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Only a handful of Red Skelton Shows were colorcast during the 1959-60 season. Red's home network CBS was then feuding with NBC, the industry leader in color telecasts; out of pique, CBSwould eventually show all their programs in black-and-white exclusively-a classic example of cutting off one's nose to spite one's face. At any rate, one of the few color Skelton telecasts of this period was seen on December 15, 1959, and featured Marie McDonald in the comedy sketch "Clem the Mailman." Working as a post office employee during the Christmas rush, bucolic Clem Kadiddlehopper (Red) tangles with a tough customer named Lil (Marie).