Red Skelton — Writer
Episodes 102
Smokeless Sunday
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Clem and Married Life
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The Big Trial
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Lieutenant Muscles
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The Christmas Show
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Racetrack
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Washing the Elephant
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Freddie Becomes a Star-Gazer
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Deadeye from Mars
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Clem the Rookie
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Romeo and Juliet
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The Unwanted Christmas Tree
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Fish Peddler's Thanksgiving
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The Cop and the Anthem
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The First Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims
In this spoof of the Miles Standish-John Alden-Priscilla Mullins legend, Red plays John in a broad, farcical manner, given to slapstick clumsiness and cigar chomping anachronisms. The filmed quality of the show cuts out most of the spontaneous gags and asides expected of Red.
Read MoreThe Atomic Sailor
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Clem's Fish Market
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Robinson Crusoe
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Bolivar the Repairman
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Cauliflower's Hamburger Stand
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Clem and the Satellite
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Bolivar's Double Date
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Humphrey School of Dramatic Arts
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Deadeye and the Rustlers
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Appleby the Weatherman
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Bolivar and the Roaring Twenties
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Clem's Fountain of Youth
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The Racine Show
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San Fernadocal
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Pantomime Concert
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Freddie and the Baby
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Clem the Genius
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Clem's Watermelons
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Appleby's Remote Control
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Clem's Other Clem
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Once Upon a Turkey
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Freddie and the Yuletide Doll
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Nothing But the Tooth
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The Many Skeltons in Las Vegas
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The Nine Lives of Freddie
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Cauliflower Loses His Birds
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The Greatest Schmo on Earth
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One Good Intern Deserves Another
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Ten Baby Fingers and 12 Baby Toes
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Freddie and the Yuletide Doll
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Witness for the Persecution or Half a Lawyer Is Better Than None
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Much Ado About Knotting
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Sit Down Your Rockin the Vote
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How Are Things in Glocca Moron?
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On Top of Old Hokey
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Hobo a Go Go
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When Nut-Hood Was in Flower
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The Agony and the Nag-Ony
Red as George Appleby tries to drive his hated wife insane with the help of crooked "door-to-door Psychiatrist" Dr. Sigmund Fraud.(Vincent Price).In the monologue, Red enacts an encounter between a prospector and a rattlesnake, and in the silent spot, he's a musician searching for quiet inspiration in a tumbledown, desolate cabin, and finding anything but.
Read MoreDown the Old Chisholm Trail with the Old Chiseler
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Half a Loafer Is Better Than None
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Red Skelton Scrapbook
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Love at First Fright
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Mother Knows Pest
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Land of Bilk and Money
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It Happened One Nut
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A Gyp Off the Old Block
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The Fastest Cuspidor in the West
Sheriff Deadeye is determined to get the lead role in a motion picture being made in town - even to the extent of wearing a corset to appear thinner. However, he finds he has been beaten out by Nathan Nothing (guest Robert Goulet), who is younger and more handsome. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays a crotchety old man who hates children, but finds he has been promoted to a store's toy department during the Christmas rush.
Read MoreIn One Head
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Freddie’s Heroes
In this WW II parody, the stars of "Hogan's Heroes" (Bob Crane and John Banner) appear as their characters of Col. Hogan and Sgt. Schultz. Red (as Freddie the Freeloader) is assigned to assist in their escape from Stalag 13. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays a bungling 19th century suitor who must meet his girlfriend's parents.
Read MoreA Bottle of Bumb
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Not With My Dump You Won’t
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It’s a Treat to Beat a Cheat on the Mississippi Mud
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Next Time Try the Brain
Clem Kadiddlehopper meets down on his luck Loser Lumpkin (guest Tennessee Ernie Ford), a once-great champion chicken-plucker who was in the Olympics. Observing that Clem has the fingers for it, Lumpkin takes him to the Olympics to break the world chicken plucking record. In "The Silent Spot," it's the day after Christmas and Red plays a man dealing with his contentious wife, who demands he take down the tree and the decorations.
Read MoreThat Junk Built
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The Nag and I
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For Better or Worse Like George Appleby Got
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The Seven Ages of Man
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Clothes Make the Bum
Skelton as Freddie the Freeloader is a surprise participant in a fashion show to the exasperation of Emcee Terry-Thomas and Store Detective Nancy Wilson.
