The Colgate Comedy Hour Host: Spike Jones; Guests: The City Slickers, Gale Robbins, "belly bouncer" Laverne Pearson, and a cameo by "Today"s Dave Garroway (Season 1, Episode 23)
TV Episode | 60 min | Comedy, Romance

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The Colgate Comedy Hour

Host: Spike Jones; Guests: The City Slickers, Gale Robbins, "belly bouncer" Laverne Pearson, and a cameo by "Today"s Dave Garroway (Season 1, Episode 23)

TV Episode | 60 min | Comedy, Romance

The City Slickers, George Rock, Sir Frederick Gas, Freddy and Dick Morgan, Bill King, The Wayne Marlin Trio, Lois Ray, Gale Robbins, and Laverne Pearson Note: There was also a cameo appearance by the Today Show's Dave Garroway.

Director

Fred Hamilton

Writer

Jay Sommers

Editor

Art Seid

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Updated Feb 11, 1951

Release date

Feb 11, 1951 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 4 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
21 cast members

Name	Known for
Spike Jones Self - Guest Host Self - Guest Host See fewer	Mr. Nobody (2009)
Earl Bennett Self - as Sir Frederic Gas Self - as Sir Frederic Gas See fewer	Charlotte's Web (1973)
Eddie Brandt Self Self See fewer	The Beatniks (1958)
Dave Garroway Self Self See fewer	I Surrender Dear (1948)
Helen Grayco Self Self See fewer	Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (1956)
Peter James Self - as Bobby Pinkus Self - as Bobby Pinkus See fewer	The Spike Jones Show (1954)
Bill King Self Self See fewer	Dance Hall Racket (1953)
Dick Morgan Self Self See fewer	The Jaye P. Morgan Show (1956)
Freddy Morgan Self Self See fewer	The Outsider (I) (2018)
LaVerne Pearson Self Self See fewer	The Spike Jones Show (1954)
Jan Peerce Self Self See fewer	Producers' Showcase (1954)
Purv Pullen Self - as Dr. Horatio Q. Birdbath Self - as Dr. Horatio Q. Birdbath See fewer	Hollywood Party (1934)
Lois Ray Self Self See fewer	Hollywood Varieties (1950)
Gale Robbins Self Self See fewer	Calamity Jane (1953)
George Rock Self Self See fewer	The Spike Jones Show (1957)
Joe Siracusa Self - as Tommy Handbill Self - as Tommy Handbill See fewer	G.I. Joe (1985)
Spike Jones and His City Slickers Themselves Themselves See fewer	Drei D (1988)
Mike Wallace Self - Announcer Self - Announcer See fewer	60 Minutes (1968)
The Wayne Marlin Trio Themselves Themselves See fewer	The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
Doodles Weaver Self Self See fewer	The Birds (1963)
Edward F. Cline Self - Laughing Cameraman (uncredited) Self - Laughing Cameraman (uncredited) See fewer	The Boat (1921)