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Mr. Lasagna impersonating the smog czar

The Smog Czar

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Red Skelton (playing a variation on himself, as opposed to one of his many characters) and plays with his son Richie’s chemistry set. He inadvertently discovers a cure for smog, with the aid of his butler Reggie! And the Smog Czar is offering $10 million dollars for a cure to the smog problem!  But a gangster, Mr. Lasagna (George Raft) wants the information, and is willing to get rough in order to get it …

Benny Rubin and San Fernando Red in Whistle Stop

Whistle Stop

Whistle StopThe Red Skelton Show season 2, originally aired November 2, 1952

Whistle Stop is a funny Red Skelton episode, with skits by San Fernando Red, Clem Kadiddlehopper, and John Q. American (voting skit)

Professor Munson (Richard Deacon) and Freddie the Freeloader (Red Skelton)

Freddie and the Spies [The Red Skelton Show]

Freddie and the Spies, The Red Skelton Show with Richard Deacon and Edward Everett Horton, season 8, originally aired January 13, 1959

In Freddie and the Spies, a desperate scientist (Richard Deacon) has Freddie the Freeloader (Red Skelton) hide his discovery to keep it from spies. Freddie has to hide it from his friend (Edward Everett Horton) as well!