The Red Skelton Show · SEASON 16
Next Time Try the Brain
Episode 28 · 1967-04-04

- Comedy
- Talk
- Family
Episode overview
Clem Kadiddlehopper meets down on his luck Loser Lumpkin (guest Tennessee Ernie Ford), a once-great champion chicken-plucker who was in the Olympics. Observing that Clem has the fingers for it, Lumpkin takes him to the Olympics to break the world chicken plucking record. In "The Silent Spot," it's the day after Christmas and Red plays a man dealing with his contentious wife, who demands he take down the tree and the decorations.
Season 16 episodes
1. How to Succeed in Loafing Without Really Trying1966-09-13
2. Eenie Meenie Minee Schmo1966-09-20
3. Chiseler on the Roof1966-09-27
4. Much Ado About Nagging1966-10-04
5. Mother Knows Pest1966-10-11
6. Land of Bilk and Money1966-10-18
7. It Happened One Nut1966-10-25
8. What Did You Do in the Dump, Daddy?1966-11-01
9. A Gyp Off the Old Block1966-11-15
10. The Best Money a Sheriff Can Buy1966-11-22
11. Jerk Be Nimble1966-11-29
12. Better Dead Than Wed1966-12-06
13. The Fastest Cuspidor in the West1966-12-13
14. The Christmas Spirit1966-12-20
15. The Taming of the Screw-Loose1966-12-27
16. In One Head1967-01-03
17. Freddie’s Heroes1967-01-10
18. The Fortune Crookie1967-01-17
19. Absence Makes the Hate Grow Fonder1967-01-24
20. Sappiness Is Just a Thing Called Clem1967-01-31
21. Better Living Through Chiseling1967-02-07
22. A Bottle of Bumb1967-02-14
23. Not With My Dump You Won’t1967-02-28
24. Parlor, Bedroom & Wrath1967-03-07
25. Schnook of Araby1967-03-14
26. It’s a Treat to Beat a Cheat on the Mississippi Mud1967-03-21
27. A Bum for All Seasons1967-03-28
28. Next Time Try the Brain1967-04-04
29. That Junk Built1967-04-18
30. Loused in Space1967-04-25
31. Once Upon a Dunce1967-05-02
32. The Nag and I1967-05-09