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Season 3 (NBC) (1952-53)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox, Tom Alger, KShavo [Updated June 2019]
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive / Writers Guild of America (wga)

############## The Bob Hope Show #############
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NBC Sundays 8:00-9:00PM Eastern
Hosted by Bob Hope - approx every 4th week

"The Bob Hope Show" appeared as a monthly program part of the Colgate Comedy Hour for the 1952-53 season.

3.01 [12] The Bob Hope Show (aka The Colgate Comedy Hour)
12Oct1952 NBC Sun
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Fred MacMurray
Marilyn Maxwell
Connie Haines
The Clark Brothers (song and dance team)
and Les Brown and his Band of Renown.
Highlights:
A spoof of "Captain Video" with Bob as the hero and Fred MacMurray as the villain.
Bob and Fred play French explorers going down the Mississippi.

3.02 [13] The Bob Hope Show (aka The Colgate Comedy Hour)
09Nov1952 NBC Sun
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Rosemary Clooney
The Step Brothers
Bill Goodwin
and Les Brown and His Band of Renown
Highlights:
Rosemary Clooney sings "A Most Unusual Day" and "Oh What a Beautiful Morning" from 'Oklahoma'.
Rosemary duets with Hope on "Two Sleepy People".

*Note: Bob Hope stars in "Road to Bali" released November 19, 1952.

3.03 [14] The Bob Hope Show (aka The Colgate Comedy Hour)
07Dec1952 NBC Sun
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Frances Langford
Tony Martin
The Esquire Calendar Girls
Highlights:
The three team up for the tune "A Fine Romance."
*Note: Frances Langford teams up with Bob on TV for the first time, she worked with Bob on his radio program.

3.04 [15] The Bob Hope Show (aka The Colgate Comedy Hour)
04Jan1953 NBC Sun
Choreography by Nick Castle
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Marilyn Maxwell
Don Cherry
Jack Buchanan
Cameo appearance by Bing Crosby.
*Note: (controversial joke exchange between Bob and English musical comedy star Jack Buchanan. Churchill was
arriving the following day and the joke was found by the press to be in bad taste.)
Bob Hope: Don't you think we should have some fish and chips?
Jack Buchanan: Not me, old boy. I'm just here for the chips.
Bob Hope: Well, you'd better hurry. Churchill gets here tomorrow and he's likely to get 'em all before you have your chance.

3.05 [16] The Bob Hope Show (aka The Colgate Comedy Hour)
01Feb1953 NBC Sun
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Margaret Whiting
Nelson Eddy
Marian Colby
Monte Montana
The Blackburn Twins (song-and-dance team)
Bob Sweeney (comic/actor)
Note: Bob Hope stars in "Off Limits" released February 19, 1953.
Note: "All Star Revue" 28Feb1950 NBC-TV with George Jessel, guests: Bob Hope and Fred Allen.

3.06 [17] The Bob Hope Show (aka The Colgate Comedy Hour)
01Mar1953 NBC Sun
From New York City
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Constance Moore
Robert Alda
George Jessel
Highlights:
George Jessel also takes part in a filmed bit mocking Bob with Fred Allen, Milton Berle and Danny Kaye.
Hope celebrates his 15th year with NBC. The show features a clip from a Friar's Club banquet held in his honor days earlier.
*Note: This was Bob Hope's third night in a row celebrating his 15 years with NBC on radio and TV,
following a Friar's Club Banquet at the Waldorf Hotel on February 27
and an All Star Revue episode hosted by George Jessel on February 28.
Featured in this Comedy Hour appearance was a film clip from the Friar's event.
"As a standup comic, Hope has few peers," noted Variety. "When Hope is in form, his innate smoothness
and charm are virtually sufficient to carry a show with little outside help."
*Note: "Meet the Veep" 08Mar1953 WNBT-4 Sun 5:30pm starring Alben W. Barkley with guest Bob Hope
*Note: Motion Picture Academy Awards (from Hollywood) 19Mar1953 NBC-TV 10:30pm Eastern with Bob Hope (Master of Ceremonies)

3.07 [18] The Colgate Comedy Hour
22Mar1953 NBC Sun
Produced & Directed by Ernest D. Glucksman
Hosts: Bob Hope, Eddie Cantor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Donald O'Connor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Also, series regular Sid Miller.
The series celebrates it's 100th episode (they obviously didn't include the Frigidaire-sponsored shows from the first season).
All of the main rotating stars of "The Colgate Comedy Hour" appear doing their individual routines.
Bob Hope opens with an eight-minute monologue covering everything from the Oscars to his hit "Buttons and Bows".
Note: Though referred to as the 100th telecast of The Colgate Comedy Hour, this was actually the 110th.
(They probably didn't count the episodes sponsored by Frigidaire.)
NBC trotted out all of the then-current regular hosts for a truly all-star cast, described in an ad as "a million dollars worth of talent."
According to Variety, it "played like a benefit, each of the comics allotted their own segment for their familiar turns, with no attempt
to integrate the talent or augment the layout with production furbelows."

