The sketch opens with Red visiting the executive committee of CBS-TV programming, where he is informed that Peter Lorre will be starring in a TV comedy and has requested Red as his technical advisor. Red appears at Peter's mansion late at night where he meets Peter, his wife Vampira, his valet Meredith the Gorilla, his friend Sam Skeleton, and various others monsters and ghouls. When the Peter Lorre Show is broadcast, Peter plays the role as Jackie Gleason would, including Ralph Kramden of the Honeymooners, Vampira as Alice, Muriel Landers as neighbor Trixie, and Red himself as Ed Norton.