Special Episodes
Format
8:00 Tuesday CBS
Format
Greets audience, some jokes (Junior jokes as Little Richard) then goes does a bit as one of his characters/Musical number. Sometimes the musical number are part of the character skit. /Skelton’s Film Scrapbook. Tide skit/Skelton’s Scrapbook. Another character/Ends with being pulled under the curtain.
1: Opening Jokes.
2: Going to a Show.
3: Suit Routine.
4: The Skylarks “Hallelujah”.
5: Introduction to Characters.
6: Quick Change (Commercial).
7: Irish Tenor.
1: Opening Jokes (Pulling under Curtain, David Rose).
2: Woman Driver.
3: Bathing the Baby.
Skelton's Scrap Book "tub No. 1" (Tide ad)
4: Deadeye’s Dream or Dead Eye in 'The Mirage' (Bar room Dance)
Little Richard joke.
Cast: Lucille Knoch, Bob LeMond
1: Opening Jokes.
2: “Foggy Foggy Dew”.
3: Sewing Routine (Pantomime).
5: “Success hasn’t Mad a Swellhead of Me”
6: “The Last Half” (Commercial).
7: Poet & Peasant Overture
Guest Stars: Foy Willing; Riders of the Purple Sage
Cast: Lucille Knoch, Gil Perkins, Dick Ryan, Jerome Sheldon, Gene Darrell, Bob LeMond
1: Opening Jokes.
2: Checker Game Trouble.
3: Big Cigarette Hunt.
4: Taylor Maids “That’s the Man For Me”.
5: Execution (Commercial).
6: The American Dance
Guest Stars: Taylor Maids
Cast: Lucille Knoch, Gil Perkins, Phil Arnold, Mara Lynn, Shirley Mitchell, Dick Ryan, Bob LeMond; “Mr. Troubles”
1: Opening Jokes.
2: Theatre Seat Routine.
3: Atomic Crunchies.
4: Weatherman.
5: Mountain Washing (Commercial).
Laying the Cornerstone
Guest Stars: Beverly Hudson (sings "On the Sunny Side of the Street"), Dagmar (cameo)
Cast: Lucille Knoch, Phil Arnold, Dick Ryan, David Rose, Bob LeMond
1: Opening Jokes.
2: Real Estate Salesman “Tennessee Waltz”.
3: The Pepperettes “I Didn’t Know the Gun was Loaded”.
4: Artists and Models (Commercial).
5: Burglar Skit
Guest Stars: The Pepperettes
Cast: Lucille Knoch, Shirley Mitchell, Gil Perkins, Bob LeMond
1: Opening Jokes.
2: “Mocking Bird Hill”.
3: Sportsmen Quartet “Let’s Do it Again”.
4: Paris Café (Commercial).
5: If Adults Acted Like Kids
Guest Stars: Sportsmen Quartet
Cast: Lucille Knoch, Gil Perkins, Shirley Mitchell, David Rose, Phil Arnold, Mara Lynn, Bob LeMond
1: Opening Jokes.
2: Toothpaste Salesman.
3: Drugstore Skit.
4: G. I. McPugg (Commercial).
5: The Modernaires “The Customer is Always Right”.
6: The Private Eye
Guest Stars: The Modernaires
Cast: Lucille Knoch, Gil Perkins, Shirley Mitchell, David Rose, Dick Ryan, Bob LeMond
1: Junior Jokes.
2: Prize Fighter (Pantomime).
3: Three Stages of Married Life.
4: Prison Scene (Commercial).
5: Swan Lake Ballet
Guest Star: Nana Gollner, Bob Hope (cameo)
Cast: Lucille Knoch, Peter Leeds, Pat McGeehan, Benny Rubin, Bob LeMond
1: Opening Jokes. Truman joke [1], talks about Santa Claus Lane Parade, talking to Santa Claus (Junior). Duck named Gertrude. 2: Different People Going Up Stairs. 3: Radio Sound Effects. 4: McPugg Locker Room. 5: Used Car Dealer (Clem)
1: Opening Jokes. 2: Different People Walking. 3: English Courtroom (Commercial). 4: The Big Card Game
1: Opening Jokes. 2: Selling Christmas Trees (Clem). 3: The Four Knights (I Wanna Say Hello / You Broke Your Promise with Red). 4: Clean Politics (Commercial). 5: Christmas Tree Decorator
1: Opening Jokes. Did not know he was on the air and did warm-up jokes. Richard jokes (Dog gone). Thanks, Television Guide for Gold Medal. 2: Live Commercial (Red using Tide to take off make-up). 3: Skeltons At Home (Red Skelton characters visit near Christmas). Clem mimes "A Half Wit playing with a Feather". David Rose plays "Our Waltz".
Guest Stars: Georgia Skelton, Valentina, Richard Skelton, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Fowler, Bo Roos, Mr. and Mrs. David Rose, Robert Mitchell Boy Choir(?)
