Is The Red Skelton Show coming back?
The Red Skelton Show (1951–1971) — comedy on CBS
The answer: Concluded March 15, 1971.
20seasons
478episodes
About The Red Skelton Show
The Red Skelton Show ended on March 15, 1971, on CBS. It was a long-running variety program that featured the comedic talents of Red Skelton, with the final episode airing in 1971 after its 20th season.
The show was a comedy series that aired from 1951 to 1971, showcasing Skelton's comedic sketches, gags, and vignettes. Each episode included a mix of humor, guest performances, and Skelton's signature clown character, making it a staple of American television during its run.
The cast included Red Skelton as himself and Art Gilmore as the announcer. The show had a runtime of 58 minutes per episode.
The Red Skelton Show episode schedule
478 aired
Aired · 478
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 1971 | S20·E24 | Ironside Spoof |
| March 8, 1971 | S20·E23 | The Candidate's Director |
| March 1, 1971 | S20·E22 | Phyllis Diller |
| February 22, 1971 | S20·E21 | Humperdoo's Magic Tire |
| February 13, 1971 | S20·E20 | Appleby's Garage Sale |
| February 6, 1971 | S20·E19 | Vincent Price |
| February 1, 1971 | S20·E18 | Freddie's Country Home |
| January 25, 1971 | S20·E17 | The Auction |
| January 18, 1971 | S20·E16 | Instant Marriage Mill |
| January 11, 1971 | S20·E15 | Jill St. John |
| January 4, 1971 | S20·E14 | Jr. and Sunday Morning |
| December 21, 1970 | S20·E13 | Christmas Show |
| December 14, 1970 | S20·E12 | The Stagecoach Hijack |
| December 7, 1970 | S20·E11 | Michael Landon |
| November 23, 1970 | S20·E10 | Humperdoo's Monster |
| November 16, 1970 | S20·E9 | Godfrey Cambridge |
| November 9, 1970 | S20·E8 | Dan Blocker |
| October 26, 1970 | S20·E7 | A Spooky Night |
| October 19, 1970 | S20·E6 | Census Taker |
| October 12, 1970 | S20·E5 | High Noon Spoof |
| October 5, 1970 | S20·E4 | The Private Detective |
| September 28, 1970 | S20·E3 | Superman and Son |
| September 21, 1970 | S20·E2 | Freddie's Desperate Hour |
| September 14, 1970 | S20·E1 | The Magic Act |
| June 23, 1970 | S19·E18 | If Marriages Are Made in Heaven, Why Do They Call it Heaven |
| April 14, 1970 | S19·E5 | Pop, the Astronaut |
| April 7, 1970 | S19·E32 | Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make-- So They Added Iron Bars |
| March 31, 1970 | S19·E31 | Be It Ever So Crumbled, There is No Place Like Home |
| March 24, 1970 | S19·E30 | San Fernando Red's Spy School or How to Make a Possible Mission Impossible |
| March 17, 1970 | S19·E29 | He Died With His Boots On Cause He Had Cold Feet to Start |
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| March 10, 1970 | S19·E20 | Blood is Thicker Than Water and Harder to Shave With |
| March 3, 1970 | S19·E28 | Bill Bailey Must Have Been Married That's Why He Never Came Home |
| February 24, 1970 | S19·E27 | The Three Musketeers Ride Again, Those Ding-Dong Daddies |
| February 17, 1970 | S19·E26 | People Who Like People are Cannibals |
| February 10, 1970 | S19·E25 | When East Meets West, You've Sure Got a Skinny Country |
