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1. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: The Red Skelton Scrapbook (1965)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy

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"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.

Stars: Red Skelton, David Rose and His Orchestra, Art Gilmore, Ed Wynn

Votes: 9

2. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: The Land of Bilk and Money (1966)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy

9.4
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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, ... See full summary »

Director: Bill Hobin | Stars: Red Skelton, The Alan Copeland Singers, Jay and the Americans, Patrick Campbell

Votes: 9

3. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: Fairy Tales for Old Children (1968)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy

9.4
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Director: Bill Hobin | Stars: Red Skelton, The Alan Copeland Singers, Eve Brent, Patrick Campbell

Votes: 8

4. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: The Atomic Sailor (1956)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

9.2
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Cookie the Sailor drinks a radioactive drink and is captured by enemy spies where they conduct experiments on him.

Director: Seymour Berns | Stars: Red Skelton, James Burke, David Rose and His Orchestra, Jamie Farr

Votes: 8

5. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: A Christmas Urchin (1967)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy

9.2
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Keel, Rusk, Freeman, and Jilliana are featured in a skit entitled A Christmas Urchin. Freddie the freeloader tries to give a little girl a happy holiday. Keel sings a medley that includes "Silent Night" and "White Christmas."

Director: Bill Hobin | Stars: Red Skelton, Arline Anderson, David Rose and His Orchestra, Joan Freeman

Votes: 8

6. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: Clem's Fish Market (1957)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

9.2
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Director: Seymour Berns | Stars: Red Skelton, Robert Armstrong, Veda Ann Borg, Leonard Bremen

Votes: 8

7. Clown Alley (1966 TV Movie)

60 min | Comedy

9.0
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Director: Seymour Berns | Stars: Red Skelton, The Alan Copeland Singers, Mark Anthony, Billy Barty

Votes: 16

8. The Red Skelton Chevy Special (1959 TV Special)

60 min | Comedy

9.0
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Director: Seymour Berns | Stars: Red Skelton, James Arness, David Rose and His Orchestra, Rhonda Fleming

Votes: 10

9. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: The Private Detective (1970)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

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Director: Terry Kyne | Stars: Red Skelton, Jim Aiken, Jan Arvan, Jan Bunker

Votes: 10

10. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: San Fernando's Showboat (1957)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

9.0
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San Fernando and his daughter, Jenny Lou run a show boat in Mississippi 1875. Jenny Lou meets a young man that she falls in love with, whose father just got cheated by San Fernando.

Director: Seymour Berns | Stars: Red Skelton, David Rose and His Orchestra, Eddie Fields, Art Gilmore

Votes: 9

11. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: Somebody Up There Should Stay There (1962)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy

8.9
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Director: Seymour Berns | Stars: Red Skelton, Harpo Marx, Virginia Grey, Dyan Cannon

Votes: 18

12. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: Freddie's Heroes (1967)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

8.9
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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 ... See full summary »

Director: Bill Hobin | Stars: Red Skelton, The Alan Copeland Singers, John Banner, Robert Carson

Votes: 10

13. Red Skelton Timex Special (1960 TV Special)

60 min | Comedy

8.8
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Director: Seymour Berns | Stars: Red Skelton, David Rose and His Orchestra, William Demarest, Art Gilmore

Votes: 12

14. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: The Son of Oliver Twist or Junior Is Just a Little Dickens (1969)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy

8.8
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In this parody of "Oliver Twist," Red plays a young inmate in an orphanage, who soon escapes the clutches of Mr Rumble (Cyril Ritchard) and meets up with the Artful Dodger (Jack Wild), a ... See full summary »

Director: Howard A. Quinn | Stars: Red Skelton, David Rose and His Orchestra, Art Gilmore, The Jimmy Joyce Singers

Votes: 11

15. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: John Wayne's 40th Anniversary or Hominy and True Grits (1969)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy

8.8
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Red starts off with a monologue about how sex has affected movies, and mimes a little boy at a monster film. Guest John Wayne does a skit about different sorts of autograph hunters and one ... See full summary »

Director: Bill Hobin | Stars: Red Skelton, The Baja Marimba Band, David Rose and His Orchestra, Art Gilmore

Votes: 14

16. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: Census Taker (1970)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

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Director: Terry Kyne | Stars: Red Skelton, Jim Aiken, Jan Arvan, Gene Barry

Votes: 9

17. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: Deadeye the Outlaw (1957)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

8.8
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Sheriff O'Toole sends for his son, Rollo, to help him rid the town of one of its worst outlaws, Deadeye. Things go south for Rollo after he flirts with Deadeye's girl.

