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Status: Ended
First Aired: September 10, 1950
Seasons: 6
Episodes: 208
Networks: NBC
Genres: Comedy

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The Colgate Comedy Hour(1950)

This was a Colgate-sponsored comedy hour that featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as guest stars.

TMDB Rating: 6.8 (12 votes)

Overview

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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Season 1

42 episodes • 1950

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Revenge with Music	Sep 10, 1950
2	Let's Face It	Sep 17, 1950
3	Fred Allen	Sep 24, 1950
4	10/1/1950	Oct 1, 1950
5	Eddie Cantor	Oct 8, 1950
6	Martin & Lewis: Anything Goes	Oct 15, 1950
7	Fred Allen	Oct 22, 1950
8	Bobby Clark	Oct 29, 1950
9	Eddie Cantor	Nov 5, 1950
10	Martin & Lewis	Nov 12, 1950
11	Fred Allen	Nov 19, 1950
12	Bob Hope	Nov 26, 1950
13	Eddie Cantor	Dec 3, 1950
14	Tickets Please!	Dec 10, 1950
15	12/17/1950	Dec 17, 1950
16	Bob Hope	Dec 24, 1950
17	Eddie Cantor	Dec 31, 1950
18	Abbot & Costello	Jan 7, 1951
19	Jerry Lester	Jan 14, 1951
20	Bobby Clark	Jan 21, 1951
21	Eddie Cantor	Jan 28, 1951
22	Martin & Lewis	Feb 4, 1951
23	The Spike Jones Show	Feb 11, 1951
24	Bobby Clark	Feb 18, 1951
25	Eddie Cantor	Feb 25, 1951
26	Tony Martin	Mar 4, 1951
27	Abbot & Costello	Mar 11, 1951
28	Beatrice Lillie	Mar 18, 1951
29	Eddie Cantor	Mar 25, 1951
30	Eddie Cantor	Apr 1, 1951
31	Bob Hope	Apr 8, 1951
32	Tony Martin	Apr 15, 1951
33	Eddie Cantor	Apr 22, 1951
34	Martin & Lewis	Apr 29, 1951
35	Phil Silvers	May 6, 1951
36	Beatrice Lillie	May 13, 1951
37	Martin & Lewis	May 20, 1951
38	Eddie Cantor	May 27, 1951
39	Martin & Lewis	Jun 3, 1951
40	Jackie Gleason and Fred Allen	Jun 10, 1951
41	Eddie Cantor	Jun 17, 1951
42	Martin & Lewis	Jun 24, 1951

Season 2

42 episodes • 1951

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Jackie Gleason	Sep 2, 1951
2	Eddie Cantor	Sep 9, 1951
3	Spike Jones	Sep 16, 1951
4	Milton Berle and Ezio Pinza	Sep 23, 1951
5	Eddie Cantor	Sep 30, 1951
6	Donald O'Connor and Ed Wynn	Oct 7, 1951
7	Abbott & Costello	Oct 14, 1951
8	Jack Carson	Oct 21, 1951
9	Eddie Cantor	Oct 28, 1951
10	Martin & Lewis	Nov 4, 1951
11	Donald O'Connor and Harpo Marx	Nov 11, 1951
12	Abbott & Costello	Nov 18, 1951
13	Eddie Cantor	Nov 25, 1951
14	Bob Hope	Dec 2, 1951
15	Eddie Cantor	Dec 9, 1951
16	Alan Young and Roy Rogers & Dale Evans	Dec 16, 1951
17	Eddie Cantor	Dec 23, 1951
18	Martin & Lewis	Dec 30, 1951
19	Donald O'Connor and Harpo Marx	Jan 6, 1952
20	Abbott & Costello	Jan 13, 1952
21	Eddie Cantor	Jan 20, 1952
22	Danny Thomas	Jan 27, 1952
23	Donald O'Connor	Feb 3, 1952
24	Martin & Lewis	Feb 10, 1952
25	Eddie Cantor	Feb 17, 1952
26	Danny Thomas	Feb 24, 1952
27	Donald O'Connor	Mar 2, 1952
28	Bob Hope	Mar 9, 1952
29	Eddie Cantor	Mar 16, 1952
30	Martin & Lewis	Mar 23, 1952
31	Chico & Harpo Marx and Tony Martin	Mar 30, 1952
32	Abbott & Costello	Apr 6, 1952
33	Eddie Cantor	Apr 13, 1952
34	Donald O'Connor and Andy Devine	Apr 20, 1952
35	Martin & Lewis	Apr 27, 1952
36	Abbott & Costello	May 4, 1952
37	Donald O'Connor	May 11, 1952
38	Eddie Cantor	May 18, 1952
39	Ben Blue	May 25, 1952
40	Herb Shriver	Jun 1, 1952
41	Eddie Cantor	Jun 8, 1952
42	Bob Hope	Jun 15, 1952

