26 February 2013 I met Red Skelton when I was in high school in NJ. I was working at a camera store that he happened to come into one day. I was the only one who spoke up and asked, "Excuse me, but I have to say, you look like Red Skelton." He smiled and said "That's good, lad. Because I am Red Skelton!" He was a pleasure to talk to and stayed long enough for customers to get pictures with him. I didn't need a photo with him, because his smile and a handshake was enough of a memory to last a lifetime. I told him that I still had a record I got when I was like 5 years old. I told him it was on a square piece of white cardboard and the record imprinted on it was blue, and had red lettering. I had forgotten at that time what was on the record and didn't remember until he said, through tear-filled eyes, "The Pledge of Allegiance." The man was choked up that in 1987, someone still had that record. Watch this video done by one of the greatest entertainers and Americans ever to grace this earth. Towards the end, you will be amazed at how what he says to imagine has actually happened. I only Thank God that he was no longer here on Earth to see how his beloved Republic has fallen.
Red Skelton's Pledge of Allegiance
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