Host: Eddie Cantor; Guests: Adele Jergens, Robert Clary, Jimmy Dobson, Shirley Mitchell, Doris Singleton, Sharon Baird, Herman McCoy's UCLA Swing Choir featuring Edna Craft, Al Goodman & his Orchestra; cameo by Kirk Douglas's primary photo
  • The Colgate Comedy Hour Host: Eddie Cantor; Guests: Adele Jergens, Robert Clary, Jimmy Dobson, Shirley Mitchell, Doris Singleton, Sharon Baird, Herman McCoy's UCLA Swing Choir featuring Edna Craft, Al Goodman & his Orchestra; cameo by Kirk Douglas (Season 2, Episode 21)
  • TV Episode | Comedy, Romance

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Host: Eddie Cantor; Guests: Adele Jergens, Robert Clary, Jimmy Dobson, Shirley Mitchell, Doris Singleton, Sharon Baird, Herman McCoy's UCLA Swing Choir featuring Edna Craft, Al Goodman & his Orchestra; cameo by Kirk Douglas (Season 2, Episode 21)
TV Episode | Comedy, Romance

Eddie Cantor hosts with guests actress Adele Jergens, Robert Clary, actor Jimmy Dobson, actress Shirley Mitchell, Doris Singleton, child dancer Sharon Baird, Herman McCoy's UCLA Swing Choir, a cameo from Kirk Douglas, and Al Goodman and ...See moreEddie Cantor hosts with guests actress Adele Jergens, Robert Clary, actor Jimmy Dobson, actress Shirley Mitchell, Doris Singleton, child dancer Sharon Baird, Herman McCoy's UCLA Swing Choir, a cameo from Kirk Douglas, and Al Goodman and his Orchestra. Eddie enrolls at UCLA as a freshman in this musical comedy. He moves on campus and accidentally knocks out the football star, then learns French from student Robert Clary. During the school's Varsity Show, the UCLA Swing Choir sings "Lullaby of Broadway" with a tribute to George Gershin featuring Cantor in blackface. Eddie plays the Kirk Douglas role in a spoof of "Detective Story." Written by Jay Phelps See less
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Director
Writers
Jesse Goldstein (written by) | Joseph Quillan (written by) (as Joe Quillan)
Status
Edit Released
Updated Jan 20, 1952

Release date
Jan 20, 1952 (United States)

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19 cast members
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Eddie Cantor
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Adele Jergens
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Robert Clary
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James Dobson
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Shirley Mitchell
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Doris Singleton
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Sharon Baird
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The U.C.L.A. Swing Choir
Themselves - Singers (as Herman McCoy's U.C.L.A. Swing Choir) Themselves - Singers (as Herman McCoy's U.C.L.A. Swing Choir)   See fewer
Kirk Douglas
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Al Goodman
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Dave Alpert
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Arthur Q. Bryan
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Edna Craft
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Esther Dale
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Gil Herman
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Herman McCoy
Self - Choir Leader (as Herman McCoy's U.C.L.A. Swing Choir) Self - Choir Leader (as Herman McCoy's U.C.L.A. Swing Choir)   See fewer
Robert Osterloh
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Michael Ross
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Jayne Meadows
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