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.”
What is The Colgate Comedy Hour?
The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and Fred Allen.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 1950
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 208
- Runtime
- 60 minutes
- First aired
- Sep 10, 1950
- Last aired
- Dec 25, 1955
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- US
- Networks
- NBC
- Genres
- Comedy
- Updated
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The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and Fred Allen. It was a Colgate-sponsored comedy hour that included various guest stars and performances. The series starred a range of entertainers, such as Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, and Jimmy Durante, among others. The show was one of the more expensive variety series of its time and was known for its comedy and musical elements. It aired live on NBC and included episodes with different guest stars, such as an episode featuring Donald O'Connor and Kay. The Colgate Comedy Hour was eventually replaced by the NBC Comedy Hour.
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“A classic variety show featuring legendary comedians and musical guests.”
- Features iconic mid-century entertainers
- Live musical performances
- Classic comedy sketches
- Dated production values
- Limited availability today
You enjoy old-school variety shows with big names.
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Episode guide
Season 1 · 42 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide →- E1 Revenge with Music Sep 10, 1950
- E2 Let's Face It Sep 17, 1950
- E3 Fred Allen Sep 24, 1950
- E4 10/1/1950 Oct 1, 1950
- E5 Eddie Cantor Oct 8, 1950
- E6 Martin & Lewis: Anything Goes Oct 15, 1950
- E7 Fred Allen Oct 22, 1950
- E8 Bobby Clark Oct 29, 1950
- E9 Eddie Cantor Nov 5, 1950
- E10 Martin & Lewis Nov 12, 1950
- E11 Fred Allen Nov 19, 1950
- E12 Bob Hope Nov 26, 1950
- E13 Eddie Cantor Dec 3, 1950
- E14 Tickets Please! Dec 10, 1950
- E15 12/17/1950 Dec 17, 1950
- E16 Bob Hope Dec 24, 1950
- E17 Eddie Cantor Dec 31, 1950
- E18 Abbot & Costello Jan 7, 1951
- E19 Jerry Lester Jan 14, 1951
- E20 Bobby Clark Jan 21, 1951
- E21 Eddie Cantor Jan 28, 1951
- E22 Martin & Lewis Feb 4, 1951
- E23 The Spike Jones Show Feb 11, 1951
- E24 Bobby Clark Feb 18, 1951
- E25 Eddie Cantor Feb 25, 1951
- E26 Tony Martin Mar 4, 1951
- E27 Abbot & Costello Mar 11, 1951
- E28 Beatrice Lillie Mar 18, 1951
- E29 Eddie Cantor Mar 25, 1951
- E30 Eddie Cantor Apr 1, 1951
- E31 Bob Hope Apr 8, 1951
- E32 Tony Martin Apr 15, 1951
- E33 Eddie Cantor Apr 22, 1951
- E34 Martin & Lewis Apr 29, 1951
- E35 Phil Silvers May 6, 1951
- E36 Beatrice Lillie May 13, 1951
- E37 Martin & Lewis May 20, 1951
- E38 Eddie Cantor May 27, 1951
- E39 Martin & Lewis Jun 3, 1951
- E40 Jackie Gleason and Fred Allen Jun 10, 1951
- E41 Eddie Cantor Jun 17, 1951
- E42 Martin & Lewis Jun 24, 1951
Season 2 · 42 episodes
- E1 Jackie Gleason Sep 2, 1951
- E2 Eddie Cantor Sep 9, 1951
