"The Comedy Hour" - 24 December (1950)
1950 · Television · 59 min
- Comedy
Synopsis
This is an episode of "The Comedy Hour", sponsored by Frigidaire. The performers in this episode include comedian Bob Hope, actor Robert Cummings, harpist Robert Maxwell, opera singer Lily Pons, tap-dancer Betty Bruce, and a speech by Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Details
- Running time
- 59 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- 1950s Classic TV, Classic TV
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- 1950s
- 50s
- Fifties
- 1950
- Early Television
- Bob Hope
- Robert Cummings
- Bob Cummings
- Robert Maxwell
- Lily Pons
Reviews on the Internet Archive
The Comedy Hour 136 · maphinne · 2019-08-15
This program follows the typical structure of the comedy variety shows of its time. This particular episode was a Christmas special, but its content did not really reflect that. Into the search bar to find this program, I inserted comedy television from the 1950s-1970s, and this program was in the third row. I found this show’s structure and humor delivery very similar to that of the Milton Berle show. There would be a performance to begin the show, and then some humor from the host. In between each act followed some This was interestingly enough, The Comedy Hour started and ended the same…