Avalon Time

Avalon Time
Other namesThe Avalon Variety Show
The Red Foley Revue
The Red Skelton Revue
Red Skelton Time
GenreComedy
Variety
Running time30 minutes
Country of originUnited States
Language(s)English
Home stationWLWO[1]
SyndicatesNBC Red
StarringRed Foley (1938–39)
Red Skelton (Oct. – Dec. 1939)
Cliff Arquette (Jan. – May 1940)
Dick Todd (May 1940)
Kitty O'Neill
AnnouncerDel King
Don McNeill
Peter Grant (commercial spokesman)
Written byEdna Stillwell
Jack Douglas
Recording studioCincinnati, Ohio[1]
Original releaseOctober 1, 1938 (1938-10-01) –
May 1, 1940 (1940-05-01)
No. of series2
No. of episodes83
Opening themeAvalon
Ending themeAvalon
Sponsored byAvalon cigarettes
Sir Walter Raleigh Pipe Tobacco
Bulova

Avalon Time is an American old-time radio comedy/variety program that ran from 1938 to 1940 on NBC's Red Network. The program was named after its sponsor, Avalon cigarettes.[2] Over the course of its run, Avalon Time was also sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh Pipe Tobacco and the Bulova Watch Company.

The program is often regarded as comedian Red Skelton's first big break in show business and on radio.[3]

Show history

Tobacco company Brown & Williamson, former makers of Kool cigarettes, began producing Avalon in 1932. Avalon was Brown & Williamson's 'economy' brand, while never actually mentioning that term. Instead, they were promoted as either the cigarettes that "cost you less" or the cigarettes that "give you change back".[4]

Avalon Time was the first Avalon-sponsored radio program with Show Boat premiering in 1939.[5]

The 'Reds'

'Red' was an ongoing theme and joke on Avalon Time. Coincidentally, all four hosts of the program had "red" hair. Two of the four hosts went by the name "Red". Also, the program was produced and broadcast over NBC's "Red" Network.

Red Foley

Avalon Time premiered as The Avalon Variety Show on October 1, 1938 with host Red Foley (1910–1968). Foley began his career in broadcasting in 1930 while still attending school at Georgetown College to perform with the house band on WLS-AM's National Barn Dance.

In 1937, Foley, with producer John Lair, created the radio program Renfro Valley Barn Dance for WHAS in Louisville, Kentucky.

With the premiere of The Avalon Variety Show in 1938, Foley became the first country artist to host a network radio program. Foley was the longest serving host of the program with frequent co-star Kitty O'Neill. Foley left Avalon in July 1939 and was replaced as host by up-and-coming comedian Red Skelton. Foley's replacement as singer was Curt Massey.[6]

After Avalon Time, Foley returned to National Barn Dance and also became a lifelong member of the Grand Ole Opry. He also hosted Ozark Jubilee, the first popular country music television series, in the 1950s.[7]

Red Skelton

Red Skelton (1913–1997) was the second host of Avalon Time. Skelton became well known for his "Doughnut Dunkers" routine[3] which led to Skelton's first appearance on Rudy Vallée's The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour on August 12, 1937. Vallée's program had a talent show segment and those who were searching for stardom were eager to be heard on it. Vallée also booked veteran comic Joe Cook to appear as a guest with Skelton. The two proceeded to trade jokes about their home towns, with Skelton contending to Cook, an Evansville native, that the city was a suburb of Vincennes, Skelton's hometown. The show received enough fan mail after the performance to invite both comedians back two weeks after Skelton's initial appearance and again in November of that year.

On October 1, 1938, Skelton replaced Red Foley as the host of Avalon Time. Skelton's first wife Edna also joined the show's cast, under her maiden name of Stillwell.[8] The Skeltons worked on Avalon Time until late 1939.[9]

Skelton went on to do his own radio show, The Raleigh Cigarette Program, on October 7, 1941. The bandleader for the show was Ozzie Nelson; his wife, Harriet, who worked under her maiden name of Hilliard, was the show's vocalist and also worked with Skelton in skits.[10]

Skelton went on to have his own successful television series named after him that ran on CBS and NBC for 20 years.

Cliff Arquette

Comedian Cliff Arquette (1905–1974) replaced Skelton as host of Red Skelton Time in January 1940. Arquette made a guest appearance on the show just a week earlier in December 1939. The title of the program was officially changed to Avalon Time when Arquette came aboard as host.

Arquette began his career as a pianist in the early 1920s soon joining the Henry Halstead orchestra in 1923. Arquette had made a few appearances on radio including an appearance on The Jack Benny Program in 1938. Arquette left Avalon Time in May 1940 and went on to establish his most memorable character, Charley Weaver.[11]

Dick Todd

Canadian-born singer Dick Todd (1914–1973) took over from Cliff Arquette as host of Avalon Time in the spring of 1940. By then the ratings had plummeted and after only a few weeks, the show aired its last broadcast on May 1, 1940.

References

  1. ^ a b "Crosley Broadcasting 40th Anniversary" (PDF). Broadcasting. Vol. 62, no. 14. 2 April 1962. pp. 6, 32. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Series: Avalon Time". Radio Echoes.
  3. ^ a b "Red Skelton's Avalon Time Old Time Radio Show". www.oldradioshows.org. 7 March 2013. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  4. ^ "The Definitive Avalon Time Radio Log". Archived from the original on 9 February 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Avalon Time". www.rusc.com. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Native on NBC". New Mexico, Albuquerque. Albuquerque Journal. 26 July 1939. p. 8. Retrieved 18 February 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Country Music Singer Red Foley Dies at 58". Capital Times. 20 September 1968.
  8. ^ "Avalon Time". Radio Echoes. Archived from the original on 14 November 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  9. ^ Thomas, Bob (26 March 1949). "Red Skelton's Writers Tell How His Gags Are Launched". The Meriden Daily Journal. p. 6. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  10. ^ Goldin, J. David. "The Raleigh Cigarette Program Starring Red Skelton". RadioGold. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  11. ^ "Cliff Arquette dies; made millions laugh as Charley Weaver". Press-Telegram. 29 September 1974.

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