- E3 Spike Jones Sep 16, 1951
- E4 Milton Berle and Ezio Pinza Sep 23, 1951
- E5 Eddie Cantor Sep 30, 1951
- E6 Donald O'Connor and Ed Wynn Oct 7, 1951
- E7 Abbott & Costello Oct 14, 1951
- E8 Jack Carson Oct 21, 1951
- E9 Eddie Cantor Oct 28, 1951
- E10 Martin & Lewis Nov 4, 1951
- E11 Donald O'Connor and Harpo Marx Nov 11, 1951
- E12 Abbott & Costello Nov 18, 1951
- E13 Eddie Cantor Nov 25, 1951
- E14 Bob Hope Dec 2, 1951
- E15 Eddie Cantor Dec 9, 1951
- E16 Alan Young and Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Dec 16, 1951
- E17 Eddie Cantor Dec 23, 1951
- E18 Martin & Lewis Dec 30, 1951
- E19 Donald O'Connor and Harpo Marx Jan 6, 1952
- E20 Abbott & Costello Jan 13, 1952
- E21 Eddie Cantor Jan 20, 1952
- E22 Danny Thomas Jan 27, 1952
- E23 Donald O'Connor Feb 3, 1952
- E24 Martin & Lewis Feb 10, 1952
- E25 Eddie Cantor Feb 17, 1952
- E26 Danny Thomas Feb 24, 1952
- E27 Donald O'Connor Mar 2, 1952
- E28 Bob Hope Mar 9, 1952
- E29 Eddie Cantor Mar 16, 1952
- E30 Martin & Lewis Mar 23, 1952
- E31 Chico & Harpo Marx and Tony Martin Mar 30, 1952
- E32 Abbott & Costello Apr 6, 1952
- E33 Eddie Cantor Apr 13, 1952
- E34 Donald O'Connor and Andy Devine Apr 20, 1952
- E35 Martin & Lewis Apr 27, 1952
- E36 Abbott & Costello May 4, 1952
- E37 Donald O'Connor May 11, 1952
- E38 Eddie Cantor May 18, 1952
- E39 Ben Blue May 25, 1952
- E40 Herb Shriver Jun 1, 1952
- E41 Eddie Cantor Jun 8, 1952
- E42 Bob Hope Jun 15, 1952
Season 3 · 39 episodes
- E1 Martin & Lewis Sep 21, 1952
- E2 Eddie Cantor Sep 28, 1952
- E3 Donald O'Connor Oct 5, 1952
- E4 Bob Hope Oct 12, 1952
- E5 Abbott & Costello Oct 19, 1952
- E6 Donald O'Connor and Ben Blue Oct 26, 1952
- E7 Judy Canova Nov 2, 1952
- E8 Bob Hope Nov 9, 1952
- E9 Donald O'Connor Nov 16, 1952
- E10 Abbott & Costello Nov 23, 1952
- E11 Martin & Lewis Nov 30, 1952
- E12 Bob Hope Dec 7, 1952
- E13 Abbott & Costello - Christmas Show Dec 14, 1952
- E14 Episode 14 Dec 21, 1952
- E15 Phil Harris and Ben Blue Dec 28, 1952
- E16 Bob Hope Jan 4, 1953
- E17 Abbott & Costello and Victor Borge Jan 11, 1953
- E18 Eddie Cantor Jan 18, 1953
- E19 Martin & Lewis Jan 25, 1953
- E20 Bob Hope Feb 1, 1953
- E21 Ben Blue Feb 8, 1953
- E22 Eddie Cantor Feb 15, 1953
- E23 The Ritz Brothers Feb 22, 1953
- E24 Bob Hope and George Jessel Mar 1, 1953
- E25 Donald O'Connor Mar 8, 1953
- E26 Eddie Cantor Mar 15, 1953
- E27 100th Episode Mar 22, 1953
- E28 Bob Hope Mar 29, 1953
- E29 Donald O'Connor Apr 5, 1953
- E30 Eddie Cantor Apr 12, 1953
- E31 Bob Hope Apr 19, 1953
- E32 Abbott & Costello Apr 26, 1953
- E33 Martin & Lewis May 3, 1953
- E34 Eddie Cantor May 10, 1953
- E35 Donald O'Connor May 17, 1953
- E36 Bob Hope May 24, 1953
- E37 Martin & Lewis May 31, 1953
- E38 Eddie Cantor Jun 7, 1953
- E39 Bob Hope Jun 14, 1953
Season 4 · 34 episodes
- E1 Martin & Lewis Oct 4, 1953
- E2 Jimmy Durante Oct 11, 1953
- E3 Eddie Cantor Oct 18, 1953
- E4 Donald O'Connor Oct 25, 1953
- E5 Bud Abbott with Martin & Lewis Nov 1, 1953
- E6 Jimmy Durante Nov 8, 1953
- E7 Martha Raye Nov 15, 1953
