How to Be Happily Married
How to Be Happily Married – marriage skits by Red Skelton, followed by an absolutely hilarious demonstration by Clem Kadiddlehopper of stuffing a turkey!
How to Be Happily Married
The Marriage Broker
In The Marriage Broker, George Appleby seeks a mail order bride in the old west. Clem conducts the David Rose Orchestra, Red Skelton does his dunking donuts routine.
The Marriage Broker
Freddie Becomes a Star-Gazer
Freddie Becomes a Star-Gazer – The Red Skelton Show season 2, originally aired May 31, 1953
Freddie Becomes a Star-Gazer – Red pantomimes people leaving for work, Freddie uses a telescope for larceny, Willie Lump Lump tries to go home.
Freddie Becomes a Star-Gazer
Washing the Elephant
Washing the Elephant – Pitchman Pete sells pickles, Willie Lump Lump washes the elephant, Clem Kadiddlehopper gets an EZ Loan?
Washing the Elephant
Racetrack
In Racetrack, Red Skelton irritates people at a baseball game & Freddie the Freeloader waits for his horse to come in at the track – and waits, and waits. Then, Willie Lump Lump has to deal with his wife, who’s taken her love for “I Love Lucy” to an insane level!
Racetrack
Baby’s First Birthday
Baby’s First Birthday – The Red Skelton Show season 2
in Baby’s First Birthday, Red Skelton as a baby experiencing his first birthday. Originally aired April 19, 1953
Baby’s First Birthday
The Skeltons at Christmas
The Skeltons at Christmas – The Red Skelton Show season 3 – Red’s various characters send presents to the Skeltons at Christmastime. And an extended Christmas visit with Freddie the Freeloader.
The Skeltons at Christmas
The Eyes Have It
The Eyes Have It – The Red Skelton Show season 2, originally aired April 5, 1953 Magazine Stand Instead of a monologue, Red demonstrates how different people read magazines at a newsstand. There’s a funny… The Eyes Have It
Quiz Show Winner
Willie Lump Lump can’t stop being the quiz show winner! And he has nowhere to keep all his winnings! He’s even afraid to answer the phone … Also Deadeye rolls a cigarette, and a televised surgery?
Quiz Show Winner
Half a Hero (1953)
Synopsis of Half a Hero, starring Red Skelton, Jean Hagen
Red Skelton stars as Ben Dobson, a freelance writer who no sooner starts working full-time as a rewrite man at a magazine than his wife (Jean Hagen) decides that they should have their first child. Afterward, she pushes him into moving from New York City to the suburbs. Here he is nickel and dimed to the verge of bankruptcy. Until his boss gives him his first chance at writing his own article for this national magazine. An article talking about the “slums of tomorrow” — the suburbs
Half a Hero (1953)