Oct 20, 2026 · 30 min · 14 segments
A compilation of humorous shows ranging from slapstick sketches to witty banter and family sitcoms. This series highlights the timeless appeal of laughter and character-driven comedy. This episode…
Tonight we open the Skelton Scrapbook of Satire to a story entitled Looking for Trouble.
Our characters are fictional.
If there's any similarity to persons living, they should go down to the morgue and give themselves up.
Chapter 81 of Looking for Trouble is entitled The Man Who Stole McGal.
This is the story of Deadeye and his long search for gentleman Jim Harkins, the man who ran away with his girl Margie the Clipper.
The blizzard is raging.
Boy, it's a beaut.
Whoa! Whoa! Oh, come on, Harkmore!
There.
You okay, wonderful? Yeah, but, Dead Eye, why go to all this trouble to get even with some critter who stole your gal? Why? Didn't you ever fall in love? No, but I fell in a river once.
That's the same thing.
You get soaked either way.
Well, Dead Eye, I'm turning back.
Turning back? Is that all our friendship means? No, Mr.
Dead Eye.
You know I'd face death for you.
Oh, yeah? Then how come you ran when that grizzly
bear challenged you?
He wasn't dead, was
he?
Yeah.
Well, I
got to find Gentleman Jim Harkins, the guy that
Tonight we open the Skelton Scrapbook of Satire to a story entitled Looking for Trouble.
Our characters are fictional.
If there's any similarity to persons living, they should go down to the morgue and give themselves up.
Chapter 81 of Looking for Trouble is entitled The Man Who Stole McGal.
This is the story of Deadeye and his long search for gentleman Jim Harkins, the man who ran away with his girl Margie the Clipper.
The blizzard is raging.
Boy, it's a beaut.
Whoa! Whoa! Oh, come on, Harkmore!
There.
You okay, wonderful? Yeah, but, Dead Eye, why go to all this trouble to get even with some critter who stole your gal? Why? Didn't you ever fall in love? No, but I fell in a river once.
That's the same thing.
You get soaked either way.
Well, Dead Eye, I'm turning back.
Turning back? Is that all our friendship means? No, Mr.
Dead Eye.
You know I'd face death for you.
Oh, yeah? Then how come you ran when that grizzly
bear challenged you?
He wasn't dead, was
he?
Yeah.
Well, I
got to find Gentleman Jim Harkins, the guy that
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