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S16.E1 ∙ How to Succeed in Loafing Without Really Trying

Mon, Sep 12, 1966

Freddy the Freeloader sneaks back into his old high school classroom and into the middle of his 25 year reunion. His classmate, Paul Pusher (guest Gig Young), has become very successful and insists on giving Freddy a job with his company. In "The Silent Spot," Red is a nervous bridegroom just before the wedding who keeps getting the wrong tuxedos delivered.

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S16.E2 ∙ Eenie Meenie Minee Schmo

Mon, Sep 19, 1966

"Eenie Meenie Minee Schmo" with Mickey Rooney and Simon & Garfunkel. Red plays the fan favorite Tennessee hick Clem Kadiddlehopper who also happens to be the "Swami of Las Vegas" in this episode and "Mickey The Loser" can't catch a break.

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S16.E3 ∙ Chiseler on the Roof

Mon, Sep 26, 1966

San Fernando Red is operating a computer dating service, without much success. When a beautiful blonde (Nancy Ames) asks him to find her a husband, Red is surprised by her request that the prospective hubby be an older gentleman. Red strikes gold when he snares an aging hippie, played by Jackie Coogan. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays a boxing referee who is pressured by hoods to fix the outcome of the match.

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S16.E4 ∙ Much Ado About Nagging

Mon, Oct 03, 1966

Red (as George Appleby) gets a job as a waiter at the Nut Club. A comic called Laugh a Minute Louie (Godfrey Cambridge) offers to visit George's house and pay him a dollar for every insult his wife throws at him so he can use them in his act. In "The Silent Spot," Red visits the beach and annoyingly makes advances on a bathing beauty.

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S16.E5 ∙ Mother Knows Best AKA Mother Knows Pest

Mon, Oct 10, 1966

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S16.E6 ∙ The Land of Bilk and Money

Mon, Oct 17, 1966

In a Western parody, Red appears as Sheriff Deadeye who must contend with do-gooder Victor Virtue (guest Robert Vaughn) after he reforms sultry Joyce Jameson. Agreeing to also be reformed, Red must travel to an island and try to reform a group of pirates. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays a tippler husband on his day off at home.

9.4 /10

S16.E7 ∙ It Happened One Nut

Mon, Oct 24, 1966

Paw Kadiddlehopper decides to sell his pig farm. But the buyer demands that Clem (Red) be included to work as a hog caller. Since he is far from proficient in this ability, Paw sends him to pig college (and guest Polly Bergen) to learn how to call. In "The Silent Spot," Red appears as a hapless waiter at a restaurant that is literally too close to everything.

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S16.E8 ∙ What Did You Do in the Dump, Daddy?

Mon, Oct 31, 1966

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S16.E9 ∙ Gyp Off the Old Block

Mon, Nov 14, 1966

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S16.E10 ∙ The Best Sheriff Money Can Buy

Mon, Nov 21, 1966

Deadeye finds out about a golden statue to be dedicated in his honor by his grafting cronies, but plans to steal it instead.

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S16.E11 ∙ Jerk Be Nimble

Mon, Nov 28, 1966

Clem bakes a cake for the county fair that's so light it floats, so agents from a poverty stricken Eastern European country bring him over to assist in their space program.In the Silent Spot, Red's a Drug Store burglar.

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S16.E12 ∙ Better Dead Than Wed

Mon, Dec 05, 1966

Red performs as George Appleby in a skit with Allen Funt and Abbe Lane. In the Silent Spot, Red is a mountain climber attempting to plant a flag on a dangerous mountain top.

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S16.E13 ∙ The Fastest Cuspidor in the West

Mon, Dec 12, 1966

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.

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S16.E14 ∙ Christmas Spirit

Mon, Dec 19, 1966

Freddie the Freeloader needs to prevent greedy people from shutting down Greer Garson's theater, so they can hold their annual Christmas benefit for the orphans.

