About this season
The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awards, for Skelton as best comedian and the program as best comedy show during its initial season, and an award for comedy writing in 1961.
Episodes (32)
1. Somebody Up There Should Stay There
Aired 25 September 1962
2. The Greatest Schmo on Earth
Aired 2 October 1962
3. The Mayor of Central Park
Aired 9 October 1962
4. The Booze Man of Alcatraz
Aired 16 October 1962
5. One Good Intern Deserves Another
Aired 23 October 1962
6. Rupert The Stupert
Aired 30 October 1962
7. Dial P for Plumber
Aired 13 November 1962
8. Ten Baby Fingers and 12 Baby Toes
Aired 20 November 1962
9. March of the Litterbugs
Aired 27 November 1962
10. Who Put the Bobby Sox in Mr. Appleby's Chowder?
Aired 4 December 1962
11. Once Upon A Flea
Aired 11 December 1962
12. How The West Was Lost
Aired 18 December 1962
13. Freddie and the Yuletide Doll
Aired 25 December 1962
14. Of Mouth and Men
Aired 1 January 1963 • 30 min
Red and Martha Raye do a takeoff on the then-current Hollywood epic, Antony and Cleopatra.
15. Where There's a Will, There's a Wife
Aired 8 January 1963
16. Have Rickshaw, Will Travel
Aired 15 January 1963
17. Children Should Be Seen But Not Had
Aired 22 January 1963
18. Witness for the Persecution or Half a Lawyer Is Better Than None
Aired 29 January 1963
19. Much Ado About Knotting
Aired 5 February 1963
20. Red Fails in the Sunset
Aired 12 February 1963
21. Advice to the Loveworn
Aired 19 February 1963
22. My Friend The Enemy
Aired 26 February 1963
23. The Bel Air Haykickers
Aired 5 March 1963
24. After the Bald Is Over
Aired 12 March 1963
25. Frontier Coward
Aired 26 March 1963
26. Come to Me, My Melon-Headed Baby
Aired 2 April 1963
27. The Portrait of Dorian Appleby
Aired 9 April 1963
28. How Green Was My Money
Aired 16 April 1963
29. Ah, Sweet Mystery of Wife
Aired 30 April 1963
30. A Midsummer Nut's Dream
Aired 7 May 1963
31. Captains Outrageous
Aired 21 May 1963
32. Jerk and the Beanstalk
Aired 28 May 1963