The Colgate Comedy Hour
(1950)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 6
Robert Paige
Episode 12 - 12-25-1955
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Mickey Rooney, George Raft
Episode 11 - 12-18-1955
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SALUTE TO GEORGE ABBOTT
Episode 10 - 12-11-1955
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ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM
Episode 9 - 11-27-1955
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Harry Belafonte, Gordon MacRae
Episode 8 - 11-20-1955
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Billy Daniel, Anna Maria Alberghetti
Episode 6 - 10-30-1955
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GALA FOOTBALL REVUE w Mickey Rooney, Stan Freberg, Rudy Vallee
Episode 5 - 10-23-1955
1h 0m
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SALUTE TO RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
Episode 4 - 10-16-1955
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Martha Scott, Jack Carson, Harry Belafonte
Episode 3 - 10-02-1955
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Jack Carson, Thelma Ritter
Episode 2 - 9-25-1955
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Season 5
Charlton Heston
Episode 38 - 8-28-1955
1h 0m
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Edgar Bergen
Episode 37 - 8-21-1955
1h 0m
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Edgar Bergen
Episode 35 - 7-31-1955
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Jack Webb
Episode 34 - 7-24-1955
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George Abbott
Episode 33 - 7-10-1955
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Guy Lombardo
Episode 32 - 7-03-1955
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Charlton Heston
Episode 31 - 6-26-1955
1h 0m
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Eddie Fisher
Episode 28 - 5-29-1955
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Abbott & Costello
Episode 27 - 5-15-1955
Abbott and Costello hosted NBC's Colgate Comedy Hour. In a live comedy sketch, devised to promote Universal's newest monster, America witnessed the brief but memorable meeting of Abbott and Costello and the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
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Liberace
Episode 25 - 5-01-1955
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Gordon MacRae
Episode 24 - 4-17-1955
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ROBERTA with Gordon MacRae
Episode 23 - 4-10-1955
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Phil Harris
Episode 22 - 4-03-1955
1h 0m
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Gordon MacRae
Episode 21 - 3-20-1955
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Gordon MacRae
Episode 19 - 3-06-1955
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Gordon MacRae
Episode 18 - 2-20-1955
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Spike Jones
Episode 16 - 2-06-1955
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Gordon MacRae
Episode 14 - 1-16-1955
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Bob Hope
Episode 13 - 1-09-1955
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ICE SHOW
Episode 12 - 12-26-1954
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Martin & Lewis
Episode 11 - 12-19-1954
Skits: Jerry serves spaghetti at Dean's diner. Dean and Vera adopt Jerry. Songs: "Longface", "Without a word of warning", "Mambo Italiano", "Every street's a boulevard"
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Gordon MacRae
Episode 10 - 12-12-1954
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Gale Storm
Episode 9 - 11-28-1954
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Gordon MacRae
Episode 7 - 11-14-1954
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Terry Moore
Episode 6 - 10-31-1954
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REVENGE WITH MUSIC with Harpo Marx
Episode 5 - 10-24-1954
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FRIAR'S FROLIC with Milton Berle
Episode 4 - 10-17-1954
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Phil Harris and Dinah Shore
Episode 3 - 10-03-1954
1h 0m
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Johnnie Ray and Joe E. Lewis
Episode 2 - 9-26-1954
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Eddie Fisher
Episode 1 - 9-19-1954
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Season 4
Martin & Lewis
Episode 34 - 5-30-1954
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Abbott & Costello
Episode 33 - 5-23-1954
One in this comedy/variety series with rotating hosts. The comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello star in this live episode. Highlights include the following: Bud and Lou get fired from their jobs at a department store after attempting to sell nylons; Abbott and his friends sucker Costello out of his pay, but Lou gets his revenge; Hoagy Carmichael sings and is visited by child actor Ricky Vera; Costello and Vera try to tell each other the tale of Little Red Riding Hood and crack each other up in the process; Abbott cons Costello out of his money, but Vera gets the last laugh; Peggy Lee sings "Johnny Guitar," "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered," and the "Halo Shampoo" song; Costello gets appliances with meters and has to pay a quarter every time he uses one, prompting a lot of mayhem as he attempts to try each one out; the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra plays "Midnight Sleigh Ride" and "Holiday"; and Costello attempts to dance with a woman who is almost twice his height.
