The Raleigh Cigarette Program Starring Red Skelton (04-16-46)

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The Raleigh Cigarette Program Starring Red Skelton (04-16-46)

After 1937 appearances on The Rudy Vallee Show, Skelton became a regular in 1939 on NBC's Avalon Time, sponsored by Avalon Cigarettes. On October 7, 1941, Skelton premiered his own radio show, The Raleigh Cigarette Program, developing routines involving a number of recurring characters, including punch-drunk boxer Cauliflower McPugg, inebriated Willie Lump-Lump and "mean widdle kid" Junior, whose favorite phrase ("I dood it!") became part of the American lexicon. There was con man San Fernando Red with his pair of crosseyed seagulls, Gertrude and Heathcliffe, and singing cabdriver Clem Kadiddlehopper, a country bumpkin with a big heart and a slow wit. Clem had an unintentional knack for upstaging high society slickers, even if he couldn't manipulate his cynical father: "When the stork brought you, Clem, I shoulda shot him on sight!" Skelton also helped sell WWII war bonds on the top-rated show, which featured Ozzie and Harriet Nelson in the supporting cast, plus the Ozzie Nelson Orchestra and announcer Truman Bradley. Harriet Nelson was the show's vocalist. It was during this period that Red divorced his first wife 

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 The Raleigh Cigarette Program Starring Red Skelton. April 16, 1946. NBC network, Hollywood origination. Sponsored by: Raleigh Cigarettes. The Skelton Scrapbook Of Satire: "Easy Money." Chapter 114: "The Night Watchman At the Bank." Chapter 116: "Junior Executive," with "Junior, The Mean Widdle Kid." Red Skelton, Rod O'Connor (announcer), David Forrester and His Orchestra, GeGe Pearson, Anita Ellis, Pat McGeehan, Verna Felton. 29:50. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.