The Red Skelton Show

Appleby's Garage Sale

In the opening sketch, "The Garage Sale", George Appleby comes up with a plan to pay back the $200 he owes to a couple of mob guys. Then Red plays a stock boy creating chaos at an assembly line in The Silent Spot, "Clumsy Stock Boy in Teddy Bear Factory". Special guest Martha Raye.

The Castaways

In the opening sketch, chef Claude Casserole (Vincent Price) is on an island trying to come up with the greatest recipe of his career when Clem Kadiddlehopper and his dad show up as survivors of a shipwreck. In The Silent Spot "Nag, Nag, Nag", Red is a husband mercilessly badgered by his...

Freddie's Country Home

In the opening sketch, Freddie The Freeloader is living the "high life" in the country with Wally Cox as Mugsy, his butler. Meanwhile Gertrude Guiltgrabber is looking to help out hobos as her newest charity. In The Silent Spot, "The Greasy Spoon Cafe" Red plays the filthy proprietor of a diner.

The Auction

In the main sketch, "The Auction," Clem Kadiddlehopper has sold the topsoul of the land and now his dad has to have an auction. Meanwhile, guest star James Drury is in town to shoot an episode of "The Man From Shiloh," whom dad gets to be the auctioneer. The title of the Silent Spot is "The Wife...

Instant Marriage Mill

San Fernando Red is running an "Instant Marriage Mill" when guest star Cass Elliot wants a husband or her money back -- and Chad Evereett is a fireman, there to put out a fire. In The Silent Spot, "Flea Circus," Red mimes Professor Oscar and his trained flea circus, who runs into problems with his...

Junior And Sunday Morning

In "Junior And Sunday Morning", the 'Mean Widdle Kid' won't let his mom (guest star Audrey Meadows) sleep in on Sunday morning. The Silent Spot is "Keeping Romance Alive" with Red miming an old widower. Also starring Jan Arvan and Jackson Bostwick.

Christmas Show

In this Christmas episode, guest star Leslie Nielsen is a cop with Freddie The Freeloader helping an orphan hoping to earn money for him and his buddies. Also starring Jan Arvan.

Stagecoach Hijack

Sheriff Deadeye is on the lookout for stagecoach highjackers with guest star Telly Savalas being his suspect. In The Silent Spot, "The Gift of Giving", Red is Pop the Shoeshine Man, who exhibits the Christmas spirit to a homeless mother and daughter. Also starring Jan Arvan.

The Yacht Club

In "The Yacht Club", San Fernando Red tries to rook 'The Richest Boy In The World' (Michael Landon) with his newest invention, the 1971 Sea Sucker. The Silent Spot has Red playing "The Old Man Who Hates Kids". Also starring Billy Barty.

San Fernando Red and the Football Star

In the title sketch, San Fernando Red takes on a new client, football star Joe Broadway (Godfrey Cambridge). In The Silent Spot, Red plays wealthy socialite dining in a fine restaurant in "Diamond Tim Grady". Also starring Jan Arvan.

Humperdoo's Secret Invention

Ludwig Von Humperdoo is under constant surveillance after having invented a monster with a computer brain set to destroy the world, with guest star Mickey Rooney as the head of the CIA working to safeguard him. Then Red plays an undercover PI in The Silent Spot, "House Detective and the Suspect."

The Dan Blocker Show

In "A True Friend", George Appleby's wife has a reunion with a former flame, Little Willy (Dan Blocker). And then, in The Silent Spot, Red gets ready for customers in "The Barber". Also starring Jan Arvan.

Hiring the Secretary

In the title sketch, Freddie The Freeloader helps out his friend, tycoon Harry Hayes (Van Johnson) in hiring a new secretary. The Silent Spot has Red playing a man getting spooked on Halloween in "Spooky Night."

Census Taker

Guest star Gene Barry is a cheating philanderer whose wife is trying to catch him in the act when Clem Kadiddlehopper shows up as a census taker. Red then plays a taxidermist hoping to take it easy in The Silent Spot, "The Taxidermist's Mother-in-Law." Also starring Jan Arvan.

