The Red Skelton Show
The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awards, for Skelton as best comedian and the program as best comedy show during its initial season, and an award for comedy writing in 1961.
Cast
Red Skelton
Host
Seasons
E1The Skylarks
Sep 30, 1951
E2How to Wash a Baby
Oct 7, 1951
E3Dunking Doughnuts
Oct 14, 1951
E4Smokeless Sunday
Oct 21, 1951
E5Laying a Cornerstone
Oct 28, 1951
E6Willie and the Burglar
Nov 4, 1951
E7Cafe Paree
Nov 11, 1951
E8G.I. McPugg
Nov 18, 1951
E9Clem and Married Life
Nov 25, 1951
E10Stairs
Dec 2, 1951
E11The Big Trial
Dec 9, 1951
E12Clean Politics
Dec 16, 1951
E13The Skeltons at Home
Dec 23, 1951
E14Learn To Dance in Ten Easy Lessons or One Hard One
Dec 30, 1951
E15The Bouncer
Jan 6, 1952
E16McPugg the Babysitter
Jan 13, 1952
E17Clean Fighter
Jan 20, 1952
E18Rock-a-Bye Baby
Jan 27, 1952
E19San Fernando Red on Television
Feb 3, 1952
E20The Transcontinental
Feb 10, 1952
E21The Disc Jockey
Feb 17, 1952
E22How to Make a Salad
Feb 24, 1952
E23Pasquale's Hotel
Mar 2, 1952
E24Napoleon
Mar 9, 1952
E25Dirty Deadeye
Mar 16, 1952
E26How to Eat Corn on the Cob
Mar 23, 1952
E27Willie the Barber
Mar 30, 1952
E28Clem's Travel Club
Apr 6, 1952
E29Mad Scientist
Apr 13, 1952
E30Helen of Troy
Apr 20, 1952
E31The Railroad Tower
Apr 27, 1952
E32It Takes All Kinds (Live in San Francisco)
May 4, 1952
E33Let's Talk About Mother
May 11, 1952
E34Telephone Trouble
May 18, 1952
E35The Railroad Station
May 25, 1952
E36Tornado Deadeye
Jun 1, 1952
E37Folding Boy
Jun 8, 1952
E38Let's Talk About Father
Jun 15, 1952
E39Imaginary Dog
Jun 22, 1952
E1Willie Comes Home
Sep 28, 1952
E2Willie Paints a Room
Oct 5, 1952
E3Stagecoach Robbery
Oct 12, 1952
E4Calling Dr. Prankenstein
Oct 19, 1952
E5Lieutenant Muscles
Oct 26, 1952
E6Whistle Stop
Nov 2, 1952
E7Clem Kadiddlehopper's Graduation
Nov 9, 1952
E8Help Wanted
Nov 16, 1952
E9Weepy Talks Turkey
Nov 23, 1952
E10One Man's Mortgage
Nov 30, 1952
E11Fancy Footwork
Dec 7, 1952
E12The Sultan
Dec 14, 1952
E13The Christmas Show
Dec 21, 1952
E14Highlight of 1951-52 season
Dec 28, 1952
E15The Big Trial
Jan 4, 1953
E16Drug Store; Private Eye
Jan 11, 1953
E17The Whistle Stop
Jan 18, 1953
E18Rush-Rush
Jan 25, 1953
E19Helen O'Connell
Feb 1, 1953
E20How to Eat Corn
Feb 8, 1953
E21Dirty Deadeye
Feb 15, 1953
E22French Waiter
Feb 22, 1953
E23Mills Brothers
Mar 1, 1953
E24Telephone Booth
Mar 8, 1953
E25June Havoc
Mar 15, 1953
E26Ambulance Driver
Mar 22, 1953
E27Quiz Show Winner
Mar 29, 1953
E28The Eyes Have It
Apr 5, 1953
E29Sure As Shootin'
Apr 12, 1953
E30Baby's First Birthday
Apr 19, 1953
E313-D
Apr 26, 1953
E32Racetrack
May 3, 1953
E33Washing the Elephant
May 10, 1953
E34Marooned
May 17, 1953
E35Gale Robbins
May 24, 1953
E36Freddie Becomes a Star-Gazer
May 31, 1953
E37Scarlet Ribbons
Jun 7, 1953
E38Helen O'Connell
Jun 14, 1953
E39Deadeye from Mars
Jun 21, 1953
E1McPugg's Last Fight
Sep 22, 1953
E2Clem and the Check
Sep 29, 1953
E3Appleby's Cocktail Party
Oct 6, 1953
E4The Nervous Tenor's Auction
Oct 13, 1953
E5Hobo's Dilemma
Oct 20, 1953
E6Appleby the Dreamer
Oct 27, 1953
E7Freddie's Masquerade
Nov 3, 1953
E8The Marriage Broker
Nov 10, 1953
E9How to Be Happily Married
Nov 17, 1953
E10California Gold Rush
Nov 24, 1953
E11Flugelmeyer's Secret Formula
Dec 1, 1953
E12Dr. Schlepper
Dec 8, 1953
E13It Happened at the Stationhouse
Dec 15, 1953
E14Christmas With the Skeltons
Dec 22, 1953
E15The Great White Hunter
Dec 29, 1953
E16Accidents Will Happen
Jan 5, 1954
E17A Voyage to Paris
Jan 12, 1954
E18What Fathers Should Know
Jan 19, 1954
E19Clem the Campus Soda Jerk
Jan 26, 1954
E20The Train Trip
Feb 2, 1954
E21Deadeye at the Golden Nugget
Feb 9, 1954
Ed Sullivan takes over for Red Skelton and introduces several celebrity guests before interviewing famous boxer Cauliflower McPugg. Red's cowboy character Deadeye plays cards and gets in trouble at the Golden Nugget saloon.
