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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!

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!

After the failed somersault, Reginald Van Gleason III departs *with* the girls!

Accidents Will Happen

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Accidents Will Happen – The Red Skelton Show Season 3, Lord Beaverhead with Reginald Van Gleason III, then Freddie the Freeloader’s hit with a truck! So it’s off to the hospital …

Dr. Schlepper's mind transfer experiment - whoops!

Dr. Schlepper

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Freddie the Freeloader is losing his home in the dump! Then Mad scientist Dr. Schlepper transfers a human mind into a monkey’s body. But it doesn’t quite go as planned …

Freddie the Freeloader mingles with the party guests

Freddie’s Masquerade

Freddie’s Masquerade – The Red Skelton Show, where Freddie the Freeloader crashes a masquerade party and wins first prize!

Smitty (Edward Everett Horton) and Freddie the Freeloader read a letter from sister Maxine - she's coming for Freddie's Thanksgiving!

Freddie’s Thanksgiving

Freddie’s Thanksgiving – The Red Skelton Show – Freddie the Freeloader’s sister is doing a surprise visit! Can Edward Everett Horton help?

Freddie the Freeloader finds the Christmas urchin outside his shack

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?