Read MoreA New York Stripper Is Not Always a Steak
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Hippie Days Are Here Again
A love-in finds Freddie the Freeloader interacting with hippies. Tim finds a bizarre growth on his head courtesy of Nancy and Red. Jackie overeats at a restaurant.
Read MoreRed’s Relatives
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He Who Steals My Dump Steals Trash
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Dial M for Moron
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Love Is an Itch You Can’t Scratch
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The Love Bug’ll Getcha If You Don’t Use DDT
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Rings on Her Fingers Also Go Through Your Nose
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A Woman’s a Rag, a Bone, and a Hank of Mouth
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To Get Married
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Necessarily From Mustard
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And Momma Makes Three
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Two on the Isle
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Beauty is Only Skin Deep Unless You’re a Banana
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Uneasy Lies the Neck that Wears the Noose
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John Wayne’s 40th Anniversary or Hominy and True Grits
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Alaska or an Icicle Built for Two
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Singing Waiters, Hillbilly Songwriters
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Episode 14
Barbara Bain plays a journalist who is hired by a newspaper to locate and expose the infamous San Fernando Red, operating at a nearby carnival. In "The Silent Spot," Red "helps" his wife prepare for a New Year's eve party and causes nothing but trouble.
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Blood Is Thicker Than Water and Harder to Shave With
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Be It Ever So Crumbled, There Is No Place Like Home
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The Magic Act
Introduced by Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
Guest: Jerry Lewis
Musical Highlights: Robin Wilson (regular) sings "For Once in My Life."
"The Silent Spot": Silent Spot pantomime segment with Jerry Lewis.
Read MoreFreddie's Desperate Hour
Introduced by Dean Martin
Guests:
Raymond Burr (Ironside)
Barbara Anderson (Officer Eve Whitfield in Ironside)
Main Comedy Sketch: "Freddie's Desperate Hour"
An escaped convict (Raymond) and his moll (Barbara) hide out in the City Dump shack inhabited by Freddie the Freeloader (Red).
"The Silent Spot"
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Read MoreClem’s Witness
Introduced by Johnny Carson (received his first big network-TV break by subbing for Red Skelton way back in 1954)
Guest: Mike Connors (Mannix)
Main Comedy Sketch:
Clumsy Clem Kadiddlehopper (Red) is hired to protect federal witness Mike Connors. Cashing in on his Mannix image, Mike also gives Red advice on becoming a private eye.
Musical Highlights:
Robin Wilson (regular) sings "I've Gotta Be Me".
"The Silent Spot"
A mouse (Red) tries to steal a piece of cheese from a trap.
Read MoreStagecoach Hijack
Guest: Telly Savalas
Main Comedy Sketch: "The Stagecoach Hijack".
Sheriff Deadeye (Skelton) suspects that a bald-headed stranger (Telly Savalas) is the leader of an outlaw gang.
The Silent Spot: "The Gift of Giving"
A shabby old man (Skelton) finds a wallet.
Read MoreHumperdoo's Magic Tire
Guest: George Gobel
Main Comedy Sketch: Professor Ludwick Von Humperdoo (Skelton) invents a cement tire, much to the dismay of millionaire tire manufacturer Tom Treadwell (George Gobel).
"The Silent Spot" A sailor (Skelton) tries to pick up a cute blonde (series regular Chanin Hale).
Read MoreThe Sheriff Hater
Guest: Phyllis Diller
Main Comedy Sketch: Slow-draw Sheriff Deadeye (Skelton) is terrorized by a female fugitive killer (Phyllis Diller).
"The Silent Spot" A satire on computer dating (still a relatively new concept in 1971!)
Read MoreThe Candidate's Director
Guest: Tony Randall; Regulars: The Burgundy Street Singers
Main Comedy Sketch: A TV director (Tony Randall), appoints himself image consultant to corrupt politician San Fernando Red (Skelton).
Musical Highlight: The Burgundy Street Singers (series regulars) perform "Rainmaker."
"The Silent Spot": A toothache victim (Skelton) is terrified of his dentist (series regular Jan Arvan). T
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