[GreenKeys] Allegiance

[Robert McConnell]

At 6/29/02 09:24 PM -0700, you wrote:
>Please forgive me for the off subject material...
>
>ALLEGIANCE
>by Don Robert House
>
>One evening in Indianapolis I had the pleasure and honor of listening to, 
>and meeting one of my favorite fellow Americans.  This man had me 
>laughing, crying, and I found myself more deeply impressed with the 
>insight, intelligence and talent of Mr. Red Skelton, PhD.  All of us can 
>remember the different forms of humor Red Skelton has made famous, but how 
>many are aware of the artist, the composer, and the very caring person he 
>is.   One lasting impression he made on me is his interpretation of the 
>Pledge of Allegiance.  In the following lines I will do my best to 
>transcribe Mr. Skelton's words...

Hi Don,

Last fall, after the events of 9/11/02, someone posted, into a newsgroup, 
an MP3 audio file of Mr. Skelton doing this sketch. It takes just four 
minutes, and is 1.9MB long. If anyone wants me to email them a copy, send a 
message directly to me, not to this list. I used to have a link to a web 
site where it was available, but I lost that in a disk crash.

There are entertainers, and there are great men and women. There are just a 
few that come to mind that have done more for this great country than we 
can ever repay. We will never again see the like of Red Skelton, Bob Hope, 
Kate Smith, George M. Cohan or Glenn Miller. I only hope others will be 
around to do their job for the next generation of soldiers and sailors.

Thank you,

Bob McConnell
Ex-RM2, USN, Vietnam Combat Veteran
N2SPP