Episode 9560: "The Raleigh Cigarette Program" Starring Red Skelton "Bells and Resolutions" (01-01-46)

INTRO: Bob Camardella Plays Ron Stewart "Auld Lang Syne"

The Raleigh Cigarette Program Starring Red Skelton
Bells and Resolutions (Aired 01-01-46)

After appearances on The Rudy Vallee Show in 1937, Skelton became a regular in 1939's Avalon Time on NBC, sponsored by Avalon Cigarettes. On October 7, 1941, Skelton premiered his own radio show, The Raleigh Cigarette Program, developing a number of recurring characters including punch-drunk boxer "Cauliflower McPugg," inebriated "Willy Lump-Lump" and "'Mean Widdle Kid' Junior," whose favorite phrase ("I dood it!") soon became part of the American lexicon. That, along with "He bwoke my widdle arm!" (or other body part) and "He don't know me vewy well, do he?" all found their way into various Warner Bros. cartoons.

THIS EPISODE:

January 1, 1946. NBC network, Hollywood origination. Sponsored by: Raleigh Cigarettes, Sir Walter Raleigh Tobacco. The Skelton Scrapbook Of Satire: Chapter 33, "Bells and Resolutions," with Deadeye and "Junior, The Mean Widdle Kid." Red Skelton, Rod O'Connor (announcer), David Forrester and His Orchestra, Anita Ellis, Verna Felton, GeGe Pearson, Wonderful Smith, Pat McGeehan. 29:21. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.