TV Red Skelton Show Episode Guide Season 03 1953-1954

1953 – 1954 8:30 Tuesday CBS

Sponsor: Geritol

Theme: Holiday for Strings

Producer: Ben Brady

Director: Seymour Berns

Writer: Arthur Stander; Howard Leeds; Arthur Julian; Arthur Ross; Hal Goodman; Larry Klein

Set: Robert T. Lee; Jack Briggs

Choregrapher: Miriam Nelson ^[1]

Dancers: Mara Lynn, Mickie Baton, Wilba Taylor, Yvette Vickers

Annoucer: Bob Warren

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	9/22/1953	McPugg’s Last Fight” 1: Freddy’s Picnic Lunch. 2: McPugg’s Last Fight Freddie; McPugg Mrs. Jenkins – Marjorie Bennett; Cop – Ray Kellogg; Nursemaid – Kay Riehl; Woman (in Park) – Juney Ellis; Man (in Park) – Hal Smith; Child (in Park) – Frances Karath; Man #1 – Murray Alper; Man #2 – Artie Lewis; Joe – Lennie Bremen; Sammy – James Flavin; Woman (dressing room) – Phyllis Coats; Giggolo – Richard Avonde; Malone – Gene Renyolds; Man – John Vosper
	9/29/1953	“Clem and the Check” 1: Clem at the Bank. 2: Mr. Bliss and the Freeway. Bull-Headed Mr. Bliss Marilyn Hare (Geritol letters)
	10/6/1953	“Appleby’s Cocktail Party” 1: Honey Moon Cottage (Freddy). 2: George Appleby’s Cocktail Party. Freddie; Appleby Peggy King
	10/13/1953	“The Nervous Tenor’s Auction” 1: The Nervous Tenor’s Audition (Appleby). 2: The Election Campaign (San Fernando). Appleby; San Fernando Red Berry Sisters
	10/20/1953	“Hobo’s Dilemma” 1: The Hobo’s Delemma (Freddy). 2: McPugg Doesn’t Throw the Fight. Seagulls; Freddie the Freeloader; Cauliflower McPugg Jerry Hillard; Bernie Crawford; Bobbie Sailes; Adele Jergens; Sammy Ogg; Jan Arvan; Beverly Washburn; Dick Wessel; Dick Reeves
	10/27/1953	“Appleby the Dreamer” 1: The Dreamer (Appleby). 2: Gun Smoke (Deadeye). 3: The Sportsmen Quartet Appleby; Deadeye The Sportsmen “Deadwood Stage”; Nancy Wynne “Boogie Woogie Bubble Bee” Adele Jergens; Mary Ellen Kay; Dick Elliott; Jan Arvan; Tyler McVey; Eve McVeagh
	11/3/1953	“Freddie’s Masquerade” 1: The Masquerade Party (Note: This was repeated on March 2, 1954, in New York) Freddie Arthur Duncan; Isabel Randolph; Benny Rubin; Leonard Carey; Valerie Vernon; John Vosper
	11/10/1953	“The Marriage Broker” 1: The Marrage Broker (Appleby). 2: Poet & Peasant Overture (Clem). Jan Arvan – ‘J.J. Fitzpatrick Marriage Broker’; ‘Mary Perkins’; Randy Stuart – ‘Tom McQ’; Jeff York; David Rose
	11/17/1953	“How to be Happily Married” 1: How to Be Happily Married (Wilbur the Happy Husband). 2: How to Stuff a Turkey (Clem). Randy Stuart; Mabel Albertson; Jan Arvan; Jimmy Hawkins
	11/24/1953	“California Gold Rush” 1: Lord Beaverhead. 2: The Sportmen. 3: Californey or Bust (Deadeye)
	12/1/1953	“Flugelmeyer’s Secret Formula” 1: The Spy Story. Ann Sotherns Kurt Katch; Hy Averback; Billy Gould; Tyler McVey
	12/8/1953	“Dr. Schlepper” 1: Selling a House by the Tracks (Freddy). 2: The Mad Scientist (Prof. Schlepper) Jan Arvan; Ray Kellogg; Bert Nagle and Co.; “Neil” (The Chimp)
	12/15/1953	“It Happened at the Stationhouse” 1: It Happened at the Station House (Clem). 2: Willie Lump Lump. 3: The Sportsmen.
	12/22/1953	“Christmas With the Skeltons” 1: Skeltons at Christmas. 2: Freddie’s Christmas.
