Red Skelton A Royal Command Performance

This performance was recorded live on Red Skeltons 70th Birthday on 18 July 1983 and released on the pay cable channel HBO on 22 April 1984 The recording took place before the Royal Family at Londons Royal Albert Hall and before a packed house of Lords Ladies and Gentlemen Red tosses off jokes oneliners and works through elaborate pantomime routines both classic and new Highlights include Skeltons uproarious Guzzlers Gin routine his Fisherman and the Little Boy mime and his heartbreaking Old Man Watching a Parade Additionally he mimes a scarecrow and an old golfer His legendary rapport with audiences is clearly evident here