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Dithery character comedian Franklin Pangborn appears in this episode of The Red Skelton Show, which originally aired in color on February 18, 1958. Skelton himself plays garage owner George Appleby, who at the behest of his amateur-sleuth wife Clara (Mary Beth Hughes) tries to prove that mild-mannered window dresser Carter (Pangborn) is really a notorious serial killer. Featured in the cast as a flustered police inspector is Jackie Coogan, who dissolves in laughter when Red tosses off an ad-lib about Coogan's previous appearance on the TV quiz show The 64,000 Challenge. Also, keep an eye on the opening pantomime routine in which Skelton forgets to "set up" a sound-effects gag. The black-and-white kinescope version of this episode is available from several home-video sources.