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Red Skelton became one of the most celebrated television comedians of all-time with his array of lovable characters. This...
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1992
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Here's a look back at a bunch of the funniest scenes that appeared in the long-running Red Skelton Hour series. ~ Rovi...
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1990
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Red Skelton: King of Laughter provides a comedy collection of master comedian Red Skelton performing some of his most...
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1985
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The title of this taped, 60-minute special was not mere hyperbole. Red Skelton offers some of his best verbal and visual...
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1984
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Red presents his host of hilarious Skelton characters in this effort which was created for cable TV. ~ Rovi...
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1982
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First telecast as an HBO comedy special on December 14, 1982, Red Skelton's Christmas Dinner teams the beloved comedian with...
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1981
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This nostalgic video uses five short films to look back at Hollywood's efforts to bolster both overseas G.I.s and the folks...
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1980
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Rudolph is again a hero when he comes to the rescue of Baby New Year (otherwise time would stand still!). This...
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1979
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Belying his 70 years, Red Skelton delivers a virtuoso performance in this comedy-concert special. In addition to offering a...
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1979
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Ken Annakin's large-canvas comedy Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines is set in 1910. In order to boost...
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1965
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Songstress Keely Smith performs "One for the Road", "Where Is Love", "At Long Last Love" and "The End of a Love Affair", and...
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1963
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Pat Carroll and Forrest Tucker are Red Skelton's guests on this telecast from April 30, 1963. In the comedy sketch "Ah, Sweet...
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1963
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Wagon Train star Robert Horton shows off his flair for comedy and his musical talents in the April 16, 1963 edition of The...
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1963
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Red Skelton and guest star Janet Blair play George and Clara Appleby in the comedy sketch "The Portrait of Dorian Appleby."...
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1963
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Ginger Rogers joins Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Come to Me My Melon-Headed Baby." To get even with his mother (Ginger)...
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1963
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Red Skelton's guests on this episode from May 21, 1963 are actress Rhonda Fleming and nightclub comic (and Frank Sinatra...
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1963
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Marilyn Maxwell and Jackie Coogan join Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "After the Bald Was Over." George Appleby (Red) tries...
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1963
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Comedian Don Knotts and singer Helen O'Connell appear in Red Skelton's final first-run telecast of the 1962-63 season. In the...
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1963
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Amanda Blake takes time off from her Gunsmoke duties to appear opposite Red Skelton in this broadcast from March 26, 1963. In...
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1963
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Red Skelton's guest star on this telecast from January 1, 1963 is Martha Raye, who appears in the appropriately titled comedy...
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1963
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Tonight's guests are actor Sebastian Cabot and singer Jerry Lanning (the son of vocalist Roberta Sherwood). The comedy sketch...
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1963
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Red Skelton's guest on this broadcast from February 26, 1963 is rotund musical comedy star Stubby Kaye. In a sketch titled...
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1963
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In the comedy sketch "Advice to the Loveworn," henpecked George Appleby seeks help from marriage counselor Dr. Joyce Sisters,...
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1963
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Eve Arden costars with Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Where There's a Will, There's a Wife." Once again, Red is cast as...
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1963
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Oscar-winning Japanese actress Miyoshi Umeki is Red Skelton's guest on this episode from January 15, 1963. In the comedy...
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1963
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Red Skelton's guests on this broadcast from February 12, 1963 are Cesar Romero and the German singing duo The Kessler Twins...
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1963
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The husband-wife team of Phil Harris and Alice Faye appear with Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Children Should Be Seen But...
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1963
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George Gobel pays another visit to The Red Skelton Show on this telecast from February 5, 1963. In the comedy sketch "Much...
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1963
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On this broadcast from January 29, 1963 Red Skelton plays Freddie the Freeloader in the comedy sketch "Witness for the...
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1963
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Dick Foran is Red Skelton's guest on this episode from May 22, 1962. In the comedy sketch "Best Man Blues", self-made...
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1962
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Pat Carroll returns to the role of Clara Appleby in the comedy sketch "Go Van Gogh." Clara has taken up painting under the...
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1962
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Tonight's comedy sketch is titled "Appleby's Anniversary." Newly employed at Warwick's Jewelry store, George Appleby...
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1962
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Sebastian Cabot joins Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "This Goon for Hire. Cabot plays Dr. Pomerantz, the inventor of a...
