Friday, 7 August 2026

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – STANDING ROOM ONLY RED SKELTON'S CHRISTMAS DINNER (1981)

 

After returning a lost dog to its ungrateful owners Mr. and Mrs. Wilberspoon (Tudi Wiggins and Mavor Moore) Freddie the Freeloader (Red Skelton) sets off on a New York winter day as he intends to have Christmas Dinner with his good friend Professor Humperdo (Vincent Price) in a very expensive New York restaurant, the Shakespeare Gardens.

On his way to meet the Professor he runs into Molly the Bag Lady (Imogene Coca) who tells him that she saw an ambulance outside his digs, so he makes his way to the Hospital where Nurse Cathy (Ann Lantuch) mistakes him for a clown.

So, he goes with her to the children’s ward and he stays to entertain the children with comedy and finishes with a song then when he leaves the hospital, he finds a Drunk Santa (Jack Duffy) at a Christmas Tree lot, then he went to see Sgt. Kelly (Ken James) at the precinct and discovers that the Professor is a guest.

After posting bail for him Freddie and the Professor head towards the restaurant but when Freddie goes inside he immediately thrown out and it looks like they would be dining at the Midnight Mission but due to being misidentified as being excentric millionaires they are invited in and dine well.

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