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 32 - 5-16-1954
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Jimmy Durante
Episode 31 - 5-09-1954
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Ice Capades Special
Episode 29 - 4-25-1954
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Abbott & Costello
Episode 28 - 4-18-1954
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello welcome guests including: Jane Russell; Rhonda Fleming; A&C stalwarts Connie Haines, Bobby Barber and Mike Ross; actress Beryl Davis; actors Tony Martinez, Nestor Paiva, Frank Richards, Benny Rubin, Jim Hayward and Ken Mayer; Jack Shea; Baby Mistin; Donna Kaye; announcer Hal Sawyer; and Al Goodman and his Orchestra.
In comedy highlights, the boys are flat broke in a bording house in the Latin American country of Bolamania. They rehearse a magic trick, hoping to get a job at a nightclub. Then Lou gets the great idea of impersonating the El Presidente!
Also, take offs on Liberace and You Bet Your Life.
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Jimmy Durante
Episode 27 - 4-11-1954
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 26 - 4-04-1954
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Jimmy Durante
Episode 24 - 3-14-1954
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Sonja Henie (with Abbott & Costello)
Episode 21 - 2-21-1954
1h 0m
Gene Wesson hosts with guests Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, skater Sonja Henie, comic/singer Keefe Brasselle, with Carolyn Jones, Joyce Jameson, Michael Ross, Will J. White, Jud Conlon Singers, Norman Abbott, Glen Stangle, and announcer Hal Sawyer. Wesson and Brasselle perform dueling impressions, a sketch depicts a mob-run coffee shop, and Abbott and Costello encounter the Frankenstein Monster and the Gill Man in the Universal Studios' prop room.
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Donald O'Connor
Episode 20 - 2-14-1954
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Jimmy Durante
Episode 19 - 2-07-1954
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 18 - 1-31-1954
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Ethel Merman
Episode 17 - 1-24-1954
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Alan Young, Stan Freberg, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby
Episode 16 - 1-17-1954
1h 0m
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Jimmy Durante
Episode 14 - 1-03-1954
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 13 - 12-27-1953
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Donald O'Connor
Episode 12 - 12-20-1953
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Perry Como and Martha Raye
Episode 11 - 12-13-1953
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Jimmy Durante
Episode 10 - 12-06-1953
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 9 - 11-29-1953
Highlights include a take-off on TV westerns where all the characters speak in voice-overs and a salute to the songs of Harold Arlen.
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Donald O'Connor
Episode 8 - 11-22-1953
1h 0m
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Martha Raye
Episode 7 - 11-15-1953
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Jimmy Durante
Episode 6 - 11-08-1953
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Bud Abbott with Martin & Lewis
Episode 5 - 11-01-1953
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Donald O'Connor
Episode 4 - 10-25-1953
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 3 - 10-18-1953
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Jimmy Durante
Episode 2 - 10-11-1953
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Martin & Lewis
Episode 1 - 10-04-1953
Skits: Burt plays an escaped lunatick. Songs: "Great To Be Home", "You're The Right One", "That's Amore", "There's No Tomorrow"
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Season 3
Bob Hope
Episode 38 - 6-14-1953
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Martin & Lewis
Episode 36 - 5-31-1953
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Bob Hope
Episode 35 - 5-24-1953
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Donald O'Connor
Episode 34 - 5-17-1953
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 33 - 5-10-1953
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Abbott & Costello
Episode 31 - 4-26-1953
1h 0m
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
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Bob Hope
Episode 30 - 4-19-1953
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 29 - 4-12-1953
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Donald O'Connor
Episode 28 - 4-05-1953
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Bob Hope
Episode 27 - 3-29-1953
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100th Episode
Episode 26 - 3-22-1953
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 25 - 3-15-1953
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Donald O'Connor
Episode 24 - 3-08-1953
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Bob Hope and George Jessel
Episode 23 - 3-01-1953
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The Ritz Brothers
Episode 22 - 2-22-1953
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 21 - 2-15-1953
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Ben Blue
Episode 20 - 2-08-1953
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Bob Hope
Episode 19 - 2-01-1953
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Martin & Lewis
Episode 18 - 1-25-1953
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Abbott & Costello and Victor Borge
Episode 16 - 1-11-1953
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
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Bob Hope
Episode 15 - 1-04-1953
1h 0m
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Phil Harris and Ben Blue
Episode 14 - 12-28-1952
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Abbott & Costello - Christmas Show
Episode 13 - 12-14-1952
Abbott & Costello present a comedy/variety Christmas Special, including their routines, singing, dancing, and acrobats.