E22Captain Hook
Feb 16, 1954
E23Cave-Man Marriage
Feb 23, 1954
E24Toots Shor Show
Mar 2, 1954
E25Uncle Sam Wants You
Mar 9, 1954
E26Sherlock Holmes Satire
Mar 16, 1954
E27Skelton Awards
Mar 23, 1954
E28King Putt
Mar 30, 1954
E29Freddie's Picnic
Apr 6, 1954
E30Going to Work
Apr 13, 1954
E31Clem in the South Pacific
Apr 20, 1954
E32Willie I-Q
Apr 27, 1954
E33The Referee
May 4, 1954
E34Prince Valiant
May 11, 1954
E35The Artist's Dilemma
May 18, 1954
E36Clem Goes to Mexico
May 25, 1954
E37Mississippi Showboat
Jun 1, 1954
E38Freddie Goes to the Cleaners
Jun 8, 1954
E39Dial 'B' for Brush
Jun 15, 1954
E1Clem the Rookie
Sep 21, 1954
E2Orson Bean
Sep 28, 1954
E3What Goes Down, Must Come Up
Oct 5, 1954
E4Columbus and Isabella
Oct 12, 1954
E5Romeo and Juliet
Oct 19, 1954
E6The Andrews Sisters
Oct 26, 1954
E7Campaign
Nov 2, 1954
E8Clem Goes to College
Nov 9, 1954
E9He Made Good in the City
Nov 16, 1954
E10USO Thanksgiving
Nov 23, 1954
E11Chicago Red in Las Vegas
Nov 30, 1954
E12The Art Show
Dec 7, 1954
E13Tribute to Guys and Dolls/The Stuntman
Dec 14, 1954
E14The Unwanted Christmas Tree
Dec 21, 1954
E15John Calvert
Dec 28, 1954
E16The Smog Czar
Jan 4, 1955
E17Skelton Goes Back to School
Jan 11, 1955
E18Honeymooners Spoof
Jan 18, 1955
E19Love Thy Neighbor
Jan 25, 1955
E20Queen of Mars
Feb 1, 1955
E21Red Goes to Barber College
Feb 8, 1955
E22Smithers & McGurk visit Persian Shah
Feb 15, 1955
E23Seach for Uranium
Feb 22, 1955
The Uranium Hunt Red goes to hunt uranium on an Indian Reservation with guest star Edmond O'Brien.
E24Insomnia
Mar 1, 1955
E25Look Magazine Movie Awards Show
Mar 8, 1955
Red Skelton gives out the 1954 Look Awards Red spoofs Marlon Brando from "On the Waterfront", Bing Crosby from "The Country Girl"
E26Red Goes to Prison
Mar 15, 1955
E27At the Movies
Mar 22, 1955
E28Sleeping Beauty Ballet
Mar 29, 1955
E29Hospital Mix-Up
Apr 5, 1955
E30Smithers & McGurk Western Café
Apr 12, 1955
E31South American Beauty Contest
Apr 19, 1955
E32Drama Coach
Apr 26, 1955
E33Smithers & McGurk Go to Australia
May 3, 1955
E34Red Becomes a Prop Man
May 10, 1955
E35Sheik Slave Market
May 17, 1955
E36Tippy Toe Dancing School for Teenagers
May 24, 1955
E37Red Goes to Japan
May 31, 1955
E38Rose Marie
Jun 7, 1955
E39Freddy the Freeloader's Past
Jun 14, 1955
E1The Super Chef
Sep 26, 1955
E2Money, Money, Money
Oct 4, 1955
E3New York Tour
Oct 11, 1955
E4Shore Leave
Oct 18, 1955
E5Cinderfella
Oct 25, 1955
E6Halloween Show
Nov 1, 1955
E7The Sweetie of Tahiti
Nov 8, 1955
E8TV vs. the Electric Guitar
Nov 15, 1955
E9Fish Peddler's Thanksgiving
Nov 22, 1955
E10Phantom of the Ballet
Nov 29, 1955
E11Deadeye vs. the Lone Ranger
Dec 6, 1955
E12The Cop and the Anthem
Dec 20, 1955
E13Cookie and Zsa Zsa Gabor
Dec 27, 1955
E14Old Vaudeville
Jan 3, 1956
E15Willie Resists Girls
Jan 10, 1956
E16The Sculpture Show
Jan 17, 1956
E17Freddie on a Luxury Liner or Bum Overboard
Jan 24, 1956
E18Lamb to Lion
Jan 31, 1956
E19The Election Show
Feb 7, 1956
E20Valentine's Day Double Date (Original)
Feb 14, 1956
E21Salesman vs. Mad Scientist or A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
Feb 21, 1956
E22Cookie Returns or Cookie in Korea
Feb 28, 1956
E23The Hypnotist
Jun 26, 1956
E24Clem's Feud
Mar 27, 1956
E25Freddie vs. the Freeway
Mar 20, 1956
E26Dance Marathon
Apr 3, 1956
E27Stages of Evolution
Apr 17, 1956
E28Robin Hood
Apr 24, 1956
E29Hollywood Plumber
May 1, 1956
E30Baker Man
May 8, 1956
E31Desert Island
May 15, 1956
Red Skelton and Jamie Farr appear as navy men under the watchful eye of Buster Crabbe. Skelton and Farr accidentally go overboard in a life boat, and end up marooned on a desert island...or so they think.
E32Stock Wizard
May 22, 1956
E33Public Pigeon
May 29, 1956
E34The Picnic
Jun 12, 1956
E35The Convention
Jun 26, 1956
E36Pirate Show
Jun 5, 1956
E38County Fair or Minister of Agriculture
Jun 19, 1956
E1McPugg's Comeback
Oct 2, 1956
E2Olympic Clem
Oct 9, 1956
E3Bolivar's Song or Shagnasty Composer
Oct 16, 1956
E4Freddie Votes or Election Fiddle
Oct 23, 1956
E5The Magic Shoes
Oct 30, 1956
E6Appleby's Millions
Nov 13, 1956
E7The First Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims
Nov 20, 1956
In this spoof of the Miles Standish-John Alden-Priscilla Mullins legend, Red plays John in a broad, farcical manner, given to slapstick clumsiness and cigar chomping anachronisms. The filmed quality of the show cuts out most of the spontaneous gags and asides expected of Red.
E8The Atomic Sailor
Nov 27, 1956
E9Clem Goes Hollywood
Dec 4, 1956
E10San Fernando Goes Straight
Dec 18, 1956
E12Resolutions
Jan 1, 1957
E13Freddie the Count
Jan 8, 1957
E14The Sailor Takes a Wife
Jan 15, 1957
E15Freddie, the Contest Winner
Jan 22, 1957
E16Cauliflower Wrestler
Jan 29, 1957
E17Freddie Finds a Headlight
Feb 5, 1957
E18Reporter Clem
Feb 12, 1957
E19Appleby Goes Abroad
Feb 19, 1957
E20San Fernando's Showboat
Feb 26, 1957
E21Clem Strikes Oil
Mar 5, 1957
The Kadiddlehopper's at first dismayed at the black gooey stuff on their land learn that it is worth a fortune with which Clem uses to create a financial empire that employs to make Daisy June a star so she will marry him.
