The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)

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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 notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers.

IMDb rating: 7.7 (619 votes)
Seasons: 5
Streaming (US): Pure Flix · Best tv ever Amazon Channel · The Roku Channel · Tubi TV
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1950)

7.63 avg 11 episodes 7.3 → 7.2 53 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
2	Let's Face It with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis	7.3	30
6	Hosts: Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis; Guests: Kitty Kallen; The Skylarks; Mayor Ralph Villani of Newark, N.J.; Mayor Walter Sterling of Steubenville, Ohio, Dick Stabile & his Orchestra	7.8	24
10	Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis; Guests: Kitty Kallen, Leonard Barr, Sammy Petrillo, Joyce Randolph, De May & Moore, The Skylarks, Dick Stabile & his Orchestra	7.3	20
16	Host: Bob Hope; guest stars: Robert Cummings, Lily Pons, Eleanor Roosevelt	7.4	11
18	Hosts: Abbott & Costello; Guests: Evelyn Knight, Hal Le Roy, Paul Remos & his Toy Boys, Jimmy Ford Four, Art & Mort Havel, Patricia Shea, Valerie de Cadenet, Al Goodman & his Orchestra	8.2	22
22	Hosts: Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis; guest: Polly Bergen, Bob Fosse, Mary Ann Niles, Dick Stabile & his Orchestra	7.5	23
27	Hosts: Abbott & Costello; guest stars: Lon Chaney, Jr., Jarmilla Novotna	8.3	43
34	Hosts: Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis; Guests: Helen O'Connell, Bob Fosse & Mary Ann Niles, Ladd Lyon, Dick Stabile & his Orchestra	8.2	18
37	Hosts: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis; Guests: Jane Morgan, Bob Fosse & Mary Ann Niles, Dick Stabile & his Orchestra; Eddie Cantor	7.2	19
39	Hosts: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis; Guests: The DeMarco Sisters, The Johnny Conrad Dancers, Sonny King, Tommy Farrell, Danny Arnold, Rosette Shaw, Dick Stabile & his Orchestra; cameo by Tony Curtis	7.5	15
42	Hosts: Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Guest: Janis Paige, The Johnny Conrad Dancers, Danny Arnold, Dick Stabile & his Orchestra; cameos by Tony Martin and Joe Louis	7.2	15

Season 2 (1951)

7.95 avg 11 episodes 8.4 → 8.8 54 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
7	Hosts: Bud Abbott & Lou Costello; Guests: Gale Storm, Phil Regan	8.4	20
10	Hosts: Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis; Guests: Dorothy Dandridge, Danny Arnold, Bob & Eddie Mayo, Donald MacBride, Marion Marshall, Jimmy Wallington, Dick Stabile & his Orchestra	7.8	24
12	Hosts: Bud Abbott & Lou Costello; Guests: George Raft, Louis Armstrong, Rosette Shaw, The Pied Pipers, Al Goodman & his Orchestra	8.3	17
18	Hosts: Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis; Guests: Eve Young, Ray Malone, Danny Arnold, Margaret Dumont, Mike Mazurki, Dick Stabile & his Orchestra	7.3	14
20	Hosts: Bud Abbott & Lou Costello; Guests: Errol Flynn, Rhonda Fleming, Bruce Cabot, Sid Fields, Joe Kirk, The Pied Pipers, cameo appearance by George Raft	8.3	29
21	Host: Eddie Cantor; Guests: Adele Jergens, Robert Clary, Jimmy Dobson, Shirley Mitchell, Doris Singleton, Sharon Baird, Herman McCoy's UCLA Swing Choir featuring Edna Craft, Al Goodman & his Orchestra; cameo by Kirk Douglas	7.0	11
24	Hosts: Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis; Guests: Ray Malone, Jill Jarmon, Danny Arnold, Sheldon Leonard, Mike Mazurki, Dick Stabile & his Orchestra; cameo by writer Norman Lear	8.3	18
30	Hosts: Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis; Guests: Danny Lewis (Jerry's father), Tommy Wonder, Margaret Banks, Danny Arnold, Dick Stabile & his Orchestra; cameo by writers Ed Simmons and Norman Lear	8.2	13
32	Hosts: Abbott & Costello; Guests: Charles Laughton, Isabel Bigley, Johnny Conrad, Sid Fields, Joe Kirk, Milton Frome, Bobby Barber, Jill Kraft, Anita Anton, Alex Fossell, Helen Donaldson, Three Beaus & a Peep, Al Goodman & his Orchestra	7.4	16
35	Hosts: Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis; Guests: Kitty Kallen, The Four Step Brothers, Danny Arnold	7.7	16
36	Hosts: Abbott & Costello; Guests: Vera Zorina, Tony Bavaar, The Ashtons, Monique Van Vooren, "Sport" Morgan, Sid Fields, Gemze de Lappe, Joe Kirk, Bobby Barber, Jean Cleveland, Charlie Bollinder, Three Beaus & a Peep, Al Goodman & his Orchestra	8.8	13