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1962
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Tonight's comedy sketch is "Freddie and the Daily Freeloader." It all begins when hoboes Freddie the Freeloader and Muggsy...
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1962
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Jayne Meadows joins Red Skelton in a "Clem Kadiddlehopper" comedy sketch. Armed with his trusty "How to Be a Detective" kit,...
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1962
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Veteran burlesque and nightclub comedian Joey Faye is Red Skelton's guest on this episode from February 13, 1962. In the...
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1962
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Vincent Price joins Red Skelton for Red's final program of the 1961-62 season-and his final half-hour show before launching...
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1962
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The main comedy sketch on this episode from February 27, 1962 is titled "Calling Dr. Kadiddlehopper." The story opens at...
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1962
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Former I Love Lucy regular Vivian Vance makes a return visit to The Red Skelton Show. In the comedy sketch "The Iceman...
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1962
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First telecast January 30, 1962, this episode was videotaped while Red Skelton was performing "live" in Las Vegas. After a...
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1962
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Perennial Red Skelton Show guest stars John Carradine and Marie Windsor are back again. In the comedy sketch "Appleby's...
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1962
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Two of Red Skelton's most frequent guest stars, Jackie Coogan and Edward Everett Horton, appear in this episode from January...
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1962
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On this telecast from January 23, 1962, Li'l Abner star Leslie Parrish appears with Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Clem...
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1962
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Dick Foran and Phyllis Avery join Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Nothing But the Tooth." Hillbilly Clem Kadiddlehopper is...
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1962
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Cyril Ritchard, best remembered for his bravura portrayal of Captain Hook in the Mary Martin version of Peter Pan, joins...
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1962
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Dorothy Provine, then the star of TV's The Roaring 20s, is Red Skelton's guest star. In the comedy sketch "Bride of Bolivar",...
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1962
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Juliet Prowse joins Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "The Greatest Schmo on Earth." Searching for his wandering sweetheart...
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1962
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Red Skelton's guests in this episode from November 13, 1962 are actor Cesar Romero and singer Jo Stafford. In the comedy...
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1962
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Ray Bolger plays "The Mayor of Central Park" in tonight's main comedy sketch. His honor receives a complaint from hobo...
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1962
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Singer Kay Starr and actor Jackie Coogan appear with Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "The Booze Man of Alcatraz." During the...
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1962
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On September 25, 1962, Red Skelton launched his 12th year in television with an expanded version of his long-running...
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1962
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Singer Bobby Rydell and actress Audrey Meadows make return visits to Red Skelton's Tuesday-night laughfest. In the comedy...
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1962
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In tonight's main comedy sketch, King Marvin (Charles Ruggles) arranges a marriage between his son Rupert the Stupert (Red...
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1962
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George Gobel costars with Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "One Good Intern Deserves Another." Freddie the Freeloader (Red)...
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1962
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The title of tonight's main comedy sketch was to have been "How to Fail in Business Without Really Trying", a play on the...
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1962
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Red Skelton presents a rare all-pantomime edition of his popular CBS TV series on this telecast from April 17, 1962. Skelton...
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1962
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On this telecast from March 13, 1962, former Lineup star Warner Anderson again plays a cop in the comedy sketch "The Nine...
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1962
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On this episode from May 8, 1962, singer Helen O'Connell performs "Who Cares" and appears in a comedy sketch with Red...
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1962
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On this episode from December 18, 1962, Gordon and Sheila McRae sing a medley of their hits, and join Red Skelton in the...
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1962
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Singer Rosemary Clooney and impressionist Will Jordan are Red Skelton's guests on this episode from December 11, 1962. In the...
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1962
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On this November 20, 1962 edition of The Red Skelton Hour, Red brings back one of his most famous radio characters: Junior...
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1962
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At least half of this 60-minute episode from December 25, 1962 is devoted to a rerun of Red Skelton's pantomime sketch...
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1962
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Cara Williams guest stars in Red Skelton's final TV show for the 1960-61 season. In the comedy sketch "Appleby's Remote...
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1961
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Cedric Hardwycke appears with Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Mr. K Goes to College," the title of which was a play on...
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1961
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On this telecast from December 26, 1961, Red Skelton rings in the New Year with one of his favorite guest stars, actress...
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1961
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On September 26, 1961, Red Skelton began his 11th year on television in a new Tuesday-night timeslot: 9:00 PM EST instead of...
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1961
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Audrey Meadows joins Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "The Almost Late George Appleby." While Clara Appleby (Audrey) is...
