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At the duel in "Once Upon a Dunce", it turns out that neither girl wants Clem after all!

Once Upon a Dunce

Once Upon a Dunce – The Red Skelton Hour season 16, with Jack Albertson, Patrice Munsel, originally aired May 2, 1967

In Once Upon a Dunce, Clem Kadiddlehopper is too shy to propose to his girl, Daisy June. So Pa Kadiddlehopper contacts a newspaper advice columnist for help. But she falls in love with Clem! Will there be a duel?

The Red Skelton Christmas Show 1970 with Leslie Nielsen

Red Skelton Christmas Show 1970

The Red Skelton Christmas Show 1970 with Leslie Nielsen, originally aired December 21, 1970 – season 20

In The Red Skelton Christmas Show 1970, Freddie the Freeloader wants to put on a Christmas show for the orphans. If he can raise the money, and if he can find performers. Can kindly Officer Ryan (Leslie Nielsen) help?

The Unwanted Christmas Tree - The Red Skelton Show, season 4 - originally aired December 21, 1954

The Unwanted Christmas Tree

The Unwanted Christmas TreeThe Red Skelton Show, season 4 – originally aired December 21, 1954

In The Unwanted Christmas Tree Red Skelton tells a holiday story to his wife, Georgia, and children, Valentina and Richard. In it, “Chester” is working for a miserly man selling Christmas trees, and takes a sad little tree to a club for young boys. Then …

The Next Time Try the Brain - The Red Skelton Show with Tennessee Ernie Ford, season 16, originally aired April 4, 1967

The Next Time Try the Brain

The Next Time Try the Brain – The Red Skelton Show with Tennessee Ernie Ford, season 16, originally aired April 4, 1967

The Next Time Try the BrainClem Kadiddlehopper is trained in the chicken plucking Olympics by Loser Lumpkin (Tennessee Ernie Ford)

A second turkey dinner for Freddie the Freeloader

The Red Skelton Show season 8

The Red Skelton Show season 8 rolls on with its 30-minute format, still in black and white, with a bevy of guest stars and Red Skelton’s many characters. The Red Skelton Show season 8 episode… 

Freddie and the Turkey Dinner - with William Frawley - The Red Skelton Show, season 8

Freddie and the Turkey Dinner

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Freddie and the Turkey Dinner – with William Frawley – The Red Skelton Show, season 8, originally aired November 26, 1958

Freddie and the Turkey Dinner – it’s Thanksgiving, and poor Freddie the Freeloader is determined to get a turkey dinner at the restaurant. But he hasn’t any money …

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!