The Red Skelton Show
Season 20
24 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 20 of The Red Skelton Show (1951–1971) on NBC/CBS as the last listed season of 20 — 24 listed hours, 1970-09-14–1971-03-15 from “The Magic Act” (S20E01) to “Ironside Spoof” (S20E24). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Desk essentials in this season
- S20E24 Ironside Spoof
Ironside Spoof closes 1971: last titled parody, Freddie and Clem packed away after a blessing America treated like church.
- S20E01 The Magic Act
- S20E02 Freddie's Desperate Hour
- S20E03 Superman and Son
- S20E04 The Private Detective
- S20E05 High Noon Spoof
- S20E06 Census Taker
- S20E07 A Spooky Night
- S20E08 Dan Blocker
- S20E09 Godfrey Cambridge
- S20E10 Humperdoo's Monster
- S20E11 Michael Landon
- S20E12 The Stagecoach Hijack
- S20E13 Christmas Show
- S20E14 Jr. and Sunday Morning
- S20E15 Jill St. John
- S20E16 Instant Marriage Mill
- S20E17 The Auction
- S20E18 Freddie's Country Home
- S20E19 Vincent Price
- S20E20 Appleby's Garage Sale
- S20E21 Humperdoo's Magic Tire
- S20E22 Phyllis Diller
- S20E23 The Candidate's Director
- S20E24 Ironside Spoof
More from the 1950s.