| The Colgate Comedy Hour | |
|---|---|
 Title card from 1950 | |
| Also known as | Colgate Summer Comedy Hour Colgate Variety Hour |
| Genre | Comedy/Variety |
| Created by | Fred Hamilton |
| Directed by | William Asher Bob Finkel Fred Hamilton Ernest D. Glucksman Jim Jordan Kingman T. Moore Ed Sobol James V. Kern Bud Yorkin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 221 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Samuel Fuller Pete Barnum |
| Producers | Charles Friedman Ernest D. Glucksman Leo Morgan Ed Sobol Michael Todd Pete Barnum |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Production company | Colgate-Palmolive-Peet |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | September 10, 1950 – December 25, 1955 |
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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.