Mon, Jan 10, 1966
Guest Buddy Ebsen appears in his "Beverly Hillbillies" role as Jed Clampett whose accountant tells him he's making so much money that he needs to lose some of it for tax purposes. Jed hires Clem Kadiddlehopper to bring that about. But Clem seems to only accomplish the opposite. In "The Silent Spot," Red is Fumble the Magician, whose beautiful assistant is informed that she must keep him sober in order to retain her job.
Mon, Jan 24, 1966
Red as George Appleby tries to drive his hated wife insane with the help of crooked "door-to-door Psychiatrist" Dr. Sigmund Fraud.(Vincent Price).In the monologue, Red enacts an encounter between a prospector and a rattlesnake, and in the silent spot, he's a musician searching for quiet inspiration in a tumbledown, desolate cabin, and finding anything but.
Mon, Jan 31, 1966
When he breaks the police camera, Sheriff Deadeye hires famous French artist Tooloose Latrec (guest George Gobel) to paint the picture of a crook he arrests. When he discovers that the painting is valuable, Deadeye ventures to France to get Tooloose to sign it. In "The Silent Spot," Red is mean old Mr. Scrooge, who runs a news stand and hates Christmas.
Mon, Feb 7, 1966
With his new job as stationmaster, Clem Kadiddlehopper manages to nearly wreck the incoming train. Amazed at Daisy June's (guest Tina Louise), adoration of Clem, European director Fritz Flicker (Roland Winters) decides to have an Ugly Man contest to pick a new star for his movies. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays the world's oldest secret agent who has stumbled upon an international spy ring.
Mon, Feb 14, 1966
Red as Freddy is caught after breaking into a men's club for explorers, where he's recognized by his long-lost father, Junglerot Freeloader (Ed Wynn). They go on to Africa in search of a rarely seen gorilla. later, Ed and Red celebrate Wynn's upcoming birthday with a big prop cake, and in the silent spot Red plays rich playboy forced to work at a bakery.
Mon, Feb 21, 1966
In ancient Arabia, Red plays hapless shop keeper Abou-Boob. Due to his incompetence, his mother sends him to live with his brother, Abou-Smart (guest Stubby Kaye), a rug merchant. When he discovers that he can make carpets fly with his sneezes, the brothers go into business. In "The Silent Spot," Red is a crotchety old man who gets into a tit-for-tat battle with his equally obstreperous elderly female neighbor.
Mon, Feb 28, 1966
In The Red Skelton Scrapbook 66, Red Skelton reprises several of his most beloved routines, including 'Dunking Doughnuts'. The second annual Red Skeltop Scrapbook is hosted by Red's friend John Wayne. And Red teases his friend with jokes about Duke, and how they first met.
Opening monologue
Stork: What I'm nervous about is flying over those senior citizen villages. They put up anti-aircraft guns! A series of jokes on hospitals, hospital gowns, and doctors
The Silent Spot - The Elopement
Red plays the part of a bachelor in the 1890's courting his lady love (Chanin Hale), But her father doesn't approve. It's frankly hilarious! Wonderful slapstick humor, where he keeps running afoul of the father, a chubby neighbor (Peggy Rea), the local police ...
The Quick Blackout comedy
For those who don't know, in vaudeville, very short comedy bits, normally 1 minute long, were called "quick blackouts". These include: The elephant gun. Red plays a man at a bar, having "one for the road". Red Skelton plays Thomas Alva Edison, trying to perfect his great invention. A short, but hilarious bit, as a kettledrum player. A brilliant mathematician. "What a brain, what a brain!" Take one spoonful in water.
Spectre of the Rose
Red Skelton spoofs the ballet. Spectre of the Rose, with Roberta Lubbell. It's equal parts touching and hilarious, as Mr. Skelton plays the spirit of her lost love. With a bad case of allergies!
Dunking Doughnuts
Red Skelton has done the Dunking Doughnuts routine many times, in vaudeville, on screen, and on his television show.
Red and John Wayne on stage
John Wayne gives Red Skelton tips on how to court a beautiful girl, Western style. With the help of the lovely Chanin Hale.
Upside Down Room
One of Red's classic - and expensive to produce - routines. The perpetually inebriated Willie Lump-Lump's wife (Chanin Hale) has decided to teach him a lesson. She's hired someone (Ray Kellogg) to modify a room. So, it looks like Willie's sleeping on the wall! And everything is 90 degrees off! There's a reason that Red included this in his movie, The Clown.
Opening monologue
Stork: What I'm nervous about is flying over those senior citizen villages. They put up anti-aircraft guns! A series of jokes on hospitals, hospital gowns, and doctors
The Silent Spot - The Elopement
Red plays the part of a bachelor in the 1890's courting his lady love (Chanin Hale), But her father doesn't approve. It's frankly hilarious! Wonderful slapstick humor, where he keeps running afoul of the father, a chubby neighbor (Peggy Rea), the local police ...
The Quick Blackout comedy
For those who don't know, in vaudeville, very short comedy bits, normally 1 minute long, were called "quick blackouts". These include: The elephant gun. Red plays a man at a bar, having "one for the road". Red Skelton plays Thomas Alva Edison, trying to perfect his great invention. A short, but hilarious bit, as a kettledrum player. A brilliant mathematician. "What a brain, what a brain!" Take one spoonful in water.