- E8 Donald O'Connor Nov 22, 1953
- E9 Eddie Cantor Nov 29, 1953
- E10 Jimmy Durante Dec 6, 1953
- E11 Perry Como and Martha Raye Dec 13, 1953
- E12 Donald O'Connor Dec 20, 1953
- E13 Eddie Cantor Dec 27, 1953
- E14 Jimmy Durante Jan 3, 1954
- E15 Martin & Lewis Jan 10, 1954
- E16 Alan Young, Stan Freberg, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby Jan 17, 1954
- E17 Ethel Merman Jan 24, 1954
- E18 Eddie Cantor Jan 31, 1954
- E19 Jimmy Durante Feb 7, 1954
- E20 Donald O'Connor Feb 14, 1954
- E21 Sonja Henie (with Abbott & Costello) Feb 21, 1954
- E22 ANYTHING GOES w Ethel Merman, Frank Sinatra, Bert Lahr Feb 28, 1954
- E23 Eddie Cantor Mar 7, 1954
- E24 Jimmy Durante Mar 14, 1954
- E25 Abbott & Costello Mar 21, 1954
- E26 Eddie Cantor Apr 4, 1954
- E27 Jimmy Durante Apr 11, 1954
- E28 Abbott & Costello Apr 18, 1954
- E29 Ice Capades Special Apr 25, 1954
- E30 Martin & Lewis May 2, 1954
- E31 Jimmy Durante May 9, 1954
- E32 Eddie Cantor May 16, 1954
- E33 Abbott & Costello May 23, 1954
- E34 Martin & Lewis May 30, 1954
Season 5 · 39 episodes
- E1 Eddie Fisher Sep 19, 1954
- E2 Johnnie Ray and Joe E. Lewis Sep 26, 1954
- E3 Phil Harris and Dinah Shore Oct 3, 1954
- E4 FRIAR'S FROLIC with Milton Berle Oct 17, 1954
- E5 REVENGE WITH MUSIC with Harpo Marx Oct 24, 1954
- E6 Terry Moore Oct 31, 1954
- E7 Gordon MacRae Nov 14, 1954
- E8 Let's Face It Nov 21, 1954
- E9 Gale Storm Nov 28, 1954
- E10 Gordon MacRae Dec 12, 1954
- E11 Martin & Lewis Dec 19, 1954
- E12 ICE SHOW Dec 26, 1954
- E13 Bob Hope Jan 9, 1955
- E14 Gordon MacRae Jan 16, 1955
- E15 Gordon MacRae Jan 23, 1955
- E16 Spike Jones Feb 6, 1955
- E17 Martin & Lewis Feb 13, 1955
- E18 Gordon MacRae Feb 20, 1955
- E19 Gordon MacRae Mar 6, 1955
- E20 Gordon MacRae Mar 13, 1955
- E21 Gordon MacRae Mar 20, 1955
- E22 Phil Harris Apr 3, 1955
- E23 ROBERTA Apr 10, 1955
- E24 Gordon MacRae Apr 17, 1955
- E25 Liberace May 1, 1955
- E26 Martin & Lewis May 8, 1955
- E27 Arm Forces Week May 15, 1955
- E28 Eddie Fisher May 29, 1955
- E29 Martin & Lewis Jun 5, 1955
- E30 Charlton Heston Jun 12, 1955
- E31 Charlton Heston Jun 26, 1955
- E32 Guy Lombardo Jul 3, 1955
- E33 Tribute to Jerry Ross & Dick Adler Jul 10, 1955
- E34 Jack Webb Jul 24, 1955
- E35 Edgar Bergen Jul 31, 1955
- E36 Edgar Bergen Aug 7, 1955
- E37 Edgar Bergen Aug 21, 1955
- E38 Charlton Heston Aug 28, 1955
- E39 Charlton Heston Sep 4, 1955
Frequently asked questions
Who were the main hosts?
The show featured rotating hosts including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and other prominent entertainers of the early 1950s.
What type of entertainment was featured?
The program included comedy sketches, musical performances, and variety acts typical of early television variety shows.
When did it air?
The series ran live on NBC from 1950 to 1955.
Was it recorded or live?
The show aired live on television during its original run.
Are episodes available today?
Some episodes may exist in archives, but availability is limited compared to modern television recordings.