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The Red Skelton Show season 6

The Red Skelton Show season 6

The Red Skelton Show season 6 (1956-57) – Red Skelton‘s variety show continues, with a wide variety of guest stars and singers, classic bits, corny jokes

Air DateEpisode NameNotes
October 2, 1956McPugg’s ComebackCauliflower McPugg meets the retired heavyweight champion of the world and accidentally gets involved in a return match with him. Special guest, Rocky Marciano.
October 9, 1956Olympic ClemClem represents the USA in weightlifting at the Olympics when it is discovered he can lift a 1,000-pound cow. Foreign agents try to prevent him from beating their representative in the event.
October 16, 1956Bolivar’s Songs or Shagnasty ComposerBolivar Shagnasty auditions one of his songs, is turned down, but accidently discovers later that the music publisher made his song a No. 1 hit on the Hit Parade by having it recorded backward. He takes his case to Juke Box Jury.
October 23, 1956Freddie Votes or Election FiddleFreddie the Freeloader becomes the deciding vote for an election between two rivals and each one tries to bribe him with gifts for his shack at the City Dump
October 30, 1956The Magic ShoesClem, the cobbler’s son, falls in love with a beautiful ballerina, but, in order to win her love, he must learn to be a dancer. He visits an old witch who gives him a magic potion to rub on his shoes
November 13, 1956Appleby’s MillionsGeorge Appleby receives a check for a million dollars from an anonymous donor, but winds up in jail because his wife thinks he is the man who robbed a bank of that sum, which is publicized on the same day George received his wealth (Satire of The Millionaire)
November 20, 1956The First ThanksgivingRed, as John Alden, falls in love with the lovely Prisilla, but must propose to her for Miles Standish. While he is attempting to do this, savages attack the cabin she and her mother live in, knock him out and kidnap the two women. To save them from being burned at the stake, Red dresses up to look like an Indian brave and not only rescues them but cures the chief’s toothache and make friends between his tribe and the Pilgrims.
November 27, 1956The Atomic SailorSailor Cookie (Red) becomes the accidental experiment of an atomic spy when he drinks some radioactive fluid thinking it is soup.
December 4, 1956Clem Goes HollywoodA glamorous movie star gets lost in the mountains, has car trouble, and is helped by Clem and his family. She falls in love with him and won’t return to Hollywood to fulfill a picture commitment unless Clem can play the male lead. The producer is forced to agree and Clem winds up in a musical version of Hamlet singing like Elvis Presley
December 11, 1956Victor Borge special
December 18, 1956San Fernando Goes StraightSan Fernando Red is released from prison on parole to the custody of a woman department store owner to work as a store detective. Does it take a thief to catch a thief?
December 25, 1956The Cop and the Anthem (rerun)Freddie the Freeloader tries to get arrested as Christmastime, so he has somewhere warm …Mugsy and Freddie the Freeloader warming themselves by 'the fire' in "The Cop and the Anthem"
January 1, 1957ResolutionsGeorge Appleby is forced to go on a diet by his wife for his New Year’s resolution. Then Willie Lump-Lump‘s wife tries to get him to give up drinking!
January 8, 1957Freddie the CountFrench swindlers try to convince Freddie the Freeeloader that he’s the inheritor of an estate. But surprisingly …
January 15, 1957The Sailor Takes a WifeCookie’s going to be on a quiz show. But the opening’s for a husband and wife team. So he talks Snorkel into dressing up as a woman and masquerading as his wife!
January 22, 1957Freddie, the Contest Winner
January 29, 1957Cauliflower Wrestler
February 5, 1957Freddie Finds a Headlight
February 12, 1957Reporter Clem
February 19, 1957Appleby Goes Abroad
February 26, 1957San Fernando’s Showboat
March 5, 1957Clem Strikes Oil
March 12, 1957Freddie’s Surprise Party
March 19, 1957Appleby’s House
March 26, 1957Clem’s Fish Market
April 2, 1957Romeo and Juliet
April 9, 1957Robinson Crusoe
April 16, 1957Mean Widdle Girl
April 23, 1957Bolivar’s Double
April 30, 1957Cookie in Cuba
May 7, 1957Freddie and the Happy Helper
May 14, 1957Clem’s Inheritance
May 21, 1957Cookie in Cuba II
May 28, 1957Medicine Man
June 4, 1957Freddie the Star
June 11, 1957Cookie’s Secret
June 18, 1957Appleby’s Invention
June 25, 1957Hollywood Agent