The NBC Comedy Hour
1956-05-06
60 minutes.
Season - Episode
1
Season 1 Jan 08, 1956
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1 - 1Episode 1 Jan 08, 1956 -
1 - 2Episode 2 Jan 15, 1956
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1 - 3Episode 3 Jan 22, 1956
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1 - 4Episode 4 Jan 29, 1956
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1 - 5Episode 5 Feb 05, 1956
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1 - 6Episode 6 Feb 12, 1956
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1 - 7Episode 7 Feb 19, 1956
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1 - 8Episode 8 Feb 26, 1956
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1 - 9Episode 9 Mar 04, 1956
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1 - 10Episode 10 Mar 11, 1956
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1 - 11Episode 11 Mar 18, 1956
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1 - 12Episode 12 Mar 25, 1956
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1 - 13Episode 13 Apr 01, 1956
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1 - 14Episode 14 Apr 08, 1956
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1 - 15Episode 15 Apr 15, 1956
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1 - 16Episode 16 Apr 22, 1956
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1 - 17Episode 17 Apr 29, 1956
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1 - 18Episode 18 May 06, 1956
Overview
The NBC Comedy Hour was a comedy show that ran on NBC in the first half of 1956, intended to be a replacement for The Colgate Comedy Hour. Leo Durocher hosted the show in January, and Gale Storm from February until April 8; from April 22 on, hosts were called in per episode. Comic Jonathan Winters was a more frequent face than any of the hosts; he appeared in 17 of the 18 episodes. Stan Freberg was also a guest 6 times. A group of acting chimpanzees named The Marquee Chimps performed parodies of movies in 3 episodes. The show was a critical and ratings failure: Variety stated "A more poorly conceived, routined and paced outing would be difficult to imagine." It was cancelled in June, having already been pre-empted 4 times in 5 months. It was succeeded by The Steve Allen Show, whose reputation became a marked contrast to that of The NBC Comedy Hour.
Year 1956
Studio NBC
Director
Crew
Popularity 1.5775
Language English
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