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Skelton has 22 Bibles, has studied assorted Oriental and Occidental faiths, often says that he believes all people are placed on earth by God for a purpose and that his is to make people laugh. The soundest proof of this, as he sees it, comes when small children approach him after shows, and climb silently into his lap. A master malapropist, Skelton perhaps sums up what draws children and all people to him when he speaks of "extra-sensitive perception." His troubled life has given him the sensitivity that has made him a great clown. "I've got the sixth sense," he admits, "but I don't have the other five."