Season 3

39 episodes • 1952

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Martin & Lewis	Sep 21, 1952
2	Eddie Cantor	Sep 28, 1952
3	Donald O'Connor	Oct 5, 1952
4	Bob Hope	Oct 12, 1952
5	Abbott & Costello	Oct 19, 1952
6	Donald O'Connor and Ben Blue	Oct 26, 1952
7	Judy Canova	Nov 2, 1952
8	Bob Hope	Nov 9, 1952
9	Donald O'Connor	Nov 16, 1952
10	Abbott & Costello	Nov 23, 1952
11	Martin & Lewis	Nov 30, 1952
12	Bob Hope	Dec 7, 1952
13	Abbott & Costello - Christmas Show	Dec 14, 1952
14	Episode 14	Dec 21, 1952
15	Phil Harris and Ben Blue	Dec 28, 1952
16	Bob Hope	Jan 4, 1953
17	Abbott & Costello and Victor Borge	Jan 11, 1953
18	Eddie Cantor	Jan 18, 1953
19	Martin & Lewis	Jan 25, 1953
20	Bob Hope	Feb 1, 1953
21	Ben Blue	Feb 8, 1953
22	Eddie Cantor	Feb 15, 1953
23	The Ritz Brothers	Feb 22, 1953
24	Bob Hope and George Jessel	Mar 1, 1953
25	Donald O'Connor	Mar 8, 1953
26	Eddie Cantor	Mar 15, 1953
27	100th Episode	Mar 22, 1953
28	Bob Hope	Mar 29, 1953
29	Donald O'Connor	Apr 5, 1953
30	Eddie Cantor	Apr 12, 1953
31	Bob Hope	Apr 19, 1953
32	Abbott & Costello	Apr 26, 1953
33	Martin & Lewis	May 3, 1953
34	Eddie Cantor	May 10, 1953
35	Donald O'Connor	May 17, 1953
36	Bob Hope	May 24, 1953
37	Martin & Lewis	May 31, 1953
38	Eddie Cantor	Jun 7, 1953
39	Bob Hope	Jun 14, 1953