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1961
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Eve Arden is Red Skelton's guest on this program from October 3, 1961. In a "George Appleby" comedy sketch, henpecked George...
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1961
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John Carradine and Marie Windsor costar with Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "The Great Brain Robbery." While looking for a...
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1961
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Originally telecast December 19, 1961, this Christmas episode of The Red Skelton Show represented the first presentation of...
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On this broadcast from January 3, 1961, Red Skelton tells jokes about his New Year's celebration and appears in a "San...
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1961
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Having recuperated from his recent surgery, Red Skelton returned to his weekly TV-series grind with the broadcast of March 14...
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1961
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The recent John Wayne movie blockbuster The Alamo is roundly skewered in the March 28, 1961 edition of The Red Skelton Show....
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1961
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In January of 1961, comedian Red Skeltonunderwent radical surgery, forcing him to miss several episodes of his weekly CBS...
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Red Skelton's guests on this episode from December 12, 1961 are Gunsmoke costar Amanda Blake and former Phil Silvers Show...
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1961
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Hans Conried and Leslie Parrish join Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Clem's Theater." Conried portrays Mr. Randolph, a...
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1961
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In January of 1961, comedian Red Skelton underwent radical surgery, forcing him to miss several episodes of his weekly @CBS....
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Red Skelton's guest on this telecast from November 14, 1961 is erudite character actor Hans Conried. In the comedy sketch...
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Billy Gilbert makes another Red Skelton Show guest appearance in the comedy sketch "Clem the Genius." Gilbert and Roland...
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Red Skelton appears in this telecast from May 30, 1961 in the dual role of bucolic Clem Kadiddlehooper and larcenous Bolivar...
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On this broadcast from June 6, 1961, Vivian Vance joins Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Appleby's Sleepwalk." Upon...
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On this episode from April 18, 1961, Red Skelton offers a "Freddie the Freeloader" comedy sketch. It all begins when Freddie...
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Tonight's comedy sketch is titled "Cauliflower and the Fight Fix." Hoping to earn enough money to marry his manicurist...
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On this telecast from May 2, 1961, Marilyn Maxwell costars with Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Appleby's Castle."...
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The TV series Candid Clem is spoofed in the Red Skelton Show comedy sketch "Candid Clem." Hoping to catch hayseed Clem...
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1961
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Jackie Coogan makes another return visit to The Red Skelton Show. In the comedy sketch "Freddie Gets Sick," Coogan plays Dr....
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Dennis the Menace star Jay North makes his second appearance on The Red Skelton Show. In a "Freddie the Freeloader" sketch,...
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Rhonda Fleming is Red Skelton's guest in this telecast from October 31, 1961. In the comedy sketch "Freddie's Romance",...
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1961
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Two of America's greatest clowns-Red Skelton and Ed Wynn-were teamed on this Thanksgiving show, which first aired November...
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The popular western series Have Gun Will Travel is parodied on the October 17, 1961 edition of The Red Skelton Show. In the...
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On this broadcast from May 16, 1961, Sebastian Cabot is Red Skelton's unlikely teammate in the comedy sketch "Freddie's...
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1961
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This Red Skelton Show from May 23, 1961 is brightened by the presence of Don Knotts from The Andy Griffith Show and...
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Singer Bobby Rydell makes another amusing Red Skelton Show appearance on this broadcast from October 24, 1961. This time,...
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1961
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Vincent Price and Marie Windsor are Red Skelton's guests on this telecast from October 18, 1960. In a comedy sketch, Price...
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1960
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Virginia Grey shows up for yet another "George Appleby" sketch. This time, henpecked George (Red Skelton) invents a time...
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1960
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The recent spate of Senate Investigating Committee hearings is lampooned in the November 1, 1960 episode of The Red Skelton...
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1960
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Jackie Coogan joins Red Skelton in tonight's comedy sketch. Way back in the 17th century, a wheeler-dealer real estate agent...
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1960
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Cesar Romero is Red Skelton'sguest on this episode from May 3, 1960. In the comedy sketch "San Fernando's Marriage Mill", San...
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Tonight's comedy sketch is titled "Super-Cauliflower." Basil Rathbone and Elena Verdugo appear respectively as Hugh Rubicoff...
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Edward Everett Horton and Dick Foran costar with Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Freddie in Las Vegas." Freddie the...
