Timeline 1980
1980 – The Second Handshake by Will Fowler1
1980 – Letters to Red about buying the Pantheon Theater.2
| Month | Note |
|---|---|
| January |
Not happy with “Red Skelton” biography by Arthur Marx |
| 01/23/1980 | 01/23 [TV] Entertainer of the Year Award. |
| February 1980 | “Clown Prince of Plates”3 |
| 02/15/1980 | 02/15 [Stage] Flint Center, Cupertino, California4 |
| 02/19-20/1980 | [TV] Taping of Red Skelton’s Funny Faces5 |
| 03/04/1980 | [Art] Beverly Hills Galleries vs. Center Art Gallery6 |
| 03/07/1980 | [Art] Appearance at the Center Art Gallery, Oahu, Hawaii7 |
| 04/11-13-/1980 | 04/11-13 [Stage] Palace Theatre, Columbus, Ohio8 |
| 04/19 | [Stage] Atlantic City Casino9 |
| 04/28/1980 | [Print] “Arts”10 |
| 05/23/1980 | [TV] HBO Standing Room Only: Red Skelton Funny Faces |
| 05/28/1980 | Talk to establish the Red Sketon Performing and Visual Arts Citation.11 |
| June | Sabre Room, Hickery Hills, Illinois.12 Fund raiser for Ingalls Memorial Hospital. |
06/08/1980 |
Visit to Vincennes.06/08 Welcome Sign in Vincennes.13 |
| 06/25/1980 | Gene Autry: an American Hero (KTLA)14
“KTLA’s salute to Gene Autry celebrates the legendary singing cowboy’s fiftieth anniversary in show business.” |
| 07/17-08/06/1980 | [Stage] Nugget Hotel Celebrity Room, Sparks, Nevada |
| August 1980 | Honorary Chairmanship of the New Maonic Benevolent Program.15 |
| 08/04/1980 | “stick together” on payment to actors.16 |
| 08/05/1980 | [Stage] John Ascuaga’s Nugget, Sparks Nevada |
| 09/05/1980 | 09/05 [Press] “Red Skelton Agrees to Preserve Tapes”17 18 |
| 09/20/1980 | [Stage] Western Illinois University |
| 09/25/1980 | [Stage] Westminster College, Orr Auditorium |
| 10/11/1980 | [Stage] I.U. Homecoming Variety Show, Indiana University Auditorium |
| 11/01/1980 | [Stage] Bowling Green State University |
| 11/30/1980 | [Stage] A Toast to Robert Green |
| DATE | EVENT |
- Lyle Stuart Inc. [↩]
- July 17 1980, Aug 7 1980, Isaac K. Beckes, RSM 2016.010A [↩]
- Plate World Magazine [↩]
- Night Life, S. F. Sunday Examiner & Chonicle [↩]
- Script [↩]
- Lawsuit papers in First Circuit Court of Hawaii [↩]
- This Week on Oahu [↩]
- The Ohio State Lantern [↩]
- Philadelphia Inquirer [↩]
- by Hal Glatzer, People Weekly, 04/28/1980 [↩]
- Western Union May 28 1980, Isaac K. Beckes, Vincennes University, RSM 2016.010A [↩]
- Photo from Melanie Sandford, RSM 2016.010B [↩]
- 1980/06/08 [↩]
- The Paley Center [↩]
- Letter Aug 29 1980, Grand Lodge, Indiana [↩]
- Letter Aug 4 1980, from Mickey Rooney, RSM 2016.010A [↩]
- by Myrna Oliver, Los Angeles Times, 09/05/1980 [↩]
- Thirteen writers…filed suit to prevent…destroying the tapes, AP, 07/13/1980 [↩]
