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Red Skeleton
Red Clown Painter
Oklahoma City
Ali’s paintings
paint with Ali
I flew from Palm Springs (Dallas?) to O.K. Oklahoma City on a private wing [?] jet and with Red Skeleton, and he did 2 hours nonstop as he always does in performance
We sketched each other at high altitude and I realized why he has done hundreds of self-portraits (more than Rembrandt), because he is so distinctively easy to catch—an irresistible subject
Red and his wife Lothian did not like the sketch I did months ago, but really liked the one I did on the flight. There is a humanness [that comes from drawing] live that is absent [when] drawing from photos
I put on Clark Gable hat from GWTW and Wayne Newton ranch in Nevada. He convincingly said how great I looked and after [?] on being photographed feeling just like Clark and went to a mirror and was shocked to see myself and not Gable. /
His jokes – always leave last on a plane so people watching will think he’s flown first class.
Spray graffiti artists with paints – face and all
Herb Gruder restaurant “Al Shouts” The bar and dining room covered with my paintings and drawings. I always was a guest dining there. One nite a big water bug lumbered up the wall behind our baguette. I slowly took off [my] shoe and smashed it. Herb said that thanks.
When the place shuttered Herb made off with the artwork. One great one, Mickey Mantle switcher