The Colgate Comedy Hour
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The Colgate Comedy Hour was a popular American live television variety show of the early 1950s that featured comedy, music, and guest performances by major entertainers of the era.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Colgate Comedy Hour canonical | 4 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour (appearances) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10631444 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Colgate Comedy Hour Context triple: [Raymond Wallace Bolger, performedIn, The Colgate Comedy Hour]
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A.
The Red Skelton Hour
The Red Skelton Hour was a popular American television variety and sketch-comedy show starring comedian Red Skelton that aired for two decades from the 1950s to the 1970s.
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B.
The Steve Allen Show
The Steve Allen Show was a pioneering American television variety and talk show hosted by comedian Steve Allen, known for its innovative comedy sketches, celebrity interviews, and influence on the late-night talk show format.
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C.
The Joey Bishop Show
The Joey Bishop Show is an American sitcom starring comedian Joey Bishop that aired in the early 1960s, following his comedic misadventures first as a public relations man and later as a talk-show host.
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D.
The Bob Hope Show
The Bob Hope Show was a long-running American radio and television variety program featuring comedian Bob Hope’s monologues, sketches, and celebrity guests.
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E.
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour was a groundbreaking 1960s American television variety show known for its sharp political satire, musical performances, and frequent clashes with network censors.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Colgate Comedy Hour Target entity description: The Colgate Comedy Hour was a popular American live television variety show of the early 1950s that featured comedy, music, and guest performances by major entertainers of the era.
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A.
The Red Skelton Hour
The Red Skelton Hour was a popular American television variety and sketch-comedy show starring comedian Red Skelton that aired for two decades from the 1950s to the 1970s.
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B.
The Steve Allen Show
The Steve Allen Show was a pioneering American television variety and talk show hosted by comedian Steve Allen, known for its innovative comedy sketches, celebrity interviews, and influence on the late-night talk show format.
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C.
The Joey Bishop Show
The Joey Bishop Show is an American sitcom starring comedian Joey Bishop that aired in the early 1960s, following his comedic misadventures first as a public relations man and later as a talk-show host.
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D.
The Bob Hope Show
The Bob Hope Show was a long-running American radio and television variety program featuring comedian Bob Hope’s monologues, sketches, and celebrity guests.
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E.
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour was a groundbreaking 1960s American television variety show known for its sharp political satire, musical performances, and frequent clashes with network censors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | American television series ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Colgate Comedy Hour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audioFormat | mono ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | American network television ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| endYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| era | Golden Age of Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredPerformer |
Abbott and Costello
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bing Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ Bob Hope NERFINISHED ⓘ Bobby Darin NERFINISHED ⓘ Dean Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ Donald O'Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ Eddie Cantor NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED ⓘ Fred Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ Groucho Marx NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Durante NERFINISHED ⓘ Spike Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | multi-camera ⓘ |
| finalAired | 1955-12-25 ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1950-09-10 ⓘ |
| format | live television ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
music television ⓘ variety show ⓘ |
| hasSegment |
comedy sketches
ⓘ
dance numbers ⓘ guest star appearances ⓘ musical performances ⓘ |
| location |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| network | NBC ⓘ |
| notableFor |
featuring major entertainers of the early 1950s
ⓘ
live coast-to-coast broadcasts ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 6 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | NBC ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| productionCompany | NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sponsor | Colgate-Palmolive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | The NBC Comedy Hour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | family audience ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1950s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Colgate Comedy Hour Description of subject: The Colgate Comedy Hour was a popular American live television variety show of the early 1950s that featured comedy, music, and guest performances by major entertainers of the era.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Colgate Comedy Hour (appearances)
subject surface form:
Jerry Lewis