Season 4

34 episodes • 1953

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Martin & Lewis	Oct 4, 1953
2	Jimmy Durante	Oct 11, 1953
3	Eddie Cantor	Oct 18, 1953
4	Donald O'Connor	Oct 25, 1953
5	Bud Abbott with Martin & Lewis	Nov 1, 1953
6	Jimmy Durante	Nov 8, 1953
7	Martha Raye	Nov 15, 1953
8	Donald O'Connor	Nov 22, 1953
9	Eddie Cantor	Nov 29, 1953
10	Jimmy Durante	Dec 6, 1953
11	Perry Como and Martha Raye	Dec 13, 1953
12	Donald O'Connor	Dec 20, 1953
13	Eddie Cantor	Dec 27, 1953
14	Jimmy Durante	Jan 3, 1954
15	Martin & Lewis	Jan 10, 1954
16	Alan Young, Stan Freberg, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby	Jan 17, 1954
17	Ethel Merman	Jan 24, 1954
18	Eddie Cantor	Jan 31, 1954
19	Jimmy Durante	Feb 7, 1954
20	Donald O'Connor	Feb 14, 1954
21	Sonja Henie (with Abbott & Costello)	Feb 21, 1954
22	ANYTHING GOES w Ethel Merman, Frank Sinatra, Bert Lahr	Feb 28, 1954
23	Eddie Cantor	Mar 7, 1954
24	Jimmy Durante	Mar 14, 1954
25	Abbott & Costello	Mar 21, 1954
26	Eddie Cantor	Apr 4, 1954
27	Jimmy Durante	Apr 11, 1954
28	Abbott & Costello	Apr 18, 1954
29	Ice Capades Special	Apr 25, 1954
30	Martin & Lewis	May 2, 1954
31	Jimmy Durante	May 9, 1954
32	Eddie Cantor	May 16, 1954
33	Abbott & Costello	May 23, 1954
34	Martin & Lewis	May 30, 1954

Season 5

39 episodes • 1954

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Eddie Fisher	Sep 19, 1954
2	Johnnie Ray and Joe E. Lewis	Sep 26, 1954
3	Phil Harris and Dinah Shore	Oct 3, 1954
4	FRIAR'S FROLIC with Milton Berle	Oct 17, 1954
5	REVENGE WITH MUSIC with Harpo Marx	Oct 24, 1954
6	Terry Moore	Oct 31, 1954
7	Gordon MacRae	Nov 14, 1954
8	Let's Face It	Nov 21, 1954
9	Gale Storm	Nov 28, 1954
10	Gordon MacRae	Dec 12, 1954
11	Martin & Lewis	Dec 19, 1954
12	ICE SHOW	Dec 26, 1954
13	Bob Hope	Jan 9, 1955
14	Gordon MacRae	Jan 16, 1955
15	Gordon MacRae	Jan 23, 1955
16	Spike Jones	Feb 6, 1955
17	Martin & Lewis	Feb 13, 1955
18	Gordon MacRae	Feb 20, 1955
19	Gordon MacRae	Mar 6, 1955
20	Gordon MacRae	Mar 13, 1955
21	Gordon MacRae	Mar 20, 1955
22	Phil Harris	Apr 3, 1955
23	ROBERTA	Apr 10, 1955
24	Gordon MacRae	Apr 17, 1955
25	Liberace	May 1, 1955
26	Martin & Lewis	May 8, 1955
27	Arm Forces Week	May 15, 1955
28	Eddie Fisher	May 29, 1955
29	Martin & Lewis	Jun 5, 1955
30	Charlton Heston	Jun 12, 1955
31	Charlton Heston	Jun 26, 1955
32	Guy Lombardo	Jul 3, 1955
33	Tribute to Jerry Ross & Dick Adler	Jul 10, 1955
34	Jack Webb	Jul 24, 1955
35	Edgar Bergen	Jul 31, 1955
36	Edgar Bergen	Aug 7, 1955
37	Edgar Bergen	Aug 21, 1955
38	Charlton Heston	Aug 28, 1955
39	Charlton Heston	Sep 4, 1955

Season 6

12 episodes • 1955

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Martin & Lewis	Sep 18, 1955
2	Jack Carson, Thelma Ritter	Sep 25, 1955
3	Martha Scott, Jack Carson, Harry Belafonte	Oct 2, 1955
4	SALUTE TO RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN	Oct 16, 1955
5	GALA FOOTBALL REVUE w Mickey Rooney, Stan Freberg, Rudy Vallee	Oct 23, 1955
6	Billy Daniel, Anna Maria Alberghetti	Oct 30, 1955
7	Martin & Lewis	Nov 13, 1955
8	Harry Belafonte, Gordon MacRae	Nov 20, 1955
9	ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM	Nov 27, 1955
10	Salute to George Abbott	Dec 11, 1955
11	Mickey Rooney, George Raft	Dec 18, 1955
12	Robert Paige	Dec 25, 1955

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