Comedy Night at BWSC Thursday July 9th 2015 - The Honeymooners

1. Honeymooners -- The Bensonhurst Bomber

    The Honeymooners-The Bensonhurst Bomber. lol

2. The Honeymooners: Oh my Aching Back

Ralph feigns illness to avoid visiting his mother-in-law. Then the pain gets real: he injures his back bowling.

Comedy Night at BWSC Thursday June 11th 2015 - Waiting for God

Storyline

When Tom Ballard moves to Bayview Retirement Vilage, he meets Diana Trent, a feisty old woman who complains about everything and wants nothing more than just to die. Much to the dislike of Harvey Baines, the head of the home, the two form a friendship and eventually a romance, helping each other out of tight situations. Tom's son, Geofrey, and daughter-in-law, Marion (whom Tom doesn't particularly like) are constantly stopping in and Jane, a worker at the home, is Diana's worst nightmare being constantly cheerful. Together, though, Tom and Diana make it together while they are waiting for God.Written by Christopher Rothbauer 

The first two shows of a half hour each from season 1 will be shown:

This is a show that would never be made in the US because it is about the elderly with a cast mostly over the age of 50. But that is what makes it so great.

Stephanie Cole is Diana Trent who is a retired photojournalist who spent all her time working and never raised a family. She has lived her life at full throtle and has not slowed down for retirement. She believes that being old is not fatal. (Note: Stephanie was only 49 when the series premiered!)

Graham Crowden is Tom Ballard. He raised an extremely boring son who is married to an alcoholic nymphomanic. Tom goes on mental walkabouts with famous dead people. Tom is actually very together, he just doesn't like to admit it.

They are neighbors at Bayview Retirement Community which is run by the superego Harvey Baines (Better known as the Idiot Baines.)and the overly kind Jane. Harvey always has a plan to make more money or a plan to get rid of a pesky resident but you know that Diana and Tom will foil his plans.

Concert Night at BWSC Featuring - Elvis Presley Aloha from Hawaii - May 21st at 6:30PM

Aloha from Hawaii 

Viewing figures

Elvis Presley Enterprises give the figure that between 1 billion and 1.5 billion people watched the one hour broadcast live, a debatable figure as the total population of the countries receiving the broadcast was 1.3 billion.

§Set list

• Introduction ("Also Sprach Zarathustra", performed by the Joe Guercio Orchestra)

• "See See Rider"
• "Burning Love"
• "Something"
• "You Gave Me a Mountain"
• "Steamroller Blues"
• "My Way"
• "Love Me"
• "Johnny B. Goode"
• "It's Over"
• "Blue Suede Shoes"
• "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
• "I Can't Stop Loving You"
• "Hound Dog"
• "What Now My Love"
• "Fever"
• "Welcome to My World"
• "Suspicious Minds"

• Elvis introduces J.D. Sumner & the Stamps Quartet, the Sweet Inspirations, Kathy Westmoreland, members of the TCB Band, and the Joe Guercio Orchestra

• "I'll Remember You"
• "Long Tall Sally"/"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"
• "An American Trilogy"
• "A Big Hunk o' Love"
• "Can't Help Falling in Love"

• Closing vamp performed by the TCB Band and the Joe Guercio Orchestra

After the concert was over, Presley returned to the empty arena with the TCB Band to record five songs for the American airing of the show, including Gordon Lightfoot's "Early Morning Rain", and some songs from the movie Blue Hawaii: "Hawaiian Wedding Song" "No More" and "Ku-U-I-Po"

Comedy Night at BWSC Thursday April 9th 2015 - The Honeymooners

1. Honeymooners -- Funny Money Full Show

Counterfeiters have lost a suitcase of 'funny money' and have to wait 30 days to retrieve it. Once 30 days have elapsed it becomes the property of the person who found it...Ralph Kramden. When he discovers the contents of the case he goes on a wild spending spree despite Alice's warnings that this doesn't seem right. It isn't long before the gangsters come calling for their loot.

2. The Honeymooners: Brother Ralph

Because of a suggestion he made, Ralph gets laid off. While they're trying to figure out how to cope with the bills, Alice decides to go back to work over Ralph's objections. The real trouble starts when Ralph finds out who has to do the house work, and when Alice's boss comes to the apartment to pick her up.

Comedy Night at BWSC Thursday March 12th 2015 - The Red Skelton Show More

 On Thursday before the "Main Event'

How many of you remember playing a "Juke Box" in the mid 50"s? 

