Don’t Look a Wooden Gift Horse in the Mouth
The Story of Helen of Troy or Don’t Look a Wooden Gift Horse in the Mouth – The Red Skelton Hour season 18, originally aired… Read More »Don’t Look a Wooden Gift Horse in the Mouth
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A Christmas Urchin
One Christmas, Freddie the Freeloader finds A Christmas Urchin outside his shack in the city dump. She’s looking for a father for Christmas … Can Freddie provide a Christmas miracle?
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Mother Knows Best AKA Mother Knows Pest
Mother Knows Best AKA Mother Knows Pest, with Audrey Meadows – The Red Skelton Hour, season 16, originally aired October 11, 1966
Mother Knows Pest – Junior the Mean Little Kid’s mother is looking for her newest husband on an ocean cruise. And Junior wants to “help”!
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Chiseler on the Roof
Chiseler on the Roof – The Red Skelton Show, season 16, with Jackie Coogan, originally aired September 27, 1966
In Chiseler on the Roof, San Fernando Red is running a sham marriage agency. Until a rich young woman wants to marry an older man, and is willing to pay $1,000 dollars!
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Goodbye Mr. Gyp [Red Skelton Hour]
Goodbye Mr. Gyp – The Red Skelton Hour season 15, with Jackie Coogan, originally aired April 5, 1966
In Goodbye Mr. Gyp, con artist San Fernando Red (Red Skelton) tries get the soft-hearted Humphrey T. Humble (Jackie Coogan) into the boxing ring. But all he wants to do is play his cello!
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Somebody Down Here Hates Me [The Red Skelton Hour]
Somebody Down Here Hates Me, The Red Skelton Hour season 15, originally aired November 30, 1965 – with Robert Morse
In Somebody Down Here Hates Me, Red Skelton plays the hen-pecked George Appleby. He’s been working two jobs to put his brother-in-law through medical school … But now that he’s a doctor, the mooching continues!
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