lack of seats.

user: What was it called in production?

assistant: "Doughnut Dunkers