The Red Skelton Show

TV Show
TitleThe Red Skelton Show
User score

7.4

Release dateSep 30, 1951
Release date of last episodeMar 15, 1971
GenreComedy, Talk, Family
Production countryUnited States of America
Production companiesVan Bernard Productions, CBS, Sursum Corporation, NBC
Series statusEnded
Seasons count20 (List of episodes)
Episodes count672
Run time60 min.

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.

Latest episodes

List of episodes

S19.E29 ∙ Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make: So They Added Iron Bars

Apr 7, 1970

S19.E28 ∙ Be It Ever So Crumbled, There Is No Place Like Home

Mar 31, 1970

S19.E27 ∙ San Fernando’s Spy School or How to Make a Possible Mission Impossible

Mar 24, 1970

S19.E26 ∙ 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

Mar 17, 1970

S19.E25 ∙ Blood Is Thicker Than Water and Harder to Shave With

Mar 10, 1970

S19.E24 ∙ Bill Bailey Must Have Been Married, That’s Why He Never Came Home

Mar 3, 1970

S19.E23 ∙ The Three Musketeers Ride Again, Those Ding-Dong Daddies from Dumas

Feb 24, 1970

S19.E22 ∙ People Who Like People Are Cannibals

Feb 17, 1970

S19.E21 ∙ When East Meets West, You’ve Sure Got a Skinny Country

Feb 10, 1970

S19.E20 ∙ Is This Anyway to Ruin an Airline?

Feb 3, 1970

S19.E19 ∙ Charity Begins at Home, But Nowadays, Who Can Afford a Home?

Jan 27, 1970

S19.E18 ∙ There’s No Business Like Show Business, But When There’s No Business, Show Business Goes Out of Business Just Like Any Other Business

Jan 20, 1970

S19.E17 ∙ If Marriages Are Made in Heaven, Why Do They Call It Heaven?

Jan 13, 1970

S19.E16 ∙ You Can Take the Boy Out of the Country If You Promise Not to Bring Him Back

Jan 6, 1970

S19.E15 ∙ Crime Doesn’t Pay But It’s Tax Free

Dec 30, 1969

S19.E14 ∙ Episode 14

Dec 23, 1969

S19.E13 ∙ The Son of Oliver Twist or Junior Is Just a Little Dickens

Dec 16, 1969

S19.E12 ∙ He Wanted to Be a Square Shooter But He Found That his Barrel was Round

Dec 9, 1969

S19.E11 ∙ It’s Better to Have Loved and Lost – Much Better

Dec 2, 1969

S19.E10 ∙ There’s One Thing Money Won’t Buy and Someday We’ll Find Out What It Is

Nov 25, 1969

Videos

Red Skelton (Comedian 1954)

May 21, 2014

Red Skelton - Explains "The Pledge of Allegiance"

Jun 15, 2012

Red Skelton - Introduction + Stand-up and pantomine comedy ( 9 March 1965 )

Aug 9, 2010

Actors

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Red Skelton

Host

Art Gilmore

Announcer, Self - Announcer (voice), Announcer (voice), Self - Announcer, Announcer / Game Show Emcee, Self - Announcer/Walter Crankcase (voice), Announcer / Newscaster, Announcer / Radio Disk Jockey (voice)

Milton Frome

Movie Director, Store Manager, Cruise Ship's Captain, Stanley Starmaker, Self - George Smythe, Navy commander, Self - George's Boss, Campaign Advisor Kirby, Joe - Thug, XYZ-TV Network President, Kenneth

Kathryn Card

Maw Kadiddlehopper, Gert's Mother, Ma Kadiddlehopper, Gertie's Mother, Priscilla's Mother

George Gobel

Dr. Ben Cagey, Dr. Stroodel, George Goodbody, Self / Christopher Columbus, Self / Egbert the Amnesiac, Tooloose Latrec, Richard Cornwall III, Self / Horace the Henpecked Husband, Mr. Winkle, Self / Alexander Ragtime / Jed Dinglejumper

Dorothy Neumann

Sorcerer, Woman on Parole Board, Old Woman From Stagecoach, The Butcher's Daughter, Masquerade Ball Society Snob, Secy in Pre Show Skit / Old Lady at Gas Station-Silnt Spot, Schoolmarm, Old Woman

Ed Wynn

Muggsy, Self, Fairy Godfather, Guest Host, Self / Colonel Jungle-Rot Freeloader

Marjorie Bennett

Schoolteacher / Silent Spot, Duchess of Nottingham, Wedding Reception Guest, Woman Mailing Package, Miss Jenkins - Red's Maid, Nurse

Lon Chaney Jr.

George, Lon Chaney, Ug - Prehistoric Cave Man, Sgt. Williams, Mad Scientist

Marshall Reed

Jim Broderick, U.S. Marshal, Kid Jackson, Mr. Toity, Ed

Maudie Prickett

Woman from PTA, Member of Temperance League (uncredited), Mrs. Gould, Housewife, Mrs. Narrow

Len Lesser

Killer McBumpoff, Bum / Slippery Scottty Sutton, Big Mike Miller, Legs, Percival Cutthroat - Pirate with Hook

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