The Red Skelton Show is an American television comedy/variety show that from 1951 to 1971, was an entertainment staple and an institution to a generation of viewers. In the decade prior to hosting the show, Richard "Red" Skelton had a successful career as a radio and motion pictures star. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than sixteen 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. In 1959 Skelton also received a Golden Globe for Best TV Show.
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Episode 20 • Air Date: Dec 31, 2022Appleby'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.
Episode 19 • Air Date: Dec 31, 2022The CastawaysIn 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...
Episode 18 • Air Date: Dec 24, 2022Freddie's Country HomeIn 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.
Episode 17 • Air Date: Dec 17, 2022The AuctionIn 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...
Episode 16 • Air Date: Dec 17, 2022Instant Marriage MillSan 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...
Episode 14 • Air Date: Nov 26, 2022Junior And Sunday MorningIn "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.
Episode 13 • Air Date: Nov 26, 2022Christmas ShowIn 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.
Episode 12 • Air Date: Nov 19, 2022Stagecoach HijackSheriff 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.
Episode 11 • Air Date: Nov 19, 2022The Yacht ClubIn "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.
Episode 9 • Air Date: Nov 12, 2022San Fernando Red and the Football StarIn 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.
Episode 20 • Air Date: Nov 12, 2022Humperdoo's Secret InventionLudwig 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."
Episode 8 • Air Date: Nov 05, 2022The Dan Blocker ShowIn "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.
Episode 7 • Air Date: Nov 05, 2022Hiring the SecretaryIn 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."
Episode 6 • Air Date: Oct 29, 2022Census TakerGuest 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.
Episode 5 • Air Date: Oct 29, 2022Bad Guys and Good GirlsRed 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.
Episode 4 • Air Date: Oct 22, 2022The Private DetectiveRed 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...
Episode 3 • Air Date: Oct 22, 2022The Family BusinessGeorge 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.
Episode 2 • Air Date: Oct 15, 2022Freddie's Desperate HourProfessor 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"....
Episode 1 • Air Date: Oct 15, 2022The Magic ActDr. 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...
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Episode 28 • Air Date: Oct 08, 2022Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make, So They Added Iron Bars
Cesar Romero.
Episode 26 • Air Date: Sep 24, 2022How to Make a Possible Mission ImpossibleTony Sandler and Ralph Young.
Episode 17 • Air Date: Sep 10, 2022Blood Is Thicker Than Water and Harder to Shave WithVincent Price.
Episode 16 • Air Date: Sep 03, 2022If Marriages are Made In Heaven, Why Do they Call It Heaven?Pat Carroll.
Episode 15 • Air Date: Aug 27, 2022You Can Take the Boy Out of the Country, If You Promise Not to Bring Him BackVincent Price.
Episode 13 • Air Date: Aug 13, 2022The Son of Oliver Twist Or Junior is Just a Little DickensJack Wild and Cyril Ritchard.
Episode 12 • Air Date: Aug 06, 2022He Wanted to be a Square-Shooter, But He Found that His Barrel was RoundAgnes Moorehead.
Episode 10 • Air Date: Jul 23, 2022There's One Thing Money Won't Buy, and Someday We'll Find Out What It IsWalter Brennan.
Episode 6 • Air Date: Jun 25, 2022John Wayne Tribute - 40th AnniversaryA special tribute to John Wayne, celebrating his 40th anniversary in movies.
Episode 1 • Air Date: May 21, 2022Season 19 PremiereComedian Red Skelton hosts a variety show of comedic sketches, and a range of guest stars, to speak to an entire generation.
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Episode 26 • Air Date: Apr 16, 2022Vagrancy is Just Loitering that Takes a Little Longer
Arthur Godfrey.
Episode 25 • Air Date: Apr 09, 2022Give a Man Enough Rope and He'll Start a RodeoRoy Rogers and Dale Evans.
Episode 20 • Air Date: Mar 12, 2022Why the Show Must Go On (The History of Opening Night)Red Skelton and Cast.
Episode 12 • Air Date: Jan 29, 2022There's No Place Like Home When Every Other Place is ClosedOzzie and Harriet Nelson.
Episode 10 • Air Date: Jan 15, 2022Just Clara and Me and Mama Makes ThreeJane Wyman and George Appleby.
Episode 6 • Air Date: Jan 08, 2022A Fool and His Money Is Enough Reason To Get MarriedGeorge Gobel.
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Episode 23 • Air Date: Oct 16, 2021Love Is An Itch You Can't Scratch
Herschel Bernardi; Diane Linkletter.
Episode 22 • Air Date: Oct 09, 2021Red Skelton's Fairy Tales for Old ChildrenJane Powell; Cyril Ritchard.
Episode 8 • Air Date: Jul 17, 2021A New York Stripper Is Not Always a SteakJohn Forsythe; Michele Lee.
Episode 4 • Air Date: Jun 19, 2021For Better...Or Worse Like George Appleby GotEve Arden; Robert Stack.
Episode 1 • Air Date: May 29, 2021Hippie Days Are Here AgainTim Conway; Nancy Ames; Jackie Coogan.
