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I have to admit, I’m very excited by The Red Skelton Show: The Early Years (1951-1955) — unlike so many of his contemporaries, Red’s great TV series is never rerun on television, so that we can only watch it via DVD or online video. Because of that, many...
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October 19, 2014 Tom Raymond
DVD collection
AMC – The Red Skelton Show – 14 episodes of Red Skelton’s TV series AMC – The Red Skelton Show is a very nice compilation of episodes from The Red Skelton Show — a total of 14 episodes on 2 DVDs, for under $10.00. Frankly, several of these...
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October 31, 2013 Tom Raymond
DVD collection
Red Skelton – The Lost Episodes – DVD collection In short, Red Skelton – The Lost Episodes is a compilation of six episodes of the Red Skelton Show, featuring four of Red’s popular clown characters.
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December 24, 2012 Tom Raymond
DVD collection
Red Skelton’s Christmas Dinner starring Red Skelton, Vincent Price, Imogene Coca Red Skelton’s final television project, Red Skelton’s Christmas Dinner (also known as Freddie the Freeloader’s Christmas Dinner), is one of his best. It centers around Red’s hobo clown character, Freddie the Freeloader, who has been saving...
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February 25, 2012 Tom Raymond
DVD collection
Red Skelton’s Christmas, featuring “The Plight Before Christmas,” starring Red Skelton and Greer Garson The title, “Red Skelton Christmas,” is both accurate and slightly misleading. Although it actually contains several Christmas episodes (and highlights from another), it also contains other Holiday segments, including Red Skelton’s Pledge of...
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February 17, 2012 Tom Raymond
DVD collection
Red Skelton’s most famous character, Freddie the Freeloader, is a happy hobo clown. Unlike Emmett Kelly‘s Weary Willy tramp clown, Freddie the Freeloader had a perpetually upbeat personality, sure that good fortune awaited him just around the corner.
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February 13, 2012 Tom Raymond
Articles
There’s Nothing Worse than Loneliness at Christmastime – [written and sung by Red Skelton, as Freddy the Freeloader, in Red Skelton’s Christmas Dinner] There is nothing worse than loneliness at Christmastime, When old friends forget where you are, While your memory still lingers, You can count upon your...
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February 12, 2012 Tom Raymond
Poetry
Red Skelton Christmas Show, featuring “Freddie and the Yuletide Doll”, as well as guest-starring Harpo Marx Red Skelton Christmas Show is a wonderful collection from Red Skelton’s long-running television series. It consists of three routines: Freddy and the Yuletide Doll Willy LumpLump’s sideways room The Silent Spot, co-starring...
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July 3, 2007 Tom Raymond
DVD collection
![There's Nothing Worse than Loneliness at Christmastime - [written and sung by Red Skelton, as Freddy the Freeloader, in Red Skelton's Christmas Dinner]](http://red-skelton.info/wp-content/uploads/theres-nothing-worse-than-loneliness-at-christmastime-262x200.jpg)
