The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour has quietly become one of the more dependable comedies currently available in Australia on Amazon Prime Video, and in the US on Pure Flix and Best tv ever Amazon Channel. 6 seasons is a serious commitment, but one that pays off episode after episode. 13 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. The writing gives every character room to be funny, not just the leads. Available now on Amazon Prime Video — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

The Colgate Comedy Hour is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. The Colgate Comedy Hour does what great comedies rarely manage — it is actually funny, consistently, across the whole run. The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers. Across 6 seasons (1950–1955), it never lost the thread that made it worth starting. The real test of any comedy is whether it is still funny once you know all the jokes, and The Colgate Comedy Hour holds up on rewatch in a way that separates it from one-off curiosities. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

The Colgate Comedy Hour is the kind of thing you put on in the background and end up fully watching. Fans of The Carol Burnett Show will recognise the sensibility here immediately. The 6-season run rewards the patience it asks of you. The chemistry across the cast is the real engine here. Genuinely funny, consistently, across the whole run.

The Colgate Comedy Hour wrapped up in 1955, created by Fred Hamilton — and 6 seasons are available to watch from start to finish. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just search the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.