American History Through the Eyes of Radio
Originally broadcast in syndication, 6 June 1944. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The run
- Network
- NBC
- Years active
- 1941–1952
- Surviving broadcasts
- 517
- Genre
- comedy
This upload contains 266 episodes (228 aired shows, 37 rehearsals, and 1 After Show) of the old time comedy program, The Red Skelton program. The show aired from 1941-1952, save for an 18-month hiatus from June 1944-December 1945 when Skelton served in WWII.
1949 · 11948 · 11947 · 21946 · 21944 · 11942 · 31941 · 2
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
Listenable · 1 of 45Rough but complete · 44 of 45
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: red-skelton-show_202008
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
12 dated broadcasts across 12 years on the air, with 5 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1942
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1952
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1941, in original transmission order.
- 1. Law Enforcement · 7 Oct 1941
- 2. Red Skelton Show 1941-12-16 (11) Blackout · 16 Dec 1941
- 3. Spring Cleaning · 3 Mar 1942
- 01
Law Enforcement
7 Oct 1941 · 30 min
Broadcast on NBC. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 02
Red Skelton Show 1941-12-16 (11) Blackout
16 Dec 1941 · 30 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “red-skelton-show_202008”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
- 03
Spring Cleaning
3 Mar 1942 · 30 min
Broadcast on NBC. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 04
Red Skelton Show 1942-05-05 (31) How The Newspaper Affects People
5 May 1942 · 29 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “red-skelton-show_202008”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
- 05
Red Skelton Show 1942-11-17 (46) Junior's Anniversary
17 Nov 1942 · 29 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “red-skelton-show_202008”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
- 06
Red Skelton Show 1944-06-06 (114) The D-Day Prayer
6 Jun 1944 · 10 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “red-skelton-show_202008”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
- 07
Some People Just Won't Pay Their Debts
2 Apr 1946 · 29 min
Broadcast on NBC. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 08
People Who Give Dinners to Impress Friends
26 Nov 1946 · 30 min
Broadcast on NBC. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Same night on the air
6 Jun 1944
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 6 Jun 1944.
D-Day: The Complete Broadcast Day
This will include a current CBS D-Day directory with some additions
D-Day: The Complete Broadcast Day
Old Time Radio Programs, Complete Broadcast Day, D Day, June 06 1944
D-Day: The Complete Broadcast Day
CBS / NBC · 1944–1944
D-Day: The Complete Broadcast Day
CBS / NBC · 1944–1944
D-Day: The Complete Broadcast Day
D-Day: The Complete Broadcast Day
CBS Complete Broadcast Day D-Day 1944-06-06 Part 005
6 Jun 1944 · 1h 1m
This upload contains CBS Radio's complete broadcast day for D-Day, June 6, 1944. Coverage begins in the early overnight hours on June 6, and continues into the early hours of June 7. The broadcast is broken into 24 hour-long segments. The professionalism, quality and integrity of the reporting is refreshing.
D-Day: The Complete Broadcast Day
D-Day: The Complete Broadcast Day
NBC Broadcast D-Day 1944-06-06 (14) 10:00 Nancy Osgood
6 Jun 1944 · 15 min
This upload contains the complete broadcast day for NBC Radio on D-Day, June 6, 1944. The broadcast begins at 2:50 a.m. Eastern War Time and continues until 6:00 p.m. on June 7, 1944. Not only is the news coverage professional and excellent at providing a real-time look at what the American people were learning as news was breaking, it is interesting to hear so many different religious leaders offer prayers in support of the invasion, the soldiers and the country. A different time.
D-Day: The Complete Broadcast Day
D-Day: The Complete Broadcast Day
NBC Broadcast D-Day 1944-06-06 (37) 19:00 News Of The World
6 Jun 1944 · 29 min
This upload contains the complete broadcast day for NBC Radio on D-Day, June 6, 1944. The broadcast begins at 2:50 a.m. Eastern War Time and continues until 6:00 p.m. on June 7, 1944. Not only is the news coverage professional and excellent at providing a real-time look at what the American people were learning as news was breaking, it is interesting to hear so many different religious leaders offer prayers in support of the invasion, the soldiers and the country. A different time.
Also on NBC
NBC in 1941–1952
Other series the network carried while The Red Skelton Show was on the air.
Same seasons
comedy on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
Friends in front of a microphone
Jack Benny and Fibber McGee sold intimacy: recurring characters, in-jokes, a house style. The modern hang-out show is the same trick without the script.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of The Red Skelton Show
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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