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Christmas Story

Song · Red Skelton · 1968 · 25 min · 2,909 words

The transcript of “Christmas Story”, an episode of Red Skelton from 1968. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Santa's North Pole Radio plays Red Skelton free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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The Red Skull him go David Rose and his orchestra Red's guest star Alan Jacob I'm not sure.

Come on! I can't do it.

It's okay. I can't do it. I can't do it. I can't do it. Oh, my God. Mucky!

How are you, friend? How are you, Mucky? Sit down with a fire and warm your bones. Thanks. Hey, Pruddy. Yeah. How about going shopping with me for the winter? No, I don't know. We're going south for the winners for the birds.

Well, I'm hopping the 2.47 for fly to hop on. Oh, no, no, no. I'll never ride another freight train as long as I live. Last time I hopped a freight, I was on my way to Miami, and I was on a road of fertilizer.

And they turned me back at the border. No, I'm staying right here this winter. Freddy, if you stay up here, you'll freeze. Oh, no, no. I won't. My fire's going out. My fire's going out.

I had to found use for those old army blankets. I had to stoke it myself, you know, help hard to get, you know. You'll freeze hair, Freddy. No, no, I'm going to the same winter resort I go to every year.

What's that? The County Jail. County Jail. Yes. Warm cells, soft mattresses, three square meals a day. Oh, I tell you, boy, that is real gracious living. The budget's on break. It is. And tomorrow is Christmas.

If I can get there in time, I can hang my stocking up with the rest of the fellows. But I hope I don't find what I found in my stocking last year. What did you find in your stocking last year?

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