Pop is a Weasel – The Red Skelton Show season 13, October 8, 1963
In Pop is a Weasel, San Fernando Red (Red Skelton) has a new scheme – talent scout in Hollywood! When Passabuck Studios (Jackie Coogan) needs a Southern Colonel for a photo opportunity with a southern belle actress (Ginger Rogers), and San Fernando first tries to place an actor, then takes over the role himself. And then her home! Then the studio! Then …
San Fernando Red’s latest scheme is to be a talent agent in Hollywood! No sooner does he acquire an unemployed actor than he gets a call from Joe Passabuck (Jackie Coogan) of Passabuck Studios. He needs a ‘southern Colonel’ type for a photo op for his southern belle star actress, Scarlett O’Fever! No sooner does he hear how much the short job will pay, he decides to take it himself!
Joe Passabuck tells his leading star, Scarlett, about the ‘southern gentleman’ that he hired for the two-hour photo op. And her southern accent drops whenever it’s funny! And San Fernando Red sees an opportunity, and gets rid of the suffering actor, and wants to take the role for himself!
Finally, San Fernando Red has taken over the entire household! And the movie studio! Demoting poor Joe Passabuck to chauffeur! The good news is, San Fernando’s previous victims come to get their revenge!
The Silent Spot
In the Silent Spot, Red mimes a football fan seated in the wrong rooting section at a college football stadium.
Songs
- Ginger performs “What are we going to do with a star?” with the dancers dressed as mimes
- Ginger Rogers sings ‘I Could Do a Fandango‘
- She performs ‘Don’t Blame Me‘ in a production number with series choreographer Tom Hansen.
- San Fernando sings a snippet from “Old Man River“
Cast
- Red Skelton … Self – Host/Self – San Fernando Red
- Jackie Coogan (The Kid; The Addams Family) … Joe Passabuck
- David Rose and His Orchestra … Themselves
- Art Gilmore … Announcer
- Tom Hansen … Guest Dancer
- Ginger Rogers (Swing Time; The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle) … Scarlett O’Fever
- Henry Corden (The Ten Commandments, The Man Called Flintstones) – the ‘between jobs’ actor that San Fernando Red initially hires to play the part of Scarlett’s father … until he decides to do it himself!l