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Abbott & Costello
Episode 12 - 12-14-1952
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Abbott & Costello
Episode 9 - 11-23-1952
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Donald O'Connor
Episode 8 - 11-16-1952
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Bob Hope
Episode 7 - 11-09-1952
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Judy Canova
Episode 6 - 11-02-1952
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Abbott & Costello
Episode 4 - 10-19-1952
Lizabeth Scott, Gisele macKenzie, The Four Pipers, Les dassie, Dudley Dickerson, Milt Bronson, Bobby Barber, Sid Fields and Al Goodman and his Orchestra
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Bob Hope
Episode 3 - 10-12-1952
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 2 - 9-28-1952
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Martin & Lewis
Episode 1 - 9-21-1952
Features songs "You Belong To Me" and "Hominy Grits"
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Season 2
Bob Hope
Episode 42 - 6-15-1952
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 41 - 6-08-1952
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Herb Shriver
Episode 40 - 6-01-1952
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Ben Blue
Episode 39 - 5-25-1952
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 38 - 5-18-1952
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Donald O'Connor
Episode 37 - 5-11-1952
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Donald O'Connor and Andy Devine
Episode 34 - 4-20-1952
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 33 - 4-13-1952
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Chico & Harpo Marx and Tony Martin
Episode 31 - 3-30-1952
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 29 - 3-16-1952
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Bob Hope
Episode 28 - 3-09-1952
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Donald O'Connor
Episode 27 - 3-02-1952
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Danny Thomas
Episode 26 - 2-24-1952
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 25 - 2-17-1952
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Donald O'Connor
Episode 23 - 2-03-1952
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Danny Thomas
Episode 22 - 1-27-1952
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Abbott & Costello
Episode 20 - 1-13-1952
In one sketch, Abbott and Costello are offered a job on Cabot's dude ranch. On the way, they encounter Flynn, with whom they do the old "Niagara Falls" sketch. In another western bit, the boys have a run-in with bad guy Flynn. Rhonda Fleming performs "Don't Blame Me" and "I'm in Love With a Wonderful Guy".
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Donald O'Connor and Harpo Marx
Episode 19 - 1-06-1952
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 17 - 12-23-1951
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Alan Young and Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
Episode 16 - 12-16-1951
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 15 - 12-09-1951
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Bob Hope
Episode 14 - 12-02-1951
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 13 - 11-25-1951
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Abbott & Costello
Episode 12 - 11-18-1951
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello host with guests actors Errol Flynn and Bruce Cabot, actress Rhonda Fleming, A C stalwarts Sid Fields and Joe Kirk, The Pied Pipers, Al Goodman and his Orchestra, and a cameo by George Raft. On the way to work on Fleming's ranch, the boys encounter berserk Flynn doing the classic "Niagra Falls" routine ("Slowly I turn, step by step..."). Lou attempts to milk a cow, and he and Bud get the giggles, start ad libbing, and start spitting milk at each other. Sheriff Lou battles bad guy Flynn in a saloon. Rhonda Fleming performs "Don't Blame Me" and "I'm in Love With a Wonderful Guy."
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Donald O'Connor and Harpo Marx
Episode 11 - 11-11-1951
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 9 - 10-28-1951
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Jack Carson
Episode 8 - 10-21-1951
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Donald O'Connor and Ed Wynn
Episode 6 - 10-07-1951
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 5 - 9-30-1951
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Milton Berle and Ezio Pinza
Episode 4 - 9-23-1951
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Spike Jones
Episode 3 - 9-16-1951
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 2 - 9-09-1951
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Jackie Gleason
Episode 1 - 9-02-1951
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Season 1
Martin & Lewis
Episode 42 - 6-24-1951
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis host this first season closer. Their guests include: singer Janis Paige; comic and show writer Danny Arnold; The Johnny Conrad Dancers; cameos by Tony Martin and Joe Louis; and Dick Stabile and his Orchestra.
