| 1 |
9/29/1959 |
“Freddie’s Beat Shack” Freddie the Freeloader has a problem. All the Beatniks in town keep dropping into his shack because they think it’s a coffeehouse. 1: Monologue, Jokes about Russia. Joke about Grand Canyon. Joke about his watch. |
| 2 |
10/6/1959 |
“Clem’s General Store” Eager to prove himself so that Daisy Jane will marry him, Clem Kadiddlehopper gets a job in Mr. Tompkins’ general store. 1: Monologue, Drunk – I have a cold. 2: Pantomime, Little old lady and a little boy shopping in a market. 3: Jokes about old-fashioned country stores. |
| 3 |
10/13/1959 |
“Appleby’s Bird Woman” The imagination of hen-pecked George Appleby is stirred by horror movies and stories. He wakes one morning to find that his wife, Clara, has turned into a bird. 1: Monologue, Show is rigged – they tell me what to do. Joke about going to the doctor because I forget things. 2: Pantomime, “The Hot Dog.” Little old man and the little boy. |
| 4 |
10/20/1959 |
“Deadeye and the Girl Bandit” The West is being terrorized by a girl bandit. The people ask Deadeye to bring in the girl. 1: Monologue, Jokes about women running for different offices. |
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10/27/1959 |
{Pre-empted “The Bells of St. Mary’s”} |
| 5 |
11/3/1959 |
“San Fernando’s Treasure Hunt” |
| 6 |
11/10/1959 |
“Freddie and Fabian” Fabian is faced with a problem. A bunch of young girls is chasing after him and he is trying to find a place to hide. Freddie, not knowing that he is Fabulous Fabian, offers him his shack as a hideout. 1: Monologue, Jokes about rock and roll. 2: Pantomime, A story of a little old man who loves to listen to pretty music and a little boy who loves rock and roll. |
| 7 |
11/17/1959 |
“Appleby the Weatherman” Meek George Appleby becomes a weather expert and is consulted about favorable conditions for rocket firings. He becomes so famous that he is kidnapped by agents. 1: Monologue, Jokes about cranberries. Poem about the weather. 2: Pantomime, Trying to eat a meal on the plane. 3: Joke about two seagulls flying over Los Angeles. |
| 8 |
11/24/1959 |
“San Fernando’s Thanksgiving” San Fernando Red decides to help a women’s group put on a play for the benefit of a boy’s club. San Fernando passes himself off as a well-known producer and promises the ladies parts in the play for money. 1: Monologue, Jokes about turkeys. Joke about two turkeys on a farm. 2: Pantomime, “The Little Old Man and the Turkey.” |
| 9 |
12/1/1959 |
“Appleby the Big Producer” Clara Appleby has written friends that her husband, George, is a Hollywood producer. Actually, George is the proprietor of a studio hamburger stand. 1: Monologue, Jokes about hen-pecked husbands. Jokes about wives – how women change after they are married. |
| 10 |
12/8/1959 |
“Bolivar the Songwriter” To stop her mother’s nagging about Bolivar’s laziness, Myrtle tells her that Bobby Rydell, an idol of teenagers, is going to sing the song Bolivar is writing. 1: Pantomime, Little old man who loves to listen to music and a little boy who loves rock and roll. |
| 11 |
12/15/1959 |
“Clem the Mailman” Clem Kadiddlehopper gets a job at the post office during the Christmas rush. One day a woman gives him a box of candy to mail and Clem accidentally breaks the box open. He eats the candy, not realizing that hidden in the chocolates are valuable pearls – the loot of a recent theft. 1: Monologue, Joke about two dogs talking in front of the post office. 2: Pantomime, Story of a mailman and the problems involved to collect a two-cent postage due. |
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12/22/1959 |
“The Cop and the Anthem” repeat from 12/20/55 |
| 12 |
12/29/1959 |
“Deadeye Turns in His Badge” Lulubelle asks Sheriff Deadeye to give up his dangerous life and settle down as a bartender in her father’s saloon. Deadeye is reluctant until he hears that Big Pete and his gang are coming to town. 1: Monologue, Joke about two cows talking. Joke about a Texan in Hawaii. Joke about a deaf and dumb guy that stutters – had two fingers shot off. |
| 13 |
1/5/1960 |
“Clem the Disc Jockey” Clem Kadiddlehopper operates a radio station in his uncle’s country store. Clem becomes infatuated with Julie London’s voice and plays one of her records thousands of times on the air. 1: Monologue, Jokes about disk jockeys. |
| 14 |
1/12/1960 |
“Clem Kadiddlehopper in Dogpatch” Clem goes to visit Al Capp in his New York City apartement, and Capp takes him on a tour of Dogpatch. He meets the cast from the original movie “Lil’ Abner.” 1: Monologue, none |
| 15 |
1/19/1960 |
“Appleby the Muscle Man” To stop his wife’s nagging and eager to prove himself, meek and mild-mannered George Appleby joins the Jim Dandy’s Health Club. In the meantime, Jim Dandy asked his assistant manager to find a real, broken down and tired business man. |
| 16 |
1/26/1960 |
“Cauliflower and the Syndicate” Mike McClusky, boss of a boxing syndicate, tells his hoods to get the crummiest fighter they can find for a crooked fight. The thugs discover Cauliflower McPugg. 1: Monologue, none. |
| 17 |
2/2/1960 |
“San Fernando and Fabian” San Fernando Red is delighted with the success of his latest money-making scheme — hiring young men to impersonate the new singing idol, Fabian, on around-the-world tours. The plan hits a snag when the real Fabian attempts to audition for San Fernando. 1: Monologue, none. |