Director: Seymour Berns | Stars: Red Skelton, David Rose and His Orchestra, Art Gilmore, Ray Kellogg

Votes: 8

18. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: Phantom of the Ballet (1955)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

8.8
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A private detective hires Clem Kadiddlehopper to go undercover at a ballet to catch the person responsible for the Ballet Murders.

Stars: Red Skelton, David Rose and His Orchestra, Art Gilmore, Bern Hoffman

Votes: 10

19. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: Not with My Dump You Don't (1967)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy

8.8
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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.

Director: Bill Hobin | Stars: Red Skelton, The Alan Copeland Singers, Don Brodie, David Rose and His Orchestra

Votes: 8

20. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: It's a Treat to Beat a Cheat on the Mississippi Mud (1967)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy

8.8
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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... See full summary »

Director: Bill Hobin | Stars: Red Skelton, The Alan Copeland Singers, George Barrows, Richard Chamberlain

Votes: 9

21. Project Twenty (1954–1970)

60 min | Documentary

8.7
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Stars: Alexander Scourby, Bob Hope, Walter Brennan, Howard Lindsay

Votes: 29

22. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: Freddie's Romance (1961)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

8.7
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Rhonda Fleming stars as a rich girl whose mother mistakes Freddie the Freeloader (Red Skelton) as a millionaire at a masquerade ball. Hijinks ensue when she comes to Freddie's house for lunch the next day.

Director: Seymour Berns | Stars: Red Skelton, David Rose and His Orchestra, Joey Faye, Rhonda Fleming

Votes: 10

23. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: Passion in Pasadena or Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing (1963)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy

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Director: Seymour Berns | Stars: Red Skelton, The Beach Boys, Frankie Darro, David Rose and His Orchestra

Votes: 10

24. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Dumb (1967)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy

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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... See full summary »

Director: Bill Hobin | Stars: Red Skelton, The Alan Copeland Singers, Jan Arvan, Jeremy Clyde

Votes: 9

25. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: A Bum for All Seasons (1967)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy

8.7
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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... See full summary »

Director: Bill Hobin | Stars: Red Skelton, Victoria Carroll, Henry Corden, David Rose and His Orchestra

Votes: 9

26. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of George Appleby (1968)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy

8.7
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"Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of George Appleby" with Mike Connors and Tom Jones. Appleby (Skelton) gets a visit from his old friend and fraternity brother Henry Pringle (Connors), only to... See full summary »

Director: Bill Hobin | Stars: Red Skelton, The Alan Copeland Singers, Mike Connors, Jimmy Cross

Votes: 12

27. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: Concert in Pantomime (1966)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy

8.6
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All in mime. Short mime acts then a complete Silent Spot.

Director: Bill Hobin | Stars: Red Skelton, Marcel Marceau, The Alan Copeland Singers, Melanie Alexander

Votes: 8

28. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: The Plight Before Christmas (1964)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy

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Director: Bill Hobin | Stars: Red Skelton, Don Brodie, Jimmy Cross, David Rose and His Orchestra

Votes: 8

29. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: The Seven Year Wretch (1965)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

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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 ... See full summary »

Director: Bill Hobin | Stars: Red Skelton, Archie Moore, Shani Wallis, David Rose and His Orchestra

Votes: 8

30. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: Salesman vs. Mad Scientist or A Man Is Ten Feet Tall (1956)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

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Stars: Red Skelton, David Rose and His Orchestra, Art Gilmore, Percy Helton

Votes: 9

31. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: Bolivar's Beauty Salon (1958)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

8.5
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Bolivar runs a beauty salon.

Director: Seymour Berns | Stars: Red Skelton, William Bakewell, David Rose and His Orchestra, Pamela Duncan

Votes: 9

32. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: Christmas Spirit (1966)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy

8.5
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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.

Director: Bill Hobin | Stars: Red Skelton, Louise Arthur, Jan Arvan, Todd Baron

Votes: 9

33. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: The Smog Czar starring George Raft (1955)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

8.5
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Red and his butler discover a formula that destroys smog. Gangster George Raft gets wind of the discovery & tries to steal the formula from Red

Director: Jack Donohue | Stars: Red Skelton, Georgine Darcy, David Rose and His Orchestra, Reginald Denny

Votes: 15

34. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: Clem the Dentist (1958)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

8.5
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A couple of con artists run a college scam and have Clem Kadiddlehopper graduate with a degree in dentistry.

Director: Seymour Berns | Stars: Red Skelton, Reed Hadley, Amanda Blake, Benny Baker

Votes: 14

35. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: The Cop and the Anthem (1954)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

8.4
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It's Christmas Eve and the snow is falling thick and fast. Muggsy tries to convince Freddie the Freeloader to hop a freight train bound for Florida with him, but Freddie has other ideas. He... See full summary »

Director: Seymour Berns | Stars: Red Skelton, Mary Treen, Maurice Marsac, James Burke

Votes: 20

36. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: Deadeye and the Alamo (1961)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

8.4
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Red Skelton and Cesar Romero star in this episode about what "really" happened at the Alamo.

