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The Colgate Comedy Hour

Season 2

15 listed hours · 1950–1955 · NBC

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How this season is filed

Filed by Rex Fontaine · Golden Age Dispatch

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.

TV Flash files Season 2 of The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1955) on NBC as a mid listed season (2; 2 of 6) — 15 listed hours, 1951-10-07–1952-05-11 from “Donald O'Connor” (S02E06) to “May 11, 1952” (S02E37). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S02E06 Donald O'Connor

    Donald O'Connor: named-host hour, live explosion mode from a dancer-comic who could carry a toothpaste Sunday.

  1. S02E06

    Donald O'Connor

    Donald O'Connor — Season 2, Episode 6 of The Colgate Comedy Hour. Aired 1951-10-07. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  2. S02E09

    Oct 28, 1951

    Oct 28, 1951 — Season 2, Episode 9 of The Colgate Comedy Hour. Aired 1951-10-28. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  3. S02E10

    Martin & Lewis

    Martin & Lewis — Season 2, Episode 10 of The Colgate Comedy Hour. Aired 1951-11-04. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  4. S02E11

    Nov 11, 1951

    Nov 11, 1951 — Season 2, Episode 11 of The Colgate Comedy Hour. Aired 1951-11-11. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  5. S02E16

    Dec 16, 1951

    Dec 16, 1951 — Season 2, Episode 16 of The Colgate Comedy Hour. Aired 1951-12-16. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  6. S02E18

    Martin & Lewis

    Martin & Lewis — Season 2, Episode 18 of The Colgate Comedy Hour. Aired 1951-12-30. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  7. S02E19

    Jan 6, 1952

    Jan 6, 1952 — Season 2, Episode 19 of The Colgate Comedy Hour. Aired 1952-01-06. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  8. S02E20

    Abbott & Costello

    Abbott & Costello — Season 2, Episode 20 of The Colgate Comedy Hour. Aired 1952-01-13. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  9. S02E21

    Jan 20, 1952

    Jan 20, 1952 — Season 2, Episode 21 of The Colgate Comedy Hour. Aired 1952-01-20. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  10. S02E23

    Feb 3, 1952

    Feb 3, 1952 — Season 2, Episode 23 of The Colgate Comedy Hour. Aired 1952-02-03. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  11. S02E27

    Mar 2, 1952

    Mar 2, 1952 — Season 2, Episode 27 of The Colgate Comedy Hour. Aired 1952-03-02. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  12. S02E32

    Abbott & Costello

    Abbott & Costello — Season 2, Episode 32 of The Colgate Comedy Hour. Aired 1952-04-06. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  13. S02E33

    Apr 13, 1952

    Apr 13, 1952 — Season 2, Episode 33 of The Colgate Comedy Hour. Aired 1952-04-13. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  14. S02E34

    Apr 20, 1952

    Apr 20, 1952 — Season 2, Episode 34 of The Colgate Comedy Hour. Aired 1952-04-20. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  15. S02E37

    May 11, 1952

    May 11, 1952 — Season 2, Episode 37 of The Colgate Comedy Hour. Aired 1952-05-11. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

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