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OCR Page 1 of 4(Gavin) JK
January 27, 1970
Suggested Remarks - - Evening at the White House with Red Skelton
It was Dolley Madison who first held what were then called
"musicales" at the White House. She brought in singers and popular
instrumentalists - - and even imported Scottish and Irish bagpipers.
Now I can't promise that this series of Evenings at the White House
will have an evening of bagpiping. But I am happy to be able to intro- -
duce the man who will inaugurate the series.
In January 1938, Red Skelton was first invited to the White House
to attend a luncheon in connection with President Roosevelt's infantile
paralysis campaign. Many changes have occurred since that time.
Yet one thing has not changed: the public's delight with Red Skelton.
After success in vaudeville, showboats, minstrel shows, radio and
movies, he came to television. This is his nineteenth consecutive
year on television. He is not only a great clown, but also a writer, a
painter and a composer of music. In fact, he has written over 5, 000
songs: some of the music you have heard tonight was composed by
Red.
But his greatest talent is his ability to make people laugh. He
once said that he believes all people are placed on earth by God for
a purpose and that his is to make people laugh. Most of us would, I
know, be happy to have his degree of success in fulfilling God's plans
for us.
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