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...decided to stake his whole profit on promotion, turned himself into the Madman. His billboards, with their mad legends ("I wanna give them away, but Mrs. Muntz won't let me. She's crazy.") and his singing commercials made his name a California gag. Red Skelton, Bing Crosby and others kidded his commercials, the University of Southern California rooting section spelled out his name at halftime, and soldiers at Santa Ana Camp marched into chow singing "MUNTZ, that's Muntz." And his gross jumped from $150,000 to $1,000,000 a month. Dissatisfied with car design...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Dig That Crazy Man | 7/13/1953 | See Source »

...Francis Boot Prize for 1952-53 was given to Peter T. Westergaard '53 for his "Song for Small Chorus and Three Wind Instruments on a text by John Skelton." The amount of the prize...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bowdoin, 3 Other Awards Reported | 5/13/1953 | See Source »

...Teenagers: Red Skelton, sports shows, Comedy Hour, What's My Line?, Show of Shows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Audience Reaction | 2/9/1953 | See Source »

...Elementary schoolchildren: Tom Corbett, My Friend Irma, Red Skelton, Roy Rogers, Stu Erwin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Audience Reaction | 2/9/1953 | See Source »

...Clown gives TV Comic Skelton an opportunity to perform one of his specialties: drunk and pratfall routines. But the picture is mostly an unblushing jerker of glycerin tears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jan. 19, 1953 | 1/19/1953 | See Source »

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