| February 3, 1970 | S19·E24 | Is This the Way to Ruin an Airline |
| January 27, 1970 | S19·E23 | Charity Begins at Home, But Nowadays Who Can Afford a Home |
| January 20, 1970 | S19·E22 | There's No Business Like Show Business, When There Is No Business |
| January 20, 1970 | S19·E21 | Blood is Thicker Than Water and Harder to Shave With |
| January 13, 1970 | S19·E19 | If Marriages Are Made in Heaven, Why Do They Call it Heaven |
| January 6, 1970 | S19·E17 | You Can Take the Boy Out of the Country, If YOu Promise Not To Bring |
| December 30, 1969 | S19·E16 | Crime Doesn't Pay But It's Tax Free |
| December 19, 1969 | S19·E14 | He Wanted to be a Square-Shooter, But He Found That His Barrel Was Round |
| December 16, 1969 | S19·E15 | The Son of Oliver Twist or Junior is Just a Little Dickens |
| December 2, 1969 | S19·E13 | It is Better To Have Loved and Lost, Much Better |
| November 25, 1969 | S19·E12 | There's One Thing Money Won't Buy, & Someday We'll Find Out |
| November 18, 1969 | S19·E11 | Singing Waiters, Hillbilly Songwriters |
| November 11, 1969 | S19·E10 | Alaska |
| November 4, 1969 | S19·E9 | The Emergency Case |
| October 28, 1969 | S19·E8 | Autograph Hounds |
| October 21, 1969 | S19·E2 | Kaye Ballard |
| October 14, 1969 | S19·E7 | The Traveling Saleslady and the Farmer's Son |
| October 7, 1969 | S19·E6 | Willie Lump Lump's Birthday |
| September 30, 1969 | S19·E4 | Pop, the Astronaut |
| September 23, 1969 | S19·E3 | There's One Thing Money Won't Buy, & Someday We'll Find Out |
| March 25, 1969 | S18·E30 | Vagrancy is Just Loitering that Takes a Little Longer |
| January 28, 1969 | S18·E18 | Beauty is Only Skin Deep Unless You're a Banana |
| October 15, 1968 | S18·E4 | The Revenge of Prudence Pennyfeather or Wide Saddles in the Old Corral |
| September 24, 1968 | S18·E1 | He Who Steals My Robot Steals Trash |
| April 30, 1968 | S17·E29 | Rings on Her Fingers Also Go Through Your Nose (postponed from 04/09/68) |
| April 9, 1968 | S17·E30 | Rings on Her Fingers Also Go Through Your Nose |
| March 26, 1968 | S17·E27 | The Pie-Eyed Piper |
| March 5, 1968 | S17·E28 | My Brother Wears My Mother's Army Shoes |
| February 13, 1968 | S17·E26 | Sheriffs Are Bought Not Made |
| January 23, 1968 | S17·E19 | Dial M for Moron |
| October 10, 1967 | S17·E6 | Fernando Lamas / The 5th Dimension |
| October 3, 1967 | S17·E5 | Bert Lahr / Fran Jeffries |
| September 26, 1967 | S17·E4 | Godfrey Cambridge / Janis Paige |
| September 19, 1967 | S17·E3 | Stanley Holloway / Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 |
| September 12, 1967 | S17·E2 | The Seven Ages of Man - with Maurice Evans |
| September 5, 1967 | S17·E1 | Eve Arden / Robert Stack / Johnny Rivers |
| May 9, 1967 | S16·E32 | The Nag and I |
| May 2, 1967 | S16·E31 | Once Upon a Dunce |
| April 25, 1967 | S16·E30 | Loused in Space |
| April 18, 1967 | S16·E29 | That Junk Built |
| April 4, 1967 | S16·E28 | Next Time Try the Brain |
| March 28, 1967 | S16·E27 | A Bum for All Seasons |
| March 21, 1967 | S16·E26 | It's a Treat to Beat a Cheat on the Mississippi Mud |
