The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour
Title card from 1950
Also known asColgate Summer Comedy Hour
Colgate Variety Hour
GenreComedy/Variety
Created byFred Hamilton
Directed byWilliam Asher
Bob Finkel
Fred Hamilton
Ernest D. Glucksman
Jim Jordan
Kingman T. Moore
Ed Sobol
James V. Kern
Bud Yorkin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes221
Production
Executive producersSamuel Fuller
Pete Barnum
ProducersCharles Friedman
Ernest D. Glucksman
Leo Morgan
Ed Sobol
Michael Todd
Pete Barnum
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time50 minutes
Production companyColgate-Palmolive-Peet
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseSeptember 10, 1950 (1950-09-10) –
December 25, 1955 (1955-12-25)
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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 featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as guest stars. Many of the scripts of the series are archived at the UCLA Library in their Special Collections.


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