The colgate comedy hour american television program. Watch the colgate comedy hour episode guide sidereel. The colgate comedy hour was one of the bright spots of early television. The colgate comedy hour season 5 episode 38 episodio. Featuring the top names in vaudeville, theater, radio and film, this live sunday evening series was the first starring vehicle for many notable performers turning to television. The colgate comedy hour tv listings, tv schedule and. With jerry lewis, dean martin, al goodman, eddie cantor. The show featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as. Full list of 1950s tv shows on cbs all access reelgood. The colgate comedy hour is an american comedy musical variety series that aired live on the nbc network from 1950 to. Watch with best tv ever start your 30day free trial. Notably, none of the performers from the original 19501955 run returned. Watch all 39 the colgate comedy hour episodes from season 5,view pictures, get episode information and more. More than 600 live tv channels and 45000 complimentary movies tv shows and documentaries.
English over 4 hours of classic early tv, a collectible delight. Media in category the colgate comedy hour the following 12 files are in this category, out of 12 total. Of all the hosts, perhaps best loved was dean martin and jerry lewis. Dean martin jerry lewis eddie cantor 19501955 a bigbudget variety show from nbc in the. The colgate comedy hour free episodes abbott and costello. A popular mix of musical acts and sometimes raucous sketch comedy with alternating guest hosts, nbc mounted its own really big show to compete. Filmed before a live audience which gives the comedy hour a sense of electricity. Jane easton the private life and times of jane easton. Photos from the individual the colgate comedy hour episodes are listed along with the the colgate comedy hour episode names when available, as are the dates of the original airing of the episode.
Gordon macrae and rhonda fleming cohost from march air force base in riverside, california commemorating armed forces week. The donna reed show is an american situation comedy. From 1950 to 1955, every sunday night the nation tuned in to watch the colgate comedy hour, that hilarious live tv variety show featuring the top names in vaudeville, theater, radio and film, and hosted by televisions favorite personalities. Highlights include excerpts from damn yankees, fanny, house of flowers and palace. Other articles where the colgate comedy hour is discussed. An episode of the colgate comedy hour, with host eddie fisher, and the following guests.
A year after appearing as menacing witch baba yaga in the 1996 family fantasy father frost, o. Regular supporting casts always costarred in each of the episodes. The colgate comedy hour s5e32 1955 the movie database. Dean martin jerry lewis colgate comedy hour early 1950s. Watch all 42 the colgate comedy hour episodes from season 2,view pictures, get episode information and more. Below is a complete the colgate comedy hour episode list that spans the shows entire tv run. Guests are abbott and costello, dancers the clark brothers, singer jana mason, carmen dragon and his orchestra, and on film president eisenhower. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. The the colgate comedy hour episode guide includes recaps for every episode from every season and a full list of where you can watch episodes online instantly. His guests include actors monte woolley and peter donald, opera star rise stevens, ballet stars sono osato, hugh laing and zachary solov, tony award winner david burns, fred allens radio cohorts kenny delmar, minerva pious, parker fennelly supplying voices in a puppet version of allens alley with al goodman and his orchestra. He became one of the rotating hosts of the colgate comedy hour and starred in three different incarnations of the donald oconnor show for nbc in 1951 and 195455, for which he was nominated for an emmy 1952 and received the emmy award for outstanding personality 1953.
This was a colgate sponsored comedy hour that featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as guest stars. Watch full length episodes, video clips, highlights and more. Watch all 42 the colgate comedy hour episodes from season 1,view pictures, get episode information and more. It should be noted that the timeslot was not always sponsored by colgate, with frigidaire initially taking over one week each month. All the colgate comedy hour episodes list of the colgate. The colgate comedy hour is an american comedy musical variety series that aired live on the nbc network from 1950 to 1955.
This one was from season 4, episode 28 april 28, 1954 and includes some great abbott and costello. Other stars hosting only a few episodes included bob hope, tony martin, judy canova, jack carson, jimmy durante and fred allen. Nbc filled out the remainder of the season with a show called the nbc comedy hour until coming up with a more permanent replacement in the steve allen show in june 1956. Filmon tv live tv movies and social television more than 600 live tv channels and 45000 complimentary movies tv shows and documentaries. Glamour girls of the silver screen the private lives and times of some of the most glamorous actresses and starlets of the forties, fifties and sixties. In 1952 and 1953, it lost out to the sid caesar classic series, your show of shows.