Music includes Paige doing 'Those Old Phonograph Records'.
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 41 - 6-17-1951
Eddie Cantor is the host and welcomes guests including: 'Mr. Television' Milton Berle; comics Jack E. Leonard and Phil Foster, bombshell Dagmar; Junie Keegan; and Ida Cantor. Also, appearances by Cantor's daughter Marilyn and Berle's daughter Vicki.
Cantor performs another 'Maxi the Taxi' comedy sketch with Foster. Also, there's a musical salute to songwriter Irving Berlin.
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Jackie Gleason and Fred Allen
Episode 40 - 6-10-1951
Jackie Gleason, starring on DuMont's 'Cavalcade of Stars', hosts this episode sponsored by Frigidaire. His guests include: Fred Allen; Vivian Blaine and actress Joan Carroll.
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Martin & Lewis
Episode 39 - 6-03-1951
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis host this week's episode. Their guests include: The DeMarco Sisters; comedian/singer Sonny King; actor Tommy Farrell; Rosette Shaw; comic actor and 'Colgate' writer Danny Arnold; The Johnny Conrad Dancers; cameo by Tony Curtis; and Dick Stabile and his Orchestra.
Dean's songs include 'Isle of Capri' and 'Too Young' The DeMarco Sisters perform 'I'm Late.'
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 38 - 5-27-1951
Eddie Cantor hosts this week's show. His guests include: a teen-aged Joel Grey; big band vocalist Connie Haines; Charlie Cantor; Herbert Coleman; Monsieur Crayone; TV actor Joe Silver; Lou Wills Jr.; and a cameo from active Army member Eddie Fisher.
Cantor performs another 'Maxi the Taxi' sketch.
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Martin & Lewis
Episode 37 - 5-20-1951
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis host this week's show. Their guests include: singer Jane Morgan; the dance team of Bob Fosse & Mary Ann Niles; a cameo by Eddie Cantor; and Dick Stabile and his Orchestra.
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Beatrice Lillie
Episode 36 - 5-13-1951
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Beatrice Lillie hosts this episode sponsored by Frigidaire. Her guests include: singer Dick Haymes; comic actor Wally Cox; actor Victor Moore; singer/actor Harold Lang; and Broadway star Helen Gallagher.
Music includes 'Without a Song' and 'Bye Bye Blackbird' from Haymes.
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Phil Silvers
Episode 35 - 5-06-1951
Phil Silvers hosts this week's edition. His guest list includes: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis; singer Vivian Blaine; comic Joey Faye; and Al Goodman and his Orchestra.
Blaine and Silvers duet on 'When You And I Were Young Maggie Blues', and so she does 'What Is This Thing Called Love?'
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Martin & Lewis
Episode 34 - 4-29-1951
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Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis host this telecast from Chicago. Their guests include: singer Helen O'Connell; dance team Bob Fosse & Mary Ann Niles; Ladd Lyon; announcer Mike Wallace; and Dick Stabile and his Orchestra. Martin's songs include 'I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now.'
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 33 - 4-22-1951
Eddie Cantor hosts this weeks show. His guests include: actress Anne Jeffreys; Robert Gari; Charlie Cantor; dancers Gehrig and Weismuller, Hal Loman and Joan Field.
Cantor performs a 'Maxi the Taxi' sketch, and joins Jeffreys for a comic bit from 'Taming of the Shrew'.
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Tony Martin
Episode 32 - 4-15-1951
Tony Martin hosts this installment. His guests include: comedian Fred Allen; actress Celeste Holm; ballet star Kathryn Lee; jazz clarinetist Peanuts Hucko; Broadway performer Joe Silver; character actor Richard Loo; actress Lynn Loring; comedians Art & Mort Havel; and Al Goodman and his Orchestra.
Martin's songs include 'If', 'You', and 'For Every Man There's a Woman'. In comedy, Fred Allen portrays Chinese detective One Long Pan.
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Bob Hope
Episode 31 - 4-08-1951
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Rex Harrison, Frank Sinatra, Eddie Cantor, Ed Wynn, Jimmy Durante, Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Lilli Palmer, Janis Paige, Arthur Treacher, Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson, Tex and Jinx McCrary, Faye Emerson, Ken Murray, and Toots Shor.
