The Red Skelton Show
Season 8
11 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 8 of The Red Skelton Show (1951–1971) on NBC/CBS as a mid listed season (8; 8 of 20) — 11 listed hours, 1958-10-21–1959-06-02 from “Freddie and the Election” (S08E04) to “Freddie the Singer” (S08E30). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
- S08E04 Freddie and the Election
- S08E09 Bolivar's Double Date
- S08E11 San Fernando Red in Alaska
- S08E14 Appleby and the Ice Man
- S08E18 Clem and the Beauty Pageant
- S08E19 San Fernando Loses the Dixie Queen
- S08E20 Humphrey School of Dramatic Arts
- S08E22 Appleby's Band
- S08E24 Deadeye and Slim Jim
- S08E25 Appleby's Formula
- S08E30 Freddie the Singer
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