Watch with best tv ever start your 30day free trial. Season 2, episode 23 february 3, 1952 guests include kay starr and ben blue. With the construction of a nationwide cable line, it became possible for the first time to broadcast live from coasttocoast. They started with burlesque and vaudeville, which made them naturals to host a variety show. The colgate comedy hour, which ran from 1950 through 1955, was a wildly popular weekly variety show filled with funny monologues and comic sketches. Nbcs colgate comedy hour ran for five and half seasons from 1950 to 1955. Colgate comedy hour trivia nbc took on quite a challenge when they put the colgate comedy hour on at 8pm on sunday nights in 1950. With the coming of television radio shows become a thing of the past.
The colgate comedy hour was one of the bright spots of early television. They are the funniest pair of actors i have ever seen in movies, and they are even funnier in their appearances on the colgate comedy hour tv. Watch full length episodes, video clips, highlights and more. Martin and lewis, the last of the original hosts, made two appearances in this final halfseason of the show. Aired as the 100th telecast of the colgate comedy hour. The colgate comedy hour season 2 episode guide on tv.
Colgate comedy hour abbott and costello and company. Wish there were as many kinescopes of them here as there are of red skelton. The colgate comedy hour american television program. En route gisele mckenzie sings just one of those things. 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. Allen was an original host of the colgate comedy hour, but he was taken out of the rotation of hosts after two months. This was the year their abbott and costello meet the invisible man movie was released, which was one of their last quality movies. The program evolved from nbcs first tv variety showcase, four star revue, sponsored by motorola. 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. For fred allens second time hosting the colgate program, his guests include part of his regular radio program cast peter donald, parker fennelly and portland hoffa allens wife. Peggy lee and ella fitzgerald sing numbers from the film, a mix of 1920s standards and some created for the movie. The colgate comedy hour february 4, 1951 starring dean martin and jerry lewis.
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. Variety shows hosted by a major comedian were common in the early fifties, but the. Notably, none of the performers from the original 19501955 run returned. Starting with the 195455 season, colgate s ad agency ted bates took over production supervision from nbc. Disc eight 53054 season finale, with dick stabile and his orchestra.
The big budget musical variety show featured top names in vaudeville, theater, radio and film, while principal hosts rotated each week bringing their own style and format to the show and included eddie cantor, dean martin and jerry lewis, fred allen, donald oconnor, abbott and costello, bob hope, jimmy durante, gordon. Allen starred in six feature films and a few short films. Season 4, episode 1 october 4, 1953 guests include burt lancaster, eddie ryder, sidney sillman, and fay mckenzie. Find highquality the colgate comedy hour stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images.
The colgate comedy hour was an american comedy musical variety series that aired live on the nbc network from 1950 to 1955. This was a colgatesponsored comedy hour that featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as guest stars. An episode of the colgate comedy hour, one of the more expensive varietyseries of the earliest days of televisions growing popularity. An episode of the colgate comedy hour, one of the more expensive variety series of the earliest days of televisions. It should be noted that the timeslot was not always sponsored by colgate, with frigidaire initially taking over one week each month. The colgate comedy hour was a bigbudget variety series featuring some of the biggest names in show business. A fact from the colgate comedy hour appeared on wikipedia s main page in the did you know. Watch all 39 the colgate comedy hour episodes from season 5,view pictures, get episode information and more. Fred allen was an american comedian, mostly known today for his radio show, which is probably the reason allen is a forgotten comedian. The comedy story line had lou planning to marry gale. Season 6 1955 the colgate comedy hour shows with special guests and notable personalities of the 1950s. License creative commons attribution license reuse allowed show more show less. Flick, juggler wally blair, dancer lita baron and billy daniel, cyclist joe mole, dance act the rio brothers, and the skylarks. The colgate comedy hour streaming online justwatch.
Complete with commercials, and a funny sketch spoofing tinpanalley songwriting. Grey went on to perform in several such shows, and he became a nightclub performer as well. Later in the summer, the show reverted to its more usual format, but with no set hosts. Rhonda fleming on the colgate comedy hour part 2 of 2 january 1952 video the colgate comedy hour starring donald oconnor 3 feb1952 guests. His guests include marilyn maxwell, singer bob crosby, comic actors eddie bracken and frank faylen, georgie price, singer toni arden, comic pat c. Filmon tv live tv movies and social television more than 600 live tv channels and 45000 complimentary movies tv shows and documentaries. Martin and lewis colgate comedy hour 16 classic episodes.
