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. How to Succeed in Loafing Without Really Trying
Aired 13 September 1966 • 60 min
2. Eenie Meenie Minee Schmo
Aired 20 September 1966 • 60 min
3. Chiseler on the Roof
Aired 27 September 1966 • 60 min
4. Much Ado About Nagging
Aired 4 October 1966 • 60 min
5. Mother Knows Pest
Aired 11 October 1966 • 60 min
6. Land of Bilk and Money
Aired 18 October 1966 • 60 min
7. It Happened One Nut
Aired 25 October 1966 • 60 min
8. What Did You Do in the Dump, Daddy?
Aired 1 November 1966 • 60 min
9. A Gyp Off the Old Block
Aired 15 November 1966 • 60 min
10. The Best Money a Sheriff Can Buy
Aired 22 November 1966 • 60 min
11. Jerk Be Nimble
Aired 29 November 1966 • 60 min
12. Better Dead Than Wed
Aired 6 December 1966 • 60 min
13. The Fastest Cuspidor in the West
Aired 13 December 1966 • 60 min
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.
14. The Christmas Spirit
Aired 20 December 1966 • 60 min
15. The Taming of the Screw-Loose
Aired 27 December 1966 • 60 min
16. In One Head
Aired 3 January 1967 • 60 min
17. Freddie’s Heroes
Aired 10 January 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.
18. The Fortune Crookie
Aired 17 January 1967
19. Absence Makes the Hate Grow Fonder
Aired 24 January 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.
20. Sappiness Is Just a Thing Called Clem
Aired 31 January 1967
21. Better Living Through Chiseling
Aired 7 February 1967
22. A Bottle of Bumb
Aired 14 February 1967
23. Not With My Dump You Won’t
Aired 28 February 1967
24. Parlor, Bedroom & Wrath
Aired 7 March 1967
25. Schnook of Araby
Aired 14 March 1967
26. It’s a Treat to Beat a Cheat on the Mississippi Mud
Aired 21 March 1967
27. A Bum for All Seasons
Aired 28 March 1967
28. Next Time Try the Brain
Aired 4 April 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.
29. That Junk Built
Aired 18 April 1967
30. Loused in Space
Aired 25 April 1967
31. Once Upon a Dunce
Aired 2 May 1967
32. The Nag and I
Aired 9 May 1967