E22Freddie's Surprise Party
Mar 12, 1957
E23Appleby's House
Mar 19, 1957
E24Clem's Fish Market
Mar 26, 1957
E25Romeo and Juliet
Apr 2, 1957
E26Robinson Crusoe
Apr 9, 1957
E27Mean Widdle Girl
Apr 16, 1957
E28Bolivar's Double
Apr 23, 1957
E29Cookie in Cuba
Apr 30, 1957
E30Freddie and the Happy Helper
May 7, 1957
E31Clem's Inheritance
May 14, 1957
E32Cookie in Cuba II
May 21, 1957
E33Medicine Man
May 28, 1957
E34Freddie the Star
Jun 4, 1957
E35Cookie's Secret
Jun 11, 1957
E36Appleby's Invention
Jun 18, 1957
E37Hollywood Agent
Jun 25, 1957
E1Freddie and the Brooklyn Dodgers
Oct 1, 1957
E2Clem in New York
Oct 8, 1957
E3Appleby's Cake
Oct 15, 1957
E4Cesar Romero Hires Deadeye for TV Series
Oct 22, 1957
E5Cookie and the Satellite
Oct 29, 1957
E6Appleby's Patio
Nov 5, 1957
E7Monsieur Clem's Fashions
Nov 12, 1957
E8Bolivar the Repairman
Nov 19, 1957
E9Freddie's Thanksgiving
Nov 26, 1957
E10The Round Table
Dec 10, 1957
E11Deadeye the Outlaw
Dec 17, 1957
E12The Third Wish
Dec 24, 1957
E13Willie on the Wagon
Dec 31, 1957
E14Appleby and the Ape
Jan 7, 1958
E15Calypso Clem
Jan 14, 1958
E16Freddie Finds a Fortune
Jan 28, 1958
E17Bolivar's Beauty Salon
Feb 4, 1958
Impressed with Bolivar's hair-styling talents, his girlfriend and her mother decide to set him up in business. But business goes badly for Bolivar's beauty salon until movie star Valerie Venton visits. Valerie is so pleased with his work that she takes Bolivar back to Hollywood to open a shop.
E18Clem the Bullfighter
Feb 11, 1958
E19Appleby's Garage
Feb 14, 1958
George Appleby, a bumbling but well-meaning garage owner, as he becomes involved in capturing a killer
E20Freddie's New Home
Feb 25, 1958
E21Clem the Dentist
Mar 4, 1958
E22Appleby and the Ape II
Mar 11, 1958
E23Cauliflower's Hamburger Stand
Mar 18, 1958
E24Clem, the Photographer
Mar 25, 1958
E25San Fernando's Filibuster
Apr 1, 1958
E26Bolivar Gets Amnesia
Apr 8, 1958
E27Episode 27
Apr 15, 1958
E28The Kadiddlehopper Mural or Clem the Artist
Apr 22, 1958
Clem Kadiddlehopper paints what he considers a masterpiece, and wants to exhibit it in New York.
E29Appleby's Midnight Ride
Apr 29, 1958
E30San Fernando's Singing Sensation
May 6, 1958
E31Friends of Red Skelton Variety Show
May 13, 1958
E32Appleby Wins a House
May 27, 1958
E33Freddie and the Millionare
Jun 3, 1958
E34Cauliflower's Reducing Salon
Jun 17, 1958
E35Bolivar and the Lost Patrol
Jun 24, 1958
Three U.S. Navy men have been marooned on a small South Pacific island since World War II and don't know whether or not the war is over. On the other side of the island is a group of Japanese soldiers that is in the same predicament. Eventually, the two confused groups meet.
E1Freddie and the World Series Ticket
Sep 30, 1958
E2Clem and the Satellite
Oct 7, 1958
E3Bolivar the Quiz Champion
Oct 14, 1958
E4Freddie and the Election
Oct 21, 1958
E5Clem Sings
Oct 28, 1958
E6Appleby Goes Hunting
Nov 11, 1958
E7Deadeye the Indian Scout
Nov 18, 1958
E8Freddie and the Turkey Dinner
Nov 26, 1958
E9Bolivar's Double Date
Dec 2, 1958
E10Clem the Interior Decorator
Dec 16, 1958
E11San Fernando in Alaska
Jan 6, 1959
Crooked Mayor San Fernando runs off with his accomplice Ruby (Adams)to Alaska, the one state they haven't hidden in yet, where they set up business again with their usual graft, corruption, and hilarity.
E12Freddie and the Spies
Jan 13, 1959
An inventor entrusted Freddie the freeloader with a box containing an invention. Spies want the box and send a beautiful woman to get it back.
E13Bashful Clem
Jan 20, 1959
E14Appleby and the Ice Man
Jan 27, 1959
E15Cauliflower and the Kidnappers
Feb 3, 1959
E16Clem and the Merry Widow
Feb 10, 1959
E17Freddie Gets a Job
Feb 17, 1959
E18Clem in Miami Beach
Mar 3, 1959
E19San Fernando Loses the Dixie Queen
Mar 10, 1959
E20Humphrey School of Dramatic Arts
Mar 17, 1959
E21Freddie and the Public Enemy
Mar 24, 1959
E22Appleby's Band
Mar 31, 1959
E23Cookie in Japan
Apr 7, 1959
E24Deadeye and the Rustlers
Apr 14, 1959
E25Appleby's Formula
Apr 21, 1959
E26Freddie's Mothers Day
May 5, 1959
E27Rapid Growth
May 12, 1959
E28San Fernando the Swami
May 19, 1959
E29Appleby the Witness
May 26, 1959
E30Freddie the Singer
Jun 2, 1959
E31Cauliflower In Hollywood
Jun 23, 1959
Cauliflower McPugg is hired by a movie studio to condition one of its top actors for a prizefighting role. But when the actor’s girlfriend takes a fancy to McPugg’s rugged way, the actor begins to take his boxing seriously. 1: Monologue, Jokes about fighting. Joke about athletes walking around Muscle Beach. Blood bank – artificial color added. Who bit his leg off – all alligators looked alike.
E1Freddie's Beat Shack
Sep 29, 1959
E2Clem's General Store
Oct 6, 1959
E3Appleby's Bird Woman
Oct 13, 1959
After embarrassing her at the movies during a showing of "The Blob", Mrs. Appleby decides to teach George a lesson by tricking him into believing she's turned into a bird with the help of a borrowed parrot. He takes her (the bird) to a psychiatrist for help.
E4Deadeye and the Girl Bandit
Oct 20, 1959
E5San Fernando's Treasure Hunt
Nov 3, 1959
E6Freddie and Fabian
Nov 10, 1959
E7Appleby the Weatherman
Nov 17, 1959
E8San Fernando's Thanksgiving
Nov 24, 1959
E9Appleby: The Big Producer
Dec 1, 1959
E10Bolivar the Songwriter
Dec 8, 1959
E11Clem the Mailman
Dec 15, 1959
E12Deadeye Turns in His Badge
Dec 29, 1959
E13Clem the Disc Jockey
Jan 5, 1960
E14Clem Kadiddlehopper in Dog Patch
Jan 12, 1960
E15Appleby the Muscle Man
Jan 19, 1960
E16Cauliflower and the Syndicate
Jan 26, 1960
E17San Fernando and Fabian
Feb 2, 1960
E18Appleby's Boat
Feb 16, 1960
E19Bolivar and the Roaring Twenties
Feb 23, 1960
E20Skelton and Mae West
Mar 1, 1960
E21Deadeye the Blacksmith
Mar 9, 1960
E22Freddie and the Da Vinci
Mar 15, 1960
Freddie the freeloader and a pal find an original DaVinci painting at the dump. An art dealer tries to swindle them out of it.
