Red Skelton headlines this one hour SPECIAL "tribute" to Hollywood Boulevard. Among Red's guests are personalitieS Frank Sinatra, Dinah Shore, George Raft, Bobby Rydell and William Demarest.
While strolling down the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Red pays pantomimic tribute to several movie legends. He also has his feet planted in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, with a surly George Raftas the "planter", and portrays a starving actor hoping to be discovered at Schwab's Drugstore. William Demarest joins Red in a "Freddie the Freeloader" skit, and Bobby Rydell sings a tune at a record shop. In the final segment, Red and Sinatra perform a duet at Puccini's Restaurant, and Dinah Shore sings.
First telecast November 30, 1960, The Red Skelton Timex Special was produced on videotape.It is a "LOST" broadcast.
Announcer is Art Gilmore.
NOTE: Soundtrack originally recorded, direct line, by Phil Gries, founder of Archival Television Audio, Inc. off of his 1949 Andrea television set which had a 12" picture screen.
Sound is pristine for this 65 year old air check.