Season 3 (1952)

8.09 avg 8 episodes 7.3 → 7.8

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Hosts: Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis; Guests: Rosemary Clooney, Danny Arnold, Sara Berner, Harvey Birdbox, Harry Lang, Elsie Baker, Joseph Waring, George Milan, Byron Kane, Dick Stabile & his Orchestra	7.3	19
5	Hosts: Abbott & Costello; Guests: Lizabeth Scott, Gisele MacKenzie, The Four Pipers	8.3	16
10	Hosts: Abbott & Costello; Guest: Peggy Lee, Fisher & Ross, The Shaller Brothers	8.6	10
11	Hosts: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Guests: Kitty Kallen, Robert Strauss, Danny Arnold	8.1	14
13	Hosts: Abbott & Costello Guests: Margaret Whiting, The Nicholas Brothers, The Four Pipers	6.9	118
17	Hosts: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Guests: Victor Borge, Allan Jones, Gisele MacKenzie, Grace Hartman	8.8	27
32	Abbott & Costello, Teresa Brewer, Hoagy Carmichael, the Amin Brothers, The Four Pipers	8.9	26
37	Hosts: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Guests: Patti Lewis, The Four Step Brothers, Danny Arnold, Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh	7.8	18

Season 4 (1953)

7.78 avg 8 episodes 7.4 → 8.7 60 min avg

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Hosts: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Guest: Burt Lancaster, The Skylarks	7.4	24
15	Hosts: Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis; guest: Franklin Pangborn, The Modernaires	7.3	13
21	Guest Host: Gene Wesson; featuring Bud Abbott & Lou Costello, Sonja Henle, Keefe Brasselle, Jud Conlons Rhythmaires	7.0	30
22	Anything Goes	6.7	91
25	Hosts: Abbott & Costello; Guests: Les Paul & Mary Ford, Janik & Arnaut, Fred Darian, The Pied Pipers, Veola Vonn	9.1	28
28	Hosts: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Guests: Jane Russell, Rhonda Fleming, Connie Haines, Beryl Davis	8.2	27
30	The Treniers	7.8	13
33	Hosts: Abbott and Costello Guests: Hoagy Carmichael, Peggy Lee, Ricky Vera, The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, The Pied Pipers	8.7	30

Season 5 (1954)

7.01 avg 9 episodes 6.3 → 1.4 60 min avg

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
8	Let's Face It	6.3	12
11	Hosts: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Guests: Vera Miles, Milton Frome, Margery Maud, Hanke Mann, Sylvia Hickle, Marvin Middlebird, The Nick Castle Dancers, plus special guest "Phil Abrams" (Jack Benny)	7.4	18
15	Guest Host: Gordon MacRae; Guests: Gloria Vanderbilt, Franchot Tone, Paul Winchell, Ronny Graham, the DeMarco Sisters, Joyce Bryant, DeLois Faulkner, Carmen Dragon & his Orchestra	9.0	19
17	Hosts: Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis; guests: Franklin Pangborn, The Four Step Brothers, Micki Marlo	8.2	12
20	Host: Gordon MacRae Guests: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Debra Paget, Carl "Bobo" Olson, The Dassis	8.0	11
26	Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin, Jimmy Durante, Janet Leigh, Tony Curtis, George Raft	8.0	15
29	Hosts: Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis; Guests: Peggie Castle, Buddy Rich, Sonny King	8.1	13
36	Hosts: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, and Mortimer Snerd	6.7	23
39	Host: Charlton Heston; Guests: Joan Crawford, The King Sisters	1.4	111

The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)

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