E23Clem the Private Eye or 77 Moonset Strip
Mar 22, 1960
E24San Fernando for Governor
Mar 29, 1960
E25Freddie's Millions
Apr 5, 1960
E26Clem's Fountain of Youth
Apr 12, 1960
E27Super-Cauliflower
Apr 19, 1960
E28San Fernando's Marriage Mill
Apr 26, 1960
E29Freddie in Las Vegas
May 3, 1960
E30Clem and the Beanstalk
May 24, 1960
E31Appleby's Fallout Shelter
Jun 7, 1960
E32The Many Skeltons
Jun 14, 1960
E1Laughter, the Universal Language
Sep 27, 1960
A special performance taped at the United Nations. Pantomime acts and one song. The fool and the feather, A slow motion tennis game, an old man playing golf, a chef mixes a salad, A folk song - "Foggy Foggy Dew," A man and his wife climb the Eiffel Tower, an old man watches a parade.
E2Appleby's Predictions
Oct 4, 1960
Appleby predicts the World Series. His wife wants him to predict the presidential election.
E3Clem the Candidate
Oct 11, 1960
Two political party bosses try to come up with a perfect presidential candidate by using a massive "electronic brain".(A Univac) It decides that man would be Clem Kadiddlehopper. The public adores him and he's well on his way toward victory, despite that the brain was shown to be defective. One of the bosses has a dream of what a goof Clem would be in the white house.
E4Deadeye and the Magician
Oct 18, 1960
E5Freddie's Manhattan
Oct 25, 1960
E6San Fernando's Investigating Committee
Nov 1, 1960
E7Appleby's Time Machine
Nov 15, 1960
E8Clem the Animal Psychiatrist
Nov 29, 1960
E9Jose McPugg
Dec 6, 1960
E10The Racine Show
Dec 27, 1960
E11San Fernadocal
Jan 3, 1961
E12Danny Thomas Show
Jan 10, 1961
E13The Garry Moore Show
Jan 17, 1961
E14We're Gonna Have a Party
Jan 24, 1961
E15Pantomime Concert
Jan 31, 1961
E16Ed as Red
Feb 7, 1961
E17Episode 17
Feb 14, 1961
E18Episode 18
Feb 21, 1961
E19Episode 19
Feb 28, 1961
E20Episode 20
Mar 7, 1961
E21Freddie and the Baby
Mar 14, 1961
E22Deadeye and the Alamo
Mar 28, 1961
E23Clem's Theatre
Apr 4, 1961
E24Appleby's Cufflinks
Apr 11, 1961
E25Freddie's Band
Apr 18, 1961
E26Clem the Genius
Apr 25, 1961
E27Appleby's Castle
May 2, 1961
E28Cauliflower and the Fight Fix
May 9, 1961
E29Freddie's Shipwreck
May 16, 1961
E30San Fernando and Herbie
May 23, 1961
E31Clem's Watermelons
May 30, 1961
E32Appleby's Sleepwalk
Jun 6, 1961
E33Freddie Gets Sick
Jun 13, 1961
E34Candid Clem
Jun 20, 1961
E35Appleby's Remote Control
Jun 27, 1961
E1Clem the Unkissable
Sep 26, 1961
E2Appleby's Marriage License
Oct 3, 1961
E3Freddie's Benefactor
Oct 10, 1961
E4Deadeye and the Gunslinger
Oct 17, 1961
E5Sing Along With Cauliflower
Oct 24, 1961
E6Freddie's Romance
Oct 31, 1961
E7The Almost Late George Appleby
Nov 7, 1961
E8Clem's Other Clem
Nov 14, 1961
E9Once Upon a Turkey
Nov 21, 1961
E10The Great Brain Robbery
Nov 28, 1961
E11Mr. K Goes to College
Dec 5, 1961
E12San Fernando and the Kaaka Maami Island
Dec 12, 1961
E13Freddie and the Yuletide Doll
Dec 19, 1961
Freddie the Freeloader is all alone on Christmas. He finds a Raggedy Ann doll. The doll comes to life, and Freddie enjoys a romantic time with her.
E14Appleby's Office Party
Dec 26, 1961
E15Nothing But the Tooth
Jan 2, 1962
E16Freddie, Willing and Able
Jan 9, 1962
E17Appleby's Anniversary
Jan 16, 1962
E18Clem and the Kadiddlehopper Hop
Jan 23, 1962
E19The Many Skeltons in Las Vegas
Jan 30, 1962
E20Freddie and the Landlord
Feb 13, 1962
E21The Iceman Goeth
Feb 20, 1962
E22Calling Dr. Kadiddlehopper
Feb 27, 1962
E23Appleby's Bearded Boarder
Mar 6, 1962
E24The Nine Lives of Freddie
Mar 13, 1962
E25The Bride of Bolivar
Mar 20, 1962
E26Clem and the Dalton Girls
Apr 10, 1962
E27Pantomimic Presentation of a Person's Problems in a Park
Apr 17, 1962
E28How To Think Up A Television Title Without Being Sued
Apr 24, 1962
E29Rock on the Wild Side
May 8, 1962
E30Go, Van, Gogh
May 15, 1962
E31Best Man Blues
May 22, 1962
E32This Goon for Hire
May 29, 1962
E33Freddie and the Daily Freeloader
Jun 12, 1962
E34Cauliflower Loses His Birds
Jun 26, 1962
E1Somebody Up There Should Stay There
Sep 25, 1962
E2The Greatest Schmo on Earth
Oct 2, 1962
E3The Mayor of Central Park
Oct 9, 1962
E4The Booze Man of Alcatraz
Oct 16, 1962
E5One Good Intern Deserves Another
Oct 23, 1962
E6Rupert The Stupert
Oct 30, 1962
E7Dial P for Plumber
Nov 13, 1962
E8Ten Baby Fingers and 12 Baby Toes
Nov 20, 1962
E9March of the Litterbugs
Nov 27, 1962
E10Who Put the Bobby Sox in Mr. Appleby's Chowder?
Dec 4, 1962
E11Once Upon A Flea
Dec 11, 1962
E12How The West Was Lost
Dec 18, 1962
E13Freddie and the Yuletide Doll
Dec 25, 1962
E14Of Mouth and Men
Jan 1, 1963
Red and Martha Raye do a takeoff on the then-current Hollywood epic, Antony and Cleopatra.
