Finding Aid for the Dave O'Brien Red Skelton Show scripts, ca.1955-ca.1969, (bulk, ca.1955-ca.1963)

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1 No online items Finding Aid for the Dave O'Brien Red Skelton Show scripts, ca.1955-ca.1969, (bulk, ca.1955-ca.1963) Processed by Arts Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Elizabeth Graney and Julie Graham. UCLA Library Special Collections Performing Arts Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box Los Angeles, CA URL: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved

2 Descriptive Summary Title: Dave O'Brien Red Skelton Show scripts, Date (inclusive): ca.1955-ca.1969, Date (bulk): (bulk, ca.1955-ca.1963) Collection number: 237 Creator: O'Brien, Dave, Extent: 11 boxes (5.25 linear ft.) Abstract: Dave O'Brien was an actor and writer from the 1940s through the 1960s. The collection consists of script material for his work as the head writer for the television series The Red Skelton Show. Language: Finding aid is written in English. Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Performing Arts Special Collections. Los Angeles, California Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Restrictions on Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Provenance/Source of Acquisition Gift, Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Dave O'Brien Red Skelton Show scripts (Collection 237). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA. Biography Dave "Tex" O'Brien started his career as dancer in early 1930s musical motion pictures. He is best remembered for his roles in the Texas Rangers films ( ), his involvement with the Pete Smith shorts at MGM, and his role in Captain Midnight. He became the head writer on the Red Skelton television show, winning an Emmy in He passed away in CA, ca The Red Skelton Show, one of the longest running variety programs on television ( ), was one of the first shows to make the successful transition from radio to television. The program format consisted of an opening monologue by Skelton, followed by a music segment from David Rose and his orchestra, and a series of sketches featuring one or more of Skeltons characters. Skeltons regular characters included Clem Kadiddlehopper, Junior the Mean Widdle Kid, Sheriff Deadeye, and Freddie the Freeloader. Although many stars got their start on the show, the series did not rely on guest stars every week. Skeltons signature closing line became "Good night and may God bless". Scope and Content Collection consists of Red Skelton Show scripts related to the career of writer Dave O'Brien. Script materials include bound volumes and loose scripts for programs aired ca and a few from Organization and Arrangement The collection is arranged in chronological order as can best be determined. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Subjects O'Brien, Dave, Archives. Television writers -- Archival resources. Genres and Forms of Material television scripts

3 Johnny Carson Show, The Box 1, Volume 1 Script 1955 June 2 Writers: Jacobs, Seaman; Carson, Johnny Red Skelton Box 1, Volume 1 First draft script 1955 May 31 Writers: Schwartz, Sherwood; O'Brien, Dave; Goldstein, Jesse Box 1, Volume 1 First draft script 1955 June 7 Writers: Schwartz, Sherwood; Meltzer, Lou; O'Brien, Dave Box 1, Volume 1 Revised script 1955 Jun 14 Writers: Schwartz, Sherwood; Meltzer, Lou; O'Brien, Dave Box 1, Volume 1 Script pages no date Box 1, Volume 1 Revised script pages 1955 Sep 27 Box 1, Volume 1 Second draft script 1955 Sep 27 Writers: Schwartz, Sherwood; Goldstein, Jess; Greene, Mort Box 1, Volume 2 Final script 1955 Oct 4 Writers: Schwartz, Sherwood; Goldstein, Jess; Greene, Mort 237 3

4 Box 1, Volume 2 Revised script 1955 Oct 11 Box 1, Volume 2 Script pages 1955 Oct 25 Box 1, Volume Schedule Two-page list of sponsor initials, dates, show numbers, guests, and titles. Part of a bound volume of scripts. Box 1, Volume 2 San Fernando's Treasure Hunt - revised script pages no date Box 1, Volume 2 First draft script 1955 Nov 1 Box 1, Volume 2 Great Brain Robbery, The - script ca Box 1, Volume 2 First draft script 1955 Nov 15 Box 1, Volume 2 Revised script pages 1955 Nov 22 Box 1, Volume 2 Revised script 1955 Dec 6 With commercials for S.C. Johnson and Son, Inc. and Pet Milk Company. Part of a bound volume of scripts. Box 1, Volume 2 Script pages no date 237 4

