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.
About this season
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.
Episodes (42)
1. Jackie Gleason
Aired 2 September 1951
2. Eddie Cantor
Aired 9 September 1951
3. Spike Jones
Aired 16 September 1951
4. Milton Berle and Ezio Pinza
Aired 23 September 1951
5. Eddie Cantor
Aired 30 September 1951
6. Donald O'Connor and Ed Wynn
Aired 7 October 1951
7. Abbott & Costello
Aired 14 October 1951
8. Jack Carson
Aired 21 October 1951
9. Eddie Cantor
Aired 28 October 1951
10. Martin & Lewis
Aired 4 November 1951
11. Donald O'Connor and Harpo Marx
Aired 11 November 1951
12. Abbott & Costello
Aired 18 November 1951
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."
13. Eddie Cantor
Aired 25 November 1951
14. Bob Hope
Aired 2 December 1951
15. Eddie Cantor
Aired 9 December 1951
16. Alan Young and Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
Aired 16 December 1951
17. Eddie Cantor
Aired 23 December 1951
18. Martin & Lewis
Aired 30 December 1951
19. Donald O'Connor and Harpo Marx
Aired 6 January 1952
20. Abbott & Costello
Aired 13 January 1952
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".
21. Eddie Cantor
Aired 20 January 1952
22. Danny Thomas
Aired 27 January 1952
23. Donald O'Connor
Aired 3 February 1952
24. Martin & Lewis
Aired 10 February 1952
25. Eddie Cantor
Aired 17 February 1952
26. Danny Thomas
Aired 24 February 1952
27. Donald O'Connor
Aired 2 March 1952
28. Bob Hope
Aired 9 March 1952
29. Eddie Cantor
Aired 16 March 1952
30. Martin & Lewis
Aired 23 March 1952
31. Chico & Harpo Marx and Tony Martin
Aired 30 March 1952
32. Abbott & Costello
Aired 6 April 1952
33. Eddie Cantor
Aired 13 April 1952
34. Donald O'Connor and Andy Devine
Aired 20 April 1952
35. Martin & Lewis
Aired 27 April 1952
36. Abbott & Costello
Aired 4 May 1952
37. Donald O'Connor
Aired 11 May 1952
38. Eddie Cantor
Aired 18 May 1952
39. Ben Blue
Aired 25 May 1952
40. Herb Shriver
Aired 1 June 1952
41. Eddie Cantor
Aired 8 June 1952
42. Bob Hope
Aired 15 June 1952