The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
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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3x01 Martin & Lewis

21 September, 1952 8:00 am
Features songs "You Belong To Me" and "Hominy Grits"

3x04 Abbott & Costello

19 October, 1952 9:00 am
Lizabeth Scott, Gisele macKenzie, The Four Pipers, Les dassie, Dudley Dickerson, Milt Bronson, Bobby Barber, Sid Fields and Al Goodman and his Orchestra

3x05 Donald O'Connor and Ben Blue

01 January, 1970 9:00 am
The legendary duo, Abbott and Costello cohost another great episode of the Colgate Comedy hour. Special guests Elizabeth Scott Gisele McKenziel and the Dassies join the show.

3x10 Martin & Lewis

30 November, 1952 8:00 am

3x12 Abbott & Costello - Christmas Show

14 December, 1952 8:00 am
Abbott & Costello present a comedy/variety Christmas Special, including their routines, singing, dancing, and acrobats.

3x16 Abbott & Costello

11 January, 1953 8:00 am
Victor Borge, Gisele MacKenzie, Grace Hartman, Allan Jones, Sid Fields, Harry Lang, The Four Pipers, Bobby Barber, R. J. Otis and Abner, The Hollywood Stunt Group

3x17 Eddie Cantor

01 January, 1970 9:00 am
Abbott and Costello come and host a mock of the Inaugural Ball for the President Eisenhower. It includes Victor Borge by sending out former President Truman and his daguther performing.

3x18 Martin & Lewis

25 January, 1953 8:00 am
The boys introduce sketches from earlier shows (because Jerry had injured himself on a motor scooter).

3x31 Abbott & Costello

26 April, 1953 9:00 am
Hoagy Carmichael, Teresa Brewer, The Four Pipers, The Amin Brothers, Sid Fields, Michael Ross, Jack Lomas, Sherry Morland, Evelynne D'Smith, Sid Marion, Bobby Barber and Al Goodman and his Orchestra

3x32 Martin & Lewis

03 May, 1953 8:00 am
Sketches involve a harem and the boys taking out insurance policies on each other.

3x36 Martin & Lewis

31 May, 1953 8:00 am

3x37 Martin & Lewis

31 May, 1953 8:00 am
Martin and Lewis welcome Patti Lewis, dancers The Four Step Brothers, Danny Arnold, and cameos by Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, with Dick Stabile and his Orchestra. Dean and Jerry are upstaged by Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh who refuse to leave the stage. Airline pilot Dean deals with a new lunatic steward, Jerry. Jerry's a disruptive nine-year-old irritating his father and a cop at the arcade. Jerry plugs the new issue of TV Guide with he and Dean on the cover. Patti sings "My Daddy, My Hero, My Love" and a duet with Jerry. The boys dance with the Step Brothers in the close.

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