While it wasnt unusual at the time for ad agencies to produce tv shows, ted bates had little experience in the field. The colgate comedy hour watch full episodes and clips search. The colgate comedy hour is an american comedy musical variety series that aired live on the nbc network from 1950 to 1955. After playing the title role in a televised play, jack and the. Those who lived to see the colgate comedy hour from 1950 through 1955 say that nothing, even today, comes close to this widely popular weekly tv variety show. Colgate comedy hour abbott and costello and company. Show biz veteran jimmy durante, late of all star revue, signed on as a regular host, joining the roster of eddie cantor, martin and lewis, and donald oconnor. It does contain 4 hour long colgate comedy hour programs from different years in the early fifties that are very funny. The colgate comedy hour was an american comedy musical variety series that aired live on the nbc network from 1950 to 1955. The colgate comedy hour free episodes abbott and costello. Just before nbc leased it in 1952, richard nixons checkers speech was filmed here.
He was known for his role as cosmo brown in singin in the rain. He made his film debut in the musical about face 1952. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including eddie cantor, dean martin and jerry lewis, fred allen, donald oconnor, bud abbott and lou costello, bob hope, jimmy durante, ray bolger, gordon macrae, ben blue, robert paige. Ethel merman is the host and jimmy durante her special guest. The colgate comedy hour was one of the bright spots of early television.
Customers who bought this item also bought these digital items. 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 program evolved from nbcs first tv variety showcase, four star revue, sponsored by motorola. The show featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as.
Colgate comedy hour, classic tv, eddie cantor, frank sinatra eddie cantor hosts with guests eddie fisher, frank sinatra, connie russell, and brian donleavy. It was a moment in television history never to be repeated, with hilarious monologues, new comic sketches, and elaborate musical production numbers that were over the top. August 10, 1923 is a retired american filmtelevision actress and singer. Eddie enrolls at ucla as a freshman in this musical comedy. A fact from the colgate comedy hour appeared on wikipedia s main page in the did you know. 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. Allen starred in six feature films and a few short films. Dean martin and jerry lewis colgate comedy hour jack. Disc ten 1155 in their final appearance on the colgate comedy hour, dean is an irksome tv host and the boys star in a nowpoliticallyincorrect parody of a japanese movie. Download the colgate comedy hour tv show all season directly. 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. An episode of the colgate comedy hour, one of the more expensive varietyseries of the earliest days of televisions growing popularity.
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. They started with burlesque and vaudeville, which made them naturals to host a variety show. Jack benny appearing on the martin and lewis colgate comedy hour seems like a match made in heaven. Filmed before a live audience which gives the comedy hour a sense of electricity. The colgate comedy hour watch full episodes and clips. With the coming of television radio shows become a thing of the past. Martin and lewis, the last of the original hosts, made two appearances in this final halfseason of the show. The colgate comedy hour was an american comedymusical variety series that aired live on the nbc network from 1950 to 1955. 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. Colgate withdrew its sponsorship after the december 25th broadcast and the comedy hour was no more. Other articles where the colgate comedy hour is discussed. He won an emmy award and an golden globe award oconnor was born on. Eddie cantor hosts with guests actress adele jergens, robert clary, actor jimmy dobson, actress shirley mitchell, doris singleton, child dancer sharon baird, herman mccoys ucla swing choir, a cameo from kirk douglas, and al goodman and his orchestra. With comedy playing a smaller part in the shows mix, the name was changed to the colgate variety hour in the summer of 1955.
Truly a command performance by ethel in this live broadcast of the colgate comedy hour aired sunday, january 24, 1954 at 8 pm on nbc. Jerry lewis discusses the colgate comedy hour emmytvlegends. Classic tv info the colgate variety hour summer 1955. Watch full length episodes, video clips, highlights and more. This was a colgatesponsored comedy hour that featured many notable.
The colgate comedy hour january 25, 1953 starring dean martin and jerry lewis. Jack carson and robert paige did the honors in the majority of the remaining ones. Fred allen was an american comedian, mostly known today for his radio show, which is probably the reason allen is a forgotten comedian. Notably, none of the performers from the original 19501955 run returned. Other guests include the dancers anthony, allyn and hodges and comedians mort and art havel. The colgate comedy hour tv listings, tv schedule and. In the fall of 63, abc bought the theater and renamed it the jerry lewis theater which is where his ill. Starting with the 195455 season, colgate s ad agency ted bates took over production supervision from nbc. During the playing of their songs, martin and lewis participated in the antics, and when the drummer got up and stepped aside, jerry lewis sat down and played drums. Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included. Complete with commercials, and a funny sketch spoofing tinpanalley songwriting.
Colgatepalmolivepeet picked up the tab for three of the four weeks and the colgate comedy hour was born with cantor, dean martin and jerry lewis and fred. They seem to finally warm up to the audience and each other. 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 show featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as guest stars. Colgate comedy hour with guests dean martin and jerry lewis originally aired april 29th, 1951. She acted in more than 40 films, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s, and became renowned as one of the most glamorous actresses of her day, nicknamed the queen of technicolor because she photographed so well in that medium. The colgate comedy hour was a bigbudget variety series featuring some of the biggest names in show business. Wish there were as many kinescopes of them here as there are of red skelton. Peter conlow, jackie gleason, phil regan, eddie cantor, ray bolger, gloria patrice, hal sawyer, murray leonard. Donald david dixon ronald oconnor august 28, 1925 september 27, 2003 was an american dancer, singer, and actor. Allen was an original host of the colgate comedy hour, but he was taken out of the rotation of hosts after two months. With jerry lewis, dean martin, al goodman, eddie cantor. I was never really a big fan of abbott and costello until several years ago when i got to see them on kinescopes of this show. 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 were to have been included in the roster, but the latter comic took ill just before the november 11th episode and wasnt able to return until february 21st. The colgate comedy hour series aired 1950 1955 available on primetime tv comedy variety. Season 2, episode 23 february 3, 1952 guests include kay starr and ben blue. Colgate comedy hour, the television academy interviews. Grey went on to perform in several such shows, and he became a nightclub performer as well. Though that one is mostly sketches, it is still funnier to me than their two movies, also here on ia. Media in category the colgate comedy hour the following 12 files are in this category, out of 12 total. 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. I was and still am astonished at their profound level of professionalism and their abilities to handle themselves on stage before a live audience. Peggy lee and ella fitzgerald sing numbers from the film, a mix of 1920s standards and some created for the movie. Watch all 42 the colgate comedy hour episodes from season 1,view pictures, get episode information and more.
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