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 30 - 4-01-1951
Eddie Fisher, Joel Grey, William Warfield, Evelyn Gould, Gehrig and Weismuller, Tony and Eddy, and Michell Auclair.
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 29 - 3-25-1951
Jimmy Durante, Eddie Jackson, and Al Goodman and his Orchestra.
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Beatrice Lillie
Episode 28 - 3-18-1951
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Rex Harrison, Wally Cox, Nelson Case, Jean Sablon, Valerie Bettis.
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Abbot & Costello
Episode 27 - 3-11-1951
59m
Lon Chaney Jr.; Sid Fields; Jarmila Novotna; Jesse, James & Carnell; Milton Frome; Ann Thomas; Gregg Sherwood; and Al Goodman and his Orchestra.
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Tony Martin
Episode 26 - 3-04-1951
Milton Berle, The Andrews Sisters, and Leonard Sues.
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 25 - 2-25-1951
Lena Horne, Jack Albertson, Charlie Cantor, Bil and Cora Baird Marionettes, Landre and Verna, Phil Kramer, Marcia Walter, Chris Barbery, and Al Goodman and his Orchestra.
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Bobby Clark
Episode 24 - 2-18-1951
Basil Rathbone, Sarah Churchill, Walter Abel, Nelson Case, Mary Boland, Fran Warren, and Danny Scholl.
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The Spike Jones Show
Episode 23 - 2-11-1951
1h 0m
The City Slickers, George Rock, Sir Frederick Gas, Freddy and Dick Morgan, Bill King, The Wayne Marlin Trio, Lois Ray, Gale Robbins, and Laverne Pearson
Note: There was also a cameo appearance by the Today Show's Dave Garroway and a look at a very young announcer, Mike Wallace.
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Martin & Lewis
Episode 22 - 2-04-1951
50m
Polly Bergen, Mary Ann Niles, Bob Fosse, and Dick Stabile and his Orchestra.
Note: Martin & Lewis had not hosted in nearly three months only because they were off in Hollywood making a movie.
7.3/10Where to watch
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 21 - 1-28-1951
Lee Fairfax, Basil O'Connor, Dave Powell, Joe Marks, and Estelle Sloan.
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Bobby Clark
Episode 20 - 1-21-1951
Julie Wilson; Willie, West and McGinty; The Maxwells; Miriam Wakefield; Bobby Lane and Claire; Jack Mann; Dick Dana; and Tom Jones and his Orchestra.
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Jerry Lester
Episode 19 - 1-14-1951
Joan Bennett; Fred Allen; Pat O'Brien; Kukla, Fran & Ollie; The Mello-Larks the cast of Broadway Open House: Dagmar; David Street; Jack Adrian; Milton DeLugg; and Wayne Howell.
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Abbot & Costello
Episode 18 - 1-07-1951
Abbott and Costello's first time as hosts. Several comedy routines including their classic: "Who's On First".
8.2/10Where to watch
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 17 - 12-31-1950
Danny Thomas, Ed Wynn and Sigmund Romberg.
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Bob Hope
Episode 16 - 12-24-1950
Bob Hope hosts this episode, sponsored by Frigidaire. His guests include: His guests include: opera star Lily Pons; Elanor Roosevelt; Bob Cummings; harpist Robert Maxwell; New York Mayor Vincent Impellitteri; the Boys' Choir from the Cathedral of St. John the Divine; and Charles Sandford and his Orchestra.
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12/17/1950
Episode 15 - 12-17-1950
Fred Allen makes his final appearance as host. His guests include: comic Doc Rockwell; opera singer Eileen Farrell; The Christianis acrobat act; and from Allen's radio show Kenny Delmar, Minerva Pious, Peter Donald, and Parker Fennelly. Music is provided by Al Goodman and his orchestra.
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Tickets Please!
Episode 14 - 12-10-1950
1h 0m
Comic dancers Paul and Grace (The Hartmans) star in this adaptation of their just-ended Broadway review, 'Tickets, Please!" Joining them are cast members from the show: Jack Albertson, Tommy Wonder, Dorothy Jarnac, Patricia Bright, Bill Norvas, Mildred Hughes, Warde Donovan, The Upstarts.
