The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as guest stars. Many of the scripts of the series are archived at the UCLA Library in their Special Collections.
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Colgate Summer Comedy Hour
Colgate Variety Hour
Fred Hamilton
William Asher
Bob Finkel
Fred Hamilton
Ernest D. Glucksman
Jim Jordan
Kingman T. Moore
Ed Sobol
James V. Kern
Bud Yorkin
United States
English
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Samuel Fuller
Pete Barnum
Charles Friedman
Ernest D. Glucksman
Leo Morgan
Ed Sobol
Michael Todd
Pete Barnum
50 minutes
September 10, 1950 –
December 25, 1955
Color[edit]
The episode broadcast on November 22, 1953, hosted by Donald O'Connor, was the first color television broadcast in the NTSC color system (used in the U.S. until the change to digital in June 2009). There were few other color broadcasts in the 1953–1954 season, and all of them were transmitted by NBC. The series was also used earlier in the season to demonstrate the final form of RCA's "Compatible" color system to members of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Two sets were in the room: an experimental color model and a standard black-and-white unit. Eddie Cantor hosted the program with guests including Frank Sinatra, Eddie Fisher, and Brian Donlevy.
In popular culture[edit]
The Colgate Comedy hour is referenced in the Netflix Sketch Comedy Show I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (Season 1 Episode 3).