The Red Skelton Hour (1963)
Directed by Seymour Berns
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Ginger Rogers joins Red Skelton in the comedy sketch "Come to Me My Melon-Headed Baby." To get even with his mother (Ginger) for cutting off his allowance, Junior Cavendish, aka "The Mean Widdle Kid," rents out his mom's room. In the musical segment, Ginger Rogers and Garrett Lewis recreate several of her celebrated movie dance routines, while Ginger sings "Let's Cling" and "La Cumparasita. In the Silent Spot, Red and Robert Strauss ("Animal" in Stalag 17) play a pair of inept burglars. This episode aired April 2, 1963.