Bad Guys and Good Girls

Red is Sheriff Deadeye in the title sketch with guest star Walter Brennan as his blind-as-a-bat deputy, Doc, trying to evade two escaped convicts they sent to jail. In The Silent Spot, "The Happy Wanderer", Red is having trouble with another camper. Also starring Jan Arvan.

The Private Detective

Red is Professor Ludwig Von Humperdoo in a quick sketch about taking over the world with his latest invention. Guest star Mike Connors teaches Red about things he's learned about playing a detective on "Mannix". In the title sketch, Clem Kadiddlehopper is a private eye hired to guard a witness...

The Family Business

George Appleby daydreams of himself as Colossal Man, trying to talk to his son, Colossal Boy (Robert Wagoner) about taking over the family business. Then in The Silent Spot, "The Jealous Boyfriend", Red gets into a fight with a biker trying to protect his woman's honor. Guest star Jack Benny.

Freddie's Desperate Hour

Professor Ludwig Von Humperdoo has created a potion that causes amnesia to take over the world. In the title sketch, an escaped convict (guest star Raymond Burr) hides out at Freddie The Freeloader's house. In The Silent Spot, Red plays a man having his house renovated in "The Remodeling Job"....

The Magic Act

Dr. Ludwig Von Humperdoo plans to destroy the world with ants carrying TNT. Red does an impression of W.C. Fields as a convict's attorney. In The Silent Spot, the title sketch, Red plays an inept magician with guest Jerry Lewis as his equally inept assistant. Guests Spiro Agnew, Jerry Lewis, and...

Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make, So They Added Iron Bars

Cesar Romero.

Be It Ever So Crumbled, There's No Place Like Home

George Gobel

How to Make a Possible Mission Impossible

Tony Sandler and Ralph Young.

Down and Out Vaudeville Team

Robert Merrill.

Blood Is Thicker Than Water and Harder to Shave With

Vincent Price.

If Marriages are Made In Heaven, Why Do they Call It Heaven?

Pat Carroll.

You Can Take the Boy Out of the Country, If You Promise Not to Bring Him Back

Vincent Price.

Crime Doesn't Pay, But It's Tax Free

Barbara Bain.

The Son of Oliver Twist Or Junior is Just a Little Dickens

Jack Wild and Cyril Ritchard.

He Wanted to be a Square-Shooter, But He Found that His Barrel was Round

Agnes Moorehead.

It Is Better To Have Loved and Lost, Much Better

Janet Leigh.

There's One Thing Money Won't Buy, and Someday We'll Find Out What It Is

Walter Brennan.

Singing Waiters

George Gobel.

On an Icicle Built for Two

Maurice Evans.

See Your Doctor Once a Year Even If It Kills You

Audrey Meadows.

John Wayne Tribute - 40th Anniversary

A special tribute to John Wayne, celebrating his 40th anniversary in movies.

The Baby Sitter and the Farmer's Son

Martha Raye.

Willy Lump Lump - Driver's License Renewal

Kaye Ballard.

The Old Man And The Astronaut

Peter Graves.

The Happening that Happened In Taxes

Walter Brennan.

Season 19 Premiere

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The Boston Pops Show

Season finale.

Button Up Your Overcoat - You Forgot Your Pants

June Lockhart.

Uneasy Lies the Next that Wears a Noose

Jack Jones.

If At First You Don't Succeed, Forget It

Merv Griffin.

Vagrancy is Just Loitering that Takes a Little Longer

Arthur Godfrey.

Give a Man Enough Rope and He'll Start a Rodeo

Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.

Deadeye Goes to School or a Lemon for the Teacher

Vikki Carr.

Bathtub Gin Never Leaves a Ring

Mickey Rooney.

Beneath This Ragged Shirt Lies Ragged Underwear

Bobby Rydell.

Why the Show Must Go On (The History of Opening Night)

Red Skelton and Cast.

Beauty is Only Skin Deep Unless You're a Banana

Phyllis Diller.

Don't Look a Wooden Gift Horse In the Mouth

Carol Lawrence.