E15Where There's a Will, There's a Wife
Jan 8, 1963
E16Have Rickshaw, Will Travel
Jan 15, 1963
E17Children Should Be Seen But Not Had
Jan 22, 1963
E18Witness for the Persecution or Half a Lawyer Is Better Than None
Jan 29, 1963
E19Much Ado About Knotting
Feb 5, 1963
E20Red Fails in the Sunset
Feb 12, 1963
E21Advice to the Loveworn
Feb 19, 1963
E22My Friend The Enemy
Feb 26, 1963
E23The Bel Air Haykickers
Mar 5, 1963
E24After the Bald Is Over
Mar 12, 1963
E25Frontier Coward
Mar 26, 1963
E26Come to Me, My Melon-Headed Baby
Apr 2, 1963
E27The Portrait of Dorian Appleby
Apr 9, 1963
E28How Green Was My Money
Apr 16, 1963
E29Ah, Sweet Mystery of Wife
Apr 30, 1963
E30A Midsummer Nut's Dream
May 7, 1963
E31Captains Outrageous
May 21, 1963
E32Jerk and the Beanstalk
May 28, 1963
E1Passion in Pasadena or Love is a Many-Splintered Thing
Sep 24, 1963
E2My Son the Monster
Oct 1, 1963
E3Pop is a Weasel
Oct 8, 1963
E4Bewitched, Bothered and Brainless
Oct 15, 1963
E5Don’t Sit Under the Tombstone with Anybody Else But Me
Oct 22, 1963
E6Get Thee to the Cannery
Oct 29, 1963
E7Do You Take This Woman for You Awful Wedded Wife
Nov 5, 1963
E8It’s So Nice to Have a Louse Around the House
Nov 12, 1963
E9The Bachelor and the Boobyhatcher
Nov 19, 1963
E10Good Night Sour Prince
Dec 3, 1963
E11It’s A Treat To Sell Your Wheat In The Vladivostok Mud
Dec 10, 1963
E12Sing a Song of Sing Sing
Dec 17, 1963
E13The Mouth Shall Rise Again
Dec 26, 1963
E14Will the Real Clara Appleby Please Shut Up or To Tell a Fib
Dec 31, 1963
E15Shrink My Head I’m a Stranger in Paradise or Stroodel and Freudloader-Instant Brainwashers
Jan 7, 1964
E16Sit Down Your Rockin the Vote
Jan 14, 1964
E17A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Dump
Jan 21, 1964
E18That’s the Way the Fortune Cookie Crumbles
Jan 28, 1964
E19Cast Your Brat Upon the Water
Feb 4, 1964
E20Lives of a Bungle Lancer
Feb 11, 1964
E21Take Her She’s Mean
Feb 18, 1964
E22How Are Things in Glocca Moron?
Feb 25, 1964
E23On Top of Old Hokey
Mar 3, 1964
E24One Man's Mate Is Another Man's Poison
Mar 10, 1964
E25I Was an S.A.P. for the C.I.A.
Mar 17, 1964
E26Tip Toe Thru the Trash Cans
Mar 31, 1964
E27I Want to Go Where the Wild Goof Goes
Apr 7, 1964
E28The Goon and Six Pence
Apr 14, 1964
E29Keep Tramp Fires Burning
Apr 21, 1964
E30I Came, I Saw, I Conked Her
Apr 28, 1964
E31Heading for Last Roundup
May 5, 1964
E32Crime Doesn't Pay (Like It Used To)
May 12, 1964
E1Be It Ever So Grumble, There’s No Place Like Home
Sep 22, 1964
E2The Taming of the Schmo
Sep 29, 1964
E3A Man’s Dump Is His Castle
Oct 6, 1964
E4A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Harem
Oct 13, 1964
E5The Most Sappy Fella
Oct 20, 1964
E6The Mouth That Roared
Oct 27, 1964
E7Red Skelton in London
Nov 10, 1964
E8A Sap’s Fable or The Great Brain Robbery
Nov 17, 1964
E9The Fastest Goon in the West
Nov 24, 1964
E10Love, Your Tragic Smell Is Everywhere or A Hat Full of Hate
Dec 1, 1964
E11When It’s Teepee Time Down South
Dec 8, 1964
E12Mamma’s Little Monster
Dec 15, 1964
E13The Plight Before Christmas
Dec 22, 1964
E14A Man and His Money Are Soon Parted or A Fool and His Money Are Soon Married
Dec 29, 1964
E15A Bad Man Nowadays Is Hard to Find
Jan 5, 1965
E16Lame Brain for a Day
Jan 12, 1965
E17The Seven Year Wretch
Jan 19, 1965
While waiting in line for his unemployment check, George Appleby (Red) meets Archie Moore, also out of work. A man sells him a trained Bear, which he puts in a take-on-all-comers boxing show in a carnival. Moore shows up to challenge the bear. Red's silent spot pantomime involves a Holmesian detective chasing a hooded bad guy around a spooky house-type set.
E18A Creep in the Deep
Jan 26, 1965
E19A Concert in Pantomime
Feb 2, 1965
E20Yellow Belly in a Purple Sage
Feb 9, 1965
E21Brain Go Away
Feb 16, 1965
E22Lookie Lookie Here Comes Crookie
Feb 23, 1965
E23O for Nothing
Mar 2, 1965
E24The Red Skelton Scrapbook
Mar 9, 1965
E25Nuts at Round Table
Mar 16, 1965
E26Panhandle with Care
Mar 23, 1965
E27Sweet Misery of Wife
Mar 30, 1965
E28The Unteachables
Apr 6, 1965
E29Out All Over
Apr 13, 1965
E30The Golden West
Apr 20, 1965
E31Bum Today
Apr 27, 1965
E32More Truth Than Poultry
May 4, 1965
E1How Stupid of Cupid
Sep 14, 1965
E2The Fastest Crumb in the West
Sep 21, 1965
E3Loafer, Come Back to Me
Sep 28, 1965
E4The Big Bad Wife
Oct 5, 1965
E5Loco Boy Makes Good
Oct 12, 1965
E6A Taste of Money
Oct 19, 1965
E7Here Comes the Bribe
Oct 26, 1965
E8Hobo a Go Go
Nov 2, 1965
E9Brats in Your Belfry
Nov 9, 1965
E10Goofy Goofy Gander
Nov 16, 1965
E11Somebody Down Here Hates Me
Nov 30, 1965
E12Never on a Bum-Day
Dec 7, 1965
E13A Jerk of All Trades
Dec 14, 1965
E14The Plight Before Christmas
Dec 21, 1965
E15Monotony on the Bounty
Dec 28, 1965
E16When Nut-Hood Was in Flower
Jan 4, 1966
E17Shine On, Harvest Goon
Jan 11, 1966
E18Concert in Pantomime
Jan 18, 1966
E19The Agony and the Nag-Ony
Jan 25, 1966
Red as George Appleby tries to drive his hated wife insane with the help of crooked "door-to-door Psychiatrist" Dr. Sigmund Fraud.(Vincent Price).In the monologue, Red enacts an encounter between a prospector and a rattlesnake, and in the silent spot, he's a musician searching for quiet inspiration in a tumbledown, desolate cabin, and finding anything but.