Putting in your Quarters and picking and listening to great songs from the 50's.

Gee Dad, it's a Wurlitzer!

It will be like attending a "Concert"!

Come at 6:30 and select a single to Play (no quarter needed), hundreds to pick from.

This is a big throwback to a different time and should be fun.

See you there! 

The Main Event!

Show 1

Red goes to a music store to purchase a song. 

David Rose shows up, as do Clem Kadiddlehopper & Cauliflower Mc Pugg.

The Sportsman Quartet sing "Let's Do It Again."

"Cafe Paree" & "If Adults Acted Like Kids" sketches.

Show2

Clem Kadiddlehopper does a toothpaste commercial.

Red demonstrates various people in a Drug Store.

"G.I. McPugg" sketch.

The Modernaires sing "The Customer Is Always Right".

And Willie Lump Lump in "Private Bloodshot Eye".

Comedy Night at BWSC Thursday February 19th 2015 - The Red Skelton Show

Show 1

Cauliflower McPugg has an idea to make a million.

Willie Lump Lump in "Smokeless Sunday".

The Taylor Maids sing "That's The Man For Me".

"The Execution" & "The American Dance" sketches.

Show2

Kadiddlehopper selling real estate on TV.

The Pepperettes sing "Didn't Know The Gun Was Loaded".

"Artist And Model" sketch.

Willie Lump Lump and The Burglar.

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5.0 out of 5 stars ALL NEW TO DVD episodes in chronological order!, October 19, 2014

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This review is from: The Red Skelton Show: The Early Years - 1951 - 1955 (DVD)

For the first time in quite a while, we get ALL NEW TO DVD episodes in chronological order from the first few years of Red Skelton's TV career.

This is a real treat for Red Skelton Fans. A real MUST-HAVE!

The Red Skelton Show: The Early Years 1951-1955 Episode List
DISC 1
(Season 1 - NBC)
10/21/51- Smokeless Sunday
11/04/51- Willie and the Burglar
11/11/51- Café Paree
11/18/51- G.I. McPugg
11/25/51- Clem and Married Life (with special guest Bob Hope)
12/09/51- The Big Trial
12/16/51- Clean Politics
12/23/51- The Skeltons at Home (with special guests Georgia, Valentina, and Richard Skelton)
12/30/51- Learn to Dance in Ten Easy Lessons or One Hard One

DISC 2
01/06/52- The Bouncer (with special guest Milton Berle)
01/13/52- McPugg The Babysitter (with special guest Nana Gollner)
01/20/52- The Clean Fighter
01/27/52- Rock-A-Bye-Baby
02/10/52- The Transcontinental
02/17/52- The Disc Jockey (with special guest David Rose)
02/24/52- How To Make A Salad
03/02/52- Pasquale's Hotel
03/23/52- How To Eat Corn On The Cob

DISC 3
03/30/52- Willie The Barber
04/06/52- Clem's Travel Club
05/04/52- It Takes All Kinds (Live in San Francisco with Benny Rubin and Kam Tong)
05/11/52- Let's Talk About Mother
05/18/52- Telephone Trouble
05/25/52- The Railroad Station
06/01/52- Tornado Deadeye
06/08/52- Folding Boy
06/15/52- Let's Talk About Father

DISC 4
(Season 2 - NBC)
09/28/52- Willie Comes Home (with special guest Benny Rubin)
10/05/52- Willie Paints A Room
10/12/52- The Stagecoach Robbery
10/26/52- Lt. Muscle
11/02/52- Whistle Stop
11/16/52- Help Wanted (with special guest Billy Barty)
11/19/52- Clem Kadiddlehopper's Graduation
11/23/52- Weepy Talks Turkey
12/07/52- Fancy Footwork (with special guest Charles [Bronson] Buchinsky)

DISC 5
12/14/52- The Sultan
03/22/53- The Ambulance Driver
03/29/53- Quiz Show Winner (with special guest Andy Russell)
04/05/53- The Eyes have It (with special guests Allen & Ashton)
04/19/53- Baby's First Birthday (with special guests Park and Clifford)
05/03/53- Racetrack
05/10/53- Washing The Elephant
05/31/53- Freddie Becomes A Star-Gazer
(Season 3 - CBS)
09/22/53- McPugg's Last Fight

DISC 6
10/13/53- The Nervous Tenor's Audition
10/20/53- The Hobo's Dilemma
10/27/53- Appleby The Dreamer
11/03/53- Freddie's Masquerade
11/10/53- The Marriage Broker
11/17/53- How to be Happily Married
12/01/53- Flugelmeyer's Secret Formula (with special guest Ann Southern)
12/08/53- Dr. Schlepper
12/15/53- It Happened At The Station House

