The Red Skelton Hour Season 17 Episodes

Episode 1

For Better or Worse Like George Appleby Got

Tue, Sep 5, 196760 mins

Episode 2

The Seven Ages of Man

Tue, Sep 12, 196760 mins

Episode 3

Saddle Sores on the Old Corral

Tue, Sep 19, 196760 mins

Episode 4

The Spy with the Leaky Mouth

Tue, Sep 26, 196760 mins

A visit to the dentist finds Clem Kaddiddlehopper running afoul of a trio of foreign spies, each determined to pass secret information along by etching the message into his tooth. Then they follow him back to his farm to attempt to retrieve it. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays a maniacally determined husband who ruins his dinner party in a frantic attempt to subject his guests to his home movies.

Episode 5

Where There's Smoke, There's a Dragon

Tue, Oct 3, 196760 mins

In medieval England, Red appears as Forsooth who cleans around the castle. To assist the king (guest Bert Lahr), he agrees to fight a fire-breathing dragon to win the hand of a princess. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays Mr. Butterfingers, an incompetent "do-it-yourselfer" who bothers his neighbor and ruins everything he tries to do.

Episode 6

A Spy Is a Peeping Tom on Salary

Tue, Oct 10, 196760 mins

"A Spy Is A Peeping Tom On Salary" with Fernando Lamas and The 5th Dimension. George Appleby (Skelton) is on vacation with wife Clara in Hong Kong, where they accidentally get wrapped with Master Spy Harry Sneak (Lamas) and his secret assignment.

Episode 7

Clothes Make the Bum

Tue, Oct 17, 196760 mins

Skelton as Freddie the Freeloader is a surprise participant in a fashion show to the exasperation of Emcee Terry-Thomas and Store Detective Nancy Wilson.

Episode 8

A New York Stripper Is Not Always a Steak

Tue, Oct 24, 196760 mins

Guest Roland Winters is a father breaking up son John Forsythe's romance with a stripper. Red mimes a scuba diver's mermaid encounter. Michele Lee sings "Anything Goes." Tom Hansen dancers perform to "Feelin' Groovy."

Episode 9

Hippie Days Are Here Again

Tue, Oct 31, 196760 mins

Freddie the Freeloader is ordered to remove himself from the park in order to accommodate hippies and their love-in. Their leader, Cherub Sweething (guest Tim Conway), suggests Freddie join with them to avoid being hassled by the cops. In "The Silent Spot," Red plays a down-on-his-luck old codger trying to get money for a meal.

Episode 10

The Bear Was a Barefaced Liar

Tue, Nov 7, 196760 mins

Dancer Kathy Gale does a solo routine to "Blues in the Night". In a silent sketch Red portrayal the problems running a movie theater. Guest Wally plays a hunter of wild game with Chanin an Indian maiden.

Episode 11

Climb Upon My Knee, Dummy Boy

Tue, Nov 14, 196760 mins

Episode 12

Red's Relatives

Tue, Nov 21, 196760 mins

"Red's Relatives" with Polly Bergen and Pat Carroll. See Red's most famous characters as they come to the reading of the will and last testament of their grandfather Methuselah Skelton - Bolivar Shagnasty, Cauliflower McPugg, and Willie Lump-Lump.

Episode 13

Little Old Rainmaker: He

Tue, Nov 28, 196760 mins

San Fernando Red finds a rich sucker in a wealthy Montana rancher played by Godfrey. His huge acreage is going bone dry for lack of rain, so Fernando first tries to sell him a rain-making contraption, then they both go up in a rickety airplane to seed the clouds. Red and Arthur do some blackouts, and in the Silent Spot, a medieval painter pleads with a short-tempered King for a commission at the royal gym.

Episode 14

He Who Steals My Dump Steals Trash

Tue, Dec 5, 196760 mins

Episode 15

Marriage Is Made in Heaven and Las Vegas

Tue, Dec 12, 196760 mins

George works for a romance magazine where the boss insists on seeing his married home life, but at the last minute his wife leaves him, and co-worker Berle must pretend he's her. The silent spot shows Red playing Santa on a snowy roof.

Episode 16

A Christmas Urchin

Tue, Dec 19, 196760 mins

Keel, Rusk, Freeman, and Jilliana are featured in a skit entitled A Christmas Urchin. Freddie the freeloader tries to give a little girl a happy holiday. Keel sings a medley that includes "Silent Night" and "White Christmas."

Episode 17

When East Meets West, You Need a New Compass

Tue, Jan 9, 196860 mins

Episode 18

Red Skelton One-Man Show

Tue, Jan 16, 196860 mins

Episode 19

Dial M for Moron

Tue, Jan 23, 196860 mins

Episode 20

Fairy Tales for Old Children

Tue, Jan 30, 196860 mins

Episode 21

Love Is an Itch You Can't Scratch

Tue, Feb 6, 196860 mins

Episode 22

Sheriffs Are Bought, Not Made

Tue, Feb 13, 196860 mins

Deadeye is up against a tough old mine owner with an even tougher son, and a mine with it's own ghost. In the silent spot, Red's hired off the street to work in a candy shop, where he can't do anything but make a mess.

Episode 23

Cauliflower Ears That Bloom in the Spring, Tra-La

Tue, Feb 20, 196860 mins

An English fight promoter gets Bolivar to take Cauliflower to London for a match with his equally punchy boxer.In the silent spot, Red burlesques George Washington, over anxious to chop down his father's cherry tree.

Episode 24

United Nations Second Show

Tue, Feb 27, 196860 mins

Episode 25

I Never Met a Pig I Didn't Like

Tue, Mar 5, 196860 mins

Episode 26

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of George Appleby

Tue, Mar 12, 196860 mins

"Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of George Appleby" with Mike Connors and Tom Jones. Appleby (Skelton) gets a visit from his old friend and fraternity brother Henry Pringle (Connors), only to find out Henry may be trying to run off with his wife.

Episode 27

San Fernando: Man with a Heart of Stolen Gold

Tue, Mar 19, 196860 mins

Episode 28

The Pied-Eyed Piper

Tue, Mar 26, 196860 mins

Episode 29

The Love Bug'll Getcha If You Don't Use DDT

Tue, Apr 2, 196860 mins

Episode 30

The Julius Caesar Caper

Tue, Apr 23, 196860 mins

Episode 31

Rings on Her Fingers Also Go Through Your Nose

Tue, Apr 30, 196860 mins