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The Best Episodes of The Colgate Comedy Hour

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The Best Episodes of 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 starred many...

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  1. 9.1/10(30 votes)

    #1 - Abbott & Costello

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    S4:E25

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  2. 9.0/10(27 votes)

    #2 - Abbott & Costello

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    S3:E32

    Hoagy Carmichael, Teresa Brewer, The Four Pipers, The Amin Brothers, Sid Fields, Michael Ross, Jack Lomas, Sherry Morland, Evelynne D'Smith, Sid Marion, Bobby Barber and Al Goodman and his Orchestra

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  3. 9.0/10(20 votes)

    #3 - Gordon MacRae

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  4. 8.8/10(13 votes)

    #4 - Abbott & Costello

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  5. 8.7/10(29 votes)

    #5 - Abbott & Costello and Victor Borge

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    S3:E17

    Victor Borge, Gisele MacKenzie, Grace Hartman, Allan Jones, Sid Fields, Harry Lang, The Four Pipers, Bobby Barber, R. J. Otis and Abner, The Hollywood Stunt Group

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  6. 8.7/10(34 votes)

    #6 - Abbott & Costello

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    S4:E33

    One in this comedy/variety series with rotating hosts. The comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello star in this live episode. Highlights include the following: Bud and Lou get fired from their jobs at a department store after attempting to sell nylons; Abbott and his friends sucker Costello out of his pay, but Lou gets his revenge; Hoagy Carmichael sings and is visited by child actor Ricky Vera; Costello and Vera try to tell each other the tale of Little Red Riding Hood and crack each other up in the process; Abbott cons Costello out of his money, but Vera gets the last laugh; Peggy Lee sings "Johnny Guitar," "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered," and the "Halo Shampoo" song; Costello gets appliances with meters and has to pay a quarter every time he uses one, prompting a lot of mayhem as he attempts to try each one out; the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra plays "Midnight Sleigh Ride" and "Holiday"; and Costello attempts to dance with a woman who is almost twice his height.

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  8. 8.6/10(10 votes)

    #7 - Abbott & Costello

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  9. 8.3/10(18 votes)

    #8 - Abbott & Costello

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    S2:E12

    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."

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  10. 8.3/10(28 votes)

    #9 - Abbott & Costello

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    S2:E20

    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".

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  11. 8.2/10(20 votes)

    #10 - Abbot & Costello

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    Abbott and Costello's first time as hosts. Several comedy routines including their classic: "Who's On First".

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  12. 8.2/10(41 votes)

    #11 - Abbot & Costello

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    S1:E27

    Lon Chaney Jr.; Sid Fields; Jarmila Novotna; Jesse, James & Carnell; Milton Frome; Ann Thomas; Gregg Sherwood; and Al Goodman and his Orchestra.

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  13. 8.2/10(18 votes)

    #12 - Martin & Lewis

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  14. 8.2/10(27 votes)

    #13 - Abbott & Costello

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    S4:E28

    Bud Abbott and Lou Costello welcome guests including: Jane Russell; Rhonda Fleming; A&C stalwarts Connie Haines, Bobby Barber and Mike Ross; actress Beryl Davis; actors Tony Martinez, Nestor Paiva, Frank Richards, Benny Rubin, Jim Hayward and Ken Mayer; Jack Shea; Baby Mistin; Donna Kaye; announcer Hal Sawyer; and Al Goodman and his Orchestra. In comedy highlights, the boys are flat broke in a bording house in the Latin American country of Bolamania. They rehearse a magic trick, hoping to get a job at a nightclub. Then Lou gets the great idea of impersonating the El Presidente! Also, take offs on Liberace and You Bet Your Life.

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  15. 8.1/10(20 votes)

    #14 - Abbott & Costello

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  16. 8.1/10(16 votes)

    #15 - Abbott & Costello

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    S3:E5

    Lizabeth Scott, Gisele macKenzie, The Four Pipers, Les dassie, Dudley Dickerson, Milt Bronson, Bobby Barber, Sid Fields and Al Goodman and his Orchestra

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  17. 8.1/10(13 votes)

    #16 - Martin & Lewis

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  18. 8.0/10(13 votes)

    #17 - Martin & Lewis

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  19. 8.0/10(14 votes)

    #18 - Martin & Lewis

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  20. 8.0/10(12 votes)

    #19 - Martin & Lewis

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  21. 8.0/10(15 votes)

    #20 - Martin & Lewis

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  22. 7.9/10(17 votes)

    #21 - Martin & Lewis

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    S5:E11

    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"

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  23. 7.8/10(18 votes)

    #22 - Martin & Lewis

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    Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis host this telecast from Chicago. Their guests include: singer Helen O'Connell; dance team Bob Fosse & Mary Ann Niles; Ladd Lyon; announcer Mike Wallace; and Dick Stabile and his Orchestra. Martin's songs include 'I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now.'

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  24. 7.8/10(12 votes)

    #23 - Martin & Lewis

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  25. 7.8/10(11 votes)

    #24 - Gordon MacRae

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  26. 7.7/10(24 votes)

    #25 - Martin & Lewis: Anything Goes

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    S1:E6

    Kitty Kallen; The Skylarks; Mayor Ralph Villani of Newark, N.J.; Mayor Walter Sterling of Steubenville, Ohio; and Dick Stabile and his Orchestra.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Abbott & Costello" is the best rated episode of "The Colgate Comedy Hour". It scored 9.1/10 based on 30 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/21/1954. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Abbott & Costello".