While Trying to Win the West, He Lost the East

Cast Show.

He Who Has a Heart of Gold Should See a Doctor

Cast Show.

Two Fellows On An Island Is a Waste of Time

Dale Robertson.

There's No Place Like Home When Every Other Place is Closed

Ozzie and Harriet Nelson.

Love Is a Funny Thing

Jane Powell.

Just Clara and Me and Mama Makes Three

Jane Wyman and George Appleby.

A Fool and His Money Is Enough Reason To Get Married

George Gobel.

Guess Whose Dinner Is Coming to Freddie

Van Johnson.

The Christmas Urchin

Howard Keel; Joan Freeman; Linda Sue Risk.

Rings On Her Fingers Also Go Through Your Nose

Nipsey Russell.

San Fernando - Man With a Heart of Stolen Gold

Eddy Arnold.

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of George Appleby

Mike Connors.

I Never Met a Pig I Didn't Like

Liberace.

The Love Bug'll Getcha If You Don't Use D.D.T.

Jack Jones.

Love Is An Itch You Can't Scratch

Herschel Bernardi; Diane Linkletter.

Red Skelton's Fairy Tales for Old Children

Jane Powell; Cyril Ritchard.

Dial "M" for Moron

Phyllis Diller.

The Pie-eyed Piper

Pat Carroll; Joe E. Ross.

The Julius Caesar Caper

Mickey Rooney.

Sheriffs Are Bought Not Made

Burl Ives.

Marriage is Made in Heaven...and Las Vegas

Milton Berle.

He Who Steals My Dump Steals Trash

George Gobel.

Climb Upon My Knee, Dummy Boy

Vincent Price.

Red Skelton Special - Family Album

Polly Bergen; Pat Carroll.

Little Old Rainmaker, He

Arthur Godfrey.

The Bear Was a Bear-Faced Liar

Wally Cox.

Clothes Make the Bum

Terry Thomas; Nancy Wilson.

A New York Stripper Is Not Always a Steak

John Forsythe; Michele Lee.

A Spy Is a Peeping Tom on Salary

Fernando Lamas.

Where There's Smoke, There's a Dragon

Bert Lahr.

Shakespeare Special

Maurice Evans.

For Better...Or Worse Like George Appleby Got

Eve Arden; Robert Stack.

Saddle Sores On the Old Corral

Stanley Holloway.

The Spy with the Leaky Mouth

Godfrey Cambridge.

Hippie Days Are Here Again

Tim Conway; Nancy Ames; Jackie Coogan.

Next Time, Try the Brain

Tennessee Ernie Ford.

The Christmas Spirit

Greer Garson.

Once Upon a Dunce

Patrice Munsel, Jack Albertson.

The House That Junk Built

Fernando Lamas; Senator Everett Dirksen.

The Nag and I

Nipsey Russell.

A Bum For All Seasons

Henry Corden, David Rose and His Orchestra

It's a Treat to Beat a Cheat on the Mississippi Mud

The Alan Copeland Singers, George Barrows

Schnook of Araby

Cesar Romero.

Not With My Dump, You Won't

Terry Thomas

A Bottle of Dumb

George Gobel

Absence Makes the Hate Grow Fonder

Eve Arden; Marilyn Michaels

The Fortune Cookie

Ozzie and Harriet Nelson

Parlor Bedroom and Wrath

Mickey Rooney; Martha Raye

Down in the Dump

Bob Crane

In One Head and Out the Other

Peter Falk / Jane Morgan

The Fastest Cuspidor in the West

Robert Goulet

Better Dead Than Wed

Allen Funt/Abbe Lane

Jerk Be Nimble

Janet Leigh

What Did You Do in the Dump, Daddy?

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It Happened One Nut

Polly Bergen

Mother Knows Best AKA Mother Knows Pest

Audrey Meadows

The Land of Bilk and Money

Robert Vaughn / Joyce Jameson

Much Ado About Nagging

Godfrey Cambridge

Chiseler on the Roof

Nancy Ames and Jackie Coogan.

How to Succeed in Loafing Without Really Trying

Simon and Garfunkel.

