9.1/1030 votesLoading...#1 - Abbott & Costello
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 3/21/1954
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- 9.0/1027 votesLoading...
#2 - Martin & Lewis
Season 3 Episode 32 - Aired 5/3/1953
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- 9.0/1020 votesLoading...
#3 - Gordon MacRae
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 1/23/1955
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- 8.8/1013 votesLoading...
#4 - Abbott & Costello
Season 2 Episode 36 - Aired 5/4/1952
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- 8.8/1028 votesLoading...
#5 - Eddie Cantor
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 1/18/1953
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- 8.7/1034 votesLoading...
#6 - Abbott & Costello
Season 4 Episode 33 - Aired 5/23/1954
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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- 8.6/1010 votesLoading...
#7 - Martin & Lewis
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/1952
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- 8.3/1018 votesLoading...
#8 - Abbott & Costello
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 11/18/1951
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."
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- 8.3/1028 votesLoading...
#9 - Abbott & Costello
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 1/13/1952
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".
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- 8.2/1020 votesLoading...
#10 - Abbot & Costello
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/7/1951
Abbott and Costello's first time as hosts. Several comedy routines including their classic: "Who's On First".
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- 8.2/1041 votesLoading...
#11 - Abbot & Costello
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 3/11/1951
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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- 8.2/1018 votesLoading...
#12 - Martin & Lewis
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 2/10/1952
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- 8.2/1027 votesLoading...
#13 - Abbott & Costello
Season 4 Episode 28 - Aired 4/18/1954
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.
Director: Fred Hamilton
Writer: John Grant
- 8.1/1020 votesLoading...
#14 - Abbott & Costello
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/14/1951
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- 8.1/1016 votesLoading...
#15 - Donald O'Connor and Ben Blue
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1952
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- 8.1/1013 votesLoading...
#16 - Martin & Lewis
Season 5 Episode 29 - Aired 6/5/1955
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- 8.0/1013 votesLoading...
#17 - Martin & Lewis
Season 2 Episode 30 - Aired 3/23/1952
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- 8.0/1014 votesLoading...
- 8.0/1012 votesLoading...
#19 - Martin & Lewis
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 2/13/1955
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- 8.0/1015 votesLoading...
#20 - Martin & Lewis
Season 5 Episode 26 - Aired 5/8/1955
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- 7.9/1017 votesLoading...
#21 - Martin & Lewis
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 12/19/1954
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"
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- 7.8/1018 votesLoading...
#22 - Martin & Lewis
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 4/29/1951
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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- 7.8/1012 votesLoading...
#23 - Martin & Lewis
Season 4 Episode 30 - Aired 5/2/1954
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- 7.8/1011 votesLoading...
#24 - Gordon MacRae
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 3/13/1955
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- 7.7/1024 votesLoading...
#25 - Martin & Lewis: Anything Goes
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/15/1950
Kitty Kallen; The Skylarks; Mayor Ralph Villani of Newark, N.J.; Mayor Walter Sterling of Steubenville, Ohio; and Dick Stabile and his Orchestra.
Director: N/A
Writer: Herbert Baker
The Best Episodes of The Colgate Comedy Hour
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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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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, "Martin & Lewis".