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Red Skelton as a weather man in the Mountain Washin' episode of The Red Skelton Show

Weather jokes by Red Skelton

by tfraymond
June 30, 2021June 28, 2021

Weather jokes by Red Skelton, from his opening monologue on The Red Skelton Show

Freddie and the Yuletide Doll - The Red Skelton Show with Cara Williams, season 11

Freddie and the Yuletide Doll [The Red Skelton Hour]

by tfraymond
June 27, 2021May 17, 2023

Freddie and the Yuletide Doll – The Red Skelton Show with Cara Williams, season 11

Freddie and the Yuletide Doll – lonely on Christmas, Freddie fantasizes that an abandoned rag come comes to life as his companion. A sweet, and bittersweet, Christmas episode.

Let's Talk About Father - The Red Skelton Show, season 1

Let’s Talk About Father [Red Skelton Show]

by tfraymond
June 16, 2021June 20, 2022

Let’s Talk About Father – The Red Skelton Show, season 1

Let’s Talk About Father is a Father’s Day episode. Willy Lump Lump is pacing the floor at the hospital, waiting for the birth of his child. While there, he narrates the Let’s Talk About Father sketch.

Freddie the Freeloader (Red Skelton) and Vincent Price in The Original Da Vinci

The Original Da Vinci [The Red Skelton Show]

by tfraymond
June 13, 2021April 19, 2023

The Original Da Vinci – The Red Skelton Show season 9, co-starring Vincent Price & Jackie Coogan

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!

Sheriffs Are Bought Not Made - The Red Skelton Hour, season 17, with Burl Ives and Lulu

Sheriffs Are Bought Not Made – Red Skelton Hour

by tfraymond
June 6, 2021June 26, 2021

Sheriffs Are Bought Not Made – The Red Skelton Hour, season 17, with Burl Ives and Lulu

In Sheriffs Are Bought Not Made, the cowardly Sheriff Deadeye allows his greed to push him into search for gold in a haunted mine with Burl Ives.

Southern Yankee -- Red Skelton in both uniforms from the American Civil War

Memorial Day

by tfraymond
May 31, 2021May 27, 2024

Happy Memorial Day Happy Memorial Day to all of our veterans … no matter which war you served in.

Daisy Mae kisses Clem while Li'l Abner watches

Clem in Dogpatch

by tfraymond
May 30, 2021March 7, 2023

Clem in Dogpatch – The Red Skelton Show, season 9, with Al Capp, Stubby Kaye, Leslsie Parrish

Clem in Dogpatch is a tie-in to the movie, Li’l Abner. It begins when Clem Kadiddlehopper visits cartoonist Al Capp, desiring to visit the mythical town of Dogpatch.

The Red Skelton Show season 4

by tfraymond
May 26, 2021March 3, 2025

The Red Skelton Show season 4 continues with Red’s cast of characters, and special guest stars including Jack Albertson, Diahann Carroll, Gloria DeHaven, Xavier Cugat, Peter Lorre, Mary McCarty, and more.

The Cop and the Anthem

by tfraymond
May 23, 2021March 31, 2023

The Cop and the Anthem – The Red Skelton Show season 4, originally aired December 21, 1954

“The Cop and the Anthem” is based on a famous story by O. Henry, with Red Skelton‘s Freddie the Freeloader trying unsuccessfully to get arrested, in order to have a warm place to spend the winter. “30 days hath September, April, June, and Freddie the Freeloader!”