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Folding Boy - The Red Skelton Show season 1

Folding Boy

Folding Boy – The Red Skelton Show season 1

Folding Boy — has Cauliflower McPugg actually won his first boxing match? What happened to the referee? Also Weepy in the Mountains, Red’s pantomime

Cauliflower McPugg, Red Skelton's punch drunk boxer who's always hearing the bells and the birds

Cauliflower McPugg – Red Skelton’ punch-drunk boxer

Cauliflower McPugg is one of Red Skelton’s most lovable characters. Unlike several others, he’s not larcenous, nor dishonest. He is an inept boxer, however, who’s clearly been two long in the ring. Although he’s convinced he hasn’t been. He’s known as “the man who hears the bells and the birds” because he’s frequently hearing them — when they’re not there.

Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It - The Red Skelton Show, season 9, originally aired March 1, 1960 with guest star Mae West

Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It

Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It – The Red Skelton Show, season 9, originally aired March 1, 1960 with guest star Mae West

Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It is a parody of the interview show Person to Person (1953). Mae West has written her autobiography, “Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It“. In her interview, she tells about the three men she intentionally left out of her autobiography: Cauliflower McPugg, San Fernando Red, and Clem Kadiddlehopper.

Lucille Knoch and Red Skelton in the Cafe Paree skit on The Red Skelton Show

Cafe Paree [The Red Skelton Show]

Cafe Paree – The Red Skelton Show season 1, originally aired November 11, 1951

Red Skelton, Clem Kadiddlehopper, and Cauliflower McPugg sing. As do musical guests The Sportsmen. And then, Red tries to track down a spy at the Cafe Paree — which turns into a Tide commercial.