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Clem Kadiddlehopper in Lt. Muscle

Lt. Muscle

Lt. Muscle, where Clem Kadiddlehopper is repeatedly beaten up by an ex-G.I. who keeps mistaking him for Lt. Muscle. But …

Lt. Muscle
Willie Lump Lump about to sneeze off his customer's toupee in "Willie the Barber"

Willie the Barber

Red Skelton does a hilarious pantomime on eating chocolates, Willie Lump Lump as a barber? San Fernando Red answers hard-hitting questions?

Willie the Barber
The Disc Jockey - The Red Skelton Show season 1, originally aired February 17, 1952

The Disc Jockey

The Disc Jockey – The Red Skelton Show season 1 – Red as an all-night disc jockey, with lots of prop comedy! Pantomime of people at a cocktail lounge as well.

The Disc Jockey
Willy Lump Lump in the Topsy Turvey room in "The Transcontinental"

The Transcontinental

This weeks episode of The Red Skelton Show is four unrelated sketches – The Transcontinental (spoof of a TV series), It’s Magic (J. Newton Numbskull), The Streets of Laredo (Deadeye, Tide commercial), and Topsy Turvy (Willie Lump Lump)

The Transcontinental
Red Skelton, as Willy Lump Lump, in the topsy turvy room in The Red Skelton Scrapbook 66

Willy Lump Lump – Red Skelton’s inebriate character

One of Red Skelton‘s “core” characters is Willy Lump Lump. Willy’s perpetually drunk, much to the chagrin of his suffering wife. How he started drinking varies, depending on the episode. Once, his wife said that it began with rum-filled chocolates that they received as a wedding gift. In another story, it goes back to when she was dating Willy. And she got him liquored up, so that he would propose to her!

Willy Lump Lump – Red Skelton’s inebriate character