The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater

Season 1

1955 · 39 episodes · 0h 30m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Now in Rehearsal

   23 Jan 1955

   Eddie stars in a warmhearted comedy of errors, playing the inventor of a remote control TV popcorn machine and the baby-sitting uncle portrayed by Brian Aherne.

2. 2

   2. Nearly Normal

   30 Jan 1955 · 30 min

   Newlyweds are promised $1000 if they stop quarreling ... which is all they've been doing during three weeks of marriage.

3. 3

   3. The Big Bargain

   7 Feb 1955

   A sketch about a bargain-hunting wife who makes life miserable for her poor husband

4. 4

   4. The Hypochondriac

   14 Feb 1955

   Hypochondriac Harold Clinker decides to spend his last four hours heroically.

5. 5

   5. A Hunting We Will Go

   21 Feb 1955

   Lizabeth Scott plays a prim secretary who decides to get married and uses big-game hunting techniques to snare a man.

6. 6

   6. The Suspicious Husband

   28 Feb 1955

   When his wife talks him into buying a life-insurance policy, Mike Applegate thinks she wants to murder him.

7. 7

   7. Garage

   7 Mar 1955

8. 8

   8. Romance Wrecker

   14 Mar 1955

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   9. The Atomic Brain

   21 Mar 1955

   Hypochondriac Herman Fergle mistakes the world's smallest A-bomb ... for a pill.

10. 10

    10. The Critics

    28 Mar 1955

    Eddie tries to change the opinions of three critics who were less than enthusiastic about his show.

11. 11

    11. The Helper

    4 Apr 1955

12. 12

    12. The Wizard

    11 Apr 1955

    A mathematical wizard has a weakness for figures.

13. 13

    13. The Mink Coat

    18 Apr 1955

    Through an error, a wife receives a mink coat from her husband. She resists all his frantic efforts to return the fur to the store.

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    14. The Finer Point

    25 Apr 1955

    In order to find favor with the wealthy owner of a mining company two "muscle men" take lessons in etiquette.

15. 15

    15. The Sure Cure

    2 May 1955

    Ambrose Dodson's sinister appearance helps him succeed as a complaint clerk, but it sure doesn't do much for his love life.

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    16. Commercially Ever After

    9 May 1955

    A former TV Celebrity tries to regain his position.

17. 17

    17. The Practical Joker

    16 May 1955

    A joker's victims get fed up and decide that the day of reckoning must come.

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    18. Always the Butler

    23 May 1955

    A butler appeals for his maligned profession which always gets blamed for the crime.

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    19. A Night at the Follies

    30 May 1955

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    20. V for Victoria

    6 Jun 1955

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    21. How Much for Van Such

    13 Jun 1955

    A trio of not-so-tough kidnappers holds a man for a million dollar ransom.

22. 22

    22. Dying to Love

    20 Jun 1955

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    23. Bombshell Goes to College

    27 Jun 1955

    An ex-chorus girl marries a college professor, turning a staid campus upside down

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    24. Call Me Irving

    4 Jul 1955

    To get a part in a play, timid Teddy Binks must completely reverse his personality.

25. 25

    25. Ten Thousand Years from Now

    11 Jul 1955

    To immortalize 20th-century humor, Eddie presents songs and sketches prepared for a time capsule.

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    26. What Do You Want in a Show

    18 Jul 1955

    Three dimwitted crooks break into a bank but end up, by mistake, in the U.S. Mint.

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    27. The Playboy

    25 Jul 1955

    To get the approval of his sweetheart's father, a wealthy playboy must hold down a job for a week.

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    28. Man Who Liked Little People

    1 Aug 1955

    Tall Mrs. Bullit refuses to vacate an apartment when her landlord protests that he only rents to people under 5-feet tall

29. 29

    29. The Lieutenant Was No Gentleman

    8 Aug 1955

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    30. The Song Pluggers

    15 Aug 1955

    Elmo Dilling is a song plugger desperate for a hit.

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    31. Four Strikes

    22 Aug 1955

32. 32

    32. Square World of Pennyworth

    29 Aug 1955

33. 33

    33. Triplets

    5 Sept 1955

    Three Navy men fight for the same girl, not realizing that they love triplets.

34. 34

    34. Unknown Title

    12 Sept 1955

35. 35

    35. The Marine Went to Town

    19 Sept 1955

    A marine's sister and her fiance plan to relieve him of the $20,000 he won in the Irish Sweepstakes.

36. 36

    36. The Hollywood Story

    26 Sept 1955

    A Pentagon mix-up puts a lovely Wac (Ann Sheridan) in charge of an Army combat platoon.

37. 37

    37. The Tester

    3 Oct 1955

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    38. Strange Little Stranger

    10 Oct 1955

    A shy travel agent's fantasies start coming true.

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    39. And Now from the Audience

    17 Oct 1955

    A furniture tycoon sets up a production line in prison. Convict R.J. Banning turns the prison workshop into a factory to compete with his ex-partner.