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Episode 32 • Air Date: May 15, 2021The House That Junk Built
Fernando Lamas; Senator Everett Dirksen.
Episode 27 • Air Date: May 01, 2021A Bum For All SeasonsHenry Corden, David Rose and His Orchestra
Episode 26 • Air Date: Apr 24, 2021It's a Treat to Beat a Cheat on the Mississippi MudThe Alan Copeland Singers, George Barrows
Episode 8 • Air Date: Jan 24, 2021What Did You Do in the Dump, Daddy?Comedian Red Skelton hosts a variety show of comedic sketches, and a range of guest stars, to speak to an entire generation.
Episode 2 • Air Date: Dec 13, 2020How to Succeed in Loafing Without Really TryingSimon and Garfunkel.
Episode 33 • Air Date: Nov 29, 2020Eenie Meenie Minee SchmoRed 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.
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Episode 32 • Air Date: Nov 22, 2020Our Man Fink
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.
Episode 31 • Air Date: Nov 15, 2020Sweet Smell of FailureRed 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.
Episode 30 • Air Date: Nov 08, 2020A Beauty Can Skin You DeepRed 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.
Episode 29 • Air Date: Nov 01, 2020The Bum Who Came In From the ColdRed 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.
Episode 28 • Air Date: Oct 25, 2020Goodbye Mr.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.
Episode 26 • Air Date: Oct 18, 2020Love at First SightRed 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.
Episode 25 • Air Date: Oct 11, 2020Stupidity - Italian StyleRed 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.
Episode 24 • Air Date: Oct 04, 2020BratmanRed 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.
Episode 23 • Air Date: Sep 27, 2020Skelton ScrapbookRed 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.
Episode 22 • Air Date: Sep 20, 2020A Thousand and One Arabian NutsRed 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.
Episode 21 • Air Date: Sep 13, 2020Half a Loafer is Better Than NoneRed 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.
Episode 20 • Air Date: Sep 06, 2020Be It Ever So Homely, There's No Face Like ClemRed 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.
Episode 19 • Air Date: Aug 30, 2020Down the Old Chisholm Trail with the Old ChiselerDown the Old Chisholm Trail with the Old Chiseler with guest George Gobel.
Episode 18 • Air Date: Aug 23, 2020The Agony and the NagonyRed 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...
Episode 17 • Air Date: Aug 16, 2020Concert in PantomimeAll in mime. Short mime acts then a complete Silent Spot.
Episode 16 • Air Date: Aug 09, 2020Shine on Harvest GoonRed 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.
Episode 15 • Air Date: Aug 02, 2020When Nutwood Was in FlowerStarring 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!
Episode 14 • Air Date: Jul 26, 2020Monotony on the BountyRed 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.
Episode 13 • Air Date: Jul 19, 2020A Jerk of All TradesRed 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.
Episode 12 • Air Date: Jul 12, 2020Never On Bum-DayRed 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.
Episode 11 • Air Date: Jul 05, 2020Somebody Down Here Hates MeRed 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.
Episode 10 • Air Date: Jun 28, 2020Goofy Goofy GanderRed 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.
Episode 9 • Air Date: Jun 21, 2020Brats in Your BelfryRed 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.
Episode 8 • Air Date: Jun 14, 2020Hobo A Go-GoRed 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.
Episode 7 • Air Date: Jun 07, 2020Here Comes the BribeRed 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.
Episode 6 • Air Date: May 31, 2020A Taste of MoneyRed 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.
Episode 5 • Air Date: May 24, 2020Loco Boy Makes GoodRed 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.
Episode 4 • Air Date: May 17, 2020Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad 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.
Episode 3 • Air Date: May 10, 2020Loafer, Come Back to MeRed 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.
Episode 2 • Air Date: May 03, 2020Fastest Crumb in the West - Bobby DarinRed 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.
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Episode 35 • Air Date: Sep 16, 2023Bolivar 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...
Episode 34 • Air Date: Sep 16, 2023Cauliflower's Reducing ParlorCauliflower'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...
Episode 33 • Air Date: Sep 09, 2023Bolivar Gets AmnesiaBolivar 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...
Episode 32 • Air Date: Sep 09, 2023Freddie and the MillionaireFreddie 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...
Episode 31 • Air Date: Sep 02, 2023Appleby Wins a HouseGeorge 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...
Episode 29 • Air Date: Sep 02, 2023San Fernando's Singing SensationSan 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.
Episode 28 • Air Date: Aug 26, 2023Appleby's Midnight RideGeorge 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.
Episode 27 • Air Date: Aug 26, 2023Clem the ArtistClem 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...
Episode 26 • Air Date: Aug 19, 2023Freddie's College ReunionFreddie 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.
Episode 25 • Air Date: Aug 19, 2023San Fernando's FilibusterSan 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.
Episode 23 • Air Date: Aug 12, 2023Cauliflower's Hamburger StandWhen 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...
Episode 22 • Air Date: Aug 12, 2023Appleby the ApeGeorge 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...
Episode 21 • Air Date: Aug 05, 2023Clem the DentistClem 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...
