The NBC Comedy Hour

The NBC Comedy Hour

📺 Series 1 seasons US
โ˜… 7.0 /10 1956

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.

Cast

Jonathan Winters
Jonathan Winters
Self
Self - Comedian
Jonathan Winters
Jonathan Winters
Self
Minor Role
Pat Sheehan
Pat Sheehan
Self
Self
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Hy Averback
Self
Self - Announcer
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Hy Averback
Self
Announcer
Gale Storm
Gale Storm
Self
Self - Host
Stan Freberg
Stan Freberg
Self
Self - Comedian
Stan Freberg
Stan Freberg
Self
Self
Ben Blue
Ben Blue
Self
Self
Hans Conried
Hans Conried
Self
Self
Hans Conried
Hans Conried
Self
Airplane Passenger
Larry J. Blake
Larry J. Blake
Self
Self
Larry J. Blake
Larry J. Blake
Self
Self - Actor
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Leo Durocher
Self
Self - Host
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Paul Gilbert
Self
Self
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Hy Averback
Jonathan Winters
Jonathan Winters