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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!

Willie Paints a Room -- starting with the wall!

Willie Paints a Room

Red Skelton Show season 2 – Cookie the sailor, then Willie Lump Lump paints a room! By himself! Over his wife’s objections

Red Skelton in the Help Wanted sketch

Help Wanted

Help WantedThe Red Skelton Show season 2, originally aired November 16, 1952

Help Wanted – The Red Skelton Show – a trio of VERY funny skits, with Red checking into a hotel, photographing a lovely model with Tide, then with a pal trying to steal a pie!

Chiseler on the Roof - The Red Skelton Show, season 16, with Jackie Coogan, originally aired September 27, 1966

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!