The Colgate Comedy Hour — Season 5
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 (39)
1. Eddie Fisher
Aired 19 September 1954
2. Johnnie Ray and Joe E. Lewis
Aired 26 September 1954
3. Phil Harris and Dinah Shore
Aired 3 October 1954
4. FRIAR'S FROLIC with Milton Berle
Aired 17 October 1954
5. REVENGE WITH MUSIC with Harpo Marx
Aired 24 October 1954
6. Terry Moore
Aired 31 October 1954
7. Gordon MacRae
Aired 14 November 1954
8. Let's Face It
Aired 21 November 1954
9. Gale Storm
Aired 28 November 1954
10. Gordon MacRae
Aired 12 December 1954
11. Martin & Lewis
Aired 19 December 1954
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"
12. ICE SHOW
Aired 26 December 1954
13. Bob Hope
Aired 9 January 1955
14. Gordon MacRae
Aired 16 January 1955
15. Gordon MacRae
Aired 23 January 1955
16. Spike Jones
Aired 6 February 1955
17. Martin & Lewis
Aired 13 February 1955
18. Gordon MacRae
Aired 20 February 1955
19. Gordon MacRae
Aired 6 March 1955
20. Gordon MacRae
Aired 13 March 1955
21. Gordon MacRae
Aired 20 March 1955
22. Phil Harris
Aired 3 April 1955
23. ROBERTA
Aired 10 April 1955
24. Gordon MacRae
Aired 17 April 1955
25. Liberace
Aired 1 May 1955
26. Martin & Lewis
Aired 8 May 1955
27. Arm Forces Week
Aired 15 May 1955
Recorded at March Air Force Base in California.
28. Eddie Fisher
Aired 29 May 1955
29. Martin & Lewis
Aired 5 June 1955
30. Charlton Heston
Aired 12 June 1955
31. Charlton Heston
Aired 26 June 1955
32. Guy Lombardo
Aired 3 July 1955
33. Tribute to Jerry Ross & Dick Adler
Aired 10 July 1955
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.
34. Jack Webb
Aired 24 July 1955
35. Edgar Bergen
Aired 31 July 1955
36. Edgar Bergen
Aired 7 August 1955
37. Edgar Bergen
Aired 21 August 1955
38. Charlton Heston
Aired 28 August 1955
39. Charlton Heston
Aired 4 September 1955