In The Original Da Vinci, Freddie the Freeloader (Red Skelton) and his pal Mugsy (Jackie Coogan) find a Da Vinci painting! And art collector Vincent Price wants it!
The Original Da Vinci [The Red Skelton Show]
In He Who Steals My Robot Steals Trash, Red appears with Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, and Ed Sullivan. Red plays country bumpkin Clem Kadiddlehopper. He gets mixed up in the work of mad scientists — guess who?
He Who Steals My Robot Steals Trash
In Climb Upon My Knee, Dummy Boy, Dr. Flygrabber (Vincent Price) wants to use Clem Kadiddlehopper‘s giant firefly to save the species! So it’s off to Bali-Bali!
Climb Upon My Knee, Dummy Boy [Red Skelton Show]
In The Agony and the Nag-Ony, henpecked George Appleby tries to drive his wife (Shirley Mitchell) insane with the help of crooked “door-to-door Psychiatrist” Dr. Sigmund Fraud (Vincent Price).
The Agony and the Nag-Ony
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 are personal favorites, and they showcase some of Red Skelton’s most famous characters, including Freddy the Freeloader, Clem Kadiddlehopper and Cauliflower McPugg. They also include some excellent moments of Red Skelton being himself, such as when he emceed the Look Awards and interacted with Judy Garland, Jack Lemmon, Walt Disney, Edmond O’Brien, Alfred Hitchcock, Bing Crosby, and many others.
In short, Red Skelton – The Lost Episodes is a compilation of six episodes of the Red Skelton Show. It features four of Red’s popular clown characters.
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 up his money to afford a nice Christmas dinner with his friend, The Professor — another hobo clown, played wonderfully by Vincent Price.
Red Skelton’s Christmas Dinner special