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CBS Tuesday 9:30. Rating 19

Producer: Cecil Barker. Director: Seymour Berns. Script Supervisor: Sherwood Schwartz, Writer: Dave O'Brien, Al Schwartz, Martin A. RagawayAssociate Producer: Howard A. Quinn. Choreographer: Jack Boyle. Musical Director: David Rose. Special Material: Jack Lloyd. Art Director: Edgar Lansbury. Programs Assitant: Connie Dresselhouse. Stage Manager: Bill Dahl. Technical Director: A. J. Cunningham. Lighting Director: Douglas Morris. Wardrobe: Frank Novak. Set Decorator: Anthony Mondell. Assitant to the Producer: Terri Weissenberger. Secretary to the Writers: Mary Strohm

Episode Video
1960 09/27

10.01 09/27/1960 "Laughter-The Universal Language "

1960-09-27 UN
1960 10/04 10.02 10/04/1960 - Vivian Vance
1960 10/11 10.03 10/11/1960 "Clem the Candidate
1960-10-11 Candidate
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1960 10/18

10.04 10/18/1960 "Deadeye and the Magician" GS: Vincent Price

1960-10-18 Price Deadeye
1960 10/25 .05 10/25/1960 - [TV ep. 10.05] "Freddie's Manhattan" GS: Jackie Coogan
1960 .06 Jayne Meadows
1960 {election}
1960 .07 Virginia Grey
1960 {repeat 11/25/1958}
1960 .08 Terry Moore
1960

.09 [TV] GS: Keenan Wynn, Adele Mara [2]


Note: Schedule Appleby with guest star, Diana Dors. Aired 04/11/1961

1960 {DuPont Show of the Month}
1960 {repeat 12/22/1959} The Cop and the Anthem
1960 .10 Sir Cedric Hardwicke
1961 01/03

10.11 1961/01/03 "San Fernando Cal "

1961-01-03 SFCal
1961 01/10

10.12 1961/01/10 Danny Thomas, Rusty Hamer, Angela Cartwright

1961-01-10 ThomasHost
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1961 01/17 10.13 1961/01/17 [TV] Garry Moore, Marilyn Maxwell, Bobby Rydell, Durward Kirby
1961 01/24

10.14 1961/01/24 [TV ep. 10.14] "We're Gonna Have a Party" Jackie Gleason-Arthur Godfrey interview

1961-01-24 Party
1961 01/31

1961/01/31 [TV ep. 10.15] "The Ugly Duckling" Special guest host: Desi Arnez. GS: Marcel Marceau.

1961 02/07 10.15 1961/02/07 [TV ep. 10.16] "Ed as Red" GS: Ed Sullivan, Wayne and Shuster
1961-02-07 Ed as Red
1961 02/14 repeat
1961 02/21 repeat
1961 02/28 repeat
1961 03/07 repeat
1961 03/14

10.17 1961/03/14) [TV ep. 10.17] "Freddie and the Baby " GS: Ed Wynn

1961-03-31 Freddie Baby
1961 03/27

10.18 1961/03/27 "Deadeye & The Alamo " GS: Cesar Romeo - Santa Ana, Adele Mara - Eleine

1961-03-27 Alamo
1961 04/04 10.19
Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Hans Conried and Leslie Parrish join Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Clem's Theater." Conried portrays Mr. Randolph, a pretentious Shakesperean actor who wants to rent the barn owned by Clem Kadiddlehopper (Red) for a summer stage production. The trouble begins when Clem's sweetheart Daisy June (Leslie) becomes stagestruck. This episode aired April 4, 1961.
1961 04/11

10.20 1961/04/11 "Appleby's Neighbors " GS: Diana Dors [3]

1960-12-06 neighbor
1961 04/18 10.21

[TV ep. 10.23]


GS: Allen Jenkins - Muggsy, Steve Dunne - Bob Roberts, Emmaline Henry - Connie


Freddie finds a piano in the dump and forms a band for an audition on a TV show.