Eenie Meenie Minee Schmo

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Our Man Fink

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Sweet Smell of Failure

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A Beauty Can Skin You Deep

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The Bum Who Came In From the Cold

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Goodbye Mr.

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Love at First Sight

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Stupidity - Italian Style

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Bratman

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Skelton Scrapbook

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A Thousand and One Arabian Nuts

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Half a Loafer is Better Than None

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Be It Ever So Homely, There's No Face Like Clem

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Down the Old Chisholm Trail with the Old Chiseler

Down the Old Chisholm Trail with the Old Chiseler with guest George Gobel.

The Agony and the Nagony

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...

Concert in Pantomime

All in mime. Short mime acts then a complete Silent Spot.

Shine on Harvest Goon

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When Nutwood Was in Flower

Starring Forsooth (Skelton), an apprentice at Ye Olde Pain & Torture Shoppe, and Nogood (Milton Berle), the playboy son back from college. Milton can't keep his lines straight and Red has trouble keeping a straight face!

Monotony on the Bounty

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A Jerk of All Trades

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Never On Bum-Day

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Somebody Down Here Hates Me

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Goofy Goofy Gander

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Brats in Your Belfry

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Hobo A Go-Go

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Here Comes the Bribe

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A Taste of Money

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Loco Boy Makes Good

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Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wife?

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Loafer, Come Back to Me

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Fastest Crumb in the West - Bobby Darin

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Bolivar and the Lost Patrol

Bolivar and two senior Army officers have been stuck on a lonely desert island since World War II and don't know the war is over. Bolivar discovers the same situation on the other side of the island with three Japanese soldiers and is held prisoner by them. (This is a take-off on "Bridge Over The...

Cauliflower's Reducing Parlor

Cauliflower's girl, Ruthie, convinces him he should give up trying to be a fighter and buy a reducing parlor. He agrees, not knowing that the one he has bought is located in a building which is soon to be torn down by the owner who plans to put up a large office building in its place. When the...

Bolivar Gets Amnesia

Bolivar gets a job with a housewrecking company and accidently is hit in the head by a large crane. He gets amnesia and takes on a new identity - George Appleby - and marries. One day, five years later, his wife causes him to get hit in the head with an iron and he suddenly awakens as Bolivar...

Freddie and the Millionaire

Freddie meets a retired millionaire in the park one day and winds up working for him as a companion and advisor. The millionaire's niece and nephew have convinced him he is very ill, needs to be in a wheelchair, and can't take an active part in his business anymore in order that they may steal...

Appleby Wins a House

George Appleby and his wife win a house on a give-away program and move in immediately. The one stipulation is that, if they move out for any reason or sell the house, they forfeit ownership. What they don't know is the master of ceremonies and his sponsors have rigged the house with various...

San Fernando's Singing Sensation

San Fernando discovers a new male singer (Elvis Presley type) on his talent show and immediately signs him to an exclusive contract. He proceeds to swindle the boy out of thousands of dollars collected from record sales. Then, to his dismay, the boy is drafted into the Army.

Appleby's Midnight Ride

George Appleby, a school teacher, is fired from his job and his wife, Clara, is so angry she knocks him out with a large book. He dreams his is Paul Revere and reenacts Revere's famous ride.

Clem the Artist

Clem becomes the protégé of his uncle, a well-known photographer. In his attempt to learn the business, he photographs two bank robbers by mistake who are robbing a bank across the street from his uncle's studio. When the robbers learn Clem has this proof, they threaten his life unless he turns...

Freddie's College Reunion

Freddie attends a college class reunion and shocks his former classmates by his appearance since he had been voted the student most likely to succeed. When several valuables turn up missing from the room he shares with three other men, the finger of suspicion is pointed at him.

San Fernando's Filibuster

San Fernando fixes the election so he can remain in office, then proceeds to think of a way to swindle the taxpayers. His secretary finally shames him into going to the State Assembly meeting to conduct a filibuster in order to defeat his own crooked bill.