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Knowing upon which side his bread is buttered, Red Skelton offers a half-hour tribute to his sponsor, Johnson's Wax. First...
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This episode of The Red Skelton Show from January 12, 1960 is essentially a half-hour promo for the film version of the...
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Red Skelton welcomes sultry singer Julie London and former child star Jackie Coogan to his telecast of January 5, 1960. In...
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British "blonde bombshell" Diana Dors is Red Skelton's guest on this episode from December 6, 1960. In a "George Appleby"...
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First shown on November 29, 1960, this was only Red Skelton Show of the 1960-61 season to be telecast in color. In the main...
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Guest star Vivian Vance reprises her characterization of shrewish Clara Appleby in the comedy sketch "Appleby's...
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Videotaped at the United Nations in honor of that organization's 15th anniversary, "Laughter, the Universal Language" served...
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In a takeoff of the recent "Great Debates" between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, guest star William Demarest appears as...
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Child actor Jay North is Red Skelton's guest. In a "Freddie the Freeloader" sketch, carefree hobo Freddie is forced to look...
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The fabulous Mae West makes one of her rare TV appearances on this episode of The Red Skelton Show from March 1, 1960. In...
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Pop-music sensation Fabian makes his second appearance on The Red Skelton Show. Fabe and Red participate in a "San Fernando...
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On this broadcast from January 26, 1960, veteran movie tough guy George Raft joins Red Skelton in a "Cauliflower McPugg"...
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Keefe Brasselle and George O'Hanlon (the latter famous for his voiceover role as George Jetson) join Red Skelton in a spoof...
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Guest star Vincent Price satirizes his real-life status as an art connoisseur in the comedy sketch "Freddie's Masterpiece."...
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This half-hour Red Skelton Show was one of Red's few live telecasts for the 1959-60 season; for the most part, he had...
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Tonight's comedy sketch, "San Fernando for Governor", takes place in a unnamed big city during an unspecified earlier decade....
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Red Skelton offers his own spin on the popular TV crime series The Untouchables. During the Roaring 20s, dimwitted thug...
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During a Los Angeles Christmas, a group of 82nd Airborne vets assembles under the leadership of gamblin' man Danny Ocean...
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An all-star cast appears with Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Clem and the Beanstalk." This time it is Clem Kadiddlehopper...
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Audrey Meadows joins Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Clem's Fountain of Youth." The titular fountain is the genuine...
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Red Skelton headlines this 60-minute, full-color "tribute" to Hollywood Boulevard. Among Red's guests are such nominally...
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Marilyn Maxwell guest-stars in one of Red Skelton's few live telecasts of the 1959-60 season. In the main comedy sketch,...
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Red Skelton closed out his 9th TV season with a virtuoso performance in the comedy sketch "The Many Skeltons." Relentlessly...
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Vivian Vance joins Red Skelton in the domestic comedy sketch "Appleby's Fallout Shelter." Dithery henpecked husband George...
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Jayne Mansfield is Red Skelton's guest on this videotaped episode from October 6, 1959. In the comedy sketch "Clem's General...
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Charles Ruggles and Terry Moore join Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Deadeye Turns In His Badge." Saloon gal Lululbelle...
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Singer Bobby Rydell makes the first of many Red Skelton Show appearances on this full-color telecast from December 8, 1959....
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Only a handful of Red Skelton Shows were colorcast during the 1959-60 season. Red's home network CBS was then feuding with...
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1959
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Eve Arden makes the first of several appearances as Clara Appleby, the nagging wife of put-upon George Appleby (Red Skelton)....
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The hallowed halls of CBS' Hollywood studios provide the backdrop for this videotaped Red Skelton Show from March 17, 1959....
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First broadcast on October 20, 1959, This color episode of The Red Skelton Show features Jane Russell, spoofing several of...
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This full-color episode of The Red Skelton Show constituted both a beginning and an ending: It was Red's first program for...
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Fans of Red Skelton were treated to two TV appearances by their favorite comedian during the second week of October in 1959....
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Teen idol Fabian is Red Skelton's guest on this program, which originally aired live from Hollywood on November 10, 1959. The...
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Jayne Meadows guest-stars on Red Skelton's annual Thanksgiving program. In "San Fernando's Thanksgiving," loquacious con...
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This episode of The Red Skelton Show from November 17, 1959 is distinguished by the curious guest-star combination of Peter...