The colgate comedy hour stock pictures, royaltyfree photos. Some good routines from other acts, but mostly the famed comedy team. Corinne calvet, kay starr, ben blue, gwen carter, sid miller, frank nelson. After playing the title role in a televised play, jack and the. May 30, 2014 colgate comedy hour sept 1953 begins with the duet great to be home. Bob hope hosts this agva salute to the return of vaudeville. The video will start at the top of this sketch which is in the first third of the one hour show. I highly recommend this dvd to anyone who loves sidesplitting, kneeslapping comedy for the whole family. The colgate comedy hour tv listings, tv schedule and. Colgate comedy hour sept 1953 begins with the duet great to be home. Watch the colgate comedy hour now on your favorite device.
Classic tv info the colgate summer comedy hour summer 1954. Musical comedy variety hour with special hosts, guests. English over 4 hours of classic early tv, a collectible delight. The colgate comedy hour season 5 episode guide on tv. Burt lancaster, eddie ryder, sidney sillman, fay mckenzie.
Other articles where the colgate comedy hour is discussed. During the second season, the colgate comedy hour also became the first. 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. 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. A good abbott and costello one hour show from january 1951. Feb 08, 2017 the colgate comedy hour february 4, 1951 starring dean martin and jerry lewis. Jack webb takes the hour to break down, step by step, all the elements that went into production of his new film, pete kellys blues, to be released on 1 august.
Abbott and costello cohost many of the colgate comedy hour shows with special guests and notable personalities of the 1950s. Glucksman 27 episodes, 19501955 jim jordan episodes, 19521955 kingman t. This beautiful color photo was taken during rehearsal of the photographer sketch on the march 23, 1952 colgate comedy hour. The show featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as guest stars. The colgate comedy hour watch full episodes and clips. Other guests include the dancers anthony, allyn and hodges and comedians mort and art havel. Even if you dont have a wacky, zany sense of humor.
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. Clark is judge in a courtroom sketch with moran complaining someone had stolen her lacy underwear. Watch all 42 the colgate comedy hour episodes from season 2,view pictures, get episode information and more. The colgate comedy hour season 4 episode 34 episodio. Dean, the dapper photographer, jerry, the daffy window washer. This was a colgate sponsored comedy hour that featured.
Just before nbc leased it in 1952, richard nixons checkers speech was filmed here. Though that one is mostly sketches, it is still funnier to me than their two movies, also here on ia. In later seasons, the comedy hour was often preempted for 90minute musical specials. Clark performs a comedy rendition of the poem the shooting of dan mcgrew. 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. The colgate comedy hour series aired 1950 1955 available on primetime tv comedy variety.
The colgate comedy hour was an american comedymusical variety series that aired live on the nbc network from 1950 to 1955. Cbs had the nearly invulnerable tv personality ed sullivan on in the same time slot with the variety series, toast of the town which had already been a ratings dynamo for more than 2 years. Instead, a series of travel musicals was presented with alternating casts headed by kaye ballard and bobby van on alternating coasts. While it wasnt unusual at the time for ad agencies to produce tv shows, ted bates had little experience in the field. Ctva us music variety colgate comedy hour nbc195055. The colgate comedy hour free episodes abbott and costello. Starting with the 195455 season, colgates ad agency ted bates took over production supervision from nbc. Dean martin jerry lewis colgate comedy hour early 1950s. Disc two 2451 sketches include jerry as an annoying usher and the boys doing. Yes, this set could have been produced better, but even with its flaws it is one of the best comedy box sets on the market.
An episode of the colgate comedy hour, with host eddie fisher, and the following guests. In 1954, for the first time, the comedy hour didnt take a break for the summer. More than 600 live tv channels and 45000 complimentary movies tv shows and documentaries. Attempting to transfer elements of his successful radio show to video, he only met. Find out when and where you can watch the colgate comedy hour episodes with tvguides full tv listings youll never miss another moment from your favorite show. Colgate comedy hour, the television academy interviews. The colgate comedy hour tv listings, tv schedule and episode.
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