Cauliflower's Hamburger Stand

When two crooks plan to fix a fight by getting Cauliflower McPugg to put some doped sauce in a fighter's hamburger and it is given to the other fighter by mistake, they force Cauliflower to take his place and again they try their plan on his opponent. Again the plan backfires and Cauliflower gets...

Appleby the Ape

George Appleby, unknowingly, becomes the human guinea pig in a mad scientist's experiment to transplant the brains between a human being and an ape. When he awakens, he has the body of the ape but doesn't realize it and goes home. He follows his normal routine at home and, by means of special moves...

Clem the Dentist

Clem falls for a phoney college degree racket, is given an illegal dental certificate and license to practice. He opens a dental office and attempts to work on patients. The law finally catches up with the racketeers and, to further their case, they make one of the racketeers go to Clem for dental...

Freddie's New Home

Freddie and his pal, Muggsy, save a train from being wrecked and, for a reward, the railroad company gives them one of their delux cars completely furnished on a nice new plot of ground. But the two miss the noise of the passing trains and all the friends they made who worked on the trains, so they...

Appleby's Garage

George Appleby owns a garage and suspects a customer of being a maniacal killer. When the police refuse to believe him, he and his wife decide to take the law into their own hands and set a trap for him. Their plan backfires and Clara Appleby becomes his next victim.

Clem the Bullfighter

Clem falls in love with a beautiful senorita from Mexico and decides to go there and become a bullfighter. The senorita's father, a buyer of bulls, persuades him to fight the killer, El Diablo.

Bolivar's Beauty Salon

Bolivar's girlfriend and her mother are impressed with his knack for hairstyling and invest in a beauty shop for him to run. In an emergency, he is called upon to fix the hair of a glamorous movie star on location. She is so impressed by his ability she finances him in an exclusive shop in...

Freddie Finds a Fortune

Freddie finds a large sum of stolen money left by two bank robbers in a trash can in the park. Thinking it is only play money, Freddie papers his shack with the bills but later finds out the money is real. Then he is informed by a housing inspector that he must evacuate the premises because his...

Calypso Clem

Clem, working as a steward on a ship, takes a job in South America not knowing he is to be used by enemies of the president who want to seize the government. They plan to masquerade Clem as the real president since Clem could pass for his twin.

The Three Musketeers

Red, as Aramis, and his pals, Parthos and Athos, attempt to stop the king from imposing so many high taxes on his people.

Willie on the Wagon

Willie's sister, whom he lives with, finds out their Uncle Charlie is making a surprise visit. Since he doesn't believe in drinking, she tries to get Willie sobered up before he arrives. When this doesn't work and Charlies finds out the truth, he comes up with a plan to cure Willie once and for...

The Third Wish

Freddie the Freeloader finds an old oil lamp in the dump and discovers by accident that it is a magic lamp. When he rubs it, a geni appears and grants him three wishes. Two of them are used up foolishly and by accident, the last one causing his mouth to be sealed so he cannot talk. Instead of...

Deadeye the Outlaw

Deadeye holds a town in his power and everyone is afraid of him including the sheriff. The latter sends for his son who has just gotten out of college in the East. The sheriff hasn't seen his son for many years and thinks he will be big and strong enough to get rid of Deadeye. The son turns out to...

The Round Table

Red, a knave in King Arthur's Court, is made a knight, Sir Galahad, in order to try to kill a ferious dragon that is menacing the kingdom. Red does not know that he has been made a knight and given this assignment only because none of the other knights want to risk their lives.

Freddie's Thanksgiving

Freddie and his pal take over the mansion of a retired millionaire while he is away in order to entertain his sister and her family for Thanksgiving. Freddie has in the past led his sister to believe he is wealthy and, to save face, he feels this is the only way out. All goes well until the...

Appleby's Patio

Clara Appleby gets angry at George and leaves on the spur of the moment to go to her mother's. George, trying to win her back, builds a patio in the backyard which she has always wanted. Plagued by Lucifer the devil and a little neighborhood boy, George is arrested by the police who think he has...

