MEADE SKELTON A lot of folks ask me where I get the name "Meade Skelton". They ask me "Are you related to Red Skelton?" Is that your real name? "Meade Skelton sounds like a made up hipster name to me" , Etc. Well, no, I am no kin to Red. But yes its my real name! Meade, of course is my first name, and Skelton is actually my middle name, but since I have a short first and last name, I decided to use my middle name for my stage name moniker. It just had a nicer ring to it. They come from my mother's side of the family. Both Meade and Skelton are family names. Skelton is my grandmother's maiden name. My gr...