1: Opening Jokes (California Sunshine). 2: A Drunk Frying Eggs. 3: Invitation to Skeltons First Dance. 4: How Women Get Up. 5: Desert Island (Commercial). 6: Dancing School
1: Opening Jokes. 2: Cavalcade of Sports (Weepy). 3: The Bouncer (McPugg) – Trenier Twins-GO-GO-GO. 4: Golf Lesson (Commercial). 5: Corpus Delicti
1: Opening Jokes (Little Red Riding Hood). 2: Smoothola Shave Cream (Clem). 3: Baby Sitter (McPugg). 4: Department Store (Commercial). 5: Spectre of the Rose
1: Opening Jokes. 2: Frying Eggs (Willie Lump-Lump). 3: Drugstore Routine. 4: The Clean Fighter (live Commercial). 5: Parking and Sparking
1: Shortest Commercial in Television. 2: Opening Jokes. 3: Pantomimes (Speakers and Movie Heroes Dying). 4: The Skylarks (St. Louis Blues). 5: Rockabye Commercial. 6: Embarrassing Moments
1: Opening Jokes (Junior Jokes). 2: Parking Lot Attendant. 3: The Music Master Skit (Mendex). 4: Ski Lodge (Commercial). 5: San Fernando Red Banquet
1: Camera Explosion Opening Jokes. 2: Transcontinental. 3: It’s Magic (J. Newton Numbskull). 4: Streets of Laredo (Deadeye-Commercial. 5: Topsy-Turvy
1: Longest Commercial in Television (Open joke). 2: Catching the Bus. 3: Live Commercial. 4: Holiday For Strings. 5: Different People At Bars. 6: The Disc Jockey
1: Opening Jokes. 2: Different People Watching Boxing Match. 3: Lord Beaverhead. 4: Pedestrian Polo (Commercial). 5: Making A Salad
1: Lecture on Human Anatomy (Clem). 2: Rivero Quintet. 3: Hotel Room (Commercial). 4: On The House
1: Opening Jokes. 2: The Pest. 3: Delta Rhythm Boys. 4: Napoleon (Commercial). 5: Topsy-Turvy (Repeat)
1: Opening Jokes. 2: Travelogue (Clem). 3: Shepard Brothers (Swiss Belle Ringers). 4: Dirty Deadeye (Commercial). 5: Lost Patrol
1: Opening Jokes. 2: Corn Eating Routine. 3: Laundromat (McPugg Commercial). 4: Debt of a Salesman
1: Opening Jokes (Politics). 2: Bon Bons (Pantomime). 3: Willie the Barber (Commercial). 4: Quiz the Candidate
1: Opening Jokes. 2: Travel Bureau (Clem). 3: The Great Stagecoach Robbery (Deadeye). 4: Tavel Bureau
1: Opening Jokes. 2: Cauliflower Health Building Routine (McPugg). 3: New Orleans Dock (San Fernando Commercial) 4: The Mad Scientist
1: Opening Jokes. 2: Helen of Troy (Commercial). 3: Prosper or Pay the Penalty
Guest Stars: Josef Marais and Miranda
1: Opening Jokes (Richard Jokes). 2: Joseph Marais and Miranda (Songs). 3: Railroad Tower (Clem Commercial). 4: Movietime (The Little Italian)
Cast: Shirley Mitchell, Sam Martinella, Benny Rubin, Lucille Knoch, Gil Perkins, Bob LeMond
Guest Stars: Kam Tong
1: Opening Jokes.
2: It Takes All Kinds (Interview).
3: Chinese Laundry.
4: Guzzler’s Gin
Cast: Lucille Knoch, Benny Rubin, Bob Lemond
Guest Stars: Ida Mae Soderstrom (Red's mother), Gladys Davis (Red's mother-in-law)
1: Opening Jokes. 2: Imitation of Mixing A Salad. 3: Weepy the Clerk (Commercial). 4: Mother’s Day
Cast: Lucille Knoch, Benny Rubin, Gil Perkins, Edmund Penney, Raymond Largay, Jane Darwell, Bob LeMond
Guest Stars: Cobina Wright
1: Opening Jokes (Warner Brothers Fire).
2: Telephone Trouble.
3: Absent-Minder Announcer.
4: Dinner At Cobina Wright’s
Cast: Lucille Knoch, Benny Rubin, Gil Perkins, Bob LeMond
1: Opening Jokes. College Boys, Richard joke, McPugg, Seagulls (Jet plane)
2: The Hic-cup Cure. (Clem pitches a book.)
3: Tide Box Commercial (Dirty people go in a box and come out clean.)
4: The Railroad Station (Willie Lump-Lump)
Cast: Benny Rubin; Lucille Knoch; Gil Perkins; Frank Kreig
Guest Stars: Leonard Rose Los Angeles County Supervisor (Red nominated county's Father-of-the-Year)
1: Opening Jokes. Secretary, Richard Joke, Seagulls,
2: Great Saloon Robbery (Deadeye).
3: Live Commercial in Deadeye skit
Cast: Benny Rubin, Gil Perkins, Lucille Knoch, Michael Ross, Sam Martinella, Shirley Mitchell, Bob LeMond
1: David Rose Opening.
2: Opening Jokes. Old car. Russia. Potatoes. Richard joke. Spelling.
3: Different People Getting Into Bed.
4: The Ski Lodge (Commercial). Weepy in the mountains.
5: Folding Boy
Cast: David Rose, Raymond Largay, Sam Martinella, Benny Rubin, Frank Kreig, Gil Perkins, Michael Ross, Lucille Knoch, Edmund Penney, Bob LeMond
Let's Talk About Father - mentions Vincennes
1: Opening Jokes (2 Seagulls Gertrude and Ralph).
2: Let's Talk About Father (Delivery Room Commercial).
3: Living Room and Bedroom
Cast: Raymond Largay – Father; Liz Slifer – Mother; Ed Penney – Expectant Father; Lucille Knoch – Lucy, Teenage Daughter; Joby Baker – Teenage Son; Robert Easton – Irwin; Gil Perkins – Hospital Janitor
1: Opening Jokes. Seagulls (Gertrude and Ralph), Richard jokes.
2: Genius at Work (Commercial).
3: Imaginary Dog (Film). Willie has an invisible dog.
4: Irish Tenor
Cast: Lucille Knoch, Benny Rubin, Bob LeMond, Gil Perkins
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