Host: Eddie Cantor; Guests: Ida Cantor, Charlie Cantor, Robert Gari, Fred & Sledge, Lesli Scott, Bil & Cora Baird Marionettes, Al Goodman & his Orchestra's primary photo
  • The Colgate Comedy Hour Host: Eddie Cantor; Guests: Ida Cantor, Charlie Cantor, Robert Gari, Fred & Sledge, Lesli Scott, Bil & Cora Baird Marionettes, Al Goodman & his Orchestra (Season 1, Episode 9)
  • TV Episode | Comedy, Romance

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Host: Eddie Cantor; Guests: Ida Cantor, Charlie Cantor, Robert Gari, Fred & Sledge, Lesli Scott, Bil & Cora Baird Marionettes, Al Goodman & his Orchestra (Season 1, Episode 9)
TV Episode | Comedy, Romance

Eddie Cantor hosts with guests actor Robert Gari, comedian Charlie Cantor (no relation), dancers Fred and Sledge, Leslie Scott, Bil and Cora Baird's Marionettes, show's choreographer Dick Barstow, his wife Ida Cantor, and Al Goodman and ...See moreEddie Cantor hosts with guests actor Robert Gari, comedian Charlie Cantor (no relation), dancers Fred and Sledge, Leslie Scott, Bil and Cora Baird's Marionettes, show's choreographer Dick Barstow, his wife Ida Cantor, and Al Goodman and his Orchestra. Cantor plays cab driver "Maxie the Taxi." Eddie and Charlie are in drag as a couple of housewives at a laundromat. Scott sings "Basin Street Blues" with Fred and Sledge dancing. Cantor is joined by his wife, Ida, in a tribute to their recently deceased friend Al Jolson; Gari performs as Jolson singing "Swanee". Written by Jay Phelps See less
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Updated Nov 5, 1950

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Nov 5, 1950 (United States)

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Name Known for
Eddie Cantor
Self - Host Self - Host   See fewer
The Baird Puppets
Themselves Themselves   See fewer
Bil Baird
Self - Puppeteer (as Bil and Cora Baird's Marionettes) Self - Puppeteer (as Bil and Cora Baird's Marionettes)   See fewer
Cora Baird
Self - Puppeteer (as Bil and Cora Baird's Marionettes) Self - Puppeteer (as Bil and Cora Baird's Marionettes)   See fewer
Richard Barstow
Self - Dancer Self - Dancer   See fewer
Charles Cantor
Self - Comedian (as Charlie Cantor) Self - Comedian (as Charlie Cantor)   See fewer
Ida Tobias Cantor
Self (as Ida Cantor) Self (as Ida Cantor)   See fewer
Fred and Sledge
Themselves - Dancers Themselves - Dancers   See fewer
Roberto Gari
Self - Actor (as Robert Gari) Self - Actor (as Robert Gari)   See fewer
Al Goodman
Self - Orchestra Leader Self - Orchestra Leader   See fewer
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