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''The Raleigh Cigarette Program'' (alternatively known as ''The Raleigh Cigarette Program Starring Red Skelton'') was an American old-time radio comedy program that starred comedian Red Skelton. Skelton was, at the time, an up-and-coming comedian who made it big with an appearance on ''The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour'' (aka ''The Rudy Vallée Show''), in 1937 and for hosting ''Avalon Time'' on NBC for several months after the departure of country singer Red Foley in 1939.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Red Skelton on Radio )〕 Other principal performers on the program included actors Ozzie and Harriet Nelson and comedian Wonderful Smith. Ozzie Nelson was the bandleader on the program while Harriet served as the program's vocalist and in the female leads, even, on occasion, serving as Skelton's comic foil. Smith served as Skelton's antagonist on the program. Skelton introduced his famous catchphrase "I dood it!" on this program along with his popular long-running characters "Clem Kadiddlehopper" and "Junior, the mean widdle kid".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Raleigh Cigarette Program )〕 The program originally premiered on October 7, 1941 on NBC. The program was a hit in the ratings airing Tuesday nights at 10:30 for its entire three season run. The program was cancelled after Skelton was drafted into World War II. The final broadcast of the show aired on June 6, 1944. The program spun off ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'' which premiered on CBS in October of that year. The program was sponsored by the Raleigh cigarettes division of the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Raleigh Cigarettes )〕 ==Production== ''The Raleigh Cigarette Program'' premiered on October 7, 1941 on the Red Network of the National Broadcasting Company. The program starred comedian Red Skelton. Skelton had already established himself as a professional comedian and radio personality as a guest star on Rudy Vallée's ''Royal Gelatin Hour'' and as host of ''Avalon Time''. The program was sponsored by Brown & Williamson's Raleigh cigarettes. Brown & Williamson were also the manufacturers of several other popular brands of cigarettes including Kool, Lucky Strike and Pall Mall. Raleigh cigarettes designed the program to be part variety and part comedy. Each episode usually began with a topical monologue, followed by a band number, then the main sketch/storyline. The program was placed in the Tuesday night at 10:30 timeslot, following Bob Hope's popular ''Pepsodent Show''. Skelton's wife at the time, Edna Stillwell, served as head writer of the program as she had been on Skelton's ''Avalon Time''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Avalon Time )〕 According to author Wesley Hyatt, Skelton and Stillwell devised a system for cataloging jokes for later reference. "He grouped his jokes on 3-by-5 index cards under one-word categories– "Birds", "Hotels", "Tennis" and so forth– and updated some over the years to make references more contemporary."〔Hyatt, p. 12〕 Also serving on the writing staff of the program were Jack Douglas, Benedict Freedman and John Fenton Murray. Douglas had written for Skelton before on his previous radio program ''Avalon Time''. Freedman was also from ''Avalon Time''. He had been hired to write for Skelton when he was 19. These three men would continue writing for Skelton week into his move to television in the 1950s.〔 Sol Saks also wrote for the program but only for two weeks. According to Hyatt, "Saks never got to work with his fellow writers although he did get the chance to see Red in dress rehearsal, but after the show was over, he'd pass by Saks without recognizing him."〔Hyatt, p. 13〕 Saks later went on to write for the program's fellow co-stars Ozzie and Harriet Nelson on their eventual radio program ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'' and their television sitcom of the same name. Saks also went on to create the successful fantasy sitcom ''Bewitched'' for ABC in 1964. Also in the cast of the program with Skelton were Ozzie Nelson and his wife Harriet Hilliard. Ozzie Nelson served as the program's orchestra leader/musical director while Hilliard was the program's vocalist. Hilliard also provided the voice of several of the female characters on the program and occasionally served as Skelton's comic foil.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Red Skelton - (27 Mp3 downloads available) )〕 Black comedian Wonderful Smith also was involved in the principal cast also sometimes as Skelton's foil. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Raleigh Cigarette Program」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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