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The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour is a collection of thirteen black-and-white one-hour specials airing occasionally from 1957 to 1960 (as opposed to the thirty-minute regular series, I Love Lucy). The first five were shown as specials during the 1957–58 television season.
The ABC Comedy Hour is an American television variety series that aired on ABC in 1972. Seven of the 13 episodes featured a guest host and a team of comedy impressionists known as The Kopykats (Rich Little, Frank Gorshin, Joe Baker, Marilyn Michaels, George Kirby, and Fred Travalena, with single appearances by Charlie Callas, Will Jordan, and Peter Goodwright).
Elayne Boosler (born August 18, 1952) [1] is an American comedian, writer, and actress.. She was one of the few women working in stand-up comedy in the 1970s and 80s, and she broke ground by adopting an observational style that included frank discussions about her life as a single woman, as well as political commentary.
The role of Lucky Spencer was originated on October 29, 1993 by Jonathan Jackson, [2] and Rebecca Herbst originated the role of Elizabeth Webber on August 1, 1997. [3] During 1998 and 1999, rumors circulated various times concerning Jackson's departure, either to attend college or pursue more film roles. [4]
The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as guest stars. Many of the scripts of the series are archived at the UCLA Library in their Special Collections.
The Tim Conway Comedy Hour was one of several attempts to develop a starring vehicle for Tim Conway, who had been a sidekick in the 1962–66 sitcom McHale's Navy and two 1964 theatrical films spun off from it (McHale's Navy and McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force), and in several Disney films, but who had never had much success in developing an audience for programming in which he was the main ...
The special garnered high ratings and led to eight additional 60-minute episodes which were produced and aired sporadically under the shortened title The Brady Bunch Hour from January 23 to May 25, 1977. Later Brady Bunch revival series and TV reunion movies do not include or mention the show's events.
Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour is an American half-hour television variety show that ran on ABC-TV on Thursday nights at 7:30 p.m. from January 22, 1970, to April 16, 1970. The star was Pat Paulsen, who ran for the office of President of the United States in 1968. Paulsen had been a regular on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.