The Colgate Comedy Hour
Dec 18, 1955
TV Flash files “Dec 18, 1955” as a desk essential hour — The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1955) on NBC, season 6, episode 11, aired 1955-12-18, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E11: listed hour 102 of 102 in the The Colgate Comedy Hour guide, last listed hour of season 6. It aired 1955-12-18 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Nov 20, 1955” (S06E08). No later hour is listed in this guide.
Essential hour: “Dec 18, 1955”. Dec 18, 1955 closes this pack as a dated Sunday: Colgate's comedy summit packing away after years of live team mayhem.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Dec 18, 1955 sit in the The Colgate Comedy Hour guide?
S06E11 is listed hour 102 of 102 — last listed hour of season 6, season 6 episode 11.
When did The Colgate Comedy Hour S06E11 air?
Dec 18, 1955 aired 1955-12-18 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Martin and Lewis nights if you want the addiction-level chemistry, then sample Cantor or Abbott and Costello weeks for the rotating-summit form.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The Colgate Comedy Hour was Sunday-night mayhem as a rotating comedy summit: Martin and Lewis, Abbott and Costello, and a direct rival to Ed Sullivan's variety night. Watch it for the chemistry of 1950s comedy teams in live explosion mode — including the living-room evidence of a famous split coming.
Sunday night on NBC was not a single desk. It was a rotating comedy summit with toothpaste money, 1950–1955, *The Colgate Comedy Hour* as a high-budget alternative to single-host formats and a direct rival to Ed Sullivan's night: Martin and Lewis as a national addiction, other weeks Eddie Cantor, Abbott and Costello, and more. One hundred two episodes, six seasons. Sunday-night mayhem as a comedy showcase. NBC spent the sponsor to steal Sunday from Sullivan; the rotating kings were the weapon. Patterns, not…
Filed against
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- Jerry Lewis as Host / performer
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- Eddie Cantor as Host
Eddie Cantor hosted The Colgate Comedy Hour as Sunday-night mayhem — a rotating comedy summit, Martin and Lewis in the blast radius, and a direct rival to Ed Sullivan's variety night. Live explosion mode. TV Flash files him as 1950s…