Season 17

The Love Bug’ll Getcha If You Don’t Use DDT

by tfraymond
August 7, 2022December 10, 2022

In The Love Bug’ll Getcha If You Don’t Use DDT, Paw wants Clem Kadiddlehopper to get married, so he can get a grandchild!

Love Is an Itch You Can’t Scratch

by tfraymond
July 10, 2022July 28, 2022

Love Is an Itch You Can’t Scratch, The Red Skelton Hour season 17, originally aired February 6, 1968 Monologue | Act I | Act II… Read More »Love Is an Itch You Can’t Scratch

Dial M for Moron – The Red Skelton Hour season 17, with Phyllis Diller, originally aired January 23, 1968

Dial M for Moron – Can Clem Kadiddlehopper help a once-great silent film actress (Phyllis Diller) make her comeback movie? What’s a cow got to do with it?

The Pied-Eyed Piper, with Joe E. Ross, Pat Carroll – The Red Skelton Hour season 17

The Pie-Eyed Piper – Can Bolivar Shagnasty help Willy Lump Lump stop drinking? Can Willie be the pie-eyed piper to lure his fellow drunks away?

The Bear Was a Bare-Faced Liar

by tfraymond
October 17, 2021April 30, 2022

The Bear Was a Bare-Faced Liar – The Red Skelton Hour season 17, with Wally Cox, originally aired November 7, 1967

In The Bear Was a Bare-Faced Liar, crooked Sheriff Deadeye plans to fool hunter Wally Cox in a bear hunt. With the unknowing help of Indian guide Sitting Pretty!

Clothes Make the Bum

by tfraymond
October 10, 2021October 10, 2021

Clothes Make the Bum – The Red Skelton Show, season 17, with Terry-Thomas and Nancy Wilson, originally aired October 17, 1967

In Clothes Make the Bum, Freddie the Freeloader accidentally gets involved in a fancy department store fashion show. Despite the best efforts of Terry-Thomas and Nancy Wilson!

Where There’s Smoke, There’s a Dragon

by tfraymond
September 19, 2021December 4, 2021

Where There’s Smoke, There’s a Dragon – The Red Skelton Hour, season 17, with Bert Lahr – originally aired October 3, 1967

In Where There’s Smoke, There’s a Dragon, Forsooth (Red Skelton) must vanquish a dragon that’s threatening the kingdom of King Foulup (Bert Lahr).

Fairy Tales for Old Children [The Red Skelton Hour]

by tfraymond
August 1, 2021August 2, 2021

Fairy Tales for Old Children, The Red Skelton Hour, with Cyril Ritchard, Jane Powell – season 17, originally aired January 30, 1968

In Fairy Tales for Old Children, Red portrays Junior Cavendish (the Mean Widdle Kid) and also Junior’s younger brother. While babysitting for his sibling, Junior dreams up fairy-tale sketches to entertain him.

Hippie Days Are Here Again

by tfraymond
May 16, 2021December 4, 2021

Hippie Days Are Here Again, The Red Skelton Hour, guest starring Tim Conway, Jackie Coogan, Nancy Ames season 17, originally aired October 31, 1967

In Hippie Days are Here Again, Freddie the Freeloader stumbles into a Love-In, where he is accepted as an equal by hippies Cherub Sweetface (Tim Conway) and Handsoff Hanna (Nancy Ames). Jackie Coogan plays the policeman.

Pa Kadiddlehopper (Jan Arvan), his idiot son Clem (Red Skelton), and Dr. Flygrabber (Vincent Price) at the Kadiddlehopper farm in "Climb Upon My Knee, Dummy Boy"

Climb Upon My Knee, Dummy Boy [Red Skelton Show]

by tfraymond
December 20, 2020April 1, 2021

Climb Upon My Knee, Dummy Boy – The Red Skelton Show, with Vincent Price and Dionne Warwick, season 17, originally aired November 14, 1967

In Climb Upon My Knee, Dummy Boy, Dr. Flygrabber (Vincent Price) wants to use Clem Kadiddlehopper‘s giant firefly to save the species! So it’s off to Bali-Bali!