8.5 /10

S16.E15 ∙ The Taming of the Screw-Loose

Mon, Dec 26, 1966

Forsooth, a bumbling medieval servant, brings deadly bad luck to the father and son of a French aristocratic family. Randall sings "Winchester Cathedral", and in the silent Spot, Red tries to be first in line for Rose Bowl tickets.

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S16.E16 ∙ In One Head and Out the Other

Mon, Jan 02, 1967

Clem Kadiddlehopper goes to a janitorial school in Washington DC, where his stupidity is noticed by the Army. Colonel Hush-Hush (guest Peter Falk) decides he will be perfect for a secret project as he is too dumb to remember anything he sees or hears. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays a husband who vows to keep his New Year's Eve resolutions, and be more helpful to his wife.

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S16.E17 ∙ Freddie's Heroes

Mon, Jan 09, 1967

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.

8.9 /10

S16.E18 ∙ The Fortune Crookie

Mon, Jan 16, 1967

San Fernando Red uses a couple(Ozzie and Harriet) to win a contest. Barbara performs "Walking Happy" and "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo".

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S16.E19 ∙ Absence Makes the Hate Grow Fonder

Mon, Jan 23, 1967

George Appleby accompanies his abusive wife, Clara (guest Eve Arden), on a southwestern vacation, but the couple splits in the process. They go their separate ways, but end up staying in the same hotel room, unbeknownst to each other. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays an old man whose bumbling attempts to run a gas station end in failure.

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S16.E20 ∙ Sappiness Is Just a Thing Called Clem

Mon, Jan 30, 1967

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S16.E21 ∙ Better Living Through Chiseling

Mon, Feb 06, 1967

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S16.E22 ∙ Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Dumb

Mon, Feb 13, 1967

Red appears as Forsooth Frumkus, a "poor but stupid" medieval ship builder's apprentice. After Christopher Columbus (guest George Gobel) secures funding from Queen Isabella of Spain, he and Forsooth venture off on the journey to discover America. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays a starstruck carhop in old Hollywood, determined to break into motion pictures.

8.7 /10

S16.E23 ∙ Not with My Dump You Don't

Mon, Feb 27, 1967

Guest Joanie Sommers sings "Girl Talk" and "When I'm Not Near the Man I Love". In a beautification campaign Terry-Thomas tries to remove Freddie the Freeloader. Red mimes an elderly photographer.

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S16.E24 ∙ Parlor, Bedroom & Wrath

Mon, Mar 06, 1967

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S16.E25 ∙ The Schnook of Araby

Mon, Mar 13, 1967

Clem Kadiddlehopper appears at the Yugo-Crazian Embassy as an exterminator. However, the ambassador tells him that it is an electronic bug they are looking for. When he discovers a plot against dictator Mustapha Dame's (guest Cesar Romero) life, Clem returns with him to his home country as his bodyguard. In "The Silent Spot," Red is a great actor who causes mayhem involving a cop, a pie salesman, and a pretty girl outside the theatre.

8 /10

S16.E26 ∙ It's a Treat to Beat a Cheat on the Mississippi Mud

Mon, Mar 20, 1967

San Fernando Red is arrested by the IRS for running a tax scam. Guest Richard Chamberlain plays his neophyte lawyer, Clarence Narrow. After Red goes to prison, he discovers gold in the rock pile. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays a man who has a weird dream after ingesting an odd assortment of foods.

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S16.E27 ∙ A Bum for All Seasons

Mon, Mar 27, 1967

The chairman of the cultural committee (guest Cliff Robertson) and his duo of art experts declare Freddy the Freeloader's trash "pop art." He is taken to Paris where his exhibits are put on display, and he becomes the darling of the art community. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays an American moonshiner who reacts to an Italian wine making family moving in next door.

8.7 /10

S16.E28 ∙ Next Time, Try the Brain

Mon, Apr 03, 1967

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.

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S16.E29 ∙ The House That Junk Built

Mon, Apr 17, 1967

Guest Fernando Lamas appears as a mysterious, stressed out billionaire who wants to change his life and become a bum. When he moves to the dump, he meets Freddie the Freeloader and determines to emulate his life. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays a determined Canadian Mountie.

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