A fact from the colgate comedy hour appeared on wikipedia s main page in the did you know. He made his film debut in the musical about face 1952. Colgate withdrew its sponsorship after the december 25th broadcast and the comedy hour was no more. Cantor hosted more episodes of the colgate comedy hour than anyone else, including the very first one. Reviewed in the united states on october 23, 2006 this dvd is just chalk full of bigname stars such as rosemary clooney, burt lancaster, and vera miles. They seem to finally warm up to the audience and each other.
In later seasons, the comedy hour was often preempted for 90minute musical specials. The colgate comedy hour was an american comedymusical variety series that aired live on the nbc network from 1950 to 1955. Abbott and costello cohost many of the colgate comedy hour shows with special guests and notable personalities of the 1950s. This one was from season 4, episode 28 april 28, 1954 and includes some great abbott and costello physical comedy. Video the colgate comedy hour episode 5 5pt 29april1951 nbc video the colgate comedy hour episode 6 5pt may1951 nbc video the colgate comedy hour episode 7 5pt 3june1951 nbc video the colgate comedy hour episode 8 5pt 24jun1951 nbc. While it wasnt unusual at the time for ad agencies to produce tv shows, ted bates had little experience in the field. Just before nbc leased it in 1952, richard nixons checkers speech was filmed here.
Starting with the 195455 season, colgates ad agency ted bates took over production supervision from nbc. Washed out which can make some of the subtitles hard to read. Donald oconnor biography, movie highlights and photos. The show featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as guest stars. The colgate comedy hour tv listings, tv schedule and episode. On november 5, 1967, the dean martin show sponsored by colgate was preempted for a oneoff revival of the colgate comedy hour with guests including mel brooks, bob newhart, dan rowan, dick martin and others. The movie database tmdb is a popular, user editable database for movies and tv shows. Final episode of colgate comedy hour hosted by martin and lewis, features a very politically incorrect parody of japanese movies. The colgate comedy hour watch full episodes and clips. The colgate comedy hour season 5 episode guide on tv. One of donald oconnors most high profile later day film appearance was a cameo at the beginning of barry levinsons toys 1992, wherein the verteran actor supplied a muchneeded chunk of solid entertainment value to an otherwise ponderous project. The colgate comedy hour september 17, 1950 youtube. Season 5, episode 1 september 19, 1954 guests include peggy lee, louis armstrong, the vagabonds, mischa elman, and rocky marciano.
Colgate comedy hour, the television academy interviews. The colgate comedy hour is an american comedymusical variety series that. The colgate comedy hour is an american comedymusical variety series that aired live on the nbc network from 1950 to. The colgate comedy hour was nominated for emmys in 1952, 1953, and 1954. Video the colgate comedy hour episode 4 5pt 4feb1951 nbc. Watch the colgate comedy hour season 3 online sidereel. The midnight special 11dvd 2015 television on time. You can track your order by providing your order number below. I purchased this seven episode set to compliment some other colgate comedy hour episodes i have which feature other hosts abbott and costello, gordon. After playing the title role in a televised play, jack and the. This was a colgatesponsored comedy hour that featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as guest stars. In the fall of 63, abc bought the theater and renamed it the jerry lewis theater which is where his ill fated week show was done from.
Jane easton pictures private life and times of jane easton. It is known that woody allen made his tv debut on the colgate comedy hour but no ones seems to know which episode it was. Jerry lewis and dean martin4 the colgate comedy hour duration. The colgate comedy hour is an american comedymusical variety series that aired live on the nbc network from 1950 to 1955. The fourth show of the month was sponsored originally by frigidaire and appeared for a short time under the title michael todds revue with todd producing and comic bobby.
Grey went on to perform in several such shows, and he became a nightclub performer as well. For approximately fiveandahalf seasons, nbcs colgate comedy hour presented big budget musical variety television as headtohead competition for ed sullivans toast of the town on cbs. After durocher, the regular hosts changed, and after 18 broadcasts, the final show aired in june. Glucksman 27 episodes, 19501955 jim jordan episodes, 19521955 kingman t. Please note, you can check the status of orders placed online within the last 30 days. This collection of 6 dvds offers the best of the colgate comedy hour, a popular tv variety show from the 1950s, featuring dean martin, jerry lewis and their guests.
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