The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers.
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Episode 1 - Jackie Gleason
Release Date: 1951-09-02 -
Episode 2 - Eddie Cantor
Release Date: 1951-09-09 -
Episode 3 - Spike Jones
Release Date: 1951-09-16 -
Episode 4 - Milton Berle and Ezio Pinza
Release Date: 1951-09-23 -
Episode 5 - Eddie Cantor
Release Date: 1951-09-30 -
Episode 6 - Donald O'Connor and Ed Wynn
Release Date: 1951-10-07 -
Episode 7 - Abbott & Costello
Release Date: 1951-10-14 -
Episode 8 - Jack Carson
Release Date: 1951-10-21 -
Episode 9 - Eddie Cantor
Release Date: 1951-10-28 -
Episode 10 - Martin & Lewis
Release Date: 1951-11-04 -
Episode 11 - Donald O'Connor and Harpo Marx
Release Date: 1951-11-11 -
Episode 12 - Abbott & Costello
Release Date: 1951-11-18Bud Abbott and Lou Costello host with guests actors Errol Flynn and Bruce Cabot, actress Rhonda Fleming, A C stalwarts Sid Fields and Joe Kirk, The Pied Pipers, Al Goodman and his Orchestra, and a cameo by George Raft. On the way to work on Fleming's ranch, the boys encounter berserk Flynn doing the classic "Niagra Falls" routine ("Slowly I turn, step by step..."). Lou attempts to milk a cow, and he and Bud get the giggles, start ad libbing, and start spitting milk at each other. Sheriff Lou battles bad guy Flynn in a saloon. Rhonda Fleming performs "Don't Blame Me" and "I'm in Love With a Wonderful Guy."
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Episode 13 - Eddie Cantor
Release Date: 1951-11-25 -
Episode 14 - Bob Hope
Release Date: 1951-12-02 -
Episode 15 - Eddie Cantor
Release Date: 1951-12-09 -
Episode 16 - Alan Young and Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
Release Date: 1951-12-16 -
Episode 17 - Eddie Cantor
Release Date: 1951-12-23 -
Episode 18 - Martin & Lewis
Release Date: 1951-12-30 -
Episode 19 - Donald O'Connor and Harpo Marx
Release Date: 1952-01-06 -
Episode 20 - Abbott & Costello
Release Date: 1952-01-13In one sketch, Abbott and Costello are offered a job on Cabot's dude ranch. On the way, they encounter Flynn, with whom they do the old "Niagara Falls" sketch. In another western bit, the boys have a run-in with bad guy Flynn. Rhonda Fleming performs "Don't Blame Me" and "I'm in Love With a Wonderful Guy".
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Episode 21 - Eddie Cantor
Release Date: 1952-01-20 -
Episode 22 - Danny Thomas
Release Date: 1952-01-27 -
Episode 23 - Donald O'Connor
Release Date: 1952-02-03 -
Episode 24 - Martin & Lewis
Release Date: 1952-02-10 -
Episode 25 - Eddie Cantor
Release Date: 1952-02-17 -
Episode 26 - Danny Thomas
Release Date: 1952-02-24 -
Episode 27 - Donald O'Connor
Release Date: 1952-03-02 -
Episode 28 - Bob Hope
Release Date: 1952-03-09 -
Episode 29 - Eddie Cantor
Release Date: 1952-03-16 -
Episode 30 - Martin & Lewis
Release Date: 1952-03-23 -
Episode 31 - Chico & Harpo Marx and Tony Martin
Release Date: 1952-03-30 -
Episode 32 - Abbott & Costello
Release Date: 1952-04-06 -
Episode 33 - Eddie Cantor
Release Date: 1952-04-13 -
Episode 34 - Donald O'Connor and Andy Devine
Release Date: 1952-04-20 -
Episode 35 - Martin & Lewis
Release Date: 1952-04-27 -
Episode 36 - Abbott & Costello
Release Date: 1952-05-04 -
Episode 37 - Donald O'Connor
Release Date: 1952-05-11 -
Episode 38 - Eddie Cantor
Release Date: 1952-05-18 -
Episode 39 - Ben Blue
Release Date: 1952-05-25 -
Episode 40 - Herb Shriver
Release Date: 1952-06-01 -
Episode 41 - Eddie Cantor
Release Date: 1952-06-08 -
Episode 42 - Bob Hope
Release Date: 1952-06-15