The Red Skelton Hour - Season 2 (1952)

Red Skelton stars as Clem Kadiddlehopper.

Red Skelton stars as Clem Kadiddlehopper.

Red Skelton stars as Clem Kadiddlehopper and San Fernando Red.

A look in on the third grade class in a one- room country school, we find Clem Kadiddlehopper getting belted in the head by the kid in the desk behind him, so he dumps water on him, and other distractions. Instead of graduating, Clem gets dropped a grade. The Tide segment had McPugg laying on a rubdown table in his dressing room, talking to his unsympathetic trainer and manager after losing yet another fight. The final segment shows Private Willie Lump Lump ordered by Sergeant Benny Rubin to see the "G.I. Dentist" before he can be discharged. The doctor decides to ...

In the first act, Red enacts several incidents in a hotel lobby, including one where he and Lucille Knoch register as newlyweds with the name Smith. In the Tide segment, Red's a photographer with a new model (Lucille) to pose in a bathing suit with a box of Tide. He accidentally blows up his studio by foolishly using "Atomic Flash Powder" from Nevada. (Where A-Bomb testing takes place). The last part has Red and friend (Mike Ross) as a pair of bums trying to get hired as kitchen help at a diner, where they steal a pie in the process.

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Red Skelton stars as Freddie the Freeloader. This episode features the first appearance of one of Red's most famous and beloved characters, Freddie the Freeloader.

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Red Skelton stars as Willie Lump Lump.

Red Skelton stars as Willie Lump Lump and Sheriff Deadeye.

Red Skelton stars as Cauliflower McPugg and Freddie the Freeloader.

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Red Skelton stars as a baby experiencing his first birthday.

Red Skelton stars as Willie Lump Lump and Freddie the Freeloader.

Red Skelton stars as Willie Lump Lump and Clem Kadiddlehopper.

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Red Skelton stars as Willie Lump Lump and Freddie the Freeloader.

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Red Skelton stars as Sheriff Deadeye.