5 Box 1, Volume 2 Script pages 1955 Oct 11 Box 2, Volume 3 Revised script 1955 Oct 11 Box 2, Volume 3 Revised script 1955 Oct 18 Box 2, Volume 3 Script 1955 Oct 25 Box 2, Volume 3 Revised script 1955 Nov 1 Box 2, Volume 3 First draft script ca Box 2, Volume 3 Revised script 1955 Nov 15 Box 2, Volume 3 Revised script 1955 Nov

6 Box 2, Volume 3 Script 1955 Dec 27 Box 4, Volume 8 Second draft script 1955 Sep 27 Box 2, Volume 4 Barbershop Quartet, The - revised script 1956 Jan 3 Box 2, Volume 4 Script 1956 Jan 10 Box 2, Volume 4 Sculpture Show - revised script 1956 Jan 17 Box 2, Volume 4 Film Show - script 1956 Jan 17 Writers: Schwartz, Sherwood; Goldstein, Jesse Box 2, Volume 4 Ship Story - script 1956 Jan 24 Box 2, Volume 4 Milktoast - script 1956 Jan

7 Box 3, Volume 5 Election Show, The - script 1956 Feb 7 Box 3, Volume 5 Valentine Show, The - script 1956 Feb 14 Box 3, Volume 5 Mad Scientist, The - script 1956Feb 21 Box 3, Volume 5 Korean Baby, The - script 1956 Feb 28 Box 3, Volume 5 Hollywood Plumber, The - script 1956 Mar 6 Box 3, Volume 6 Highway Commission - script 1956 Mar 6 Box 3, Volume 6 Korean Baby, The - script 1956 Mar 6 Box 3, Volume 6 Robin Hood - script no date 237 7

8 Box 3, Volume 6 Feud, The - script 1956 Mar 20 Box 3, Volume 6 Baker Man, The - script 1956 May 8 Box 4, Volume 7 Dessert Island - script ca Box 4, Volume 7 Nightclub, The - script 1956 Apr 3 With commercials for Pet Milk Company and S. C. Johnson and Son. Part of a bound volume of scripts. Box 4, Volume 7 Stock Broker, The - script ca Appears to be The Stock Broker. Box 4, Volume 7 Convention, The - script 1956 Apr 3 Box 4, Volume 7 Hypnotist, The - revised script 1956 Apr 17 Box 4, Volume 7 Public Pigeon - script 1956 May

9 Box 4, Volume 8 Pirate Show - script 1956 June 5 Box 4, Volume 8 Picnic, The - script 1956 June 12 Box 4, Volume 8 County Fair - script 1956 June 19 Box 4, Volume 8 Bashful Clem - script no date Box 4, Volume 8 Freddie The Count - script 1956 Box 5, Volume 9 Freddy The Contest Winner - script 1957 Jan 22 Box 5, Volume 9 Cookie In Cuba - script 1957 Apr 30 Box 5, Volume 9 Freddie and The Happy Helpers - script ca

10 Box 5, Volume 9 Freddie And The Brooklyn Dodgers - revised script 1957 Oct 1 Box 5, Volume 9 Clem The Author - script 1957 Oct 8 Box 5, Volume 9 Appleby's Cake - script 1957 Oct 15 Box 5, Volume 10 San Fernando Loses The Dixie Queen - script ca Box 5, Volume 10 Clem And Garry Moore - script ca Box 5, Volume 10 Appleby's Band - script ca Box 5, Volume 10 Witness monologue no date Appears to be Witness. Box 5, Volume 10 Deadeye And The Rustlers - script ca Box 5, Volume 10 Appleby's Formula - script ca

