Red Skelton and the Pledge of Allegiance
Late comedian Red Skelton’s recitation and explication of “The Pledge of Allegiance” may be an oldie, but it’s still a goodie, no matter how hokie it seems in today’s jaded age, to today’s jaded youth especially.
It’s a simple presentation by a simple man, not simple in any pejorative sense, but simple in the sense of a low-key, basic, gentle man, and a gentleman who, at the same time was a complex, troubled, concerned, and very patriotic man.
His video recitation of the “Pledge” may be seen here: http://tiny.cc/r9u48, the complete text here: http://tiny.cc/bmeeg. The latter website urges the reader to, “Now more than ever listen to the meaning of [Skelton's] words.” There are much more to those words than simply the words.
The chief impulse for discussing Richard Bernard “Red” Skelton, one of America’s most beloved comedians of the forties, fifties, and sixties, arose from the reactions of my lawyer son and his speech therapist wife over the Thanksgiving weekend. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=2856)
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