The Mayor of Central Park
Can the hobo Mayor of Central Park (Ray Bolger) stop the music that’s ruining the sleep of Freddie the Freeloaderr & other hobos?
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Allen Jenkins was an actor who played both serious and comedy roles. He appeared with Red Skelton, the Marx Brothers, Lucille Ball, and many others
The Cop and the Anthem
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!”
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Maisie Gets Her Man
Maisie Gets Her Man (1942) starring Ann Sothern, Red Skelton
Ann Sothern stars as Maisie Ravier in Maisie Gets Her Man. This is the seventh entry in the “Maisie” series. Here, vaudeville performer Maisie has to leave the knife-throwing act when her partner, “Professor Orco” is jilted by his girlfriend, and decides to take his revenge out on all women … starting with Maisie, the target of his knives! Orco throwing knives at her is a very funny scene, that ends Maisie running away from the mad Orco, only end up to knocking him silly … and leaving herself unemployed once again.