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32 Episodes 1966 - 1967
Episode 1
Tue, Sep 13, 196660 mins
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.
Episode 2
Tue, Sep 20, 196660 mins
"Eenie Meenie Minee Schmo" with Mickey Rooney and Simon & Garfunkel. Red plays the fan favorite Tennessee hick Clem Kadiddlehopper who also happens to be the "Swami of Las Vegas" in this episode and "Mickey The Loser" can't catch a break.
Episode 3
Tue, Sep 27, 196660 mins
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.
Episode 4
Tue, Oct 4, 196660 mins
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.
Episode 5
Tue, Oct 11, 196660 mins
Episode 6
Tue, Oct 18, 196660 mins
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.
Episode 7
Tue, Oct 25, 196660 mins
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.
Episode 8
Tue, Nov 1, 196660 mins
Episode 9
Tue, Nov 15, 196660 mins
Episode 10
Tue, Nov 22, 196660 mins
Red appears as Sheriff Deadeye, his latest grift being to coerce the townspeople into donating to his "anniversary," largely through theft. However, when they construct a gold statue of him with the proceeds, he decides to steal it. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays a heavily inebriated man returning to his home after a wild party.
Episode 11
Tue, Nov 29, 196660 mins
Partly to please Daisy June (guest Janet Leigh), Clem Kadiddlehopper (Red) bakes a cake for the county fair that falls flat. But his second attempt results in a cake that is so light it floats. This attracts the attention of an Eastern European dictator, who hires Clem to recreate the lighter-than-air cake to fuel his country's rocket program. In "The Silent Spot," Red is a nervous burglar in a drug store.
Episode 12
Tue, Dec 6, 196660 mins
Red performs as George Appleby who attends a Mini Skirt convention. Allen Funt and Candid Camera captures George with Abbe Lane. Later George's jealous wife Clara watches Candid Camera and sees George and Abbe alone on the show. In the Silent Spot, Red is a mountain climber attempting to plant a flag on a dangerous mountain top.
Episode 13
Tue, Dec 13, 196660 mins
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.
Episode 14
Tue, Dec 20, 196660 mins
Freddie the Freeloader needs to prevent greedy people from shutting down Greer Garson's theater, so they can hold their annual Christmas benefit for the orphans.
Episode 15
Tue, Dec 27, 196660 mins
Forsooth, a bumbling medieval servant, brings deadly bad luck to the father and son of a French aristocratic family. Randall sings "Winchester Cathedral", and in the silent Spot, Red tries to be first in line for Rose Bowl tickets.
Episode 16
Tue, Jan 3, 196760 mins
Clem Kadiddlehopper goes to a janitorial school in Washington DC, where his stupidity is noticed by the Army. Colonel Hush-Hush (guest Peter Falk) decides he will be perfect for a secret project as he is too dumb to remember anything he sees or hears. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays a husband who vows to keep his New Year's Eve resolutions, and be more helpful to his wife.
Episode 17
Tue, Jan 10, 196730 mins
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.
Episode 18
Tue, Jan 17, 196760 mins
San Fernando Red and his assistant Curly (Jackie Coogan) are running an agency in which they match clients to the perfect family. When a hood wants a perfect family to win a contest, Red selects the Lovebirds (guests Ozzie and Harriet Nelson) as the perfect couple. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays a bumble bee who runs afoul of a nagging wife, a spider, and a sexy female bee.
Episode 19
Tue, Jan 24, 196760 mins
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.
Episode 20
Tue, Jan 31, 196760 mins
Episode 21
Tue, Feb 7, 196760 mins
Episode 22
Tue, Feb 14, 196760 mins
Red appears as Forsooth Frumkus, a "poor but stupid" medieval ship builder's apprentice. After Christopher Columbus (guest George Gobel) secures funding from Queen Isabella of Spain, he and Forsooth venture off on the journey to discover America. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays a starstruck carhop in old Hollywood, determined to break into motion pictures.
Episode 23
Tue, Feb 28, 196760 mins
Guest Terry-Thomas plays Farquardt Smythe Farquardt who is on a committee to beautify American highways. When he encounters Freddy the Freeloader and his hobo caravan, drastic measures must be taken to make both Freddy and his wagon acceptable. In "The Silent Spot," Red is an elderly photographer who must keep pawning his camera to pay rent to his landlady.
Episode 24
Tue, Mar 7, 196760 mins
Episode 25
Tue, Mar 14, 196760 mins
Clem Kadiddlehopper appears at the Yugo-Crazian Embassy as an exterminator. However, the ambassador tells him that it is an electronic bug they are looking for. When he discovers a plot against dictator Mustapha Dame's (guest Cesar Romero) life, Clem returns with him to his home country as his bodyguard. In "The Silent Spot," Red is a great actor who causes mayhem involving a cop, a pie salesman, and a pretty girl outside the theatre.
Episode 26
Tue, Mar 21, 196760 mins
San Fernando Red is arrested by the IRS for running a tax scam. Guest Richard Chamberlain plays his neophyte lawyer, Clarence Narrow. After Red goes to prison, he discovers gold in the rock pile. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays a man who has a weird dream after ingesting an odd assortment of foods.
Episode 27
Tue, Mar 28, 196760 mins
The chairman of the cultural committee (guest Cliff Robertson) and his duo of art experts declare Freddy the Freeloader's trash "pop art." He is taken to Paris where his exhibits are put on display, and he becomes the darling of the art community. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays an American moonshiner who reacts to an Italian wine making family moving in next door.
Episode 28
Tue, Apr 4, 196760 mins
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.
Episode 29
Tue, Apr 18, 196760 mins
Guest Fernando Lamas appears as a mysterious, stressed out billionaire who wants to change his life and become a bum. When he moves to the dump, he meets Freddie the Freeloader and determines to emulate his life. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays a determined Canadian Mountie.
Episode 30
Tue, Apr 25, 196760 mins
Episode 31
Tue, May 2, 196760 mins
Episode 32
Tue, May 9, 196760 mins