Fred Hamilton
Director
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
Season 2
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.
Released Sept. 10, 1950
Episode 60 min
2+
Keywords: tmdb.variety-show, imdb.slapstick-comedy, imdb.satire-comedy, imdb.variety-show, imdb.stand-up-comedy, imdb.sketch-comedy, imdb.male-female-relationship + 2 more, awards.emmy-award-winner, awards.emmy-award-nominated
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Production Companies: NBC, Colgate-Palmolive-Peet
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Jackie Gleason
Sept. 2, 1951, midnight
S2E2 - Eddie Cantor
Sept. 9, 1951, midnight
S2E3 - Spike Jones
Sept. 16, 1951, midnight
S2E4 - Milton Berle and Ezio Pinza
Sept. 23, 1951, midnight
S2E5 - Eddie Cantor
Sept. 30, 1951, midnight
S2E6 - Donald O'Connor and Ed Wynn
Oct. 7, 1951, midnight
S2E7 - Abbott & Costello
Oct. 14, 1951, midnight
S2E8 - Jack Carson
Oct. 21, 1951, midnight
S2E9 - Eddie Cantor
Oct. 28, 1951, midnight
S2E10 - Martin & Lewis
Nov. 4, 1951, midnight
S2E11 - Donald O'Connor and Harpo Marx
Nov. 11, 1951, midnight
S2E12 - Abbott & Costello
Bud 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."
Nov. 18, 1951, midnight
S2E13 - Eddie Cantor
Nov. 25, 1951, midnight
S2E14 - Bob Hope
Dec. 2, 1951, midnight
S2E15 - Eddie Cantor
Dec. 9, 1951, midnight
S2E16 - Alan Young and Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
Dec. 16, 1951, midnight
S2E17 - Eddie Cantor
Dec. 23, 1951, midnight
S2E18 - Martin & Lewis
Dec. 30, 1951, midnight
S2E19 - Donald O'Connor and Harpo Marx
Jan. 6, 1952, midnight
S2E20 - Abbott & Costello
In 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".
Jan. 13, 1952, midnight
S2E21 - Eddie Cantor
Jan. 20, 1952, midnight
S2E22 - Danny Thomas
Jan. 27, 1952, midnight
S2E23 - Donald O'Connor
Feb. 3, 1952, midnight
S2E24 - Martin & Lewis
Feb. 10, 1952, midnight
S2E25 - Eddie Cantor
Feb. 17, 1952, midnight
S2E26 - Danny Thomas
Feb. 24, 1952, midnight
S2E27 - Donald O'Connor
March 2, 1952, midnight
S2E28 - Bob Hope
March 9, 1952, midnight
S2E29 - Eddie Cantor
March 16, 1952, midnight
S2E30 - Martin & Lewis
March 23, 1952, midnight
S2E31 - Chico & Harpo Marx and Tony Martin
March 30, 1952, midnight
S2E32 - Abbott & Costello
April 6, 1952, midnight
S2E33 - Eddie Cantor
April 13, 1952, midnight
S2E34 - Donald O'Connor and Andy Devine
April 20, 1952, midnight
S2E35 - Martin & Lewis
April 27, 1952, midnight
S2E36 - Abbott & Costello
May 4, 1952, midnight
S2E37 - Donald O'Connor
May 11, 1952, midnight
S2E38 - Eddie Cantor
May 18, 1952, midnight
S2E39 - Ben Blue
May 25, 1952, midnight
S2E40 - Herb Shriver
June 1, 1952, midnight
S2E41 - Eddie Cantor
June 8, 1952, midnight
S2E42 - Bob Hope
June 15, 1952, midnight
Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 45 min.
Released: Sept. 10, 1950
Last Air Date: Dec. 25, 1955, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-G / 2+
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