11 Box 5, Volume 10 Script pages 1959 May 19 Box 5, Volume 10 Freddie's Mother's Day - script ca Box 10, Folder 1 Clem The Unkissable - script ca Box 10, Folder 2 Freddie's Benefactor - script ca Box 10, Folder 3 Deadeye and The Gunslinger - script ca Box 10, Folder 4 Almost Late George Appleby, The - script ca Box 10, Folder 5 Nothing But The Tooth - script ca Box 10, Folder 6 Freddie, Willing, And Able - script ca Box 10, Folder 7 Appleby's Anniversary - script ca Box 10, Folder 8 Clem And The Kadiddlehopper Hop - script ca Box 10, Folder 9 Freddie, The Landlord - script ca Box 6, Volume 10 Danny Thomas (host) - revised script ca Writers: Schwartz, Sherwood; O'Brien, Dave; Schwartz, Al

12 Box 6, Volume 11 Garry Moore Show, The - script ca Writers: Schwartz, Sherwood; O'Brien, Dave; Schwartz, Al With Pet Milk Company commercial. Box 6, Volume 11 Script ca Writers: Schwartz, Sherwood; O'Brien, Dave; Schwartz, Al Box 6, Volume 11 Script ca Writers: Schwartz, Sherwood; O'Brien, Dave; Schwartz, Al Box 6, Volume 11 Appleby's Castle - script ca Writers: Schwartz, Sherwood; O'Brien, Dave; Shwartz, Al Box 6, Volume 11 Clem's Theater - script ca Writers: Schwartz, Sherwood; O'Brien, Dave; Schwartz, Al Appears to be Clem's Theater. Box 6, Volume 11 Freddie's Band - script ca Writers: Schwartz, Sherwood; O'Brien, Dave; Schwartz, Al Box 6, Volume 11 Clem, The Genius - script ca Writers: Schwartz, Sherwood; O'Brien, Dave; Schwartz, Al Box 6, Volume 12 Appleby's Remote Control - script ca Writers: Schwartz, Sherwood; O'Brien, Dave; Schwartz, Al

13 Box 6, Volume 12 Appleby's Marriage License - revised script pages ca Box 6, Volume 12 Freddie's Benefactor - script ca Box 6, Volume 12 Clem The Unkissable - script ca Box 6, Volume 12 Deadeye and The Gunslinger - script ca Box 6, Volume 12 Sing Along With Cauliflower - first revised script ca Box 6, Volume 12 Freddie's Romance - second revised script ca Box 7, Volume 13 Almost Late George Appleby, The - script ca Box 7, Volume 13 Clem's Other Clem - script ca

14 Box 7, Volume 13 Once Upon A Turkey - script ca Box 7, Volume 13 Mr. K Goes To College - script ca Box 7, Volume 13 San Fernando And The Kaaka Maami Island - script ca Box 7, Volume 13 Freddie & The Yuletide Doll - script ca Box 7, Volume 13 Appleby's Office Party - script ca Box 7, Volume 14 Nothing But The Tooth - script ca Box 7, Volume 14 Freddie, Willing And Able - script ca Box 7, Volume 14 Appleby's Anniversary - script ca

15 Box 7, Volume 14 Freddie, The Landlord - script ca Box 7, Volume 14 Clem And The Kadiddlehopper Hop - script ca Box 11, Folder 1 Go, Van, Gogh - script ca Box 11, Folder 2 Best Man Blues - script ca Box 11, Folder 3 This Goon For Hire - script ca Box 11, Folder 4 Freddie And The Daily Freeloader - script ca Box 11, Folder 5 Stupid Prince, The - script ca Box 11, Folder 6 10 Baby Fingers And 12 Baby Toes ca Box 11, Folder 7 Who Put The Bobby Socks In Mr. Appleby's Chowder - script ca 1962 Box 11, Folder 8 Script pages no date Box 10, Folder 10 Iceman Goeth, The - script ca Box 10, Folder 11 How To Fail In Business Without Really Trying - script ca Box 10, Folder 12 Rock On The Wild Side - script ca

