Episode list

The Red Skelton Hour

A Man's Dump Is His Castle
Red's guest is Metropolitan Opera singer Robert Merrill, who sings "Toreador" and "In the Still of the Night." Sketch: "A Man's Dump Is His Castle," and Freddie the Freeloader doesn't' like it when an archaeologist (Merrill) comes to the city dump and removes the remains of a dinosaur skeleton-part of which was supporting Freddie's shack.
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Harem
Red's guests are comedian Ed Wynn. singer Vikki Carr, and character actress Mary Wickes. In the sketch, a visiting Sultan (Wynn) wants San Fernando Red to sell him an American wife. In the Silent Spot, Red is an outdoor chef with a brand-new barbecue. Vikki sings 'Bye, Bye, Blackbird" and "Loverland."
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When It's Teepee Time Down South
The world's richest Indian proves to be an easy mark for Fernando Red, who sells him worthless desert land for his mother's retirement home, but when he thinks it's an oil patch, he wants it back.
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Mamma's Little Monster
Guests are "Lonesome George" Gobel and the folk singing Young Folk. Sketch: After being turned down by scores 0f summer camps, Junior is accepted by camp counselor George Goodbody (Gobel).
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The Seven Year Wretch
While waiting in line for his unemployment check,George Appleby (Red) meets Archie Moore,also out of work. A man sells him a trained Bear, which he puts in a take-on-all-comers boxing show in a carnival. Moore shows up to challenge the bear. Red's silent spot pantomime involves a Holmesian detective chasing a hooded bad guy around a spooky house-type set.
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The Red Skelton Scrapbook
"The Red Skelton Scrapbook" with John Wayne. Red attempts ballet, hilarious One Minute Dramas, the famous Dunking Donuts bit, and Willie Lump-Lump goes topsy turvy in this annual event.
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