	12/29/1953	“The Great White Hunter” 1: Saga of Cauliflower McPugg. 2: Skelton in Darkest Africa. John Wayne (Cameo. Gets Modern Screen magazine award.)
	1/5/1954	“Accidents Will Happen” 1: Lord Beaverhead. 2: Freddie in the Hospital. Jackie Gleason; The Berry Sisters
	1/12/1954	“A Voyage to Paris” 1. Clem Goes to Paris.
	1/19/1954	“What Fathers Should Know” 1: School for Fathers. 2: Freddie Returns a Nightgown. Randy Stuart; Isabel Randolph; Jerry Hausner; Robert Jellison; Marjorie Bennett; Jack Shea
	1/26/1954	“Clem the Campus Soda Jerk” 1: Clem Gets a Job at the Campus Sugar Bow. Cheerleaders “This Must Be the Place” Theodore Von Eltz; June Foray; Leon Tyler; Lou Leonard
	2/2/1954	“The Train Trip” 1: The Train Trip (Ski Lodge). Willie Lump Lump, San Fernando Red, Freddie the Freeloader. Moderniars “The Costumer’s Always Right”, “Hoop-de-do”
	2/9/1954	“Deadeye at the Golden Nugget” 1: Deadeye at the Golden Nugget. 2: Among the Pawnees Ed Sullivan, King Sisters
	2/16/1954	“Captain Hook” 1: Clem’s Disc Jockey Premiere. 2: Captain Hook. Tennessee Ernie “Yawl Come and See Us”
	2/23/1954	“Cave-Man Marriage” 1: Clem Goes to the Theatre. 2: Cave Man
	3/2/1954	“Toots Shor Show” 1: The Masquarade Parter. Note: This was done in New York.
	3/9/1954	“Uncle Sam Wants You” 1: Clem in the Army. 2: The Atomic Bomb Test. Taylor Maids; Jackie Gleason (cameo)
	3/16/1954	“Sherlock Homes Satire” 1: Willy’s Anniversary. 2: Sherlock Holmes. Melville Cooper
	3/23/1954	“Skelton Awards” 1: The Skelton Awards. 2: Deadeye at School. 3. Deadeye’s Wedding.
	3/30/1954	“King Putt” 1: King Snafu & Cleopatra. Sheree North Jan Arvan; Gail Bonney; Benny Rubin; John Vosper; Barbara Bestar; Ray Kellogg; Artie Lewis
	4/6/1954	“Freddie’s Picnic” 1: Freddie’s Dream(wife). 2: Clem at the Barber’s
	4/13/1954	“Going to Work” 1: Going to Work. 2: Parkin’ & Sparkin’. Note: Kinescope due to injured back.
	4/20/1954	“Clem in the South Pacific” 1: Clem in the Submarine.
	4/27/1954	“Willie I-Q” 1: Spring Cleaning at Willy’s. 2: Sgt. Strongheart of the Monties.
	5/4/1954	“The Referee” 1: Lord Beaverhead (News Around the World). 2: McPugg Becomes a Referee. King’s IV. Johnny Carson (cameo)
	5/11/1954	“Prince Valiant” 1: King Arthur’s Court (Prince Valiant). Dewaynes; Johnny Carson David Rose; Jan Arvan; Gavin Gordon; Helene Stanton; Jean Heremans; Saul Gorss
	5/18/1954	“The Artist’s Dilemma” 1: The Ariists Dilemma. 2: Freddie at the Baseball game. Tom Harmon Hy Averback; Lucille Knoch
	5/25/1954	“Clem Goes to Mexico” 1: Clem Visits Mexico. Lola Montes and Company; “Fernando the Bull” Jan Arvan; Vici Raaf; Joe Cranston; Lou Leonard
	6/1/1954	“Mississippi Showboat” 1: Willy’s Golf Date. 2: Colonel Hamhock. Elena Verdugo (cameo); Marvin Kaplan (cameo); The Covan Kiddies Sheila MacRae; Jan Arvan; Danny Gaylord; Gail Bonney; Dick Elliott; Liz Slifer; Hal Smith; Ray Kellogg
	6/8/1954	“Freddie Goes to the Cleaners” 1: Freddie at the Laundromat. 2: Skelton the Legionaire. Lester Horton Dancers (Carmen de Lavallade); Hy Averback Liz Slifer; Phil Arnold; Marjorie Bennett; Sy Otis and his Mule
	6/15/1954	“Dial ‘B’ for Brush” 1: The Mad Scientist Bela Lugosi; Lon Chaney, Jr.; Vampire Lucille Knoch
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