16 Box 7, Volume 14 Iceman Goeth, The - script ca Box 7, Volume 14 Nine Lives Of Freddie, The - script ca Box 7, Volume 14 Bride Of Bolivar - script ca Box 7, Volume 14 Appleby's Bearded Boarder - script ca Box 8, Volume 15 Portrait Of Dorian Appleby, The - script ca Box 8, Volume 15 How To Fail In Business Without Really Trying - script ca Box 8, Volume 15 Cauliflower Loses His Birds - script ca Box 8, Volume 15 Clem And The Dalton Girls - script ca

17 Box 8, Volume 15 Freddie The Freeloader in a pantomimic presentation of a person's pressing problems in a park - script ca Box 8, Volume 16 Mayor Of Central Park (The) - script ca Box 8, Volume 16 Booze Man Of Alcatraz, The - script ca Box 8, Volume 16 To Have Or Have Knot - script ca Box 8, Volume 16 Get Thee To A Cannery - script ca Writers: O'Brien, Dave; Ragaway, Martin A.; Phillips, Arthur Box 8, Volume 16 One Good Intern Deserves Another - script ca Box 8, Volume 16 Stupid Prince, The - script ca Box 8, Volume 16 Dial "P" For Plumber - script ca

18 Box 9, Volume 17 It's So Nice To Have A Louse Around The House - script ca Writers: O'Brien, Dave; Ragaway, Martin A.; Phillips, Arthur Box 8, Volume 15 Frontier Coward - script ca Box 8, Volume 15 Ah, Sweet Mystery Of Hate - script ca Box 9, Volume 17 Pop Is A Weasel - script ca Box 9, Volume 17 Stop The Marriage I Want To Get Off - script ca Writers: O'Brien, Dave; Ragaway, Martin A.; Phillips, Arthur Box 9, Volume 17 Bachelor And The Booby Hatcher, The - script ca 1963 Writers: O'Brien, Dave; Ragaway, Martin A.; Phillips, Arthur Box 9, Volume 17 Shrink My Head, I'm A Stranger In Paradise - script ca Writers: O'Brien, Dave; Ragaway, Martin A.; Phillips, Arthur Box 9, Volume 18 Goodnight Sour Prince - script ca Writers: O'Brien, Dave; Ragaway, Martin A.; Phillips, Arthur

19 Box 9, Volume 18 Mouth Shall Rise Again - script ca Writers: O'Brien, Dave; Ragaway, Martin A.; Phillips, Arthur Box 9, Volume 18 It's A Treat To Sell Your Wheat In The Vladivostok Mud - script ca Writers: O'Brien, Dave; Ragaway, Martin A.; Phillips, Arthur Box 9, Volume 18 Will The Real Clara Appleby Shut Up - script ca Writers: O'Brien, Dave; Ragaway, Martin A.; Phillips, Arthur Box 1, Volume 1 Junior's Bustin' Out All Over - script pages 1965 Apr 27 Box 10, Volume 19 Beneath This Ragged Shirt Lies Ragged Underwear - revised script ca Writers: O'Brien, Dave; Phillips, Arthur; Greene, Mort With the The Ugly Caterpillar drawing. Box 10, Volume 19 Bathtub Gin Never Leaves A Ring - revised script ca Writers: O'Brien, Dave; Phillips, Arthur; Greene, Mort Box 10, Volume 19 Deadeye Goes To School - revised script ca Writers: O'Brien, Dave; Phillips, Arthur; Greene, Mort Also known as A Lemon For The Teacher. With Two Old Stars of Yesteryear drawing. Part of a bound volume of scripts. Box 10, Volume 19 You Can Lead A Horse To Water But He'll Go By Himself For Scotch revised script ca Writers: O'Brien, Dave; Phillips, Arthur; Greene, Mort With The International Spy drawing

20 Box 10, Volume 19 Give A Man Enough Rope And He'll Start A Rodeo - revised script ca Writers: O'Brien, Dave; Phillips, Arthur; Greene, Mort With The Richest Bachelor drawing. Box 1, Volume 1 Unidentified Project Story Idea no date