Red Skelton and Johns Pass Madeira Beach Florida

Belmont is expecting to bring the leading members of the cast of the
Dick Van Dyke Show, a popular 1960s sit-com, for induction into the
Hall of Fame this fall.

Jackie Gleason, who was inducted into the Comedy Hall of Fame in 2006,
joined Lucille Ball, Bill Cosby, Jack Benny, Milton Berle, Flip
Wilson, Richard Pryor and many others.

Also in the museum is the original marionette of Howdy Doody, used in
a 1950s television show. The cast of the Howdy Doody Show also
featured Bob Smith as Buffalo Bob Smith and Bob Keeshan as Clarabelle
Hornblow. A jacket worn by Red Skelton when he performed Freddie the
Freeloader in 1977 at Carnegie Hall also in encased in a glass display
at the museum.

Belmont developed a passion for comedy as a rock concert promoter, he said.

"When you did concerts, you had comedians open up for you," he said.

His favorite comedian is Irwin Corey, whose slogan is the "the World's
Foremost Authority." "Professor" Corey, 92, sporting stringy
disheveled hair in his acts, has been called a cultural clown and a
parody of literacy.

"He looks like a madman," Belmont said.

The museum is a nonprofit corporation. Its mission is to provide
visitors with an educational and entertaining history of comedy.
Belmont said the museum is officially recognized as the only comedy
hall of fame in the United States, Canada and England by the
Smithsonian Institute, Library of Congress and other organizations.
For information, call 319-0666.
Guy Perea Presidential Elector President of The United States