Cookie and the Satellite

Sailor Cookie and his pal Gabby are used in naval research on rockets and guided missiles after being tricked by Chief Petty Officer Muldoon, who found out they wanted a leave to see the girl they are engaged to and want to marry. During the experiments, Cookie and Gabby discover they are each...

Deadeye Hired for TV Series

Deadeye is starred in a television western which competes with a similar one sponsored by a rival product. All goes well until he discovers he is allergic to his sponsor's product.

Appleby's Cake

Clara Appleby takes the credit for a superb cake which George has baked. The cake is entered in a baking contest and, in order to qualify, she makes George dress up like a woman, masquerade as Mrs. Appleby, and bake the cake in front of judges.

Clem in New York

A novelist, threatened by gangsters because of a book he has written about their leader, makes Clem think he is the author and the book is sold. Clem receives many honors, including an appearance on a TV panel show. All goes well until the gangsters try to kill him.

Freddie and the Brooklyn Dodgers

Freddie is caught between two factions, one wanting the Dodgers to move to L.A. and the other wanting the team to remain in Brooklyn. His shack, which he owns, is located in Chavez Ravine.

Hollywood Agent

Red's agent tries to convince a movie producer that he is just right for the lead in the latter's new picture, but had difficulty convincing him. He shows him flim clips from various shows Red filmed during the season which were cut for time. They include a scene with Red as Freddie the Freeloader...

Appleby's Invention

George Appleby invents a robot which he is about to sell to his backer, when his wife accidentally knocks the head off and ruins it. In order to stall for time to rebuild it, Appleby dresses up like the robot and tries to fool his backer, but gets caught taking the head off for a minute to cool...

Cookie's Secret

Sailor Cookie overhears a top naval secret word by mistake and winds up on a deserted tropical island with his Chief Petty Officer, Muldoon, whom he repeats the word to by mistake. The two of them have to remain there until restrictions on the code word are off. When the admiral and captain come to...

Freddie the Star

A movie studio releases an old Deadeye picture to television by mistake and the fanmail is so heavy the studio head decided to locate him and star him in some modern westerns. When he is found, he is Freddie the Freeloader. Freddie returns to pictures as Deadeye, but runs into trouble with the...

Cookie in Cuba II

Sailor Cookie and his pal, Gabby, get shore leave in Havana, although Cookie has to fake a telegram telling him his sick aunt living there needs him and his Chief Petty Officer Muldoon lets him go with much suspicion. Cookie and Gabby get involved with a pretty senorita who works in a nightclub and...

Clem's Inheritance

Clem inherits a fortune from an old man he once saved from drowning while he fished on Clem’s property. Clem goes to New York for the reading of the will and gets involved with a disinherited relative and the attorney who try to make him think he is crazy, get him committed to an institution, and...

Freddie and the Happy Helpers

Freddie becomes acquainted with a wealthy widow who heads a group of ladies called the Happy Helpers. Their work consists of helping the needy and sponsoring projects that will benefit society. She turns her home over to Freddie and his pals making a men's club out of it. Freddie learns that her...

Bolivar's Double

George Appleby is kidnapped by a notorious gangster, Bolivar Shagnasty, so the latter can impersonate the former to avoid detection for a jewelry store robbery. George escapes, goes home and finds his double there, who is of course Shagnasty. A confusing situation is finally settled by the arrival...

Mean Widdle Girl

George Appleby has to give up his vacation in order to take care of his boss's little girl while the latter goes on a trip. The little angel turns out to be a lot more than he bargained for.

Robinson Crusoe

Freddie the Freeloader becomes the object of a bet between Englishmen to prove whether or not a man can survive on a deserted tropical island for six months with no contact from the outside world. He succeeds in doing it and when the Englishmen come to the island to take him back they find he is...

Romeo and Juliet

Sailor Cookie and his pal are chosen to star as Romeo and Juliet in the play to be presented by their ship, The Mighty O, competing with other ships in a contest sponsored by the Navy. Complications result when a pretty stowaway is discovered in the galley by Cookie.

Clem's Fish Market

Clem's market is plagued by the protection racket and he is talked into getting into the mob to try and get evidence against them for the police.

