Mary Treen

The Cop and the Anthem – The Red Skelton Show season 4, originally aired December 21, 1954

“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!”