The Red Skelton Hour
A long-running American variety series that helped define early television, this show mixes opening monologues, comedy sketches, and recurring comic personas alongside a steady stream of guest entertainers. Known for broad, family-friendly humor and occasional wordless bits, it became a major ratings staple across two networks and earned multiple Emmy wins.
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Season 19
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1
E1
Pop the Astronaut
Sep 23, 1969 · 60m -
2
E2
The Happening That Happened in Taxes
Sep 30, 1969 · 60m -
3
E3
You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man – But You Can Try
Oct 7, 1969 · 60m -
4
E4
The Traveling Saleslady and the Farmer’s Son
Oct 14, 1969 · 60m -
5
E5
Willie Lump Lump’s Birthday
Oct 21, 1969 · 60m -
6
E6
John Wayne’s 40th Anniversary or Hominy and True Grits
Oct 28, 1969 · 60m -
7
E7
The Emergency Case or See Your Doctor Once a Year Even If It Kills You
Nov 4, 1969 · 60m -
8
E8
Alaska or an Icicle Built for Two
Nov 11, 1969 · 60m -
9
E9
Singing Waiters, Hillbilly Songwriters
Nov 18, 1969 · 60m -
10
E10
There’s One Thing Money Won’t Buy and Someday We’ll Find Out What It Is
Nov 25, 1969 · 60m -
11
E11
It’s Better to Have Loved and Lost – Much Better
Dec 2, 1969 · 60m -
12
E12
He Wanted to Be a Square Shooter But He Found That his Barrel was Round
Dec 9, 1969 · 60m -
13
E13
The Son of Oliver Twist or Junior Is Just a Little Dickens
Dec 16, 1969 · 60m -
14
E14
Episode 14
Barbara Bain plays a journalist who is hired by a newspaper to locate and expose the infamous San Fernando Red, operating at a nearby carnival. In "The Silent Spot," Red "helps" his wife prepare for a New Year's eve party and causes nothing but trouble.
Dec 23, 1969 · 60m -
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E15
Crime Doesn’t Pay But It’s Tax Free
Dec 30, 1969 · 60m -
16
E16
You Can Take the Boy Out of the Country If You Promise Not to Bring Him Back
Jan 6, 1970 · 60m -
17
E17
If Marriages Are Made in Heaven, Why Do They Call It Heaven?
Jan 13, 1970 · 60m -
18
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 · 60m -
19
E19
Charity Begins at Home, But Nowadays, Who Can Afford a Home?
Jan 27, 1970 · 60m -
20
E20
Is This Anyway to Ruin an Airline?
Feb 3, 1970 · 60m -
21
E21
When East Meets West, You’ve Sure Got a Skinny Country
Feb 10, 1970 · 60m -
22
E22
People Who Like People Are Cannibals
Feb 17, 1970 · 60m -
23
E23
The Three Musketeers Ride Again, Those Ding-Dong Daddies from Dumas
Feb 24, 1970 · 60m -
24
E24
Bill Bailey Must Have Been Married, That’s Why He Never Came Home
Mar 3, 1970 · 60m -
25
E25
Blood Is Thicker Than Water and Harder to Shave With
Mar 10, 1970 · 60m -
26
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 · 60m -
27
E27
San Fernando’s Spy School or How to Make a Possible Mission Impossible
Mar 24, 1970 · 60m -
28
E28
Be It Ever So Crumbled, There Is No Place Like Home
Mar 31, 1970 · 60m -
29
E29
Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make: So They Added Iron Bars
Apr 7, 1970
