This was a Colgate-sponsored comedy hour that featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as guest stars.
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.
Jackie Gleason 0.0
Air date: 1951-09-02
Eddie Cantor 0.0
Air date: 1951-09-09
Spike Jones 0.0
Air date: 1951-09-16
Milton Berle and Ezio Pinza 0.0
Air date: 1951-09-23
Eddie Cantor 0.0
Air date: 1951-09-30
Donald O'Connor and Ed Wynn 0.0
Air date: 1951-10-07
Abbott & Costello 0.0
Air date: 1951-10-14
Jack Carson 0.0
Air date: 1951-10-21
Eddie Cantor 0.0
Air date: 1951-10-28
Martin & Lewis 0.0
Air date: 1951-11-04
Donald O'Connor and Harpo Marx 0.0
Air date: 1951-11-11
Abbott & Costello 0.0
Air date: 1951-11-18
Overview: 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."
Eddie Cantor 0.0
Air date: 1951-11-25
Bob Hope 0.0
Air date: 1951-12-02
Eddie Cantor 0.0
Air date: 1951-12-09
Alan Young and Roy Rogers & Dale Evans 0.0
Air date: 1951-12-16
Eddie Cantor 0.0
Air date: 1951-12-23
Martin & Lewis 0.0
Air date: 1951-12-30
Donald O'Connor and Harpo Marx 0.0
Air date: 1952-01-06
Abbott & Costello 0.0
Air date: 1952-01-13
Overview: 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".
