The Spike Jones Show is the name of several separate American comedy and variety series that aired on NBC and CBS in the 1950s and 1960s. Spike Jones, son of a railroad agent, was born Lindley Armstrong Jones, getting his nickname from a telegraph operator who thought that Jones was skinny as a railroad spike. Madcap musician Spike Jones and his band, the City Slickers, perform spoof versions of well-known songs in this entertaining and hilarious half-hour show. Episode 1 on NBC June 3, 1945 included guest Charlie Ruggles. Charles Sherman Ruggles (February 8, 1886 – December 23, 1970) was a comic American character actor. In a career spanning six decades, Ruggles appeared in close to 100 feature films.