| March 14, 1967 | S16·E25 | Schnook of Araby |
| March 7, 1967 | S16·E24 | Parlor, Bedroom & Wrath |
| February 28, 1967 | S16·E23 | Not With My Dump You Won't |
| February 14, 1967 | S16·E22 | A Bottle of Bumb |
| February 7, 1967 | S16·E21 | Better Living Through Chiseling |
| January 31, 1967 | S16·E20 | Sappiness Is Just a Thing Called Clem |
| January 24, 1967 | S16·E19 | Absence Makes the Hate Grow Fonder |
| January 17, 1967 | S16·E18 | The Fortune Crookie |
| January 10, 1967 | S16·E17 | Freddie's Heroes |
| January 3, 1967 | S16·E16 | In One Head |
| December 27, 1966 | S16·E15 | The Taming of the Screw-Loose |
| December 20, 1966 | S16·E14 | The Christmas Spirit |
| December 13, 1966 | S16·E13 | The Fastest Cuspidor in the West |
| December 6, 1966 | S16·E12 | Better Dead Than Wed |
| November 29, 1966 | S16·E11 | Jerk Be Nimble |
| November 22, 1966 | S16·E10 | The Best Money a Sheriff Can Buy |
| November 15, 1966 | S16·E9 | A Gyp Off the Old Block |
| November 1, 1966 | S16·E8 | What Did You Do in the Dump, Daddy? |
| October 25, 1966 | S16·E7 | It Happened One Nut |
| October 18, 1966 | S16·E6 | Land of Bilk and Money |
| October 11, 1966 | S16·E5 | Mother Knows Pest |
| October 4, 1966 | S16·E4 | Much Ado About Nagging |
| September 27, 1966 | S16·E3 | Chiseler on the Roof |
| September 20, 1966 | S16·E2 | Eenie Meenie Minee Schmo |
| September 13, 1966 | S16·E1 | How to Succeed in Loafing Without Really Trying |
| May 10, 1966 | S15·E33 | Jack Jones |
| May 3, 1966 | S15·E32 | Robert Merrill |
| April 26, 1966 | S15·E31 | Abbe Lane |
| April 19, 1966 | S15·E30 | Fernando Lamas / Ike Cole |
| April 12, 1966 | S15·E29 | Nancy Wilson |
| April 5, 1966 | S15·E28 | Jackie Coogan / The Doodletown Pipers |
| March 29, 1966 | S15·E27 | Phyllis Diller / The Rockin' Berries |
| March 1, 1966 | S15·E26 | The Red Skelton Scrapbook '66 - hosted by John Wayne |
| February 22, 1966 | S15·E25 | Stubby Kaye / Muriel Landers |
| February 8, 1966 | S15·E24 | Tina Louise, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass |
| February 1, 1966 | S15·E23 | George Gobel / The Hollies |
| January 18, 1966 | S15·E22 | Concert in Pantomime '66 with Marcel Marceau |
| January 11, 1966 | S15·E21 | Buddy Ebsen / Jackie and Gayle |
| January 4, 1966 | S15·E20 | Milton Berle / Linda Bennett |
| December 28, 1965 | S15·E19 | Cesar Romero / The Silkie |
| December 14, 1965 | S15·E18 | Tallulah Bankhead / Horst Jankowski |
| December 7, 1965 | S15·E17 | Robert Vaughn / The Doodletown Pipers |
| November 30, 1965 | S15·E16 | Robert Morse / The Animals |
| November 16, 1965 | S15·E15 | Stanley Holloway / The Youngfolk |
| November 9, 1965 | S15·E14 | Vic Dana / Bill Dana; Mary Wickes; Sandra Gould; Jan Arvan |
| November 2, 1965 | S15·E8 | Hobo a Go Go |
| October 26, 1965 | S15·E12 | Johnny Mathis / Carol Byron |
| October 19, 1965 | S15·E11 | Harve Presnell / Reta Shaw |
| October 12, 1965 | S15·E10 | Bobby Rydell / The New Christy Minstrels |
| October 5, 1965 | S15·E9 | Patrice Munsel / Peter and Gordon |
