The Red Skelton Show
Season 18
4 listed hours · 1951–1971 · NBC/CBS
From the desk
How this season is filed
The Red Skelton Show is pantomime pathos on a two-decade variety throne: Clem Kadiddlehopper, Freddie the Freeloader, and a closing blessing America treated like a ritual. Physical comedy that outlasted fashions. In 2026 it is the clown-with-a-tear master class, plus the benediction Good night and may God bless.
TV Flash files Season 18 of The Red Skelton Show (1951–1971) on NBC/CBS as a mid listed season (18; 18 of 20) — 4 listed hours, 1968-09-24–1969-03-25 from “He Who Steals My Robot Steals Trash” (S18E01) to “Vagrancy is Just Loitering that Takes a Little Longer” (S18E30). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
- S18E01 He Who Steals My Robot Steals Trash
- S18E04 The Revenge of Prudence Pennyfeather or Wide Saddles in the Old Corral
- S18E18 Beauty is Only Skin Deep Unless You're a Banana
- S18E30 Vagrancy is Just Loitering that Takes a Little Longer
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