Accidents Will Happen – The Red Skelton Show Season 3, Lord Beaverhead with Reginald Van Gleason III, then Freddie the Freeloader’s hit with a truck! So it’s off to the hospital …
Accidents Will Happen – The Red Skelton Show season 3, guest star Jackie Gleason, broadcast January 5, 1954
Lord Beaverhead and Reginald Van Gleason III
Guest star Jackie Gleason makes his appearance as Reginald Van Gleason III — “That’s good booze!” — as the weatherman, as Red Skelton performs as the British newscaster, Lord Beaverhead. A very funny sketch!
Accidents Will Happen
Freddie the Freeloader is hit by a truck! And taken to the hospital, where he causes lots of trouble! Including having the doctor who’s psychoanalyzing him to be taken away as mentally ill!
Cast
- Red Skelton … Self – Host/Self – British Lord Beaverhead/Self – Freddie the Freeloader/Self – Gertrude and Heathcliffe
- Jackie Gleason … Reginald Van Gleason III
- Rest of cast listed alphabetically
- Hy Averback (Cry Danger) … Dr. Krolbein
- David Rose and His Orchestra … Themselves
- Lou Krugman (I Love Lucy) … Doctor
- Bob LeMond … Self – Announcer
- Barney Phillips (I Was a Teenage Werewolf) … Doctor
- The Barry Sisters … Themselves – singers
- John Gallaudet (Quicksand) … Intern – Accidents Sketch(uncredited)
- Frank Gerstle … Intern, Accidents Sketch(uncredited)
- Bob Warren … Sketch Player(uncredited)