Colgate Comedy Hour, season 3 – Abbott & Costello, Teresa Brewer, Hoagy Carmichael, the Amin Brothers, broadcast April 26, 1953
In this episode of the Colgate Comedy Hour, Bud and Lou are ostensibly going to the world premiere of “Abbott and Costello Go to Mars“. If they can get past the doorman! Then …
Comedy highlights
- Lou quickly changing into his tuxedo
- Extended skit where the doorman won’t let them into the theater for their own movie premiere! Where Bud gets assaulted multiple times, while Lou’s trying to find a (reliable) witness.
- At a café, doing the “eat the necklace” routine (Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy).
- Bud, Lou, and Sid Fields do a restaurant sketch, with Lou as the comically inept waiter, Bud as the chef, Sid Fields as the owner.
Routines
- Eat the necklace
- In and Out door in the restaurant sketch
Songs
- Hoagy Carmichael does a medley of his popular tunes.
- Teresa Brewer sings a medley of ballads at front stage, then a song and dance with the June Taylor dancers to Roll Them Roly Boly Eyes
Cast
- Bud Abbott … Self – Host
- Lou Costello … Self – Host
- The Amin Brothers … Themselves – Acrobats
- Bobby Barber (The Abbott and Costello Show season 1)… Actor
- Teresa Brewer … Self – Singer
- Hoagy Carmichael (To Have and Have Not) … Self – pianist/singer
- Sid Fields (Mexican Hayride) … Actor
- The Four Pipers … Themselves
- Al Goodman … Self – Orchestra Leader
- The June Taylor Dancers … Themselves
- Jack Lomas (April in Paris) … Actor
- Sidney Marion (Quicksand) … Actor(as Sid Marion)
- Sherry Moreland … Self
- Michael Ross (D.O.A.; The Red Skelton Hour) … Actor
- Evelynne Smith … Self (as Evelynne D’Smith)
- Peggy Gordon … Dancer(uncredited)
- Jean Mahoney … Dancer(uncredited)