| September 28, 1965 | S15·E3 | Loafer Come Back to Me |
| September 21, 1965 | S15·E2 | Fastest Crumb in the West |
| September 14, 1965 | S15·E1 | How Stupid of Cupid |
| May 3, 1965 | S14·E33 | Martha Raye |
| April 27, 1965 | S14·E32 | Fred Gwynne / Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas |
| April 20, 1965 | S14·E31 | Connie Stevens |
| April 13, 1965 | S14·E30 | Paul Ford / Jan and Dean |
| April 6, 1965 | S14·E29 | Patrice Munsel |
| March 30, 1965 | S14·E28 | Raymond Burr / The Kinks |
| March 23, 1965 | S14·E27 | George C. Scott / The Honeycombs |
| March 9, 1965 | S14·E26 | The Red Skelton Scrapbook '65 hosted by Ed Wynn |
| March 2, 1965 | S14·E25 | Janis Paige / Sheilah Rogers |
| February 23, 1965 | S14·E24 | Hugh O'Brien / Piccola Pupa |
| February 16, 1965 | S14·E23 | Robert Goulet |
| February 9, 1965 | S14·E22 | Vincent Price / Anita Bryant |
| February 2, 1965 | S14·E21 | Red Skelton and Marcel Marceau / Maurice Chevalier |
| January 26, 1965 | S14·E20 | Don Knotts / The Searchers |
| January 12, 1965 | S14·E19 | Eve Arden / Manfred Mann |
| January 5, 1965 | S14·E18 | Al Hirt |
| December 29, 1964 | S14·E16 | The McGuire Sisters / Shirley Mitchell |
| December 22, 1964 | S14·E15 | The Plight Before Christmas with Greer Garson |
| December 15, 1964 | S14·E14 | George Gobel / The Youngfolk |
| December 1, 1964 | S14·E13 | Pat Boone / Will Jordan / Joyce Jameson |
| December 1, 1964 | S14·E12 | Pat Boone / Will Jordan / Joyce Jameson |
| November 24, 1964 | S14·E11 | Ginger Rogers |
| November 17, 1964 | S14·E10 | Vic Damone / Gale Garnett |
| November 10, 1964 | S14·E17 | From London: Sebastian Cabot; The Rolling Stones |
| November 10, 1964 | S14·E9 | Red Skelton in London |
| October 27, 1964 | S14·E8 | Martha Raye |
| October 13, 1964 | S14·E4 | Ed Wynn / Vikki Carr |
| October 6, 1964 | S14·E3 | Robert Merrill |
| September 29, 1964 | S14·E2 | Maurice Evans / The Rolling Stones |
| September 22, 1964 | S14·E1 | Audrey Meadows / Johnny Rivers |
| May 12, 1964 | S13·E34 | Raymond Burr / The Beach Boys |
| May 5, 1964 | S13·E33 | Heading for Last Roundup |
| April 28, 1964 | S13·E32 | Tony Bennett / Virginia Grey / Jules Munshin |
| April 21, 1964 | S13·E31 | Cesar Romero / Poncie Ponce |
| April 14, 1964 | S13·E30 | Vincent Price / Bobby Rydell |
| April 7, 1964 | S13·E29 | scheduled: Connie Stevens |
| March 17, 1964 | S13·E27 | I Was a S.A.P. for the F.B.I. |
| March 10, 1964 | S13·E26 | Jackie Coogan / Vivian Vance / The Womenfolk |
| March 3, 1964 | S13·E25 | On Top of Old Hokey |
| February 25, 1964 | S13·E24 | How Are Things in Glocca Moron? |
| February 18, 1964 | S13·E23 | Pat Carroll / Jean-Paul Vignon |
| February 11, 1964 | S13·E22 | Lives of a Bungle Lancer |
| February 4, 1964 | S13·E21 | Vincent Price / Helen O'Connell |
| January 28, 1964 | S13·E20 | Pat Suzuki / Jack Soo |
| January 14, 1964 | S13·E18 | Stubby Kaye / Paris Sisters |
| January 7, 1964 | S13·E17 | George Gobel / Jules Munshin / Vi Valasco |
| December 31, 1963 | S13·E16 | Jane Russell / Connie Haines / Beryl Davis |
