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Abracadabra! a running gag as the devil keeps casting spells on Clara, to George's amusement

Appleby’s Soul or Ah, Sweet Misery of Wife

Appleby’s Soul, or Ah, Sweet Misery of Wife – The Red Skelton Hour – where George Appleby can’t take any more abuse from his wife Clara (Shirley Mitchell) & sells his soul to the Devil (Raymond Burr) to be a bachelor again!

Nipsey Russell and George Appleby in The Nag and I

The Nag and I

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The Nag and IThe Red Skelton Hour season 16, with Nipsey Russell

In The Nag and I, CBS fires the henpecked George Appleby from his job as a page. Nipsey Russell is a fired police officer. So, they form a comedy team!

Much Ado About Nagging, The Red Skelton Hour with Godfrey Cambridge, season 16, originally aired October 4, 1966

Much Ado About Nagging

Much Ado About Nagging, The Red Skelton Hour with Godfrey Cambridge, season 16, originally aired October 4, 1966

In Much Ado About Nagging, George Appleby gets a job as waiter at the “Nut House”, where he meets comedian Laugh-A-Minute Louie. Louie needs to get some marriage insult jokes, so George invites him home. But his wife Clara frustrates him by refusing to insult George! At first …