About this season
Sketch comedy starring Eddie Cantor as host
Episodes (39)
1. Now in Rehearsal
Aired 23 January 1955
Eddie stars in a warmhearted comedy of errors, playing the inventor of a remote control TV popcorn machine and the baby-sitting uncle portrayed by Brian Aherne.
2. Nearly Normal
Aired 30 January 1955 • 30 min
Newlyweds are promised $1000 if they stop quarreling ... which is all they've been doing during three weeks of marriage.
3. The Big Bargain
Aired 7 February 1955
A sketch about a bargain-hunting wife who makes life miserable for her poor husband
4. The Hypochondriac
Aired 14 February 1955
Hypochondriac Harold Clinker decides to spend his last four hours heroically.
5. A Hunting We Will Go
Aired 21 February 1955
Lizabeth Scott plays a prim secretary who decides to get married and uses big-game hunting techniques to snare a man.
6. The Suspicious Husband
Aired 28 February 1955
When his wife talks him into buying a life-insurance policy, Mike Applegate thinks she wants to murder him.
7. Garage
Aired 7 March 1955
8. Romance Wrecker
Aired 14 March 1955
9. The Atomic Brain
Aired 21 March 1955
Hypochondriac Herman Fergle mistakes the world's smallest A-bomb ... for a pill.
10. The Critics
Aired 28 March 1955
Eddie tries to change the opinions of three critics who were less than enthusiastic about his show.
11. The Helper
Aired 4 April 1955
12. The Wizard
Aired 11 April 1955
A mathematical wizard has a weakness for figures.
13. The Mink Coat
Aired 18 April 1955
Through an error, a wife receives a mink coat from her husband. She resists all his frantic efforts to return the fur to the store.
14. The Finer Point
Aired 25 April 1955
In order to find favor with the wealthy owner of a mining company two "muscle men" take lessons in etiquette.
15. The Sure Cure
Aired 2 May 1955
Ambrose Dodson's sinister appearance helps him succeed as a complaint clerk, but it sure doesn't do much for his love life.
16. Commercially Ever After
Aired 9 May 1955
A former TV Celebrity tries to regain his position.
17. The Practical Joker
Aired 16 May 1955
A joker's victims get fed up and decide that the day of reckoning must come.
18. Always the Butler
Aired 23 May 1955
A butler appeals for his maligned profession which always gets blamed for the crime.
19. A Night at the Follies
Aired 30 May 1955
20. V for Victoria
Aired 6 June 1955
21. How Much for Van Such
Aired 13 June 1955
A trio of not-so-tough kidnappers holds a man for a million dollar ransom.
22. Dying to Love
Aired 20 June 1955
23. Bombshell Goes to College
Aired 27 June 1955
An ex-chorus girl marries a college professor, turning a staid campus upside down
24. Call Me Irving
Aired 4 July 1955
To get a part in a play, timid Teddy Binks must completely reverse his personality.
25. Ten Thousand Years from Now
Aired 11 July 1955
To immortalize 20th-century humor, Eddie presents songs and sketches prepared for a time capsule.
26. What Do You Want in a Show
Aired 18 July 1955
Three dimwitted crooks break into a bank but end up, by mistake, in the U.S. Mint.
27. The Playboy
Aired 25 July 1955
To get the approval of his sweetheart's father, a wealthy playboy must hold down a job for a week.
28. Man Who Liked Little People
Aired 1 August 1955
Tall Mrs. Bullit refuses to vacate an apartment when her landlord protests that he only rents to people under 5-feet tall
29. The Lieutenant Was No Gentleman
Aired 8 August 1955
30. The Song Pluggers
Aired 15 August 1955
Elmo Dilling is a song plugger desperate for a hit.
31. Four Strikes
Aired 22 August 1955
32. Square World of Pennyworth
Aired 29 August 1955
33. Triplets
Aired 5 September 1955
Three Navy men fight for the same girl, not realizing that they love triplets.
34. Unknown Title
Aired 12 September 1955
35. The Marine Went to Town
Aired 19 September 1955
A marine's sister and her fiance plan to relieve him of the $20,000 he won in the Irish Sweepstakes.
36. The Hollywood Story
Aired 26 September 1955
A Pentagon mix-up puts a lovely Wac (Ann Sheridan) in charge of an Army combat platoon.
37. The Tester
Aired 3 October 1955
38. Strange Little Stranger
Aired 10 October 1955
A shy travel agent's fantasies start coming true.
39. And Now from the Audience
Aired 17 October 1955
A furniture tycoon sets up a production line in prison. Convict R.J. Banning turns the prison workshop into a factory to compete with his ex-partner.