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Red Skelton's guests on this episode from November 3, 1959 are two popular TV western stars: Guy Madison of The Adventures of...
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Teenaged Tuesday Weld, who was rapidly ascending to stardom by virtue of her appearances on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis,...
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Edie Adams is Red Skelton's guest in this episode from January 6, 1959. Taking advantage of the 1898 Gold Rush, con artist...
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Ever since lapsing into Public Domain in the 1980s, this January 13, 1959 episode of The Red Skelton Show has popped up with...
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Vincent Price guest-stars on this filmed episode of The Red Skelton Show. After Skelton comments upon the recent Russian...
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1959
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Musical comedy star Janis Paige appears with Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Bashful Clem." Janis plays a pretty teach who...
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Audrey Totter, an actress most closely associated with intense dramatic roles, exhibits a fine comedy flair in this vintage...
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The rock-music industry was thoroughly lampooned in this June 2, 1959 episode of The Red Skelton Show. In the comedy sketch...
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Peter Lorre makes a return appearance to The Red Skelton Show in this episode from May 12, 1959. In a comedy sketch, Red...
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Marilyn Maxwell is Red Skelton's guest on this episode from April 21, 1959 In the comedy sketch "Appleby's Formula", put-upon...
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In honor of Mother's Day, Red Skelton offers a seriocomic "Freddie the Freeloader" sketch. In the company of his pal Muggsy...
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On this episode from April 14, 1959, guest star John Carradine joins Red Skelton in a "Sheriff Deadeye" sketch. The townsfolk...
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Wanda Hendrix guest-stars in the comedy sketch "San Fernando the Swami." With his assistant Zenobia (Wanda), confidence...
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This March 3, 1959 episode of The Red Skelton Show was taped on location in Southern Florida. In the comedy sketch "Clem at...
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Red Skelton makes his final appearance as Cookie the Sailor in this filmed episode from April 7, 1959. Cookie and his pal...
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Tonight's comedy sketch is titled "George's Band." Ordered by his wife Clara (Mary Beth Hughes to rent their spare room,...
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Tonight's sketch is titled "Appleby and the Ice Man." While exploring the North Pole, George Appleby (Red Skelton) and his...
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This filmed episode of The Red Skelton Show stars Frank Lovejoy as a gangster boss. Hiding from the cops, Lovejoy takes...
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Red Skelton shows up in his familiar guise of Freddie the Freeloader in this filmed episode from February 17, 1959. In the...
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Actress Terry Moore and leading man Cesar Romero are Red Skelton's guests in this episode from March 10, 1959. In a "San...
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Tonight's sketch is titled "Clem and the Merry Widow." Frequent Red Skelton Show supporting players Gerald Mohr and Mary Beth...
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Lee Aaker, who played Rusty on the old TV adventure series The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, is Red Skelton's guest on this...
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Dithery character comedian Franklin Pangborn appears in this episode of The Red Skelton Show, which originally aired in color...
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1958
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One of the few readily available episodes from The Red Skelton Show's 1957-1958 season, this one features a guest appearance...
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Originally scheduled for a later date, this filmed episode of The Red Skelton Show was moved up to April 15, 1958 to...
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The highlight of this full-color episode from February 25, 1958 is a gadget-laden "Freddie the Freeloader" sketch. The ball...
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This full-color episode from January 28, 1958 is highlighted by a "Freddie the Freeloader" sketch. Veteran movie tough guy...
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Jayne Meadows joins Red Skelton in a filmed "Cauliflower McPugg" sketch. Jayne is cast as Ruthie, the girl friend of punchy...
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"Twin titans of terror" John Carradine and Lon Chaney Jr. guest-star in this full-color episode from January 7, 1958....
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The recent drafting of Elvis Presley was the inspiration for the Red Skelton Show comedy sketch "San Fernando's Singing...
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1958
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Tonight's comedy sketch is "Appleby's Midnight Ride." After getting a blow on the head, 20th century history teacher George...
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1958
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This full-color edition of The Red Skelton Show from April 22, 1958, features John Carradine and Franklin Pangborn in the...
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1958
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On this Red Skelton Show from December 2, 1958, Marvin Kaplan joins Red Skelton in a rewritten reprise of a sketch that the...
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1958
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Charles Ruggles and Marie Windsor join Red Skelton in a "Freddie the Freeloader" sketch. Ruggles plays ailing millionaire Mr....