Episode 20 • Air Date: Aug 05, 2023Freddie's New HomeFreddie 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...
Episode 19 • Air Date: Jul 29, 2023Appleby's GarageGeorge 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.
Episode 18 • Air Date: Jul 29, 2023Clem the BullfighterClem 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.
Episode 17 • Air Date: Jul 22, 2023Bolivar's Beauty SalonBolivar'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...
Episode 16 • Air Date: Jul 22, 2023Freddie Finds a FortuneFreddie 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...
Episode 15 • Air Date: Jul 15, 2023Calypso ClemClem, 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.
Episode 14 • Air Date: Jul 15, 2023The Three MusketeersRed, as Aramis, and his pals, Parthos and Athos, attempt to stop the king from imposing so many high taxes on his people.
Episode 13 • Air Date: Jul 08, 2023Willie on the WagonWillie'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...
Episode 12 • Air Date: Jul 08, 2023The Third WishFreddie 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...
Episode 11 • Air Date: Jul 01, 2023Deadeye the OutlawDeadeye 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...
Episode 10 • Air Date: Jul 01, 2023The Round TableRed, 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.
Episode 9 • Air Date: Jun 24, 2023Freddie's ThanksgivingFreddie 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...
Episode 6 • Air Date: Jun 24, 2023Appleby's PatioClara 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...
Episode 5 • Air Date: Jun 17, 2023Cookie and the SatelliteSailor 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...
Episode 4 • Air Date: Apr 29, 2023Deadeye Hired for TV SeriesDeadeye 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.
Episode 3 • Air Date: Apr 29, 2023Appleby's CakeClara 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.
Episode 2 • Air Date: Apr 22, 2023Clem in New YorkA 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.
Episode 1 • Air Date: Apr 22, 2023Freddie and the Brooklyn DodgersFreddie 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.
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Episode 35 • Air Date: Jun 17, 2023Hollywood 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...
Episode 34 • Air Date: Jun 10, 2023Appleby's InventionGeorge 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...
Episode 33 • Air Date: Jun 10, 2023Cookie's SecretSailor 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...
Episode 32 • Air Date: Jun 03, 2023Freddie the StarA 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...
Episode 30 • Air Date: May 27, 2023Cookie in Cuba IISailor 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...
Episode 29 • Air Date: May 27, 2023Clem's InheritanceClem 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...
Episode 28 • Air Date: May 20, 2023Freddie and the Happy HelpersFreddie 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...
Episode 26 • Air Date: May 20, 2023Bolivar's DoubleGeorge 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...
Episode 25 • Air Date: May 13, 2023Mean Widdle GirlGeorge 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.
Episode 24 • Air Date: May 13, 2023Robinson CrusoeFreddie 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...
Episode 23 • Air Date: May 06, 2023Romeo and JulietSailor 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.
Episode 22 • Air Date: May 06, 2023Clem's Fish MarketClem'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.
Episode 21 • Air Date: Apr 15, 2023Freddie's Surprise PartyAll 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.
Episode 19 • Air Date: Apr 15, 2023San Fernando's ShowboatSan 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...
Episode 18 • Air Date: Apr 08, 2023Appleby Goes AbroadPoor George Appleby always winds up the victim of uninvited trouble, especially when he's on vacation in Tangier.
Episode 17 • Air Date: Apr 08, 2023Reporter ClemClem 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.
Episode 16 • Air Date: Apr 01, 2023Freddie Finds a HeadlightFreddie the Freeloader and Muggsy learn that the headlight they found belongs to Jack Benny's 1920 Maxwell.
Episode 15 • Air Date: Apr 01, 2023Cauliflower WrestlerRed 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.
Episode 14 • Air Date: Mar 25, 2023Freddie the Contest WinnerFreddie 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.
Episode 13 • Air Date: Mar 25, 2023Sailor Takes a WifeRed 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.
Episode 12 • Air Date: Mar 18, 2023Freddie the CountSome 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...
Episode 11 • Air Date: Mar 18, 2023ResolutionsPart 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
Episode 9 • Air Date: Mar 11, 2023Clem Goes HollywoodA 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...
Episode 8 • Air Date: Mar 04, 2023The Atomic SailorSailor Cookie (Red) becomes the accidental experiment of an atomic spy when he drinks some radioactive fluid thinking it is soup.
Episode 7 • Air Date: Mar 04, 2023The First ThanksgivingRed, 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...
Episode 6 • Air Date: Feb 25, 2023Appleby's MillionsGeorge 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)
Episode 5 • Air Date: Feb 25, 2023The Magic ShoesClem, 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
Episode 4 • Air Date: Feb 18, 2023Freddie Votes or Election FiddleFreddie 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
Episode 3 • Air Date: Feb 18, 2023Bolivar's Songs or Shagnasty ComposerBolivar 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.
Episode 2 • Air Date: Feb 11, 2023Olympic ClemClem 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.
Episode 1 • Air Date: Feb 11, 2023McPugg's ComebackCauliflower McPugg meets the retired heavyweight champion of the world and accidentally gets involved in a return match with him. Special guest, Rocky Marciano.
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