In 1942, Edna announced that she was leaving the Skelton home but would continue to manage SkeltonвЂ™s career and write material for him. Edna developed a system for working with the showвЂ™s writers she would select material from them, add her own and file the unused bits and lines for future use. She was also part of the cast for SkeltonвЂ™s Avalon Time radio program under her maiden name of Edna Stillwell. With EdnaвЂ™s help, Skelton received a high school equivalency degree. Since Skelton had left school at an early age, his wife bought textbooks and taught Skelton what he had missed. When she came away with not only a raise for her husband but additional considerations as well, Skelton no longer minded EdnaвЂ™s intervention. At first, Skelton considered his wife to be interfering after she saw the boss when his salary was about to be cut. They married a short time later, with Edna taking on the tasks of managing her husband and writing for him, as well as becoming part of his act. The two met when she approached Skelton after a show and told him she didnвЂ™t like his material Skelton asked her if she could do better. Skelton was one month away from his 18th birthday, and Edna was 16.

On June 1, 1931, Skelton married Edna Marie Stillwell (1915вЂ“1982), 'Edna Skelton Pound, a comedy writer who wrote some of Red SkeltonвЂ™s best-known comic routines during and after their 12-year marriage, has died.' (pay-per-view) a joke writer, business manager, and former usher at Kansas CityвЂ™s old Pantages Theater.

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