3.08 [19] The Bob Hope Show (aka The Colgate Comedy Hour)
29Mar1953 NBC Sun
Executive Producer Sam Fuller
Written by Danny Shapiro / Choreography by Billy Daniels
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Rosemary Clooney
Fred Clark
The Bell Sisters
Mickey Rooney (cameo)
Synopsis:
Rosemary Clooney sings "I Haven't Got a Worry To My Name".
The Bell Sisters do "Do It Again" and "June Night" with Hope.
An extended commercial for Bob's new movie "Off Limits" before a military audience. Bob, "I'm sort of a Judge Hardy without a sneer",
referencing his co-star Mickey Rooney's past Andy Hardy movies.
Program Breakdown: [KShavo]
1) Monologue
2) The Bell Sisters sing "Do It Again".
3) The Bell Sisters & Bob Hope perform "June Nights".
4) Palmolive Commercial.
5) A Man returns from the Navy to his girl. Bob (Bob Hope) returns to his girl (Rosemary Clooney).
They move into a house that looks like a ship. Includes "Getting to Know You".p>
6) Fab commercial.
7) The scene edited out of "Off Limits". A military policeman (Bob Hope) and a soldier. The MP is very polite and does
not want to offend anyone. The technical director, Fred Clark, tells Bob he's ruining the picture. Fredrick Clark recites a poem.
8) Colgate toothpaste commercial.
9) Rosemary Clooney & Bob talk.
10) Rosemary Clooney & Bob Hope sing "Haven't Got a Worry".
11) Three soldiers on an 8 hour pass. They are instructed to keep quiet while on pass. Wilbur (Bob Hope) meets his girl
who trys to get secrets out of him. Mickey Rooney cameo.
12) Palmolive soap commercial.
13) The military presents an honorary MP award to Bob.
14) Closing including "Easter Parade".

3.09 [20] The Bob Hope Show (aka The Colgate Comedy Hour)
19Apr1953 NBC Sun
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Phil Harris
Marilyn Maxwell
Bob Sweeney
Les Brown and His Band of Renown
*Note: Bob Hope appears uncredited in Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis' film "Scared Stiff" released April 27, 1953.

3.10 [21] The Bob Hope Show (aka The Colgate Comedy Hour)
24May1953 NBC Sun
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Don McNeill (radio star)
Gloria DeHaven (film star)
The DeCastro Sisters
Rocky Marciano (boxer)
Synopsis:
Bob Hope hosts this week's telecast from the Blackstone Theater in Chicago.
Gloria sings "It's the Same" and teams with Bob for the fugue from Call Me Madam.

3.11 [22] The Bob Hope Show (aka The Colgate Comedy Hour)
14Jun1953 NBC Sun 7pm
Announcer: Hal Sawyer
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Rosemary Clooney,
Frankie Laine,
Randy Merriman,
Bess Myerson.
Honey Boy Watson (dancer)
Synopsis:
In his stand-up, Bob entertains sailors on board ship with his topical one-liners. He also takes part in a sketch that parodies murder/mysteries.
Frankie Laine sings "Your Cheatin' Heart".
Rosemary Clooney sings "Honey".
Honey Boy Watson taps to "Tea for Two".
WAVE (Rosemary Clooney) encounters nervous USO host (Bob) who she wins over so well that he dresses in drag to go along with her at the end.
A sketch titled "Eye Witness" a parody of Anthology series of the same name with Rosemary enlisting Frankie to kill Bob, her husband.
Bob works in a plug for his new movie, "Here Come the Girls."
Program Breakdown [KShavo]
1) Monologue
2) Honeyboy Watson dances.
3) Rosemary Clooney & Bob talk.
4) Rosemary Clooney sings "Honey".
5) A navy man (Bob Hope) returns home to his girl.
6) Frankie Lane sings "You're Cheatin Heart".
7) The Women Behind the Men in the Navy. Rosemary (Rosemary Clooney) and her friend talk. Bob (Bob Hope) works at a snack bar and
has to deal with women sailors making passes at him all day. Rosemary makes a pass at him. Includes "Delovely" sung by Bob and Rosemary.
8) A TV Drama: Shepherd Carter (Frankie Laine) is a medical student and Herman Fergel (Bob Hope) are in a love triangle. Shepherd and
Beverly are in love but she wants to marry Herman.
9) Rosemary Clooney & Bob talk.
10) Frankie Laine & Bob talk.
11) Bess Myerson & Randy Merriman talk with Bob.
12) Thanks For the Memory/closing

*Note: Last Comedy Hour Show for the season "Big Payoff" begins next week until October.

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