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1958
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The main attraction of this full-color Red Skelton Show episode is the comedy sketch "Appleby Wins a House." Appearing on a...
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1958
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The "mad scientist" sketch on the January 7, 1958 edition of The Red Skelton Show went over so well that Red decided to...
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1958
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Marilyn Maxwell appears with Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Appleby Goes Hunting." Over the protests of his wife Clara...
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1958
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The ongoing "Race for Space" provided the comedy fodder in the October 7, 1958 episode of The Red Skelton Show. In the comedy...
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1958
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The Great Quiz Show Scandal of the late 1950s was only in its early stages when this Red Skelton Show first appeared on...
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1958
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This evening's filmed comedy sketch is "Deadeye, the Indian Scout." Red Skelton is cast as bumbling westerner Sheriff...
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1958
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Liberace is the guest star in the opening telecast of Red Skelton's eighth season. Repeating a sketch he'd done earlier with...
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1958
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Virginia Grey, who usually played Mrs. George Appleby on The Red Skelton Show, essays a different role on this episode from...
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1958
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Tonight's comedy sketch is entitled "Clem Sings." Red Skelton plays hillbilly Clem Kadiddlehopper, who manages to wangle free...
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1958
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Just as he did on the Red Skelton Show broadcast of April 23, 1957, Red appears in the dual role of henpecked George Appleby...
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1958
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Actress Ruth Hussey joins Red Skelton in a "San Fernando Red" comedy sketch. Running for re-election to the town assembly,...
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1958
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Billy Gilbert appears in the comedy sketch "Clem the Photographer." The life of rural rube Clem Kadiddlehopper (Red Skelton)...
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1958
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William Frawley guest-stars in this all-pantomime Thanksgiving show from November 25, 1958. Broke and hungry as usual,...
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1958
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Ann Rutherford, who costarred with Red Skelton in the "Whistling" comedy-mystery films of the early 1940s, appears in this...
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1958
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Perennial "dumb blonde" Marie Wilson is the special guest star on this color episode of The Red Skelton Show from March 18,...
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1958
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In a reprise of one of his classic routines, Red Skelton plays novice dental-school student Clem Kadiddlehopper. Though Red...
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1958
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Vincent Price camps it up on this full-color Red Skelton Show entry from November 12, 1957. Price is cast as Mr. Pierre, a...
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1957
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Peter Lorre makes a return appearance to The Red Skelton Show in this "living color" episode from November 5, 1957. It all...
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1957
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Edward Everett Horton guest-stars in Red Skelton's Thanksgiving show from November 26, 1957. This time out, hobo Freddie the...
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1957
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Less than four weeks after the launching of the Soviet Sputnik satellite, this momentous historical event served as grist for...
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1957
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First telecast on October 22, 1957, this color episode of The Red Skelton Show features Cesar Romero. In the principal comedy...
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1957
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Virginia Grey joins Red Skelton in his first color telecast of the 1957-58 season. In a "George Appleby"sketch, henpecked...
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1957
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On this telecast from October 8, 1957.Hans Conried guest-stars as the muckraking author of a book exposing the Mob. To keep...
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1957
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In honor of New Year's Eve, Red Skelton reprises his characterization of perpetual souse Willie Lump Lump. Guest star...
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1957
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Red Skelton's final film starring vehicle is an expansion of an hour-long TV play, which also starred Skelton when it was...
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1957
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Adhering to tradition, Red Skelton appears as Freddie the Freeloader in his annual Christmas show. This time around, Freddie...
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1957
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Mickey Rooney guest-stars in this full-color Red Skelton Show entry from December 17, 1957. In the main comedy sketch, ageing...
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1957
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Lola Albright, who played a prim Priscilla Alden in the 1956 Thanksgiving episode of The Red Skelton Show, returned to the...
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1957
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Two of Hollywood's favorite blondes, Marie Wilson and Marilyn Maxwell, help Red Skelton usher in his seventh TV season on...
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1957
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First telecast December 10, 1957, this filmed episode of The Red Skelton Show casts Red as hapless hayseed Clem...
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1957
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Razzle-dazzle showman Michael Todd hocked everything he had to make this spectacular presentation of Jules Verne's 1872 novel...
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1956
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Rusty Morgan
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1956
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1955
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Susan Slept Here is the only feature film in Hollywood history ever to be narrated by an Academy Award. After introducing...
