Freddie and the Yuletide Doll – lonely on Christmas, Freddie fantasizes that an abandoned rag come comes to life as his companion. A sweet, and bittersweet, Christmas episode.
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In The Original Da Vinci, Freddie the Freeloader (Red Skelton) and his pal Mugsy (Jackie Coogan) find a Da Vinci painting! And art collector Vincent Price wants it!
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In Sheriffs Are Bought Not Made, the cowardly Sheriff Deadeye allows his greed to push him into search for gold in a haunted mine with Burl Ives.
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“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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In Hippie Days are Here Again, Freddie the Freeloader stumbles into a Love-In, where he is accepted as an equal by hippies Cherub Sweetface (Tim Conway) and Handsoff Hanna (Nancy Ames). Jackie Coogan plays the policeman.
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Let’s Talk About Mother – The Red Skelton Show season 1, dealing with Mother’s Day in a series of comedy sketches – Lucille Knoch, Ben Rubin
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In Our Man Fink, Sheriff Deadeye is tricked into being drafted into the Army, where he comes face to face with Pancho Vanilla!
Monolog | Our Man Fink | Skelton’s Scrapbook | On Stage | Silent Spot
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In Love Thy Neighbor, Red Skelton is urged by his butler to get a hobby. This leads him to buying a build-it-yourself RV kit from Sadie Murphy, keeping it at her trailer park … and her trying to marry him!
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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.
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Red Skelton stars as Willie Lump-Lump and Cauliflower McPugg, with Benny Rubin. Willie comes home from vacation, and things are … overgrown
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