E20Down the Old Chisholm Trail with the Old Chiseler
Feb 1, 1966
E21Be It Ever So Homely, There’s No Face Like Clem
Feb 8, 1966
E22Half a Loafer Is Better Than None
Feb 15, 1966
E23A Thousand and One Arabian Nuts
Feb 22, 1966
E24Red Skelton Scrapbook
Mar 1, 1966
E25Love at First Fright
Mar 29, 1966
E26Goodbye, Mr. Gyp
Apr 5, 1966
E27The Bum Who Came in from the Cold
Apr 12, 1966
E28Bratman
Apr 19, 1966
E29A Beauty Can Skin You Deep
Apr 26, 1966
E30Our Man Fink
May 3, 1966
E31Sweet Smell of Failure
May 10, 1966
E32Stupidity: Italian Style
May 17, 1966
E1How to Succeed in Loafing Without Really Trying
Sep 13, 1966
E2Eenie Meenie Minee Schmo
Sep 20, 1966
E3Chiseler on the Roof
Sep 27, 1966
E4Much Ado About Nagging
Oct 4, 1966
E5Mother Knows Pest
Oct 11, 1966
E6Land of Bilk and Money
Oct 18, 1966
E7It Happened One Nut
Oct 25, 1966
E8What Did You Do in the Dump, Daddy?
Nov 1, 1966
E9A Gyp Off the Old Block
Nov 15, 1966
E10The Best Money a Sheriff Can Buy
Nov 22, 1966
E11Jerk Be Nimble
Nov 29, 1966
E12Better Dead Than Wed
Dec 6, 1966
E13The Fastest Cuspidor in the West
Dec 13, 1966
Sheriff Deadeye is determined to get the lead role in a motion picture being made in town - even to the extent of wearing a corset to appear thinner. However, he finds he has been beaten out by Nathan Nothing (guest Robert Goulet), who is younger and more handsome. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays a crotchety old man who hates children, but finds he has been promoted to a store's toy department during the Christmas rush.
E14The Christmas Spirit
Dec 20, 1966
E15The Taming of the Screw-Loose
Dec 27, 1966
E16In One Head
Jan 3, 1967
E17Freddie’s Heroes
Jan 10, 1967
In this WW II parody, the stars of "Hogan's Heroes" (Bob Crane and John Banner) appear as their characters of Col. Hogan and Sgt. Schultz. Red (as Freddie the Freeloader) is assigned to assist in their escape from Stalag 13. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays a bungling 19th century suitor who must meet his girlfriend's parents.
E18The Fortune Crookie
Jan 17, 1967
E19Absence Makes the Hate Grow Fonder
Jan 24, 1967
George Appleby accompanies his abusive wife, Clara (guest Eve Arden), on a southwestern vacation, but the couple splits in the process. They go their separate ways, but end up staying in the same hotel room, unbeknownst to each other. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays an old man whose bumbling attempts to run a gas station end in failure.
E20Sappiness Is Just a Thing Called Clem
Jan 31, 1967
E21Better Living Through Chiseling
Feb 7, 1967
E22A Bottle of Bumb
Feb 14, 1967
E23Not With My Dump You Won’t
Feb 28, 1967
E24Parlor, Bedroom & Wrath
Mar 7, 1967
E25Schnook of Araby
Mar 14, 1967
E26It’s a Treat to Beat a Cheat on the Mississippi Mud
Mar 21, 1967
E27A Bum for All Seasons
Mar 28, 1967
E28Next Time Try the Brain
Apr 4, 1967
Clem Kadiddlehopper meets down on his luck Loser Lumpkin (guest Tennessee Ernie Ford), a once-great champion chicken-plucker who was in the Olympics. Observing that Clem has the fingers for it, Lumpkin takes him to the Olympics to break the world chicken plucking record. In "The Silent Spot," it's the day after Christmas and Red plays a man dealing with his contentious wife, who demands he take down the tree and the decorations.
E29That Junk Built
Apr 18, 1967
E30Loused in Space
Apr 25, 1967
E31Once Upon a Dunce
May 2, 1967
E32The Nag and I
May 9, 1967
E1For Better or Worse Like George Appleby Got
Sep 5, 1967
E2The Seven Ages of Man
Sep 12, 1967
E3Saddle Sores on the Old Corral
Sep 19, 1967
E4The Spy with the Leaky Mouth
Sep 26, 1967
E5Where There’s Smoke, There’s a Dragon
Oct 3, 1967
E6A Spy Is a Peeping Tom on Salary
Oct 10, 1967
E7Clothes Make the Bum
Oct 17, 1967
Skelton as Freddie the Freeloader is a surprise participant in a fashion show to the exasperation of Emcee Terry-Thomas and Store Detective Nancy Wilson.
E8A New York Stripper Is Not Always a Steak
Oct 24, 1967
E9Hippie Days Are Here Again
Oct 31, 1967
A love-in finds Freddie the Freeloader interacting with hippies. Tim finds a bizarre growth on his head courtesy of Nancy and Red. Jackie overeats at a restaurant.
E10The Bear Was a Barefaced Liar
Nov 7, 1967
E11Climb Upon My Knee, Dummy Boy
Nov 14, 1967
E12Red’s Relatives
Nov 21, 1967
E13Little Old Rainmaker: Me
Nov 28, 1967
E14He Who Steals My Dump Steals Trash
Dec 5, 1967
E15Marriage Is Made in Heaven and Las Vegas
Dec 12, 1967
E16A Christmas Urchin
Dec 19, 1967
E17When East Meets West, You Need a New Compass
Jan 9, 1968
E18Red Skelton One-Man Show
Jan 16, 1968
E19Dial M for Moron
Jan 23, 1968
E20Fairy Tales for Old Children
Jan 30, 1968
E21Love Is an Itch You Can’t Scratch
Feb 6, 1968
E22Sheriffs Are Bought, Not Made
Feb 13, 1968
E23Cauliflower Ears That Bloom in the Spring, Tra-La
Feb 20, 1968
E24United Nations Second Show
Feb 27, 1968
E25I Never Met a Pig I Didn’t Like
Mar 5, 1968
E26Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of George Appleby
Mar 12, 1968
E27San Fernando: Man with a Heart of Stolen Gold
Mar 19, 1968
E28The Pied-Eyed Piper
Mar 26, 1968
E29The Love Bug’ll Getcha If You Don’t Use DDT
Apr 2, 1968
E30Episode 30
Apr 23, 1968
E31Rings on Her Fingers Also Go Through Your Nose
Apr 30, 1968
E1He Who Steals My Robot Steals Trash
Sep 24, 1968
E2Guess Whose Dinner Is Coming to Freddie?