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 13 - 12-03-1950
Eddie Cantor hosts and welcomes guests jazz pianist Joe Bushkin; actor Jack Albertson; co-star of the TV series 'Mama', Dick Van Patten; actress Connie Sawyer; acrobats The Amadis; June Keegan; and dancers Les Zoris.
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Bob Hope
Episode 12 - 11-26-1950
A nervous-looking Bob Hope makes his debut as host in this Frigidaire-sponsored episode.
His guests include: Marilyn Maxwell; country singer Jimmy Wakely; vocalists The Taylor Maids; dance troupe The High Hatters; dancer Judy Kelly; Nelson Case; and Les Brown and his Band of Renown. This show is performed before an all-military audience.
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Fred Allen
Episode 11 - 11-19-1950
Fred Allen hosts with guests humorist/author H. Allen Smith; Tony award winning actress Sheila Bond; and Broadway performer Billy Tabbert.
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Martin & Lewis
Episode 10 - 11-12-1950
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis return with guests singer/actress Kitty Kallen; future 'Jackie Gleason Show' co-star Joyce Randoph; comic dancer Leonard Barr; comic actor Sammy Petrillo; the dance team of De May and Moore; singers The Skylarks; and Dick Stabile and his Orchestra.
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 9 - 11-05-1950
Eddie Cantor hosts and is joined by his wife, Ida Cantor; his son-in law actor Robert Gari; radio comedian Charlie Cantor (no relation); dancers Fred and Sledge; Lesli Scott; Bil and Cora Baird's Marionettes; and Al Goodman and his Orchestra.
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Bobby Clark
Episode 8 - 10-29-1950
Vaudeville and film comedian Bobby Clark hosted this show sponsored by Frigidaire. Clark welcomes baseball announcer Mel Allen; singer/actress Frances Langford; tennis player Gussie Moran; Argentinian jugglers Atilio and Hector, The Peiro Brothers; and comedy act The Albins
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Fred Allen
Episode 7 - 10-22-1950
Fred Allen hosts and welcomes guests Broadway actress/singer Ella Logan; dancers Anthony, Allyn and Hodges; comedians Mort and Art Havel; and from Allen's radio program comedian (and Allen's wife) Portland Hoffa, Parker Fennelly and Peter Donald.
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Martin & Lewis: Anything Goes
Episode 6 - 10-15-1950
Kitty Kallen; The Skylarks; Mayor Ralph Villani of Newark, N.J.; Mayor Walter Sterling of Steubenville, Ohio; and Dick Stabile and his Orchestra.
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Eddie Cantor
Episode 5 - 10-08-1950
Eddie Cantor returns as host with Al Goodman and his Orchestra. Cantor does a sketch with his character 'Maxi the Taxi', and performs 'Dinah' in a production number.
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10/1/1950
Episode 4 - 10-01-1950
In this episode sponsored by Frigidaire, Bobby Clark makes his debut as host. His guests include actress Joan Blondell and Broadway composer Sigmund Romberg. Clark appears in a comedy sketch about TV cameras in the courtroom.
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Fred Allen
Episode 3 - 9-24-1950
Fred Allen makes his hosting debut. His guests include actors Monte Woolley and Peter Donald; Risë Stevens from the Metropolitian Opera; ballet stars Sono Osato, Hugh Laing and Zachary Solov; Tony award winner David Burns; Fred Allen's radio co-horts Kenny Delmar, Minerva Pious, Parker Fennelly; with Al Goodman and his Orchestra.
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Let's Face It
Episode 2 - 9-17-1950
Hosted by Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, has Dean and Jerry alongside gorgeous Marilyn Maxwell ("The Lemon Drop Kid") and comedian Leonard Barr. Sketches include a backstage bit with Martin and Lewis goofing around in their dressing room, and another with Jerry playing a little kid who goes to the movies with grown up Dean.
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Revenge with Music
Episode 1 - 9-10-1950
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Eddie Cantor hosts the premiere episode of the series, joined by actor/dancer Tommy Wonder, opera soprano Yma Sumac, dancer Danny Daniels, Yiddish theatre star Joseph Buloff, Lew Hearn, Robert Gari, Jack Albertson, the ballet team of Val Buttingnol and Joy Williams, and Al Goodman and his Orchestra. The program was promoted in the NY Times as "a nostalgic review recalling the halcyon days of the New Amsterdam theater at Broadway and 42nd Street".
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