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 (29)
1. Pop the Astronaut
Aired 23 September 1969
2. The Happening That Happened in Taxes
Aired 30 September 1969
3. You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man – But You Can Try
Aired 7 October 1969
4. The Traveling Saleslady and the Farmer’s Son
Aired 14 October 1969
5. Willie Lump Lump’s Birthday
Aired 21 October 1969
6. John Wayne’s 40th Anniversary or Hominy and True Grits
Aired 28 October 1969
7. The Emergency Case or See Your Doctor Once a Year Even If It Kills You
Aired 4 November 1969
8. Alaska or an Icicle Built for Two
Aired 11 November 1969
9. Singing Waiters, Hillbilly Songwriters
Aired 18 November 1969
10. There’s One Thing Money Won’t Buy and Someday We’ll Find Out What It Is
Aired 25 November 1969
11. It’s Better to Have Loved and Lost – Much Better
Aired 2 December 1969
12. He Wanted to Be a Square Shooter But He Found That his Barrel was Round
Aired 9 December 1969
13. The Son of Oliver Twist or Junior Is Just a Little Dickens
Aired 16 December 1969
14. Episode 14
Aired 23 December 1969
Barbara Bain plays a journalist who is hired by a newspaper to locate and expose the infamous San Fernando Red, operating at a nearby carnival. In "The Silent Spot," Red "helps" his wife prepare for a New Year's eve party and causes nothing but trouble.
15. Crime Doesn’t Pay But It’s Tax Free
Aired 30 December 1969
16. You Can Take the Boy Out of the Country If You Promise Not to Bring Him Back
Aired 6 January 1970
17. If Marriages Are Made in Heaven, Why Do They Call It Heaven?
Aired 13 January 1970
18. There’s No Business Like Show Business, But When There’s No Business, Show Business Goes Out of Business Just Like Any Other Business
Aired 20 January 1970
19. Charity Begins at Home, But Nowadays, Who Can Afford a Home?
Aired 27 January 1970
20. Is This Anyway to Ruin an Airline?
Aired 3 February 1970
21. When East Meets West, You’ve Sure Got a Skinny Country
Aired 10 February 1970
22. People Who Like People Are Cannibals
Aired 17 February 1970
23. The Three Musketeers Ride Again, Those Ding-Dong Daddies from Dumas
Aired 24 February 1970
24. Bill Bailey Must Have Been Married, That’s Why He Never Came Home
Aired 3 March 1970
25. Blood Is Thicker Than Water and Harder to Shave With
Aired 10 March 1970
26. He Died with His Boots on Cause He Had Cold Feet to Start or He Died with His Boots Off, That’s Why He Stubbed His Toe
Aired 17 March 1970
27. San Fernando’s Spy School or How to Make a Possible Mission Impossible
Aired 24 March 1970
28. Be It Ever So Crumbled, There Is No Place Like Home
Aired 31 March 1970
29. Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make: So They Added Iron Bars
Aired 7 April 1970