Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #105177 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-08-30
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Black & White, Full Screen, Mono, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 5
• Running time: 1020 minutes

Customer Reviews

Greatest comedy team of the 1950s
"The Colgate Comedy Hour" was an enormously popular early TV variety series. With a roster of regular hosts that included Abbott & Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante and Eddie Cantor, the show also had one or two-spot guest hosts, like Ray Bolger and Phil Silvers. The most popular Colgate headliners (and apparently the best-suited for live television) were the team of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

It's been said that their appearances on the Comedy Hour were the closest thing to seeing a Martin & Lewis nightclub show. Jerry was especially capable of throwing the script away and ad-libbing, and Dean always kept right up with him. The 17 kinescopes in this DVD set of Dean and Jerry's Colgate shows are still an absolute joy to behold. Also included is one of Martin & Lewis's early PARAMOUNT feature films.

PROGRAM CONTENTS--
DISC ONE -
(5.6) At War With the Army (1950) - Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis/Dick Stabile/Polly Bergen
The Colgate Comedy Hour--
(9/21/52) Rosemary Clooney
(2/4/51) - Polly Bergen/Bob Fosse


DISC TWO - The Colgate Comedy Hour
(10/4/53) - Burt Lancaster
(5/8/55) Tony Curtis/Janet Leigh/Jimmy Durante/George Raft
(9/17/50) Marilyn Maxwell/Barr & Estes


DISC THREE - The Colgate Comedy Hour
(5/2/54) - Gretchen Houser/The Treniers
(11/4/51) - Dorothy Dandridge
(4/29/51) - Helen O'Connell
(12/19/54) - Jack Benny/Vera Miles


DISC FOUR - The Colgate Comedy Hour
(?) Margaret Dumont
(?) Margaret Dumont
(?) Connie Russell
(?) Connie Russell


DISC FIVE - The Colgate Comedy Hour
(2/10/52) - Ray Malone/Sheldon Leonard
(6/5/55) - Buddy Rich/Peggy Castle/Sonny King
(11/30/52) - Kitty Kallen/Robert Strauss
(5/3/55) Mary McCarty/Benny Rubin/Sheldon Leonard


BONUS FEATURES:
DISC ONE, TWO, FIVE--
Film Info
Bios
Facts & Trivia
Photo Gallery

DISC THREE--
About the Show
Dean Martin Bio
Jerry Lewis Bio
Facts & Trivia
Gallery

DISC FOUR--
Martin & Lewis: A Retrospective
Ten Years Together
Radio

Film trailers:
The Caddy
Hollywood or Bust
Jumping Jacks
Living it Up
Pardners
Sailor Beware
Scared Stiff
3 Ring Circus
You're Never Too Young
Some Came Running

Photo Gallery
Daily Life in 1946