| December 17, 1963 | S13·E15 | scheduled: Joanie Sommers; Jackie Coogan |
| December 10, 1963 | S13·E14 | George Gobel / Jules Munshin / Vi Velasco |
| December 3, 1963 | S13·E13 | Raymond Burr / The Kessler Twins |
| November 12, 1963 | S13·E11 | Jack E. Leonard / Beverly Wright |
| November 5, 1963 | S13·E10 | Audrey Meadows / The Lettermen |
| October 29, 1963 | S13·E9 | Ethel Merman |
| October 15, 1963 | S13·E7 | Bewitched, Bothered and Brainless |
| October 8, 1963 | S13·E6 | Ginger Rogers / Jackie Coogan |
| October 1, 1963 | S13·E5 | Steve Allen / Jayne Meadows / Joanie Sommers |
| September 24, 1963 | S13·E4 | Beach Boys / Shirley Temple |
| May 28, 1963 | S12·E34 | May 28, 1963 |
| May 21, 1963 | S12·E33 | Captains Outrageous |
| May 14, 1963 | S12·E32 | May 14, 1963 |
| May 7, 1963 | S12·E31 | Keely Smith |
| May 7, 1963 | S12·E30 | A Midsummer Nut's Dream |
| April 16, 1963 | S12·E29 | Robert Horton |
| April 9, 1963 | S12·E28 | Janet Blair |
| April 9, 1963 | S12·E27 | The Portrait of Dorian Appleby |
| March 26, 1963 | S12·E26 | Amanda Blake / Bobby Rydell |
| March 19, 1963 | S12·E25 | March 19, 1963 |
| March 12, 1963 | S12·E24 | Marilyn Maxwell / Jackie Coogan |
| March 5, 1963 | S12·E23 | Sebastian Cabot / Jerry Lanning |
| February 26, 1963 | S12·E22 | February 26, 1963 |
| February 19, 1963 | S12·E21 | Jayne Mansfield / The Lettermen |
| February 12, 1963 | S12·E20 | February 12, 1963 |
| February 5, 1963 | S12·E19 | George Gobel |
| January 29, 1963 | S12·E18 | Half a Lawyer is Better than None |
| January 22, 1963 | S12·E17 | Phil Harris / Alice Faye |
| January 15, 1963 | S12·E16 | Miyoshi Umeki / Jules Munshin |
| January 8, 1963 | S12·E15 | Eve Arden |
| January 1, 1963 | S12·E14 | Of Mouth and Men |
| December 25, 1962 | S12·E13 | Christmas Show: Cara Williams; Roberta Lubell; the Mitchell Boys Choir |
| December 18, 1962 | S12·E12 | How the West Was Lost |
| December 11, 1962 | S12·E11 | Rosemary Clooney |
| December 4, 1962 | S12·E10 | Audrey Meadows / Bobby Rydell |
| November 27, 1962 | S12·E9 | Joanie Sommers / Cyril Ritchard |
| November 20, 1962 | S12·E8 | Ten Baby Fingers and 12 Baby Toes |
| November 13, 1962 | S12·E7 | Cesar Romero / Jo Stafford |
| October 30, 1962 | S12·E6 | Jane Powell / Charlie Ruggles / Jules Munshin |
| October 23, 1962 | S12·E5 | One Good Intern Deserves Another |
| October 16, 1962 | S12·E4 | Kay Starr / Jackie Coogan |
| October 9, 1962 | S12·E3 | Ray Bolger / Brenda Lee |
| October 2, 1962 | S12·E2 | Greatest Schmo On Earth |
| September 25, 1962 | S12·E1 | Somebody Up There Should Stay There |
| June 26, 1962 | S11·E34 | Cauliflower Loses His Birds |
| June 12, 1962 | S11·E33 | Freddie and the Daily Freeloader |
| May 29, 1962 | S11·E32 | This Goon for Hire |
| May 22, 1962 | S11·E31 | Best Man Blues |
| May 15, 1962 | S11·E30 | Go, Van, Gogh |
| May 8, 1962 | S11·E29 | Rock on the Wild Side |
| April 24, 1962 | S11·E28 | How to Think Up a Television Title Without Being Sued |
| April 17, 1962 | S11·E27 | A Pantomimic Presentation of a Person's Problems |
…and 248 earlier episodes not shown. Long-running show.
