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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Colgate Comedy Hour (appearances) | 1 |
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 ⓘ |
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