Note: Red Skelton is nominated for a TV Guide Award. Winners announced 06/13/1961. [5]



Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson

On this episode from April 18, 1961, Red Skelton offers a "Freddie the Freeloader" comedy sketch. It all begins when Freddie (Red) and his hobo pal Muggsy (Allen Jenkins) find an old piano in the City Dump. The two bums decide to organize a band and go on television. Real-life game show emcee Steve Dunne appears as TV host Bob Roberts.

1961 04/25 10.22

[TV ep. 10.24] "Clem the Genius" [6]


GS: Billy Gilbert - Dr. Schuman, Roland Winters - Dr. Brown


Sceintists try an "intelligence pill" on Clem.


Cast: Bill Baldwin - Reporter, Jimmy Cross - Reporter, Jennifer Scott - Secretary.



Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson

Billy Gilbert makes another Red Skelton Show guest appearance in the comedy sketch "Clem the Genius." Gilbert and Roland Winters plays doctors Schuman and Brown, who administer an "intelligence pill" to vacuous Clem Kadiddlehopper (Red). Suddenly the brainiest brain in America, Clem ends up as a scientific advisor for the US Government. The supporting cast includes Jennifer Scott as a secretary, Ralph Sanford as the Admiral, Carleton Young as Col. Hopkins, Bill Baldwin and Jimmy Cross as reporters, and Janos Prohaska as a gorilla named "Tab" (as in "Hunter"!) This episode aired April 25, 1961.

1961 05/02 10.23 1961/05/02 [TV ep. 10.23] "Appleby's Castle" GS: Marilyn Maxwell
1961-03-02 Castle
1961 05/09

[TV] "Cauliflower and the Fight Fix" [7]


GS: Mary Beth Hughes - Ruthie, Henry Kulky - Big Joe


MuPugg becomes a barber but is brought to court to testify on the fight racket.



Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson

Tonight's comedy sketch is titled "Cauliflower and the Fight Fix." Hoping to earn enough money to marry his manicurist girlfriend, over-the-hill prizefighter Cauliflower McPugg (Red Skelton) opens up his own barbershop. After innumerable slapstick haircut routines, McPugg makes a fool of himself while testifying in a government investigation of corruption in the fight industry. This episode aired May 9, 1961.

1961 05/16

10.24 1961/05/16 "Freddie's Shipwreck " GS: Sebastian Cabot

1961-05-16 Shipwreck
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1961 05/22

10.25 1961/05/22 "Indiana " San Fernando GS: Don Knotts, Amanda Blake

1961-05-22 Indiana
1961 06/06 10.26 1961/06/06 GS: Vivian Vance
1961 .27
1961 06/13

10.28 06/13/1961 "Freddie Gets Sick " GS: Jackie Coogan - Dr. Benson, Jack Kirkwood - Muggsy

1961-06-13 Sick
1961 .29
1961 .30
1961 .31
1961 06/20 10.32
Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson
The TV series Candid Clem is spoofed in the Red Skelton Show comedy sketch "Candid Clem." Hoping to catch hayseed Clem Kadiddlehopper (Red) in the act of "being himself", the staff of the weekly TVer "Hidden Camera" wire Clem's horse for sound. Tonight's "guest star" is Champion, the famous mount of singing cowboy Gene Autry. Also appearing in this episode from June 20, 1961 are Stanley Adams as Banning, Jimmy Cross as Phillips, Lester Mathews as Sylvester, Kathryn Card and Jan Arvan as Maw and Paw Kadiddlehopper, Roscoe Ates as the Sheriff, and Sid Kane as the Bald Man.
1961 06/27 10.33
Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Cara Williams guest stars in Red Skelton's final TV show for the 1960-61 season. In the comedy sketch "Appleby's Remote Control", henpecked George Appleby (Red) tries to figure a way to get out of doing all the housework. His solution results in a genuine "Twilight Zone" dilemma for himself and wife Clara (Cara). Best bit: When Clara Appleby grouses "I never should have married you in the first place!" George responds "It wasn't the first place! We got thrown outta there!" This episode originally aired June 27, 1961.
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1961 10.39
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 DVD - Unreleased 64354
  2. San Mateo Times, 12/06/1960
  3. TMG #65475 (green tin) "Appleby and the Neighbors"
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