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Mother Hewes Stews is so desperate for a hit that she (Ethel Merman) wants to buy Freddie the Freeloader's mulligan stew recipe!

Get Thee to the Cannery

Get Thee to the Cannery – The Red Skelton Show season 13, with Ethel Merman and Billy Barty, broadcast October 29, 1963

In Get Thee to the Cannery, food tycoon Mother Hughes Stews’ (Ethel Merman) is desperate for a new dish! To the point of stealing the secret ingredient to Freddie the Freeloader‘s Mulligan stew! Then, a hilarious silent spot between cat and mouse Red Skelton and Billy Barty!

Peter Graves with Pop in Pop the Astronaut

Pop the Astronaut

Pop the Astronaut – The Red Skelton Show – elderly Pops the janitor becomes a stowaway on a mission to Jupiter! With Peter Graves

Freddie the Freeloader defends the 'hobo' Shirley Temple

Love is a Many-Splintered Thing

Passion in Pasadena, aka. Love is a Many-Splintered Thing – Freddie the Freeloader falls in love with debutante Shirley Temple, The Beach Boys sing, and a nervous Red works on a high-rise construction building!

Abracadabra! a running gag as the devil keeps casting spells on Clara, to George's amusement

Appleby’s Soul or Ah, Sweet Misery of Wife

Appleby’s Soul, or Ah, Sweet Misery of Wife – The Red Skelton Hour – where George Appleby can’t take any more abuse from his wife Clara (Shirley Mitchell) & sells his soul to the Devil (Raymond Burr) to be a bachelor again!

The expected shootout between Kit Carson and Deadeye

Deadeye vs. Kit Carson

In Deadeye vs. Kit Carson, it’s Sheriff Deadeye vs the Western star Kit Carson (Bill Williams), for a children’s Christmas play.

Clem Kadiddlehopper with Mayor Stickyfingers in "Don't Rock the Vote"

Sit Down You’re Rocking the Vote

Sit Down You’re Rocking the Vote – The Red Skelton Hour season 13 – Who would vote for Clem Kadiddlehopper for mayor? The farm animals! Then, Red’s running an old-time butcher shop. What could go wrong?

People Who Like People are Cannibals - Barbara Feldon injecting Clem Kadiddlehopper with a serum that she hopes will enable him to live on chicken feed

People Who Like People are Cannibals

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In People Who Like People are Cannibals, a lady scientist (Barbara Feldon) tests out her new chicken-feed formula on “human guinea pig” Clem Kadiddlehopper.

Bolivar improves the starlet's hairstyle in Bolivar's Beauty Salon

Bolivar’s Beauty Salon

With the financial help of his girlfriend (Nancy Walker) and her mother, Bolivar Shagnasty opens Bolivar’s beauty salon. Which is a failure until a starlet walks in needing a quick touch up. And boom! He’s whisked off to Hollywood! Will fame and success go to his head? Do you need to ask?

And the drama winner is … Daisy June! Poor Clem …

Clem Strikes Oil

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Clem Strikes Oil, The Red Skelton Show season 6 – oil’s found on the Kadiddlehopper farm! Can Clem Kadiddlehopper buy the love of Daisy June (Carol Channing)?