Rosemary Clooney - Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis parlayed their nightclub success at the Skinny Damato run 500 Club in Atlantic City into a film and TV career. Normally the two did not mix, but the Martin and Lewis handlers were shrewd in blending the promotional value of TV with the cash box from their movies. By the way, the TV money wasn`t so bad and Dean Martin, who later starred in the Dean Martin Show, also on NBC, became a very large shareholder in the NBC parent RCA.
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With Phil Abrams
Phil Abrams - Who? Well, in the early 1950`s Phil was evidently a star big enough to demand top billing on this Colgate Comedy Theatre episode. One of the regulars, Vera Miles, actually turned out to be a much bigger star. Pedestrian fare now, these shows were highly popular in the black an white world of 1950s TV.
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With Kitty Kalen
Kitty Kallen - Another Colgate Comedy Hour, this time with top 1950s pop singer Kitty Kallen, who added to the comedy sketches as well as promoting her latest Cash Box rising tunes.
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With Sheldon Leonard
Sheldon Leonard - Iconic TV Producer (Danny Thomas, Andy Griffith) was still making the transition from character actor in the movies to TV executive when he mugged through this show in his patented gangster persona.
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With Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster - Perhaps the number one movie actor of the time, this show comes after the Colgate series was history but the boys were still making their formula work. Not only does Burt get to act the fool, but The Skylarks get to promote their newest recording, by then probably on that new fangled 33 and a third rpm LP. Probably not stereo, yet, though. WATCH NOW DOWNLOAD NOW
