The Red Skelton Hour season 16 1966-1967
The Red Skelton Hour season 16 (1966-1967) – Red Skelton‘s variety show continues in color, with a wide variety of guest stars and singers, with the Silent Spot, classic bits, corny jokes
Absence Makes the Hate Grow Fonder
Absence Makes the Hate Grow Fonder – with Eve Arden- The Red Skelton Hour, season 16, originally aired January 24, 1967
In Absence Makes the Hate Grow Fonder, after a misunderstanding George Appleby (Red Skelton) and his nagging wife Clara (Eve Arden) go to separate hotels for the remainder of their vacation. But fate has other plans …
Concert in Pantomime [Red Skelton Show]
Concert in Pantomime, The Red Skelton Hour with Marcel Marceau, season 15, originally aired January 18, 1966
Concert in Pantomime is an all-pantomime show. Even the Tom Hanson Dancers copy Bip the mime’s costume and makeup, and perform silently. Marcel Marceau as Bip performs skits of flying a kite, a circus performer, and a sculptor. Red Skelton mimes an astronaut, a boxer, a woman driver, and a little boy.
Wife Divorcing Husband
Mrs. Skelton Quits as Wife, Stays on as Red’s Agent Comedian Says He’ll Keep Mouth Shut Now When He Hears of Her Divorce Move Originally published in the Philadelphia Post-Gazette, October 30, 1942 HOLLYWOOD, Oct.…
Red Skelton – Newspaper headline jokes
From Red Skelton’s Avalon Time radio show, where Red reads the newspaper & uses it to tell newspaper headline jokes
The Plight Before Christmas [Red Skelton Show]
The Plight Before Christmas – The Red Skelton Hour, season 15 with Greer Garson “The Plight Before Christmas,” featuring Red Skelton as his hobo character Freddie the Freeloader. After a brief run-in with the law,…
Avalon Time – Red Skelton’s first radio show
People remember Red Skelton for his decades-long television series, as well as his long film career. But his rise to national prominence actually began on the radio. His first radio appearance was on Rudy Vallée’s The Fleischmann’s Yeast Hour in 1937. Red joked with fellow comic Joe Cook about their respective home towns. The two were invited back two weeks later, and Red appeared again in November.
When Nuthood Was in Flower [Red Skelton Show]
When Nuthood Was in Flower, The Red Skelton Hour, season 15, originally aired January 4, 1966 with Milton Berle
In When Nuthood Was in Flower, Red Skelton appears as Forsooth in a sketch set in the Middle Ages. He begins as apprentice to a torture device manufacturer, and ends entertaining the troops … With guest star Milton Berle! The ad libbing and improvised comedy is hilarious!
Somebody Down Here Hates Me [The Red Skelton Hour]
Somebody Down Here Hates Me, The Red Skelton Hour season 15, originally aired November 30, 1965 – with Robert Morse
In Somebody Down Here Hates Me, Red Skelton plays the hen-pecked George Appleby. He’s been working two jobs to put his brother-in-law through medical school … But now that he’s a doctor, the mooching continues!
Jerk of All Trades [Red Skelton Show]
A Jerk of All Trades – The Red Skelton Hour season 15, originally aired December 14, 1965 – with Tallulah Bankhead
In A Jerk of All Trades, Clem Kadiddlehopper becomes a human bloodhound, tracking down gas leaks and causing trouble at Tallulah Bankhead’s perfume shop.
monologue | Jerk of All Trades | Classic skit | Songs | The Silent Spot