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Little Old Rainmaker, He - with Arthur Godfrey, The Red Skelton Hour season 17, originally aired November 28, 1967

Little Old Rainmaker, He

Little Old Rainmaker, He – with Arthur Godfrey, The Red Skelton Hour season 17, originally aired November 28, 1967

In “Little Old Rainmaker, He”, San Fernando Red finds a rich sucker in a wealthy Montana rancher played by Godfrey. His huge acreage is going bone dry for lack of rain, so Fernando first tries to sell him a rain-making contraption, then they both go up in a rickety airplane to seed the clouds.

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The Red Skelton Hour - A Fool and His Money is Enough Reason to Get Married with George Gobel, season 18. Originally aired October 29, 1968

A Fool and His Money is Enough Reason to Get Married

The Red Skelton Hour – A Fool and His Money is Enough Reason to Get Married with George Gobel, season 18. Originally aired October 29, 1968

A Fool and His Money is Enough Reason to Get Married – George Gobel appears in a San Fernando Red sketch, portraying a too-short millionaire who falls in love with a too-tall damsel, Jan Davis.

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Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It - The Red Skelton Show, season 9, originally aired March 1, 1960 with guest star Mae West

Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It

Goodness Had Nothing to Do with ItThe Red Skelton Show, season 9, originally aired March 1, 1960 with guest star Mae West

Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It is a parody of the interview show Person to Person (1953). Mae West has written her autobiography, “Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It“. In her interview, she tells about the three men she intentionally left out of her autobiography: Cauliflower McPugg, San Fernando Red, and Clem Kadiddlehopper.

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San Fernando Red in Monotony on the Bounty

Monotony on the Bounty [Red Skelton Show]

Monotony on the Bounty, The Red Skelton Hour, season 15, originally aired December 28, 1965

In Monotony On The Bounty, con artist San Fernando Red (Red Skelton) and his cohort Ruby operate the Fly-By-Night Travel Agency. Their client is Harry Cleancut (Cesar Romero), a heartthrob trying to escape from his fans.

Monologue | Monotony on the Bounty | Classic Sketch | On Stage | Silent Spot

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A Taste of Money - originally aired October 19, 1965 - Season 15, episode 6 of The Red Skelton Show

A Taste of Money [Red Skelton Show]

A Taste of MoneyThe Red Skelton Show, Season 15 – originally aired October 19, 1965 – with Harve Presnell

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.

  • As part of his opening monologue, Red Skelton does a pantomime of a doctor in a hospital. Doctor Jekyll, that is …
  • Harve Presnell performs Let It Be Me and Mountain Greenery, aided by the Tom Hansen Dancers and Alan Copeland Singers.
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