The ABC Comedy Hour
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File:Ed Sullivan Rich Little ABC Comedy Hour 1972.JPG
Ed Sullivan (left) and Rich Little (right) in a show skit.
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Genre | Variety |
Written by | Frank Peppiatt John Aylesworth and others |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of episodes | 13 |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
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Original network | ABC |
Picture format | Color |
Original release | January 12 – April 5, 1972 |
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). Guest hosts included Steve Lawrence, Orson Welles, Ed Sullivan, Raymond Burr, Robert Young, Debbie Reynolds and Tony Curtis. The remaining six episodes were variety specials and included two Friars Club roasts and a revival of the musical Hellzapoppin' starring Jack Cassidy and Ronnie Schell.[1]
The show originally aired on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m.. Summer reruns of the seven Kopykats episodes were aired under the title The ABC Comedy Hour Presents the Kopykats. The same episodes aired in Great Britain simply as The Kopykats.
References
- ↑ Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The ABC Comedy Hour at IMDb
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