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1954
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MGM was never quite sure what to do with their resident funster Red Skelton, and The Great Diamond Robbery betrays this...
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Ambrose C. Park
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1953
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An unofficial remake of The Champ, The Clown concerns Dodo Delwyn (Red Skelton), a down-and-out performer with abundant and...
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Dodo Delwyn
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1953
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Red Skelton does his best with the situation-comedy trappings of Half a Hero. A sort of poor man's...
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Ben Dobson
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1953
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1952
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The reason the 1935 Astaire/Rogers film version of Roberta was unavailable for years was that, in 1952, MGM bought the...
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Al Marsh
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1952
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This kinescope of Red Skelton's February 24, 1952 telecast is one of the few episodes extant from Red's NBC years. In his...
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1952
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Cornie Quinell
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1951
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Excuse My Dust is one of the few Red Skelton musicals in which Skelton is not obliged to share screen space with the likes of...
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Joe Belden
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1951
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1951
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Still extremely busy with his film and radio career, Richard "Red" Skelton made his weekly TV debut on September 30, 1951,...
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1951
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This formula Esther Williams musical casts the star as Midwestern carnival swimmer Christine Duncan, in love with bandleader...
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1950
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Augustus "Red" Pirdy
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1950
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Pop Cameron
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1950
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MGM's Three Little Words is a "twin" musical biopic, covering the lives and careers of songwriters Bert Kalmar and...
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Harry Ruby
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1950
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1950
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Jack Spratt
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1949
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Aubrey Filmore
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1948
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The George S. Kaufman-Marc Connelly play Merton of the Movies was previously filmed in 1923 with Glenn Hunter, and in 1932...
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Merton Gill
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1947
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The presence of William Powell as legendary showman Flo Ziegfeld at the beginning of Ziegfeld Follies might lead an...
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1946
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MGM knew it had a valuable property in Red Skelton, but the studio never really knew how to handle his unique talents --...
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Red Jones
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1946
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Previously filmed in 1926 and 1934, George Kelly's venerable stage comedy The Show-Off was dusted off as a Red Skelton...
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1946
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If you've never seen a '40s singing, swimming musical this may be the one to catch. Featuring a mammoth cast, including such...
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Steve Elliott
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1944
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Inspired by the success of his favorite comedian Red Skelton, Our Gang member Froggy (Billy Laughlin) decides to become a...
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1944
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In later years, director Vincente Minnelli would dismiss I Dood It as his worst picture, though a more deserving candidate...
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Joseph Rivington Reynolds
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1943
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The last of three films starring Red Skelton as ace radio detective Wally "The Fox" Benton, Whistling in Brooklyn opens with...
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Wally Benton
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1943
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The racy, ribald Cole Porter musical Du Barry Was a Lady is here given a thorough dry-cleaning by prudish MGM....
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Louis Blore/King Louis
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1943
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Storywise, Thousands Cheer is thin stuff indeed. Insouciant PFC Eddy Marsh (Gene Kelly) wants to put on a Big Show for his...
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1943
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This second entry in MGM's "Whistling" series is more elaborate than the first (Whistling in the Dark) and equally as funny....
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1942
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1942
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This musical -- a concoction of comedy, songs, dancing, and war-time patriotism mixed together with a spy spoof plot -- opens...
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Merton K. Kibble
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1942
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The combination of Ann Sothern and Red Skelton pays off in giggles, chortles and guffaws in Maisie Gets Her Man. Broke and...
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1942
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The 1924 George Gershwin stage hit Lady Be Good was brought to the screen by MGM; any resemblance (beyond the Gershwin score)...
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1941
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Though based on a stage play by Laurence Gross and Edward Childs Carpenter (previously filmed as an Ernest Truex vehicle in...
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Wally Benton
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1941
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Dr. Jim Kildare (Lew Ayres) plays Good Samaritan with potentially disastrous results in The People vs. Dr. Kildare. Happening...
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1941
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When MGM decided to move up-and-coming star Laraine Day out of the "Dr. Kildare" series, the studio did so in a startlingly...
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1941
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MGM had a tendency to overglamorize the sort of rough-hewn film fare that Warner Bros. offered to its public without...
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1940
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Based upon Arthur Kober's play (which was subsequently musicalized onstage as Wish You Were Here, Having Wonderful Time stars...
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1938
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Red Skelton became one of the most celebrated television comedians of all-time with his array of lovable characters. This...
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