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‘Gracious’ comic Red Skelton
performs at Hult Center tonight
By Robert Webb
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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
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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
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Friday, October 15,1982