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t1_jd3wwin wrote

"Keeping in mind, I'm not talking about who has been in the most sketches, I think that would go to Keenan Thompson from his long career at SNL and All That."

The Red Skelton show was on for 20 seasons, 1951-71. The primetime show finished #4 in the annual Nielsen ratings in 1951-52, #7 in 1969-70, and in the top 20 thirteen other years. Skelton was in every sketch.

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OP t1_jd43a3t wrote

I forgot about the Red Skelton show. I've only seen a few from VHS tapes my late grandparents owned. I had no idea it was on air for 20 years.

How many of Skelton's sketches have you watched?

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t1_jd5desi wrote

I don't know. It seems there were 672 episodes of the show produced. It wouldn't surprise if Skelton was in close to 2000. This is on top of a radio career that started about a decade before and continued for about five years after he started on TV.

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t1_jd4121c wrote

That's 20 years. Keenan has done 18-19 years on SNL plus his 20+ years of sketch before then.

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