Oct 1, 1968
E3Cauliflower Fiddles While Bolivar Burns
Oct 8, 1968
E4The Revenge of Prudence Pennyfeather or Wide Saddles in the Old Corral
Oct 15, 1968
E5A Woman’s a Rag, a Bone, and a Hank of Mouth
Oct 22, 1968
E6To Get Married
Oct 29, 1968
E7Necessarily From Mustard
Nov 12, 1968
E8People With Money
Nov 19, 1968
E9And Momma Makes Three
Nov 19, 1968
E10Love Is a Funny Thing
Dec 3, 1968
E11Other Place Closed
Dec 10, 1968
E12Two on the Isle
Dec 17, 1968
E13A Christmas Story: 1777
Dec 24, 1968
E14Should See a Doctor
Dec 31, 1968
E15He Lost the East
Jan 7, 1969
E16The Pledge of Allegiance
Jan 14, 1969
E17Wooden Gift Horse
Jan 21, 1969
E18Beauty is Only Skin Deep Unless You’re a Banana
Jan 28, 1969
E19Why Show Must Go On
Feb 4, 1969
E20Beneath This Ragged Shirt
Feb 11, 1969
E21Ed Wynn Tribute
Feb 18, 1969
E22Deadeye Goes to School
Feb 25, 1969
E23Kingdom of Iodine
Mar 4, 1969
E24Give a Man Enough Rope
Mar 11, 1969
E25If at First You Don’t Succeed, Forget It
Mar 18, 1969
E26Vagrancy is Just Loitering that Takes a Little Longer
Mar 25, 1969
E27Uneasy Lies the Neck that Wears the Noose
Apr 1, 1969
E28Button Up Your Overcoat: You Forgot Your Pants
Apr 8, 1969
E29Will the Real Robin Hood Please Fall Out of the Tree?
Apr 15, 1969
E30You Can Lead a Horse to Water, But He’ll Go by Himself to Scotch
Apr 22, 1969
E31The Boston Pops Show
Apr 29, 1969
E1Pop the Astronaut
Sep 23, 1969
E2The Happening That Happened in Taxes
Sep 30, 1969
E3You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man – But You Can Try
Oct 7, 1969
E4The Traveling Saleslady and the Farmer’s Son
Oct 14, 1969
E5Willie Lump Lump’s Birthday
Oct 21, 1969
E6John Wayne’s 40th Anniversary or Hominy and True Grits
Oct 28, 1969
E7The Emergency Case or See Your Doctor Once a Year Even If It Kills You
Nov 4, 1969
E8Alaska or an Icicle Built for Two
Nov 11, 1969
E9Singing Waiters, Hillbilly Songwriters
Nov 18, 1969
E10There’s One Thing Money Won’t Buy and Someday We’ll Find Out What It Is
Nov 25, 1969
E11It’s Better to Have Loved and Lost – Much Better
Dec 2, 1969
E12He Wanted to Be a Square Shooter But He Found That his Barrel was Round
Dec 9, 1969
E13The Son of Oliver Twist or Junior Is Just a Little Dickens
Dec 16, 1969
E14Episode 14
Dec 23, 1969
Barbara Bain plays a journalist who is hired by a newspaper to locate and expose the infamous San Fernando Red, operating at a nearby carnival. In "The Silent Spot," Red "helps" his wife prepare for a New Year's eve party and causes nothing but trouble.
E15Crime Doesn’t Pay But It’s Tax Free
Dec 30, 1969
E16You Can Take the Boy Out of the Country If You Promise Not to Bring Him Back
Jan 6, 1970
E17If Marriages Are Made in Heaven, Why Do They Call It Heaven?
Jan 13, 1970
E18There’s No Business Like Show Business, But When There’s No Business, Show Business Goes Out of Business Just Like Any Other Business
Jan 20, 1970
E19Charity Begins at Home, But Nowadays, Who Can Afford a Home?
Jan 27, 1970
E20Is This Anyway to Ruin an Airline?
Feb 3, 1970
E21When East Meets West, You’ve Sure Got a Skinny Country
Feb 10, 1970
E22People Who Like People Are Cannibals
Feb 17, 1970
E23The Three Musketeers Ride Again, Those Ding-Dong Daddies from Dumas
Feb 24, 1970
E24Bill Bailey Must Have Been Married, That’s Why He Never Came Home
Mar 3, 1970
E25Blood Is Thicker Than Water and Harder to Shave With
Mar 10, 1970
E26He Died with His Boots on Cause He Had Cold Feet to Start or He Died with His Boots Off, That’s Why He Stubbed His Toe
Mar 17, 1970
E27San Fernando’s Spy School or How to Make a Possible Mission Impossible
Mar 24, 1970
E28Be It Ever So Crumbled, There Is No Place Like Home
Mar 31, 1970
E29Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make: So They Added Iron Bars
Apr 7, 1970
E1The Magic Act
Sep 14, 1970
Introduced by Vice President Spiro T. Agnew Guest: Jerry Lewis Musical Highlights: Robin Wilson (regular) sings "For Once in My Life." "The Silent Spot": Silent Spot pantomime segment with Jerry Lewis.
E2Freddie's Desperate Hour
Sep 21, 1970
Introduced by Dean Martin Guests: Raymond Burr (Ironside) Barbara Anderson (Officer Eve Whitfield in Ironside) Main Comedy Sketch: "Freddie's Desperate Hour" An escaped convict (Raymond) and his moll (Barbara) hide out in the City Dump shack inhabited by Freddie the Freeloader (Red). "The Silent Spot" (no details)
E3Superman and Son
Sep 28, 1970
Introduced by Jack Benny Guest: Robert Wagner Main Comedy Sketch: Super-hero Colossal Man (Red) insists that his wimpy son (Robert Wagner) take over the family business. Emmaline Henry also appears as "Mr. Man." "The Silent Spot" George Appleby (Red) has a run-in with a tough guy.
E4Clem’s Witness
Oct 5, 1970
Clumsy Clem Kadiddlehopper (Red) is hired to protect federal witness Mike Connors. Cashing in on his Mannix image, Mike also gives Red advice on becoming a private eye.
E5The Bad Guys and the Good Girls
Oct 12, 1970
Guest: Walter Brennan Main Comedy Sketch: In a takeoff of High Noon, Sheriff Deadeye (Red Skelton) faces a showdown with Sheriff Hawkeye (Walter Brennan). On a more serious note, Red reads his own poem about being a grandparent (his daughter Valentina had presented him with a granddaughter some three months before this program aired). "The Silent Spot" Two outdoorsmen (Red, Jan Arvan) duke it out at a campsite.
E6The Census Taker
Oct 19, 1970
Guest: Gene Barry (one of the three rotating stars on NBC's The Name of the Game) Main Comedy Sketch: Census taker Clem Kadiddlehopper (Red) finds himself in the middle of a domestic quarrel. "The Silent Spot" Red plays a taxidermist saddled with a contentious mother-in-law.
