A Blast from the Past
Summary
Today you can find Red Skelton Impersonator Brian Hoffman performing Live in Las Vegas, Monday afternoons in the Royal Resort Hotel on Convention Center Drive.The show had good wholesome entertainment, with David Rose and his orchestra watching Red’s every move, so they could add the sound effects as he performed a pantomime.One might ask,…in fact most people do, even the cab drivers.The Royal Resort Hotel can be seen from over half the rooms in the Encore and Riviera.That’s because it’s a 6 story hotel that sits on Convention Center Drive, almost at the corner of Las Vegas Blvd in between the Encore/Wynn and Riviera.Starting Monday Feb 1st at 2pm, with shows scheduled for every Monday after that in 2010, Brian Hoffman brings to life Red Skelton and his characters including, but not limited to, the loveable hobo, Freddie the Freeloader.From 1951 to 1971, The Red Skelton Show was being watched by more families than a person could imagine.Red’s kind heart shown through the televisions and into America’s living room with the whole family sitting around the one and only TV set in the entire house.The show had good wholesome entertainment, with David Rose and his orchestra watching Red’s every move, so they could add the sound effects as he performed a pantomime.Brian takes the stage and endears the audience in the same fashion Red did.The show includes several jokes with those two seagulls, Gertrude and Heathcliffe, some of which has been updated to today’s celebrities, but the punchline remains the same.