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2/9/1960 |
[Playhouse 90] |
| 18 |
2/16/1960 |
“Appleby’s Boat” Mild-mannered George Appleby attends a boat show and finds just the boat he has always wanted. After making a deal to buy the boat, George discovers his wife, Clara, has spent the money on a fur coat. 1: Monologue, Jokes about boats. 2: Pantomime, Little old man and little boy. The old man being a lover of the sea builds boats in bottles. |
| 19 |
2/23/1960 |
“Bolivar and the Roaring Twenties” Bolivar creates some beer in a bathtub and his concoction is so successful it gets him an invitation to join Scarface’s mob. But Bolivar is ambitious and wants to be the mob leader. 1: Monologue, Jokes about the Roaring Twenties. 2: Pantomime, Little old man was the first one in his neighborhood to own a car and the little boy next door. |
| 20 |
3/1/1960 |
“Skelton and Mae West” Mae West comes up to see Red Skelton. In a sketch about an interview show called “Meet The Author,” Mae West describes her encounters with three characters she didn’t include in her autobiography. 1: Monologue, none. |
| 21 |
3/8/1960 |
“Deadeye the Blacksmith” In his shootin’ sheriff role, Red is seen as Deadeye the Blacksmith. A blacksmith a day has been put away so Sheriff Deadeye takes over as village smithy to catch the killers. 1: Monologue, Jokes about returning from his engagements in Miama, Dallas and Houston. Jokes about why cowboys wear a large 10-gallon hat. |
| 22 |
3/15/1960 |
“Freddie’s Masterpiece” Freddie uses a dirty old canvas to keep the wind out of his shack and finds a painting underneath the dirt. 1: Monologue, none. |
| 23 |
3/22/1960 |
“Clem the Private Eye or 77 Moonset Strip” Impressed by two sleuths in the building where he’s the elevator operator, Clem Kadiddlehopper decides to become a detective. 1: Monologue, Jokes about being a private eye. Joke about being a life saver in a hotel. 2: Pantomime, It was murder trying to kill this guy. |
| 24 |
3/29/1960 |
“San Fernando for Governor” Amanda Blake of Gunsmoke and sneezing Billy Gilbert promote San Fernando Red for Governor. San Fernando’s rise to political power is told in a series of flashbacks. San Fernando’s beginnings were humble — he was a common thief. 1: Monologue, none. |
| 25 |
4/5/1960 |
“Freddie’s Millions” Jay “Dennis The Menace” North comes to make life even more miserable for Freddie the Freeloader and Muggsy. They don’t have a dime but Dennis and a pal put the touch on them for anything. 1: Monologue, A guy smoking his cigar. |
| 26 |
4/12/1960 |
“Clem’s Fountain of Youth” Audrey Meadows plays a faded glamor girl. Clem Kadiddlehopper tells the census taker about his magic well and now everybody wants a drink. 1: Monologue, Jokes about the art museum and famous paintings. 2: Pantomime, What happened after the museum closed for the night. |
| 27 |
4/19/1960 |
“Super Cauliflower” There are two screwy scientists working on a strength serum. They’re anxious to test it on a complete physical wreck in Cauliflower McPugg. 1: Monologue, Jokes about Easter Week is over. Joke about the girl who has nothing. Jokes about Beverly Aadland. 2: Pantomime, The little old man wants the little boy to eat his spinach. |
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4/26/1960 |
“Appleby’s Band” repeat of 3/31/1959 |
| 28 |
5/3/1960 |
“San Fernando’s Marriage Mill” Matchmaking can be a moneymaking racket. San Fernando Red and handsome Al are delighted to help the ladies find husbands for a slight fee. 1: Monologue, Jokes about marriage. Gertrude and Heathcliffe shall we fly home? We will have to we are in no condition to walk. Cities, people and different ways of walking. 2: Pantomime, Watching your favorite TV program. |
| 29 |
5/10/1960 |
“Freddie in Las Vegas” Freddie the Freeloader and Muggsy arrive penniless in Las Vegas but expect a letter contraining some money. The letter comes with two cents postage due on it. 1: Monologue, Jokes about Las Vegas. 2: Pantomime, A little old man enjoys going out to the race track once in a while. |
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5/17/1960 |
“Appleby’s Formula” a repeat of 02/16/1960 |
| 30 |
5/24/1960 |
“Clem and the Beanstalk” Clem trades the Kadiddlehopper cow for a bag of magic beans which sprout into a gigantic stalk that takes Clem to Mars. 1: Monologue, Jokes about fairy tales. 2: Pantomime, The Ugly Duckling. |
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5/31/1960 |
“Freddie The Singer” a repeat of 06/2/1959 |
| 31 |
6/7/1960 |
“Appleby’s Fallout Shelter” An eerie sound emanating from the Appleby residence alerts a Civil Defense warden to the possibility of enemy attack. But George explains that it’s only his wife rehearsing for her role as Madam Butterfly. 1: Monologue, Jokes about hen-pecked husbands. 2: Pantomime, A Congressman’s wife launching a ship. |
| 32 |
6/14/1960 |
“The Many Skeltons” Marilyn Maxwell plays Esther, who runs the “Weansweryourphone Service.” She has trouble with some of her clients including Clem Kadiddlehopper, Bolivar Shagnasty, Cauliflower McPugg and Willie Lump-Lump. 1: Monologue, Jokes about telephones. 2: Pantomime, A man rushing his wife to the maternity hospital. |
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6/21/1960 |
R”Appleby The Witness” a repeat 05/26/1959 |
