Flugelmeyer’s Secret Formula – can Clem Kadiddlehopper keep the secret formula for Flugelmeyer’s beer from the lovely Fraulein Helga (Ann Sothern)?
Flugelmeyer’s Secret Formula – The Red Skelton Show season 3, guest star Ann Sothern, originally aired November 24, 1953
Monologue
Red’s opening monologue includes him telling stories about his son Richard, talking like the Mean Little Kid, singing, “Fox Song.”
Private Secretary
Also, Red and guest Ann Sothern reverse roles in a skit with Red as the secretary and Ann as his boss, trying to woo him until her husband appears. “I wanted you to get a homely secretary, to avoid what happened last time — but you didn’t have to go that far!”
Flugelmeyer’s Secret Formula
Clem Kadiddlehopper is the brewmeister for Flugelmeyer’s Beer, keeping the formula for the brew secret from Fraulein Helga (Ann) and her three spies.
Since Clem Kadiddlehopper knows Flugelmeyer’s beer formula, Fraulein Helga fools him into thinking he’s won a date with her! So, the lovelorn Clem goes to her apartment that night …
Even dimwitted Clem Kadiddlehopper can see this is not a date! They’re after Flugelmeyer’s secret formula! And he’s pledged to guard it with his life …
Songs
Cast of characters
- Red Skelton … Self – Host/Clem Kadiddlehopper/Junior Cavendish/Male Secretary
- Hy Averback … Spy-Flugelmeyer Sketch
- David Rose and His Orchestra … Themselves
- William Gould … Spy-Flugelmeyer Skit
- Kurt Katch (The Mummy’s Curse) …Spy-Flugelmeyer Sketch
- Tyler McVey (Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round) … Husband-Opening Secretary Skit
- Ann Sothern (Panama Hattie) … self, boss, Fraulein Helga-Flugelmeyer Skit