Avalon Time

Avalon Time
Other namesThe Avalon Variety Show
The Red Foley Revue
The Red Skelton Revue
Red Skelton Time
GenreComedy
Variety
Running time30 minutes
Country of originUnited States
Language(s)English
Home stationWLWO[1]
SyndicatesNBC Red
StarringRed Foley (1938–39)
Red Skelton (Oct. – Dec. 1939)
Cliff Arquette (Jan. – May 1940)
Dick Todd (May 1940)
Kitty O'Neill
AnnouncerDel King
Don McNeill
Peter Grant (commercial spokesman)
Written byEdna Stillwell
Jack Douglas
Recording studioCincinnati, Ohio[1]
Original releaseOctober 1, 1938 (1938-10-01) –
May 1, 1940 (1940-05-01)
No. of series2
No. of episodes83
Opening themeAvalon
Ending themeAvalon
Sponsored byAvalon cigarettes
Sir Walter Raleigh Pipe Tobacco
Bulova

Avalon Time is an American old-time radio comedy/variety program that ran from 1938 to 1940 on NBC's Red Network. The program was named after its sponsor, Avalon cigarettes.[2] Over the course of its run, Avalon Time was also sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh Pipe Tobacco and the Bulova Watch Company.

The program is often regarded as comedian Red Skelton's first big break in show business and on radio.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Crosley Broadcasting 40th Anniversary" (PDF). Broadcasting. Vol. 62, no. 14. 2 April 1962. pp. 6, 32. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Series: Avalon Time". Radio Echoes.
  3. ^ "Red Skelton's Avalon Time Old Time Radio Show". www.oldradioshows.org. 7 March 2013. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.