Stars: Red Skelton, David Rose and His Orchestra, Art Gilmore, Adele Mara

Votes: 9

37. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: Bad Guys and Good Girls (1970)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

8.4
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Director: Terry Kyne | Stars: Red Skelton, Jan Arvan, Walter Brennan, The Burgundy Street Singers

Votes: 10

38. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: Parlor, Bedroom & Wrath (1967)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy

8.4
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Director: Bill Hobin | Stars: Red Skelton, Martha Raye, The Alan Copeland Singers, Patrick Campbell

Votes: 8

39. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: A Spy Is a Peeping Tom on Salary (1967)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy

8.4
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"A Spy Is A Peeping Tom On Salary" with Fernando Lamas and The 5th Dimension. George Appleby (Skelton) is on vacation with wife Clara in Hong Kong, where they accidentally get wrapped with ... See full summary »

Director: Bill Hobin | Stars: Red Skelton, The 5th Dimension, The Alan Copeland Singers, Billy Barty

Votes: 10

40. Astaire Time (1960 TV Special)

60 min | Music

8.3
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Director: Greg Garrison | Stars: Fred Astaire, Count Basie, Barrie Chase, David Rose and His Orchestra

Votes: 19

41. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: Son of Paleface Spoof (1959)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

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Jane Russell stars as Lillian Martin, a saloon girl who lives a double life as an outlaw.

Director: Seymour Berns | Stars: Red Skelton, David Rose and His Orchestra, Art Gilmore, Jane Russell

Votes: 10

42. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: Series Premiere (1951)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

8.3
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Director: John Gaunt | Stars: Red Skelton, David Rose and His Orchestra, Lucille Knox, Pat McGeehan

Votes: 11

43. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: When Nut-Hood Was in Flower (1966)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy

8.3
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"When Nuthood Was In Flower" starring Forsooth (Skelton), an apprentice at Ye Olde Pain & Torture Shoppe, and Nogood (Milton Berle), the playboy son back from college. Milton can't keep his... See full summary »

Director: Bill Hobin | Stars: Red Skelton, The Alan Copeland Singers, Jan Arvan, Linda Bennett

Votes: 10

44. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: Hippie Days Are Here Again (1967)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy

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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.

Director: Bill Hobin | Stars: Red Skelton, The Alan Copeland Singers, Nancy Ames, Tim Conway

Votes: 9

45. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: Dial 'B' for Brush with guest performers Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney, Jr. & Vampira (1954)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

8.3
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The show is 26 min. long, including Red's opening monologue and a weatherman skit. The Bela/Lon/Vampira skit is intact. SPOILERS: The writing is not exactly Abbott & Costello Meet ... See full summary »

Director: Seymour Berns | Stars: Red Skelton, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr., Maila Nurmi

Votes: 29

46. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: Honeymooners Spoof (1955)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

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Famous actor, Peter Lorre, wants Red to teach him how to be a comedian.

Director: Jack Donohue | Stars: Red Skelton, David Rose, David Rose and His Orchestra, The Redettes

Votes: 15

47. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: Clem Strikes Oil (1957)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

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The Kadiddlehopper's at first dismayed at the black gooey stuff on their land learn that it is worth a fortune with which Clem uses to create a financial empire that employs to make Daisy June a star so she will marry him.

Director: Seymour Berns | Stars: Red Skelton, Jan Arvan, Seymour Berns, Carol Channing

Votes: 12

48. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode: If at First You Don't Succeed, Forget It (1969)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy

8.2
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"If At First You Don't Succeed, Forget It" with Merv Griffin. Cauliflower McPugg guest stars on the Merv Griffin Show and Willie Lump-Lump makes trouble in the audience.

Director: Howard A. Quinn | Stars: Red Skelton, The Alan Copeland Singers, Irwin Charone, Guy Danfort

Votes: 9

49. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy

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A comedy-themed variety show, hosted by the popular comedian Red Skelton. It run with no interruption from 1951 to 1971. From 1956 to 1962, the show's head writer was Sherwood Schwartz, who... See full summary »

Stars: Red Skelton, David Rose and His Orchestra, Art Gilmore, Tom Hansen Dancers

Votes: 1,393

50. Red Skelton Revue (1954– )

60 min | Comedy

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Stars: Red Skelton, David Rose and His Orchestra, The Redettes, Johnny Carson

Votes: 23



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