The Red Skelton Hour Clothes Make the Bum (Season 17, Episode 7)
TV-G
TV Episode | 60 min | Comedy

The Red Skelton Hour

Clothes Make the Bum (Season 17, Episode 7)

TV-G

TV Episode | 60 min | Comedy

Skelton as Freddie the Freeloader is a surprise participant in a fashion show to the exasperation of Emcee Terry-Thomas and Store Detective Nancy Wilson.

Director

Bill Hobin

Writers

Fred S. Fox | Mort Greene | Charles Isaacs (writing supervisor) | Seaman Jacobs & 5 more

Producer

Seymour Berns

Editor

Lewis W. Smith

Casting Director

Marilyn Howard (as Marilyn Budgen)

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 17, 1967

Release date

Oct 17, 1967 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 2 wins & 16 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
11 cast members

Name	Known for
Red Skelton Self - Host / Freddie the Freeloader / Pop the Grocer Self - Host / Freddie the Freeloader / Pop the Grocer See fewer	The Red Skelton Hour (1951)
The Alan Copeland Singers Themselves Themselves See fewer	The Red Skelton Hour (1951)
David Rose and His Orchestra Themselves Themselves See fewer	New York Stories (1989)
Milton Frome Store Manager (Main Sketch) Store Manager (Main Sketch) See fewer	Batman: The Movie (1966)
Art Gilmore Self - Announcer (voice) Self - Announcer (voice) See fewer	Highway Patrol (1955)
Buddy Lewis Police Officer Police Officer See fewer	Harlow (II) (1965)
Ida Mae McKenzie Madeline Madeline See fewer	The Village Blacksmith (I) (1922)
David Rose Orchestrator Orchestrator See fewer	Falling Down (1993)
Terry-Thomas Horace Fussbudget Horace Fussbudget See fewer	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Tom Hansen Dancers Themselves Themselves See fewer	The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (1970)
Nancy Wilson Singer / Store Detective Singer / Store Detective See fewer	The Last Dinosaur (1977)