The Colgate Comedy Hour (Season 2)

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.

  • Poster for Jackie Gleason

    Jackie Gleason (Episode 1)

    Air date: 1951-09-02

  • Poster for Eddie Cantor

    Eddie Cantor (Episode 2)

    Air date: 1951-09-09

  • Poster for Spike Jones

    Spike Jones (Episode 3)

    Air date: 1951-09-16

  • Poster for Milton Berle and Ezio Pinza

    Milton Berle and Ezio Pinza (Episode 4)

    Air date: 1951-09-23

  • Poster for Eddie Cantor

    Eddie Cantor (Episode 5)

    Air date: 1951-09-30

  • Poster for Donald O'Connor and Ed Wynn

    Donald O'Connor and Ed Wynn (Episode 6)

    Air date: 1951-10-07

  • Poster for Abbott & Costello

    Abbott & Costello (Episode 7)

    Air date: 1951-10-14

  • Poster for Jack Carson

    Jack Carson (Episode 8)

    Air date: 1951-10-21

  • Poster for Eddie Cantor

    Eddie Cantor (Episode 9)

    Air date: 1951-10-28

  • Poster for Martin & Lewis

    Martin & Lewis (Episode 10)

    Air date: 1951-11-04

  • Poster for Donald O'Connor and Harpo Marx

    Donald O'Connor and Harpo Marx (Episode 11)

    Air date: 1951-11-11

  • Poster for Abbott & Costello

    Abbott & Costello (Episode 12)

    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."

  • Poster for Eddie Cantor

    Eddie Cantor (Episode 13)

    Air date: 1951-11-25

  • Poster for Bob Hope

    Bob Hope (Episode 14)

    Air date: 1951-12-02

  • Poster for Eddie Cantor

    Eddie Cantor (Episode 15)

    Air date: 1951-12-09

  • Poster for Alan Young and Roy Rogers & Dale Evans

    Alan Young and Roy Rogers & Dale Evans (Episode 16)

    Air date: 1951-12-16

  • Poster for Eddie Cantor

    Eddie Cantor (Episode 17)

    Air date: 1951-12-23

  • Poster for Martin & Lewis

    Martin & Lewis (Episode 18)

    Air date: 1951-12-30

  • Poster for Donald O'Connor and Harpo Marx

    Donald O'Connor and Harpo Marx (Episode 19)

    Air date: 1952-01-06

  • Poster for Abbott & Costello

    Abbott & Costello (Episode 20)

    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".

  • Poster for Eddie Cantor

    Eddie Cantor (Episode 21)

    Air date: 1952-01-20

  • Poster for Danny Thomas

    Danny Thomas (Episode 22)

    Air date: 1952-01-27

  • Poster for Donald O'Connor

    Donald O'Connor (Episode 23)

    Air date: 1952-02-03

  • Poster for Martin & Lewis

    Martin & Lewis (Episode 24)

    Air date: 1952-02-10

  • Poster for Eddie Cantor

    Eddie Cantor (Episode 25)

    Air date: 1952-02-17

  • Poster for Danny Thomas

    Danny Thomas (Episode 26)

    Air date: 1952-02-24

  • Poster for Donald O'Connor

    Donald O'Connor (Episode 27)

    Air date: 1952-03-02

  • Poster for Bob Hope

    Bob Hope (Episode 28)

    Air date: 1952-03-09

  • Poster for Eddie Cantor

    Eddie Cantor (Episode 29)

    Air date: 1952-03-16

  • Poster for Martin & Lewis

    Martin & Lewis (Episode 30)

    Air date: 1952-03-23

  • Poster for Chico & Harpo Marx and Tony Martin

    Chico & Harpo Marx and Tony Martin (Episode 31)

    Air date: 1952-03-30

  • Poster for Abbott & Costello

    Abbott & Costello (Episode 32)

    Air date: 1952-04-06

  • Poster for Eddie Cantor

    Eddie Cantor (Episode 33)

    Air date: 1952-04-13

  • Poster for Donald O'Connor and Andy Devine

    Donald O'Connor and Andy Devine (Episode 34)

    Air date: 1952-04-20

  • Poster for Martin & Lewis

    Martin & Lewis (Episode 35)

    Air date: 1952-04-27

  • Poster for Abbott & Costello

    Abbott & Costello (Episode 36)

    Air date: 1952-05-04

  • Poster for Donald O'Connor

    Donald O'Connor (Episode 37)

    Writer: Sidney Miller

    Air date: 1952-05-11

  • Poster for Eddie Cantor

    Eddie Cantor (Episode 38)

    Air date: 1952-05-18

  • Poster for Ben Blue

    Ben Blue (Episode 39)

    Air date: 1952-05-25

  • Poster for Herb Shriver

    Herb Shriver (Episode 40)

    Air date: 1952-06-01

  • Poster for Eddie Cantor

    Eddie Cantor (Episode 41)

    Air date: 1952-06-08

  • Poster for Bob Hope

    Bob Hope (Episode 42)

    Air date: 1952-06-15

The Colgate Comedy Hour

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