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 (31)
1. He Who Steals My Robot Steals Trash
Aired 24 September 1968
2. Guess Whose Dinner Is Coming to Freddie?
Aired 1 October 1968
3. Cauliflower Fiddles While Bolivar Burns
Aired 8 October 1968
4. The Revenge of Prudence Pennyfeather or Wide Saddles in the Old Corral
Aired 15 October 1968
5. A Woman’s a Rag, a Bone, and a Hank of Mouth
Aired 22 October 1968
6. To Get Married
Aired 29 October 1968
7. Necessarily From Mustard
Aired 12 November 1968
8. People With Money
Aired 19 November 1968
9. And Momma Makes Three
Aired 19 November 1968
10. Love Is a Funny Thing
Aired 3 December 1968
11. Other Place Closed
Aired 10 December 1968
12. Two on the Isle
Aired 17 December 1968
13. A Christmas Story: 1777
Aired 24 December 1968
14. Should See a Doctor
Aired 31 December 1968
15. He Lost the East
Aired 7 January 1969
16. The Pledge of Allegiance
Aired 14 January 1969
17. Wooden Gift Horse
Aired 21 January 1969
18. Beauty is Only Skin Deep Unless You’re a Banana
Aired 28 January 1969
19. Why Show Must Go On
Aired 4 February 1969
20. Beneath This Ragged Shirt
Aired 11 February 1969
21. Ed Wynn Tribute
Aired 18 February 1969
22. Deadeye Goes to School
Aired 25 February 1969
23. Kingdom of Iodine
Aired 4 March 1969
24. Give a Man Enough Rope
Aired 11 March 1969
25. If at First You Don’t Succeed, Forget It
Aired 18 March 1969
26. Vagrancy is Just Loitering that Takes a Little Longer
Aired 25 March 1969
27. Uneasy Lies the Neck that Wears the Noose
Aired 1 April 1969
28. Button Up Your Overcoat: You Forgot Your Pants
Aired 8 April 1969
29. Will the Real Robin Hood Please Fall Out of the Tree?
Aired 15 April 1969
30. You Can Lead a Horse to Water, But He’ll Go by Himself to Scotch
Aired 22 April 1969
31. The Boston Pops Show
Aired 29 April 1969