rec.arts.movies.past-films

In article <13ffstga28j70ab@ >,
"Frank . Maloney" wrote:

> Pjk wrote:
> > On Sep 24, 12:11 pm, Anim8rFSK wrote:
> >> In article < ...@ >,
> >>
> >> le...@ wrote:
> >>> I've seen BARBARELLA but I don't remember him in it. He played
> >>> Professor Ping and I just don't remember his scenes. Can someone tell
> >>> me what he did in the movie?
> >>> Thanks.
> >> He's the professor in the maze; works on (IIRC) fixing Barbarella's ship
> >> while she's flitting (literally) around with Pygar.
> >>
> >> His most memorable line is when he's asked how long the repairs will
> >> take, and he says "Hours? Days? Weeks? Who knows? Genius is
> >> mysterious!"
> >>
> >> /hobby/maze/
> >
> > Sometime in the 60's Red Skelton had a live TV show on Tuesday nights
> > at 8:30. He, too, would sometimes do pantomome. There was one show
> > were MM was the quest and all they did for the entire show was take
> > turns doing mime. Marcea did very subtle movements and Shekton did
> > very broad (nad more humorous) movements, but I still remember how
> > interesting it was to watch these two and contrast there styles.
>
> One of Skelton's funniest routines, much imitated by later talents, was
> "The Woman Getting Up In The Morning". "She" sits up on the edge of the
> bed, scratches here and there, put on her make-up, and then the creme de
> la creme, pulls on her girdle. Perfectly done, perfectly funny. I
> believe he did a version in one the movies he made with Esther Williams,
> possibly _Bathing Beauty_ (1944).

The first time I ever heard of Red Skelton was a Lois Lane comic book
with an evil red skelton who was cracking jokes and Lois is thinking
"Who does this red skelton think he is - Red Skelton?"

I had NO idea what she was talking about . . .