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SINGERS AND DANCERS PERFORM A RURAL/FISHING THEMED NUMBER

RED SKELTON WITH MODEL AIRPLANE OF F-100 SABER JET, RED READS INSCRIPTION FROM LONDON TO LOS ANGELES, 6710 MILES IN 14 HOURS AND 5 MINUTES ON MAY 13TH, PILOTS CAPT. JACK BRYANT, CAPT. ALLEN ENGELS AND CAPT. TED WORKMAN INTRODUCES THE THREE PILOTS IN THE AUDIENCE. COMEDY MONOLOGUE ABOUT SPORTS. CAULIFLOWER MCPUGG CHARACTER. JOKES ABOUT RUSSIAN UNDERHANDED STROKE, ELECTRIC EELS AC-DC AND BOXER MAX BAER.

COMEDY SKETCH WITH CLEM KADIDDLEHOPPER FISHING AT BABBLING BROOK, CLEM PULLS UP A BEAUTIFUL MERMAID AND THROWS HER BACK IN. CLEM SAVES DROWNING MAN. TITLE CARD, NEW YORK 10 YEARS LATER. VINCENT PRICE AS LAWYER READS WILL OF MAN WHO ALMOST DROWNED. STEVE ALLEN JOKE CRACKS UP JANE MEADOWS. RED IS BEQUEATHED 8 MILLION DOLLARS. JANE PLOTS WITH VINCENT PRICE TO GET RID OF CLEM AND SPLIT THE ESTATE. THEY TAKE CLEM TO SEE A PSYCHIATRIST WHO USES WORD ASSOCIATION WITH HIM. THEY TRY TO SCARE HIM WITH TRICK PROPS. DEAD MAN COMES BACK AND GIVES CLEM THE MERMAID.

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