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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1982)
: 5^ &WMf&WMKWA\W.KKKKKWjmWXKWJ?yf*JAJJMSSX-.-AVSS.Zttg&ZBWAV.V.V.V.W ‘Gracious’ comic Red Skelton performs at Hult Center tonight By Robert Webb OfttwEmaraM He ambles into the sterile conference room from the rear and before you know what's going on, the man is strolling down the aisle making sure to shake the hand of every person there No bodyguards here, no smartly dressed P R types are running around over-anxiously trying to make us feel comforta ble, there's just this tall, warm, amiable sexagenarian with a broad smile which seems to have bubbled up from a gen uinely warm place rather than something he just slapped on for the occasion. Red Skelton has graciously entered the room. Skelton, who performs to night in the Hult Center for the Performing Arts, has packed a lot of laughter and creativity into his years Known the world over as one of the greatest clowns America has produced, he has appeared in more than 40 mo tion pictures, as well as written nearly 5,000 musical selections, more than 4,000 short stories and several full-length books He began his entertainment career at age 10 when he joined a medicine show He went on to perform in tent shows, min strels, circuses, burlesques, Mississippi showboats, vaude ville, radio, films, and television It is through his appearances in the latter medium that most have come to know him ‘ I’ve been coming into your homes for 40 years,-' says Skel ton, "Your family doesn’t even come by that often." As for comedy on television today, Skelton quips, "I haven’t seen any lately " He eschews the use of IW4NT THE MOST FROM THE LNST THING I DO Mead& Shoulders CandUan* I'VE DISCOVERED THE CONDITIONER WITH THE FINISHING TOUCH OF DANDRUFF CONTROL Now I've found a far-reaching kind of condifioning full of rich, beautifying conditioners, plus the important finishing touch of dandruff control New Head & Shoulders Conditioner I've never had such full-bodied softness, silky manageability, and the extra finishing touch of Head & Shoulders dandruff control Try new Head & Shoulders Conditioner, and let it turn the last thing you do into a beautiful finishing touch for your hair. canned laughter ("My show never had a laugh track") and feels that most television comedians have become the victims of programing execu tives who are only interested in upping the prices of their com mercial times, writers who might come up with one good joke and spend the rest of their time just revising it, and the Big Laugh The Big Laugh is seductive, Skelton says, because "comedians live with the laughter they've heard the night before and they try to take short cuts to get only the Big Laughs again They forget that they have to build "Audiences will tell you what's funny," Skelton contin ues, "they really write the pieces People laugh at them selves mainly ” Although Skelton's show went off the air 12 years ago, he can still pack the house in every one of the 120-plus concerts he's done so far this year. To night's show is no exception It has been sold out for over a month. However, those who would still like to see his show are advised to go early and wait around the ticket office for peo ple to come by with tickets they decide they can't use For those who will miss the show, take heart, Skelton smiles and tells us that he feels it's his job "to try and make people laugh" and he will continue to do so on tour "until they nail the lid down." At the end of the conference, reporters thanked Skelton and applauded him He applauded them in return. Workshop topic forests’ future The Wilderness Society and 10 other environmental organ izations are co-sponsoring an all-day workshop on "The Fu ture of Oregon’s Forests" Sun day Peter Sorenson, Eugene at torney and conference coordin ator, says the workshop is de signed to "get the public some information on some of the regional conflicts that go on in the federal forests and the Bu reau of Land Management " Keynote speakers at the 9:15 a m workshop will be Fourth District Congressman Jim Weaver, his Republican chal lenger Ross Anthony, Wil lamette National Forest super visor Michael Kerrick and Sius law National Forest supervisor Larry Fellows A morning and an afternoon session of small group panels will be formed to discuss seven topics forest planning, wilder ness, fish and wildlife habitat, timber harvesting and herbicides, sustained yield and jobs, old growth and virgin for ests and geothermal, oil and gas development -,0^ M ^20% off Any glue binding *Tfir 860 fc. 13th 344-7894 Friday, October 15,1982
