COLGATE COMEDY HOUR, THE: THE DEAN MARTIN AND
JERRY LEWIS SHOW {THE TRENIERS, DICK HUMPHREYS,
GRETCHEN HOUSER, MARVIN SEED} (TV)
Summary
One in this series of comedy/variety programs with rotating hosts. This program is hosted by the comedy team of Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. Highlights of this show include the following segments: the show's chorus welcomes Martin and Lewis to Atlantic City with a rousing production number; Lewis and Martin perform a song about their careers; they recreate a unique depiction of their "first meeting" when Lewis was a busboy and Martin was a waiter and the two roomed together; Dean Martin sings "If You Were the Only Girl"; tap dancer Dick Humphreys and dancer Gretchen Houser perform a routine accompanied by the dance chorus; Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis continue their fictional account of the start of the Martin and Lewis team when Jerry Lewis starts to work in a record store where Dean Martin is employed; Lewis gives a new meaning to dinner music when he plays a record he feels contains music to eat by; Martin and Lewis sing "We Belong Together"; Martin sings "It's Almost Like Being in Love"; and Martin and Lewis join the Treniers on stage for a jam session. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: May 2, 1954 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:53:47
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T:02089
- GENRE: Comedy/Variety
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Dance; Music, popular (songs, etc.)
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1950-1955
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Colgate-Palmolive Fab laundry detergent
- TV - Commercials - Colgate-Palmolive Rapid-Shave cream
- TV - Commercials - Colgate dental cream with gardol
- TV - Commercials - Palmolive soap
CREDITS
- Pete Barnum … Executive Producer
- Ernest D. Glucksman … Producer, Director
- Yorkin, Bud (See also: Yorkin, Alan) … Director
- Arthur Phillips … Writer
- Harry Crane … Writer
- Danny Shapiro … Music by, Lyrics by
- Hal Borne … Music by, Lyrics by
- Dick Stabile … Music (Misc. Credits), Musical Director, Arranger
- Nick Castle … Choreographer
- Jerry Lewis … Host, Performer
- Dean Martin … Host, Performer
- Hal Sawyer … Announcer
- The Treniers … Music Group
- Dick Humphreys … Dancer
- Gretchen Houser … Dancer
- Marvin Seed … Guest
- Henry Slate … Cast
- Francis Farrell … Cast
- John Harmon … Cast
- Bobbie Faye … Cast
- with others