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The Red Skelton Hour season 17 [episode guide]

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He Who Steals My Dump Steals Trash, with Freddie the Freeloader and George Gobel

The Red Skelton Show season 17 (1967-1968) – Red Skelton‘s variety show continues, with a wide variety of guest stars and singers, with the Silent Spot, classic bits, corny jokes

Air DateEpisode NameNotes
September 5, 1967For Better or Worse Like George Appleby GotGeorge Appleby, with Eve Arden, Robert StackClara (Eve Arden), George Appleby, and Pedro - The Red Skelton Hour
September 12, 1967The Seven Ages of Manwith Maurice EvansThe Seven Ages of Man, The Red Skelton Hour, with Maurice Evans, season 17, originally aired September 12, 1967
September 19, 1967Saddle Sores on the Old CorralDeadeye with Stanley HollowayStanley Holloway as Deadeye's long-lost brother in Saddle Sores on the Old Corral
September 26, 1967The Spy with the Leaky MouthClem Kadiddlehopper, with Godfrey CambridgeSpy Godfrey Cambridge still needs Clem Kadiddlehopper's tooth, with the help of the dental assistant
October 3, 1967Where There’s Smoke, There’s a Dragonwith Bert LahrBert Lahr stars as King Fould-Up in Where There's Smoke, There's a Dragon
October 10, 1967A Spy is a Peeping Tom on Salarywith Fernando LamasA Spy is Peeping Tom on Salary
October 17, 1967Clothes Make the Bumwith Terry-Thomas and Nancy WilsonFreddie the Freeloader with Terry-Thomas and Nancy Wilson in Clothes Make the Bum
October 24, 1967A New York Stripper Is Not Always a Steakwith John Forsythe, Michelle LeePumping the organ goes wrong in "A New York Stripper is not Always a Steak" - Clem Kadiddlehopper, Michelle Lee
October 31, 1967Hippie Days Are Here Againwith Tim Conway, Jackie Coogan, Nancy AmesHippie Days Are Here Again with Tim Conway, Jackie Coogan, Nancy Ames
November 7, 1967The Bear Was A Barefaced LiarSheriff Deadeye, with Wally CoxWally Cox as Marvin Manley, hunter, in "The Bear was a Barefaced Liar"
November 14, 1967Climb Upon My Knee, Dummy Boywith Vincent Price, Dionne WarwickPa 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"
November 21, 1967Red’s Relativeswith Pat Carroll, Polly BergenGeorge Appleby in Red's Relatives
November 28, 1967Little Old Rainmaker, Hewith Arthur GodfreyYes, it IS a rain cloud! "Little Old Rainmaker, He"
December 5, 1967He Who Steals My Dump Steals Trashwith George GobelHe Who Steals My Dump Steals Trash, with Freddie the Freeloader and George Gobel
December 12, 1967Marriage Is Made in Heaven and Las Vegaswith Milton Berle, Emmaline HenryThe boss visits George Appleby's "happy" home, where Milton Berle's impersonating his missing wife!
December 19, 1967A Christmas Urchinwith Howard Keel, Joan FreemanFreddie the Freeloader "provides" flower and candy for McGoogle to give to Kathleen
January 9, 1968When East Meets West, You Need A New Compasswith Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
January 16, 1968Red Skelton One-Man Show
January 23, 1968Dial ‘M’ for Moronwith Phyllis Diller and Milton FromePhyllis Diller in Dial 'M' for Moron
January 30, 1968Fairy Tales for Old Childrenwith Jane Powell, Cyril RitchardWitch puts Junior to sleep instead
February 6, 1968Love Is An Itch You Can’t ScratchFreddie the Freeloader helps the daughter of Mugsy (Herschel Bernardi) get married. With a surprise guest!Mugsy (Herschel Bernardi) and Freddie the Freeloader in "Love is an Itch you Can't Scratch"
February 13, 1968Sheriffs Are Bought Not Madewith Burl Ives and LuluBurl Ives and Deadeye in Sheriffs Are Bought Not Made
February 20, 1968Cauliflower Ears that Bloom in the Spring, Tra-Lawith Shari Wallis and Terry-Thomas
February 27, 1968Laughter, the Universal Language
March 5, 1968I Never Met a Pig I Didn’t Likewith LiberaceLiberace and Clem Kadiddlehopper at their glittery best in The Red Skelton Hour episode, "I Never Met a Pig I Didn't Like"Z
March 12, 1968Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of George Applebywith Mike Connors, Emmaline Henry, Tom JonesEmmaline Henry, Mike Connors, George Appleby in Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of George Appleby
March 19, 1968San Fernando, A Man With A Heart of Stolen Goldwith Eddy Arnold, Pat Priest, Reta ShawSan Fernando Red as Chef Ptomaine as a TV chef for station WORM in "San Fernando: Man with a Heart of Stolen Gold"
March 26, 1968The Pie-Eyed PiperWilly Lump Lump & Bolivar Shagnasty, with Joe E. Ross, Pat CarrollWilly Lump-Lump teaches Clancy the Cop how to tell time with garbage can lids in "The Pie-Eyed Piper"
April 2, 1968The Love Bug’ll Getcha If You Don’t Use DDTClem Kadiddlehopper, with Jack Jones and Billy BartyDaisy June gets engaged to Henry Wadsworth Shortfellow as Clem Kadiddlehopper watches in "The Love Bug’ll Getcha If You Don’t Use DDT"
April 23, 1968The Julius Caesar Caperwith Mickey RooneyJulius Caesar (Mickey Rooney) goes to a bathhouse to celebrate his latest victory. Unfortunately, Obnoxious (Red Skelton) works there!
April 30, 1968Rings on Her Fingers Also Go Through Your NoseGeorge Appleby, with Nipsey Russell and Emmaline HenryGorilla with George Appleby in Rings on Her Fingers Also Go Through Your Nose
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