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The NBC Comedy Hour(1956)

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First Air Date: 1956-01-08

Average Runtime: 1h 0m

Rating: 7.0

Votes: 1

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 18

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.

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Gale Storm

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

Episodes: 18

E01

Episode 1

Air Date: 1956-01-08

1h 0m

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E02

Episode 2

Air Date: 1956-01-15

The NBC Comedy Hour(1956)

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

Episode 7

Episode 8

Episode 9

Episode 10

Episode 11

Episode 12

Episode 13

Episode 14

Episode 15

Episode 16

Episode 17

Episode 18

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