Spectre of the Rose
Red Skelton spoofs the ballet. Spectre of the Rose, with Roberta Lubbell. It's equal parts touching and hilarious, as Mr. Skelton plays the spirit of her lost love. With a bad case of allergies!
Dunking Doughnuts
Red Skelton has done the Dunking Doughnuts routine many times, in vaudeville, on screen, and on his television show.
Red and John Wayne on stage
John Wayne gives Red Skelton tips on how to court a beautiful girl, Western style. With the help of the lovely Chanin Hale.
Upside Down Room
One of Red's classic - and expensive to produce - routines. The perpetually inebriated Willie Lump-Lump's wife (Chanin Hale) has decided to teach him a lesson. She's hired someone (Ray Kellogg) to modify a room. So, it looks like Willie's sleeping on the wall! And everything is 90 degrees off! There's a reason that Red included this in his movie, The Clown.
Mon, Mar 21, 1966
Whilst awaiting George Appleby to show up to a poker game, his buddies reminisce on how he met his domineering wife, Clara (Phyllis Diller), in college. It was hardly love at first sight, as Clara's mother, the college Dean, had to coerce George into dating her daughter. In "The Silent Spot," Red appears as a nervous first-time bank robber.
Mon, Apr 4, 1966
San Fernando Red takes over Agatha and Christy's Dress Shop from a pair of elderly ladies in order to set up a phony gym where he purports to train fighters. He quickly abandons the trio of hapless suckers he's "training" when Humphrey T. Humble (Jackie Coogan), a mild-mannered cello player, shows up. Although possessing great strength and pugilistic ability, he refuses to fight when Red offers him a contract to appear at Madison Square Garden.
Mon, Apr 11, 1966
In this take on medical dramas, Freddy the Freeloader is apparently immune from the latest ubiquitous flu bug. This draws the attention of two doctors (guests Jack Kruschen and Nancy Wilson), who take him back to their hospital lab to conduct tests. But when all the flu germs combine into one anthropomorphic entity, it kidnaps Freddy to deliberately infect him. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays an old man at the park who simply wants to help everyone, but only causes mayhem.
Mon, Apr 18, 1966
As the Mean Widdle Kid, Red plays the son of international jewel thief, Raffles Cavendish (guest Fernando Lamas). When he ventures out on his next big heist, the Kid sneaks out to follow him, determined to participate, much to Raffles' regret. In "The Silent Spot," Red is a Neanderthal cave man trying to invent the wheel, only to be distracted by beautiful cave women.
Mon, Apr 25, 1966
Red appears as George Appleby, whose voluptuous, spendthrift wife (guest Joyce Jameson) gets him a job as a volcano watcher. She spends lavishly when they get to the island where he is employed, but balks when she discovers that the law of the land is that he gets to have two additional wives. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays a befuddled old man who prepares for a visit from his rock-and-roll loving granddaughter.
Mon, May 2, 1966
Having been tricked by the seductive Tessie Torso (Pat Priest), Red as Sheriff Deadeye finds he has been drafted into the army. He is posted to a nearby garrison where he soon discovers he is the sole defender against Mexican revolutionaries led by Pancho Vanilla (guest Robert Merrill). In "The Silent Spot," Red plays a starving sculptor.
Mon, May 9, 1966
Freddy the Freeloader finds himself the target of a gang of spies after an American agent (guest Jack Jones) gives him a coat covered with patches that conceal the names of other agents. After a deadly flight to Europe, the spies converge on Freddy. In the Silent Spot," Red plays a newly rich socialite who is preparing to throw a party.
Mon, May 16, 1966
In his ceaseless quest to find work for his dimwitted son Clem, Pa Kadiddlehopper manages to secure him a position with the Peace Corps. An assistant for the Corp (guest Petula Clark) takes Clem with her to Italy where, through sheer incompetence, he somehow manages to straighten out the leaning tower of Pisa. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays a dangerously inept TV repair man.
Mon, Sep 12, 1966
Freddy the Freeloader sneaks back into his old high school classroom and into the middle of his 25 year reunion. His classmate, Paul Pusher (guest Gig Young), has become very successful and insists on giving Freddy a job with his company. In "The Silent Spot," Red is a nervous bridegroom just before the wedding who keeps getting the wrong tuxedos delivered.
Mon, Sep 26, 1966
San Fernando Red is operating a computer dating service, without much success. When a beautiful blonde (Nancy Ames) asks him to find her a husband, Red is surprised by her request that the prospective hubby be an older gentleman. Red strikes gold when he snares an aging hippie, played by Jackie Coogan. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays a boxing referee who is pressured by hoods to fix the outcome of the match.
Mon, Oct 3, 1966
Red (as George Appleby) gets a job as a waiter at the Nut Club. A comic called Laugh a Minute Louie (Godfrey Cambridge) offers to visit George's house and pay him a dollar for every insult his wife throws at him so he can use them in his act. In "The Silent Spot," Red visits the beach and annoyingly makes advances on a bathing beauty.
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Mon, Oct 17, 1966
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, Red must travel to an island and try to reform a group of pirates. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays a tippler husband on his day off at home.
Mon, Oct 24, 1966
Paw Kadiddlehopper decides to sell his pig farm. But the buyer demands that Clem (Red) be included to work as a hog caller. Since he is far from proficient in this ability, Paw sends him to pig college (and guest Polly Bergen) to learn how to call. In "The Silent Spot," Red appears as a hapless waiter at a restaurant that is literally too close to everything.
Mon, Dec 12, 1966
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.