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The Best Episodes of The Colgate Comedy Hour

Every episode of The Colgate Comedy Hour ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Colgate Comedy Hour!

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. Background image for Abbott & Costello
    9.1/10(30 votes)

    #1 - Abbott & Costello

    S4:E25

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    8.7/10(34 votes)

    #2 - Abbott & Costello

    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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    8.2/10(20 votes)

    #3 - Abbot & Costello

    S1:E18

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

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    8.2/10(41 votes)

    #4 - Abbot & Costello

    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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  5. Background image for Abbott & Costello
    8.2/10(27 votes)

    #5 - Abbott & Costello

    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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    Director:Fred Hamilton
    Writer:John Grant
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    7.8/10(18 votes)

    #6 - Martin & Lewis

    S1:E34

    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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    7.8/10(12 votes)

    #7 - Martin & Lewis

    S4:E30

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    7.7/10(24 votes)

    #8 - Martin & Lewis: Anything Goes

    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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    7.7/10(16 votes)

    #9 - Martin & Lewis

    S6:E1

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    7.6/10(11 votes)

    #10 - Martin & Lewis

    S6:E7

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    7.3/10(23 votes)

    #11 - Martin & Lewis

    S1:E22

    Polly Bergen, Mary Ann Niles, Bob Fosse, and Dick Stabile and his Orchestra. Note: Martin & Lewis had not hosted in nearly three months only because they were off in Hollywood making a movie.

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    7.3/10(23 votes)

    #12 - Martin & Lewis

    S4:E1

    Skits: Burt plays an escaped lunatick. Songs: "Great To Be Home", "You're The Right One", "That's Amore", "There's No Tomorrow"

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    7.2/10(30 votes)

    #13 - Let's Face It

    S1:E2

    Hosted by Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, has Dean and Jerry alongside gorgeous Marilyn Maxwell ("The Lemon Drop Kid") and comedian Leonard Barr. Sketches include a backstage bit with Martin and Lewis goofing around in their dressing room, and another with Jerry playing a little kid who goes to the movies with grown up Dean.

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    7.2/10(15 votes)

    #14 - Martin & Lewis

    S1:E42

    Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis host this first season closer. Their guests include: singer Janis Paige; comic and show writer Danny Arnold; The Johnny Conrad Dancers; cameos by Tony Martin and Joe Louis; and Dick Stabile and his Orchestra. Music includes Paige doing 'Those Old Phonograph Records'.

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    7.1/10(20 votes)

    #15 - Martin & Lewis

    S1:E10

    Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis return with guests singer/actress Kitty Kallen; future 'Jackie Gleason Show' co-star Joyce Randoph; comic dancer Leonard Barr; comic actor Sammy Petrillo; the dance team of De May and Moore; singers The Skylarks; and Dick Stabile and his Orchestra.

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    7.0/10(14 votes)

    #16 - Martin & Lewis

    S1:E39

    Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis host this week's episode. Their guests include: The DeMarco Sisters; comedian/singer Sonny King; actor Tommy Farrell; Rosette Shaw; comic actor and 'Colgate' writer Danny Arnold; The Johnny Conrad Dancers; cameo by Tony Curtis; and Dick Stabile and his Orchestra. Dean's songs include 'Isle of Capri' and 'Too Young' The DeMarco Sisters perform 'I'm Late.'

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    7.0/10(11 votes)

    #17 - Martin & Lewis

    S4:E15

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    6.8/10(11 votes)

    #18 - Bob Hope

    S1:E16

    Bob Hope hosts this episode, sponsored by Frigidaire. His guests include: His guests include: opera star Lily Pons; Elanor Roosevelt; Bob Cummings; harpist Robert Maxwell; New York Mayor Vincent Impellitteri; the Boys' Choir from the Cathedral of St. John the Divine; and Charles Sandford and his Orchestra.

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    6.8/10(19 votes)

    #19 - Martin & Lewis

    S1:E37

    Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis host this week's show. Their guests include: singer Jane Morgan; the dance team of Bob Fosse & Mary Ann Niles; a cameo by Eddie Cantor; and Dick Stabile and his Orchestra.

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    6.8/10(29 votes)

    #20 - Sonja Henie (with Abbott & Costello)

    S4:E21

    Gene Wesson hosts with guests Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, skater Sonja Henie, comic/singer Keefe Brasselle, with Carolyn Jones, Joyce Jameson, Michael Ross, Will J. White, Jud Conlon Singers, Norman Abbott, Glen Stangle, and announcer Hal Sawyer. Wesson and Brasselle perform dueling impressions, a sketch depicts a mob-run coffee shop, and Abbott and Costello encounter the Frankenstein Monster and the Gill Man in the Universal Studios' prop room.

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    6.6/10(88 votes)

    #21 - ANYTHING GOES w Ethel Merman, Frank Sinatra, Bert Lahr

    S4:E22

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    #22 - Revenge with Music

    S1:E1

    Eddie Cantor hosts the premiere episode of the series, joined by actor/dancer Tommy Wonder, opera soprano Yma Sumac, dancer Danny Daniels, Yiddish theatre star Joseph Buloff, Lew Hearn, Robert Gari, Jack Albertson, the ballet team of Val Buttingnol and Joy Williams, and Al Goodman and his Orchestra. The program was promoted in the NY Times as "a nostalgic review recalling the halcyon days of the New Amsterdam theater at Broadway and 42nd Street".

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    #23 - Fred Allen

    S1:E3

    Fred Allen makes his hosting debut. His guests include actors Monte Woolley and Peter Donald; Risë Stevens from the Metropolitian Opera; ballet stars Sono Osato, Hugh Laing and Zachary Solov; Tony award winner David Burns; Fred Allen's radio co-horts Kenny Delmar, Minerva Pious, Parker Fennelly; with Al Goodman and his Orchestra.

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    #24 - 10/1/1950

    S1:E4

    In this episode sponsored by Frigidaire, Bobby Clark makes his debut as host. His guests include actress Joan Blondell and Broadway composer Sigmund Romberg. Clark appears in a comedy sketch about TV cameras in the courtroom.

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    #25 - Eddie Cantor

    S1:E5

    Eddie Cantor returns as host with Al Goodman and his Orchestra. Cantor does a sketch with his character 'Maxi the Taxi', and performs 'Dinah' in a production number.

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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 Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/21/1954. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Abbott & Costello".