The Seven Ages of Man is a special episode of The Red Skelton Hour, based on the Seven Ages of Man from William Shakespeare’s play ‘As You Like It‘.
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In Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make: So They Added Iron Bars, Inmates Cesar Romero and Bolivar Shagnasty revolt against lousy prison food . Then, the drunken Willie Lump Lump “helps” a young boy with his lemonade stand.
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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 Fastest Crumb in the West, Sheriff Deadeye (Red Skelton) is despised by the town for being a coward. So, he seeks out the help of a Native American medicine man (Bobby Darin) to become brave …. Which works only too well!
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In A Beauty Can Skin You Deep, George Appleby‘s wife Clara (Joyce Jameson) gets him a new job … measuring the heat of a live volcano! From the inside!
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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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Peter Lorre wants Red Skelton to help him create … a comedy show! This results in a unique, funny Honeymooners spoof with Peter Lorre. Peter Lorre acts like an Addams Family-version of Ralph Kramden. Red Skelton plays an interesting version of Art Carney‘s character, Ed Norton. Favorite line: “Ralph’s” wife (Vampira) asks him how his day was. Peter Lorre (who drives a hearse) replies, “Traffic was so bad, my passenger got out and walked!”
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In The Red Skelton Scrapbook 66, Red Skelton reprises several of his most beloved routines, including ‘Dunking Doughnuts’. The second annual Red Skeltop Scrapbook is hosted by Red’s friend John Wayne. And Red teases his friend with jokes about Duke, and how they first met.
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The Plight Before Christmas – The Red Skelton Hour, season 15 with Greer Garson “The Plight Before Christmas,” featuring Red Skelton as his hobo character… Read More »The Plight Before Christmas [Red Skelton Show]
A Taste of Money features Red Skelton as his con man character, San Fernando Red. With guest Harve Presnell, they perform a three-act skit. They also do a funny short routine about rodeo skills, and a hilarious silent spot of pickpocket Red repeatedly trying to escape from jail.