DISC 7
12/22/53- The Skeltons at Christmas (with special guests Georgia, Valentina, and Richard Skelton)
12/29/53- The Great White Hunter (with special guest John Wayne)
01/05/54- Accidents Will Happen (with special guest Jackie Gleason)
01/12/54- Voyage To Paris
01/19/54- What Fathers Should Know
01/26/54-Clem the Campus Soda Jerk
02/02/54- The Train Trip
02/09/54- Deadeye at The Golden Nugget (with special guests Ed Sullivan)
02/16/54- Captain Hook

DISC 8
02/23/54- Cave-Man Marriage
03/09/54- Uncle Sam Wants You
03/16/54- Sherlock Holmes (with special guest Melville Cooper)
03/30/54- King Putt (with special guest Sheree North)
04/20/54- Clem in the South Pacific
05/04/54- The Referee
05/11/54- Prince Valiant (with special guest Johnny Carson)
05/18/54- The Artist's Dilemma (with special guest Tom Harmon)
05/25/54- Clem Goes to Mexico (with special guest Lola Montes)

DISC 9
06/01/54- Mississippi Showboat
06/08/54- Freddie Goes To The Cleaners
06/15/54- Dial 'B' For Brush (with special guests Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney, Jr. and Vampira)
(Season 4 - CBS)
09/21/54- Clem the Rookie (with special guests Leo Durocher, Diahann Carroll)
10/05/54- What Goes Down, Must Come Up (with special guest Ella Logan)
10/19/54- Romeo and Juliet (with special guest Anna Maria Alberghetti)
10/26/54- The Andrews Sisters (with special guest Laverne and Maxine Andrews)
11/09/54- Clem Goes To College
11/23/54- A USO Thanksgiving (with special guests Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis)

DISC 10
11/30/54- Chicago Red in Las Vegas (with special guest Lillian Roth)
12/07/54- The Art Show (with special guests Abbe Lane and Sig Arno)
12/21/54- The Unwanted Christmas Tree (with special guest Georgia, Valentina, and Richard Skelton)
01/04/55- Skelton Clears The Smog (with special guest George Raft)
01/11/55- Skelton Goes Back To School (with special guest Diana Lynn)
01/18/55- The Honeymooners (with special guest Peter Lorre)
01/25/55- Love Thy Neighbor (with special guest Mary McCarty)
02/01/55- Queen of Mars (with special guest Ruth Roman)
02/08/55- Red Goes To Barber College (with special guest Charles Coburn)

Disc 11 - Bonus Features:
America's Clown: An Intimate Biography of Red Skelton - A special look at the life and career of one of the most popular comedians of his time
Dress Rehearsal and Special Bonus Episode: Deadeye From Mars - This practice performance presents a freewheeling and uproarious insider's look at Red's rehearsal process on a classic episode, followed by the final broadcast version.
Bonus Episode: The Look Magazine Movie Awards - In this rare and atypical installment of The Red Skelton Show, Red hosts an award show honoring several of Hollywood's all-time greats. Walt Disney, Judy Garland, and Bing Crosby are just some of the legends on display in this unique episode.

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5.0 out of 5 stars His comic genius and warmth made him a favorite on TV for 20 years, October 23, 2014

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This review is from: The Red Skelton Show: The Early Years - 1951 - 1955 (DVD)

Long overdue!

Red Skelton was an American institution. After 10 successful years on radio Red came to television where he was able to be a visual comic as well ... and he flourished. The humor was often silly and broad but lurking behind a Skelton performance was always the ability to be touching and profound as well. He was a performer that was devoted to his audience ... he felt his abilities were meant to be shared and he always gave 100%. His comic genius and warmth made him a favorite on TV for 20 years. We don't seem to grow entertainers of his caliber or longevity anymore and he should not be forgotten. This set should do a lot to keep his laughter and art alive. Thanks Shout for putting this out.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Thanks to the estate for releasing this great collection...., December 1, 2014

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This set is very welcome, not just for its entertainment value but as comedy archaeology. The ups and downs of the Skelton show make for a story quite unlike anything else in the history of the medium.

