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.
Eddie Fisher (Episode 1)
Air date: 1954-09-19
Johnnie Ray and Joe E. Lewis (Episode 2)
Air date: 1954-09-26
Phil Harris and Dinah Shore (Episode 3)
Air date: 1954-10-03
FRIAR'S FROLIC with Milton Berle (Episode 4)
Air date: 1954-10-17
REVENGE WITH MUSIC with Harpo Marx (Episode 5)
Air date: 1954-10-24
Terry Moore (Episode 6)
Air date: 1954-10-31
Gordon MacRae (Episode 7)
Air date: 1954-11-14
Let's Face It (Episode 8)
Air date: 1954-11-21
Gale Storm (Episode 9)
Air date: 1954-11-28
Gordon MacRae (Episode 10)
Air date: 1954-12-12
Martin & Lewis (Episode 11)
Air date: 1954-12-19
Overview: 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"
ICE SHOW (Episode 12)
Air date: 1954-12-26
Bob Hope (Episode 13)
Air date: 1955-01-09
Gordon MacRae (Episode 14)
Air date: 1955-01-16
Gordon MacRae (Episode 15)
Air date: 1955-01-23
Spike Jones (Episode 16)
Air date: 1955-02-06
Martin & Lewis (Episode 17)
Air date: 1955-02-13
Gordon MacRae (Episode 18)
Air date: 1955-02-20
Gordon MacRae (Episode 19)
Air date: 1955-03-06
Gordon MacRae (Episode 20)
Air date: 1955-03-13
Gordon MacRae (Episode 21)
Air date: 1955-03-20
Phil Harris (Episode 22)
Air date: 1955-04-03
ROBERTA with Gordon MacRae (Episode 23)
Air date: 1955-04-10
Gordon MacRae (Episode 24)
Air date: 1955-04-17
Liberace (Episode 25)
Air date: 1955-05-01
Martin & Lewis (Episode 26)
Air date: 1955-05-08
Abbott & Costello (Episode 27)
Air date: 1955-05-15
Overview: 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.
Eddie Fisher (Episode 28)
Air date: 1955-05-29
Martin & Lewis (Episode 29)
Air date: 1955-06-05
Charlton Heston (Episode 30)
Air date: 1955-06-12
Charlton Heston (Episode 31)
Air date: 1955-06-26
Guy Lombardo (Episode 32)
Air date: 1955-07-03
Tribute to Jerry Ross & Dick Adler (Episode 33)
Air date: 1955-07-10
Overview: Broadway Director George Abbott introduces scenes from two of his hit musicals, "Damn Yankees" and "The Pajama Game," in this tribute to songwriters Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.