E7Hiring the Secretary
Oct 26, 1970
Guest: Van Johnson Main Comedy Sketch: An Executive (Van Johnson) decides that hobo Freddie the Freeloader (Red) is the ideal person to locate a responsible secretary. Red delivers a monologue about trick-or-treating "The Silent Spot" Red plays a man pestered by ghoulies and ghosties.
E8Episode 8
Nov 2, 1970
E9A True Friend
Nov 9, 1970
Main Comedy Sketch: George Appleby (Red) is hoping to prove to wife Clara (Emmaline Henry) that he's the head of the household, timid George tries to get rid of annoying house guest Little Willie (Dan Blocker). "The Silent Spot" Red pantomimically portrays a drunken barber.
E10The Football Agent
Nov 16, 1970
Guest: Godfrey Cambridge * Main Comedy Sketch: San Fernando Red (Skelton) appoints himself manager of flamboyant football star Joe Broadway (Godfrey Cambridge). "The Silent Spot" Diamond Jim Grady (Skelton) goes dining in a plush New York restaurant.
E11Humperdoo’s Monster
Nov 23, 1970
Guest: Mickey Rooney Main Comedy Sketch: Red Skelton introduces a new character: Absent-minded professor Ludwick Von Humperdoo, "the world's oldest youngters." A a government agent (Mickey Rooney) is assigned to check out Von Humperdoo's latest invention. "The Silent Spot" A house detective (Skelton) tries to ferret out a crook from among three likely suspects.
E12The Yacht Club
Dec 7, 1970
Guest: Michael Landon (Little Joe Cartwright in Bonanza) Main Comedy Sketch: "The Richest boy in the world" (Michael Landon), is ripe for plucking by con artist supreme San Fernando Red (Skelton). "The Silent Spot" Skelton reprises his curmudgeonly character "Mr. Haight", who herein declares war on kids. Note: This episode was originally scheduled to air on 02-Nov-1970
E13Stagecoach Hijack
Dec 14, 1970
Guest: Telly Savalas Main Comedy Sketch: "The Stagecoach Hijack". Sheriff Deadeye (Skelton) suspects that a bald-headed stranger (Telly Savalas) is the leader of an outlaw gang. The Silent Spot: "The Gift of Giving" A shabby old man (Skelton) finds a wallet.
E14The Red Skelton Christmas Show
Dec 21, 1970
Guest: Leslie Nielsen Main Comedy Sketch: written by Red Skelton A duty-bound cop (Leslie Nielsen) arrests hobo Freddie the Freeloader (Skelton) for selling chestnuts without a license. But when the cop finds out that Freddie is trying to raise money for a homeless orphan, he has a change of heart. "The Silent Spot" (no details)
E15Junior and Sunday Morning
Jan 4, 1971
Guest: Audrey Meadows Main Comedy Sketch: Mean Widdle Kid, Junior Cavendish (Skelton) drives his mom (Audrey Meadows) crazy during an otherwise peaceful Sunday morning. "The Silent Spot" An old man (Skelton) recalls a youthful romance.
E16Humperdoo's Little Prescription
Jan 11, 1971
Guests: Jill St. John Main Comedy Sketch: A sexy spy (Jill St. John) tries to steal a new secret formula concocted by Ludwick Von Humperdoo (Red Skelton). Series regular Billy Barty appears as the "shrunken" Ludwick. "The Silent Spot" A man (Skelton) nurses a whopper of a hangover after his bachelor party.
E17Instant Marriage Mill
Jan 18, 1971
Guests: Chad Everett, Cass Elliot Main Comedy Sketch: A crooked marriage broker San Fernando Red (Skelton) matches a bachelor (Chad Everett) with a bachelorette (Mama Cass). "The Silent Spot" Skelton's trained-flea act is undermined by a passing dog.
E18The Auction
Jan 25, 1971
A county supervisor encounters unforeseen difficulties as he tries to auction off the Clem Kadiddlehopper farm.
E19Freddie's Country Home
Feb 1, 1971
Guests: Eva Gabor (Green Acres); Wally Cox Main Comedy Sketch: A philanthropist (Eva Gabor) wants to bestow one million dollars upon bums Freddie the Freeloader (Skelton) and Muggsy (Wally Cox). "The Silent Spot" Skelton plays a rotten chef at a greasy-spoon diner.
E20The Castaways
Feb 8, 1971
Guest: Vincent Price Main Comedy Sketch: A fastidious gourmet Claude Casserole (Vincent Price) is marooned on a desert island with dimwitted Clem Kadiddlehopper (Skelton). "The Silent Spot" A prison inmate (Skelton) prefers life in jail to the nagging of his wife (series regular Peggy Rhea).
E21The Garage Sale
Feb 15, 1971
Guest: Martha Raye Main Comedy Sketch: "The Garage Sale." There's heck to pay when George Appleby (Skelton) sells the old guitar in which his wife Clara (Martha Raye) has hidden their live savings. "The Silent Spot" Skelton plays a stockboy in a teddy-bear factory.
E22Humperdoo's Magic Tire
Feb 22, 1971
Guest: George Gobel Main Comedy Sketch: Professor Ludwick Von Humperdoo (Skelton) invents a cement tire, much to the dismay of millionaire tire manufacturer Tom Treadwell (George Gobel). "The Silent Spot" A sailor (Skelton) tries to pick up a cute blonde (series regular Chanin Hale).
E23The Sheriff Hater
Mar 1, 1971
Guest: Phyllis Diller Main Comedy Sketch: Slow-draw Sheriff Deadeye (Skelton) is terrorized by a female fugitive killer (Phyllis Diller). "The Silent Spot" A satire on computer dating (still a relatively new concept in 1971!)
E24The Candidate's Director
Mar 8, 1971
Guest: Tony Randall; Regulars: The Burgundy Street Singers Main Comedy Sketch: A TV director (Tony Randall), appoints himself image consultant to corrupt politician San Fernando Red (Skelton). Musical Highlight: The Burgundy Street Singers (series regulars) perform "Rainmaker." "The Silent Spot": A toothache victim (Skelton) is terrified of his dentist (series regular Jan Arvan). T
E25Copperside
Mar 15, 1971
Guest: Sebastian Cabot; Regulars: The Burgundy Street Singers Main Comedy Sketch: A spoof of the TV series Ironside. A wheelchair-bound private detective (Sebastian Cabot) is forced to put his life in the hands of clumsy assistant Clem Kadiddlehopper (Skelton). Musical Highlight: The Burgundy Street Singers (series regulars) perform "Let's Get Together." "The Silent Spot": Skelton plays a butterfingered race-car mechanic during a championship race.
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The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awards, for Skelton as best comedian and the program as best comedy show during its initial season, and an award for comedy writing in 1961.
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