Speaking of ups and downs, the viewer should be prepared for great variation in quality over the years represented here. The Skelton show was an immense hit its first year, garnering rave reviews, two Emmys and a fourth place finish in the ratings. Unfortunately, the work took its toll and an exhausted Skelton decided to switch to film in the second year after doing the first year live (or almost live-- the series appears to have used one filmed insert every week, presumably to facilitate set and costume changes). Red was quoted as saying that his sponsor "can either have a live comedian on a filmed show or a dead comedian on a live show."

Suddenly, the show had a canned, airless feel to it-- besides which the "mistakes", ad-libs and breakups that were a big part of Skelton's stock in trade looked much more contrived in this pre-recorded context. Then, too, some scenes were greeted with what sounds like genuine audience laughter while others are clearly heavily "sweetened".... Critics reacted with negative comments and viewers reacted by demoting the show to twenty-eighth place. (The loss of Jack Douglas as a writer probably didn't help either.)

Sponsor and network dropped the show but thankfully CBS picked it up and stuck with it through a few very difficult years. There was a return to live telecasts but nothing was fixed overnight-- reportedly, the program once sank to as low as number eighty-six in the ratings, remarkable for a show that later ranked as high as number two. One turning point (1955) was the arrival of a new writing staff, headed by Sherwood Schwartz, who stayed with the show for eight years. I dearly hope that a future release will bring us more of those episodes....

The accompanying documentary is quite interesting, and incorporates a great deal of fascinating home movie footage. Its accuracy, however, is at times questionable: E.g., it now seems very unlikely that Skelton's father was a circus clown (at least for any length of time), and the childhood story he tells about Ed Wynn is doubtful (not to mention the fact that Red told the same story at least once with Raymond Hitchcock as the hero!).

For more on the mysteries of Red's origins, the interested reader should consult RED SKELTON: THE MASK BEHIND THE MASK, by Prof. Wes D. Gehring. (Other worthwhile volumes are the same author's SEEING RED, and Wesley Hyatt's fascinating A CRITICAL HISTORY OF TELEVISION'S THE RED SKELTON SHOW, 1951-1971. You may also wish to go on over to bookfinder and look up LOOTVILLE, a 1957 novel by Nancy and Benedict Freedman; B. Freedman was a writer for the Skelton show in its first two years and the book is a fictionalization of his experiences.)

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5.0 out of 5 stars So far this is one of the best Red Skelton collections that have come out, November 26, 2014

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So far this is one of the best Red Skelton collections that have come out. One of the other collections I have enjoyed is Red Skelton Unreleased. Many of the shows on these collections were never released before. The main thing going for the Early Years is the number of shows per disc and they're in slim disc boxes so it takes up less space on the shelf. I haven't watched it yet but the bonus disc contains a documentary about Red Skelton and a taping of a rehearsal of a show and the actual show. I'm hoping someday they will release a collection of his later 60's hour long shows.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Early Red and it's really funny. He's prime for rediscovery and this collection is ..., December 7, 2014

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Early Red and it's really funny. He's prime for rediscovery and this collection is a great start. Check it out. My favorites are his pantomimes. Nobody did them better.

5.0 out of 5 stars the best show for all ages, December 16, 2014

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This review is from: The Red Skelton Show: The Early Years - 1951 - 1955 (DVD)

I have never heard of Red Skelton until my mother introduced me to this magnificent man. His joke are hilarious and clean. My daughter loves watching him and I enjoy allowing her to do so. You can tell the difference between then and now. If you were not raised from that era, you learn a lot of things about history that schools no longer teach children. Another plus to this show is that he invludes many of his poems and includes the Lord in his shows. I fully recommend this to anyone looking for an entertaining night and want to include the children. My favorite ending to any show, "Good night and my God bless."

-Kati

5.0 out of 5 stars It's great to see this master at work, January 3, 2015

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This set was a gift from my wife for Christmas. I've watched several of the shows; trying to watch in sequence. It's great to see this master at work. Highly recommend for any comedy or old TV buff.

5.0 out of 5 stars ABSOLUTELY WHAT I WANTED AND RECEIVED IT WITHIN A FEW ..., January 1, 2015

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ABSOLUTELY WHAT I WANTED AND RECEIVED IT WITHIN A FEW DAYS. I WAS SHOCKED AT HOW SOON IT ARRIVED AND WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE CDS EVER SINCE.

5.0 out of 5 stars love thisguy., December 2, 2014

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this is truly a classic . love thisguy ..never swears ..like other comideans

Comedy Night at January 15th 2015 - The Lawrence Welk Show

Comedy Night at BWSC!

A VarietyTV program from the 60's is our continuing evening Program. 

It will start with Coffee and Desert at 6:30 PM