The Red Skelton Show - Season 16

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How to Succeed in Loafing Without Really Trying

1 - How to Succeed in Loafing Without Really Trying

Air Date: September 13, 1966

Eenie Meenie Minee Schmo

2 - Eenie Meenie Minee Schmo

Air Date: September 20, 1966

Chiseler on the Roof

3 - Chiseler on the Roof

Air Date: September 27, 1966

Much Ado About Nagging

4 - Much Ado About Nagging

Air Date: October 4, 1966

Mother Knows Pest

5 - Mother Knows Pest

Air Date: October 11, 1966

Land of Bilk and Money

6 - Land of Bilk and Money

Air Date: October 18, 1966

It Happened One Nut

7 - It Happened One Nut

Air Date: October 25, 1966

What Did You Do in the Dump, Daddy?

8 - What Did You Do in the Dump, Daddy?

Air Date: November 1, 1966

A Gyp Off the Old Block

9 - A Gyp Off the Old Block

Air Date: November 15, 1966

The Best Money a Sheriff Can Buy

10 - The Best Money a Sheriff Can Buy

Air Date: November 22, 1966

Jerk Be Nimble

11 - Jerk Be Nimble

Air Date: November 29, 1966

Better Dead Than Wed

12 - Better Dead Than Wed

Air Date: December 6, 1966

The Fastest Cuspidor in the West

13 - The Fastest Cuspidor in the West

Air Date: December 13, 1966

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.

The Christmas Spirit

14 - The Christmas Spirit

Air Date: December 20, 1966

The Taming of the Screw-Loose

15 - The Taming of the Screw-Loose

Air Date: December 27, 1966

In One Head

16 - In One Head

Air Date: January 3, 1967

Freddie’s Heroes

17 - Freddie’s Heroes

Air Date: January 10, 1967

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.

The Fortune Crookie

18 - The Fortune Crookie

Air Date: January 17, 1967

Absence Makes the Hate Grow Fonder

19 - Absence Makes the Hate Grow Fonder

Air Date: January 24, 1967

Sappiness Is Just a Thing Called Clem

20 - Sappiness Is Just a Thing Called Clem

Air Date: January 31, 1967

Better Living Through Chiseling

21 - Better Living Through Chiseling

Air Date: February 7, 1967

A Bottle of Bumb

22 - A Bottle of Bumb

Air Date: February 14, 1967

Not With My Dump You Won’t

23 - Not With My Dump You Won’t

Air Date: February 28, 1967

Parlor, Bedroom & Wrath

24 - Parlor, Bedroom & Wrath

Air Date: March 7, 1967

Schnook of Araby

25 - Schnook of Araby

Air Date: March 14, 1967

It’s a Treat to Beat a Cheat on the Mississippi Mud

26 - It’s a Treat to Beat a Cheat on the Mississippi Mud

Air Date: March 21, 1967

A Bum for All Seasons

27 - A Bum for All Seasons

Air Date: March 28, 1967

Next Time Try the Brain

28 - Next Time Try the Brain

Air Date: April 4, 1967

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.

That Junk Built

29 - That Junk Built

Air Date: April 18, 1967

Loused in Space

30 - Loused in Space

Air Date: April 25, 1967

Once Upon a Dunce

31 - Once Upon a Dunce

Air Date: May 2, 1967

The Nag and I

32 - The Nag and I

Air Date: May 9, 1967