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.
Martin & Lewis (Episode 1)
Air date: 1952-09-21
Overview: Features songs "You Belong To Me" and "Hominy Grits"
Eddie Cantor (Episode 2)
Air date: 1952-09-28
Bob Hope (Episode 3)
Air date: 1952-10-12
Abbott & Costello (Episode 4)
Air date: 1952-10-19
Overview: Lizabeth Scott, Gisele macKenzie, The Four Pipers, Les dassie, Dudley Dickerson, Milt Bronson, Bobby Barber, Sid Fields and Al Goodman and his Orchestra
Donald O'Connor and Ben Blue (Episode 5)
Air date: 1952-10-26
Judy Canova (Episode 6)
Air date: 1952-11-02
Bob Hope (Episode 7)
Air date: 1952-11-09
Donald O'Connor (Episode 8)
Writer: Sidney Miller
Air date: 1952-11-16
Abbott & Costello (Episode 9)
Air date: 1952-11-23
Martin & Lewis (Episode 10)
Air date: 1952-11-30
Bob Hope (Episode 11)
Air date: 1952-12-07
Donald O'Connor (Episode 12)
Writer: Sidney Miller
Air date: 1952-10-05
Abbott & Costello - Christmas Show (Episode 13)
Air date: 1952-12-14
Overview: Abbott & Costello present a comedy/variety Christmas Special, including their routines, singing, dancing, and acrobats.
Episode 14 (Episode 14)
Air date: 1952-12-21
Phil Harris and Ben Blue (Episode 15)
Air date: 1952-12-28
Bob Hope (Episode 16)
Air date: 1953-01-04
Abbott & Costello and Victor Borge (Episode 17)
Air date: 1953-01-11
Overview: 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
Eddie Cantor (Episode 18)
Air date: 1953-01-18
Martin & Lewis (Episode 19)
Air date: 1953-01-25
Bob Hope (Episode 20)
Air date: 1953-02-01
Ben Blue (Episode 21)
Air date: 1953-02-08
Eddie Cantor (Episode 22)
Air date: 1953-02-15
The Ritz Brothers (Episode 23)
Air date: 1953-02-22
Bob Hope and George Jessel (Episode 24)
Air date: 1953-03-01
Donald O'Connor (Episode 25)
Air date: 1953-03-08
Eddie Cantor (Episode 26)
Air date: 1953-03-15
100th Episode (Episode 27)
Air date: 1953-03-22
Bob Hope (Episode 28)
Air date: 1953-03-29
Donald O'Connor (Episode 29)
Air date: 1953-04-05
Eddie Cantor (Episode 30)
Air date: 1953-04-12
Bob Hope (Episode 31)
Air date: 1953-04-19
Abbott & Costello (Episode 32)
Air date: 1953-04-26
Overview: 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
