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Tornado Deadeye - where the tornado lands them on a South Seas island!

Tornado Deadeye

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Tornado DeadeyeThe Red Skelton Show season 1, originally aired June 1, 1952

Tornado Deadeye is a very funny episode of The Red Skelton Show. It’s a nonstop series of slapstick, jokes and zany humor!

At the duel in "Once Upon a Dunce", it turns out that neither girl wants Clem after all!

Once Upon a Dunce

Once Upon a Dunce – The Red Skelton Hour season 16, with Jack Albertson, Patrice Munsel, originally aired May 2, 1967

In Once Upon a Dunce, Clem Kadiddlehopper is too shy to propose to his girl, Daisy June. So Pa Kadiddlehopper contacts a newspaper advice columnist for help. But she falls in love with Clem! Will there be a duel?

The Red Skelton Christmas Show 1970 with Leslie Nielsen

Red Skelton Christmas Show 1970

The Red Skelton Christmas Show 1970 with Leslie Nielsen, originally aired December 21, 1970 – season 20

In The Red Skelton Christmas Show 1970, Freddie the Freeloader wants to put on a Christmas show for the orphans. If he can raise the money, and if he can find performers. Can kindly Officer Ryan (Leslie Nielsen) help?

The Unwanted Christmas Tree - The Red Skelton Show, season 4 - originally aired December 21, 1954

The Unwanted Christmas Tree

The Unwanted Christmas TreeThe Red Skelton Show, season 4 – originally aired December 21, 1954

In The Unwanted Christmas Tree Red Skelton tells a holiday story to his wife, Georgia, and children, Valentina and Richard. In it, “Chester” is working for a miserly man selling Christmas trees, and takes a sad little tree to a club for young boys. Then …

The Next Time Try the Brain - The Red Skelton Show with Tennessee Ernie Ford, season 16, originally aired April 4, 1967

The Next Time Try the Brain

The Next Time Try the Brain – The Red Skelton Show with Tennessee Ernie Ford, season 16, originally aired April 4, 1967

The Next Time Try the BrainClem Kadiddlehopper is trained in the chicken plucking Olympics by Loser Lumpkin (Tennessee Ernie Ford)

A second turkey dinner for Freddie the Freeloader

The Red Skelton Show season 8

The Red Skelton Show season 8 rolls on with its 30-minute format, still in black and white, with a bevy of guest stars and Red Skelton’s many characters. The Red Skelton Show season 8 episode… 

Freddie and the Turkey Dinner - with William Frawley - The Red Skelton Show, season 8

Freddie and the Turkey Dinner

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Freddie and the Turkey Dinner – with William Frawley – The Red Skelton Show, season 8, originally aired November 26, 1958

Freddie and the Turkey Dinner – it’s Thanksgiving, and poor Freddie the Freeloader is determined to get a turkey dinner at the restaurant. But he hasn’t any money …

Freddie and the Election - The Red Skelton Show, Season 8

Freddie and the Election

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Freddie and the Election, with Ann Rutherford – The Red Skelton Show, Season 8, originally aired October 21, 1958

Freddie and the Election – can Freddie the Freeloader win an honest and fair election? Not if his opponent has anything to say about it!

Richard Skelton as Baby New Year 1952 at the conclusion of Learn to Dance in Ten Easy Lessons or One Hard One

Services Set Today for Red Skelton’s Son

Services Set Today for Red Skelton’s Son – originally published in Desert Sun, May 13, 1958 HOLLYWOOD. Funeral services were scheduled today for Red Skelton’s 9-year-old son, Richard, who died Saturday night after a long…