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- ↑ "The Big Slide (Playhouse 90)". Television Academy. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
- ↑ Wesley Hyatt (2015). A Critical History of Television's The Red Skelton Show, 1951-1971. McFarland. p. 48. ISBN 9781476608754.
- ↑ "Inside TV: Skelton Stars in TV Dramatic Role". The Statesman. November 16, 1956. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Mary Cremmen (November 9, 1956). "TV Notebook". The Boston Globe. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "TV Review: 'Big Slide' Is Offered on 'Playhouse 90'". The New York Times. November 9, 1956. p. 59.