Freddie's Surprise Party

All of Freddie's hobo friends get together and plan a surprise party for his birthday, making Freddie think it is a going away party for one of the members. They conduct it like a "This Is Your Life" program and bring friends in Freddie's past in to surprise him even further.

San Fernando's Showboat

San Fernando and his daughter, who own a showboat, stop at a city along the Mississippi to give a show and so Red can win some money from customers in a poker game. One of the men he cheats happens to be the father of the man who meets Red's daughter and wants to marry her. After cheating the...

Appleby Goes Abroad

Poor George Appleby always winds up the victim of uninvited trouble, especially when he's on vacation in Tangier.

Reporter Clem

Clem gets a job at a newspaper after winning a journalism award. To get him out of their hair, the editors assign Clem the dangerous task of reporting the activities of a notorious gangster, Ace Williams.

Freddie Finds a Headlight

Freddie the Freeloader and Muggsy learn that the headlight they found belongs to Jack Benny's 1920 Maxwell.

Cauliflower Wrestler

Red Skelton's weekly show spotlights legendary comedian and beloved television clown, Red Skelton himself. Each show features comedy skits, gags, and vignettes starring Skelton and guest performers.

Freddie the Contest Winner

Freddie wins a contest entitling him to a trip to Paris. But the sponsors of the contest are so disturbed by Freddie’s appearance, they decide to send him to a gentlemen’s finishing school before releasing the story of his victory.

Sailor Takes a Wife

Red Skelton's weekly show spotlights legendary comedian and beloved television clown, Red Skelton himself. Each show features comedy skits, gags, and vignettes starring Skelton and guest performers.

Freddie the Count

Some French swindlers convince Freddie that he is the missing heir to a large French inheritance and take him to Paris to try and prove it. They plan to steal it from him if the scheme works but, as it turns out, Freddie really is the heir. By the time all the taxes on the inheritance are paid, he...

Resolutions

Part 1 concerns George Appleby who is forced to go on a diet by his wife as his New Year's resolution. Part II concerns Willie Lump-Lump whose wife tries to get him to give up drinking as his New Year's resolution

The Cop and the Anthem

The Cop and the Anthem.

Clem Goes Hollywood

A glamorous movie star gets lost in the mountains, has car trouble, and is helped by Clem and his family. She falls in love with him and won't return to Hollywood to fulfill a picture commitment unless Clem can play the male lead. The producer is forced to agree and Clem winds up in a musical...

The Atomic Sailor

Sailor Cookie (Red) becomes the accidental experiment of an atomic spy when he drinks some radioactive fluid thinking it is soup.

The First Thanksgiving

Red, as John Alden, falls in love with the lovely Prisilla, but must propose to her for Miles Standish. While he is attempting to do this, savages attack the cabin she and her mother live in, knock him out and kidnap the two women. To save them from being burned at the stake, Red dresses up to look...

Appleby's Millions

George Appleby receives a check for a million dollars from an anonymous doner, but winds up in jail because his wife thinks he is the man who robbed a bank of that sum, which is publicized on the same day George received his wealth (Satire of The Millionaire)

The Magic Shoes

Clem, the cobbler's son, falls in love with a beautiful ballerina, but, in order to win her love, he must learn to be a dancer. He visits an old witch who gives him a magic potion to rub on his shoes

Freddie Votes or Election Fiddle

Freddie the Freeloader becomes the deciding vote for an election between two rivals and each one tries to bribe him with gifts for his shack at the City Dump

Bolivar's Songs or Shagnasty Composer

Bolivar Shagnasty auditions one of his songs, is turned down, but accidently discovers later that the music publisher made his song a No. 1 hit on the Hit Parade by having it recorded backward. He takes his case to Juke Box Jury.

Olympic Clem

Clem represents the USA in weightlifting at the Olympics when it is discovered he can lift a 1,000-pound cow. Foreign agents try to prevent him from beating their representative in the event.

McPugg's Comeback

Cauliflower McPugg meets the retired heavyweight champion of the world and accidentally gets involved in a return match with him. Special guest, Rocky Marciano.