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The Colgate Comedy Hour

  • TV Series
  • 1950–1955
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
611
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The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
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This was a Colgate-sponsored comedy hour that featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as guest stars.This was a Colgate-sponsored comedy hour that featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as guest stars.This was a Colgate-sponsored comedy hour that featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as guest stars.

  • Creator
    • Fred Hamilton
  • Stars
    • Al Goodman
    • Eddie Cantor
    • Dean Martin
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    611
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    • Creator
      • Fred Hamilton
    • Stars
      • Al Goodman
      • Eddie Cantor
      • Dean Martin
    • 13User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 4 nominations total

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    Al Goodman
    Al Goodman
    • Self - Orchestra Leader…
    • 1950–1954
    Eddie Cantor
    Eddie Cantor
    • Self - Host…
    • 1950–1954
    Dean Martin
    Dean Martin
    • Self - Host…
    • 1950–1955
    Jerry Lewis
    Jerry Lewis
    • Self - Host…
    • 1950–1955
    Dick Stabile
    Dick Stabile
    • Self - Orchestra Leader…
    • 1950–1955
    Hal Sawyer
    • Self - Announcer…
    • 1952–1955
    Bud Abbott
    Bud Abbott
    • Self - Host…
    • 1951–1955
    Donald O'Connor
    Donald O'Connor
    • Self - Host…
    • 1951–1954
    Bob Hope
    Bob Hope
    • Self - Host…
    • 1950–1955
    Lou Costello
    Lou Costello
    • Self - Host…
    • 1951–1955
    Sidney Miller
    Sidney Miller
    • Self…
    • 1951–1954
    Gordon MacRae
    Gordon MacRae
    • Self - Host…
    • 1954–1955
    Jimmy Durante
    Jimmy Durante
    • Self - Host…
    • 1951–1955
    Danny Arnold
    • Self…
    • 1951–1953
    Sid Fields
    Sid Fields
    • Self - Comic Actor…
    • 1951–1953
    Les Brown and His Band of Renown
    • Themselves
    • 1952–1955
    Connie Russell
    Connie Russell
    • Self
    • 1953–1954
    Les Brown
    Les Brown
    • Self - Orchestrator…
    • 1950–1955
    • Creator
      • Fred Hamilton
    • All cast & crew
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    F Gwynplaine MacIntyre

    First TV show in colour

    'Colgate Comedy Hour' was a first-rate comedy-variety series, performed live from New York City and featuring some of the biggest names in American show business at the time. The series was sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive, a 'health and beauty aids' company which had established a healthy presence in the sponsorship of entertainment since the early days of radio. In the 1940s, Al Jolson had starred in a weekly radio show sponsored by Colgate Tooth Powder, but he mistakenly kept identifying the sponsor as 'Colgate Toothpaste': a different product altogether, which was sponsoring a different radio show at the time.

    Apart from its excellent entertainment value, the Colgate Comedy Hour is also important for a technological reason. The episode broadcast live on 22 November, 1953, hosted by Donald O'Connor, was the very first colour tv broadcast. Prior to this, all colour tv transmissions had been closed-circuit only.
    10drmajerc

    King of the Tuk Tuk sound...

    My favorite episode was with Marcus "The Worm" Hicks and Tiny Boop Squigg Shorterly hitting those high Cs all night long. Guy's practically a household name for being the king of the Tuk Tuk sound and in my opinion far superior to Paul Bufano. Bufano is very meat and potatoes. Sure, Cafeteria Jangle was great but Bufano's later stuff is dwarfed in comparison to a Hicks and Shorterly bill. I'm also pretty big on Thaddeus Finks. He's no Roy Donk but I believe he was also a regular guest on the Colgate Hour. Mookie Kramer and the 8 balls was a can't miss performance as well. These artists were all ideal for those with a curious mind.
    Walloon

    Not the first color broadcast

    An earlier comment claims that an episode in November 1953 was the first color television broadcast ever. That is not so. The Federal Communications Commission, on Oct. 10, 1950, approved a color television system developed by CBS that was not compatible with existing black and white television sets. However, a court challenge by RCA, which was developing its own color system that was compatible with black and white sets, tied up the inauguration of the CBS color system until a decision for CBS by the U.S. Supreme Court in May 1951.

    Finally, on June 25, 1951, CBS broadcast a one-hour program in color, called "Premiere", featuring Ed Sullivan and other CBS stars, and carried it on a five-station East Coast CBS-TV hookup.

    The episode of "The Colgate Comedy Hour" broadcast in color in November 1953 was actually the network debut of the rival RCA color television system. In December 1953, the FCC formally reversed its earlier decision and approved the RCA system as the color standard for American television.
    6DanielWRichardson

    From what I have seen it's good.

    I own a DVD that is entitled "The Abbott & Costello Show". But it's actually two episodes of "The Colgate Comedy Hour". From what I have seen it looked like a good show. But again I have only seen two shows. Both shows were hosted by Abbott & Costello and they were hilarious. It featured many different skits and bits including the "Two Tens For a Five". And of course it had everyone's favorite "Who's on First?". I really enjoyed the quick banter between the two. I heard the best Abbott & Costello routines are the ones preformed in front of a live audience. Costello was great at ad-libbing and it shows here. I have only seen a couple of the Martin & Lewis movies and they were good. So I'm guessing the ones hosted by them were good too. I really recommend this to anyone who likes comedy and especially anyone who hasn't seen the "Who's on First?" bit. It's classic stuff.
    jpd1-1

    First Color Show?

    Recently, Gloria O'Connor (Donald's widow) told me that she thought the Nov. 22, 1953 Colgate Comedy Hour was the first color telecast of the newly-approved color system. Evidently it was part of a test. Many old-timers have insisted that the Jan 1 Rose Bowl Parade was the first color telecast. Can anyone shed some light on the Colgate Comedy Hour? I met Joyce Smith, one of the original dancers, at an NBC Reunion and she also believed that the show was telecast in color. It would be a good thing to straighten this out for the history books. In addition, Joyce said the Comedy hour originated at the original 'El Capitan' theater on Vine Street.

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      The episode broadcast on November 22, 1953, hosted by Donald O'Connor, made history as the first color television broadcast in the NTSC color system.
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      Featured in Avalon (1990)

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    • Release date
      • September 10, 1950 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Colgate Summer Comedy Hour
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Colgate-Palmolive-Peet
      • National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Black and White
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    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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