Author Topic: Red Skelton (Read 507 times)

FBplmmr · « **on:** September 12, 2007, 07:47:45 PM »

http://www.getipm.com/personal/red-skelton.htm

"I've been listening to you boys and girls recite the Pledge of Allegiance all semester and it seems as though it is becoming monotonous to you. If I may, may I recite it and try to explain to you the meaning of each word?"

I    me, an individual, a committee of one.
Pledge    dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self pity.
Allegiance    my love and my devotion.
To the flag    our standard, Old Glory, a symbol of freedom. Wherever she waves, there's respect because your loyalty has given her a dignity that shouts freedom is everybody's job!
United    that means that we have all come together.
States    individual communities that have united into 48 great states. Forty-eight individual communities with pride and dignity and purpose; all divided with imaginary boundaries, yet united to a common purpose, and that's love for country.
And to the republic    a state in which sovereign power is invested in representatives chosen by the people to govern. And government is the people and it's from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the people.
For which it stands, one nation    one nation, meaning "so blessed by God"
Indivisible    incapable of being divided.
With liberty    which is freedom -- the right of power to live one's own life without threats, fear or some sort of retaliation.
And Justice    the principle or quality of dealing fairly with others.
For all    which means, boys and girls, it's as much your country as it is mine.

Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country and two words have been added to the pledge of Allegiance...

UNDER GOD Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that would be eliminated from schools too?

God Bless America!

RedTop · « **Reply #1 on:** September 12, 2007, 07:53:57 PM »

Nice Post

Tango · « **Reply #2 on:** September 12, 2007, 08:57:25 PM »

Its better to listen to him say it. He also says it was a teacher, Mr. Laswell, that told him and his class this explaination of the Pledge of Allegiance.

http://www.spiritisup.com/pledgeofallegiance.html

Ripsnort · « **Reply #3 on:** September 12, 2007, 09:08:08 PM »

Red was one of my favorites as a child. I actually loved the Red Skelton show more than Batman.

Maverick · « **Reply #4 on:** September 12, 2007, 09:25:31 PM »

Some of his shows were saved even though in his will he wanted them destroyed. They were released in video tape format some time ago. We got as many as we could before we went on the road full time and had to give them up. That episode about the pledge was one of them and it was indeed a great part of that tape.

He was a true comedic genius. He could have you rolling on the floor and not use a single swear word in the process.

C(Sea)Bass · « **Reply #5 on:** September 12, 2007, 10:15:46 PM »

I never saw him but the name rings a bell as beng funny. On that note penguins are funny animals.

nirvana · « **Reply #6 on:** September 12, 2007, 10:30:17 PM »

48 states?

C(Sea)Bass · « **Reply #7 on:** September 12, 2007, 10:31:14 PM »

astroturf?

midnight Target · « **Reply #8 on:** September 12, 2007, 10:35:47 PM »

I remember hearing Buddy Hacket talk about Skelton. Red was not the goody 2 shoes you might think. Once he (Skelton) set up a movie projector outside Hacket's house and projected a porn movie onto Buddy's garage door. I guess the neighborhood was a little peeved.

C(Sea)Bass · « **Reply #9 on:** September 12, 2007, 10:39:35 PM »

Buddy Whacket?

rpm · « **Reply #10 on:** September 12, 2007, 10:41:56 PM »

Red was by no means Mr. Perfect. He had a notorious gambling habit as well. But, we're all human and his gifts of comedy and humility trump any bad habits he may have had.

Clem Cadidillhopper was my favorite character from his show. I'll always remember his sign off..."and may God bless."

FBplmmr · « **Reply #11 on:** September 13, 2007, 05:12:01 AM »

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Originally posted by nirvana
48 states?

Alaska and Hawaii didn't become states until the late 50's hence this line...

" Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country and two words have been added to the pledge of Allegiance..."

"Its better to listen to him say it. He also says it was a teacher, Mr. Laswell, that told him and his class this explaination of the Pledge of Allegiance.

http://www.spiritisup.com/pledgeofallegiance.html " hence the line...

" http://www.getipm.com/personal/red-skelton.htm "

68ROX · « **Reply #12 on:** September 13, 2007, 08:19:26 AM »

We cannot blame the younger members of our community for their lack of history knowledge....

School systems rarely teach 20th century history.

68ROX

FBBone · « **Reply #13 on:** September 13, 2007, 09:14:02 AM »

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Originally posted by 68ROX
We cannot blame the younger members of our community for their lack of history knowledge....

School systems rarely teach.

68ROX

Fixed.

Maverick · « **Reply #14 on:** September 13, 2007, 11:28:26 AM »

Actually the school systems still teach. There is a bit of a problem in what they are teaching at times. Things like self esteem, no one loses, everyone is a winner, don't hurt the kids feelings by actually holding them to a standard of learning as opposed to real subject matter. Couple that with parents who didn't do much other than housebreak their kid and feed them full of stuff like they have more "rights" than the school or teacher does and only the teacher is responsible for their little darlings learning anything. Not to mention that the parents will sue the school / teacher if their little darling gets upset.

You can take a kid to school but you can't force a kid to learn anything if they are not motivated to do so and the parents don't care. If the kid is not held accountable to show they actually have done the work, and met standards so they can be promoted you get kids who did learn the system will push them through if they work or not. They get very surprised to find the rest of the world is not like that and they will be expected to actually work later on.