The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater

Sketch comedy starring Eddie Cantor as host

Episodes

Cast

Now in Rehearsal

1. Now in Rehearsal

23rd 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.

Nearly Normal

2. Nearly Normal

30min

30th Jan 1955

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

The Big Bargain

3. The Big Bargain

7th Feb 1955

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

The Hypochondriac

4. The Hypochondriac

14th Feb 1955

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

A Hunting We Will Go

5. A Hunting We Will Go

21st Feb 1955

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

The Suspicious Husband

6. The Suspicious Husband

28th Feb 1955

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

Garage

7. Garage

7th Mar 1955

Romance Wrecker

8. Romance Wrecker

14th Mar 1955

The Atomic Brain

9. The Atomic Brain

21st Mar 1955

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

The Critics

10. The Critics

28th Mar 1955

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

The Helper

11. The Helper

4th Apr 1955

The Wizard

12. The Wizard

11th Apr 1955

A mathematical wizard has a weakness for figures.

The Mink Coat

13. The Mink Coat

18th 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.

The Finer Point

14. The Finer Point

25th Apr 1955

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

The Sure Cure

15. The Sure Cure

2nd 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.

Commercially Ever After

16. Commercially Ever After

9th May 1955

A former TV Celebrity tries to regain his position.

The Practical Joker

17. The Practical Joker

16th May 1955

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

Always the Butler

18. Always the Butler

23rd May 1955

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

A Night at the Follies

19. A Night at the Follies

30th May 1955

V for Victoria

20. V for Victoria

6th Jun 1955

How Much for Van Such

21. How Much for Van Such

13th Jun 1955

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

Dying to Love

22. Dying to Love

20th Jun 1955

Bombshell Goes to College

23. Bombshell Goes to College

27th Jun 1955

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

Call Me Irving

24. Call Me Irving

4th Jul 1955

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

Ten Thousand Years from Now

25. Ten Thousand Years from Now

11th Jul 1955

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

What Do You Want in a Show

26. What Do You Want in a Show

18th Jul 1955

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

The Playboy

27. The Playboy

25th Jul 1955

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

Man Who Liked Little People

28. Man Who Liked Little People

1st Aug 1955

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

The Lieutenant  Was No Gentleman

29. The Lieutenant Was No Gentleman

8th Aug 1955

The Song Pluggers

30. The Song Pluggers

15th Aug 1955

Elmo Dilling is a song plugger desperate for a hit.

Four Strikes

31. Four Strikes

22nd Aug 1955

Square World of Pennyworth

32. Square World of Pennyworth

29th Aug 1955

Triplets

33. Triplets

5th Sep 1955

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

Unknown Title

34. Unknown Title

12th Sep 1955

The Marine Went to Town

35. The Marine Went to Town

19th Sep 1955

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

The  Hollywood  Story

36. The Hollywood Story

26th Sep 1955

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

The Tester

37. The Tester

3rd Oct 1955

Strange Little Stranger

38. Strange Little Stranger

10th Oct 1955

A shy travel agent's fantasies start coming true.

And Now from the Audience

39. And Now from the Audience

17th 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.

First air date

23rd Jan 1955

Last air date

17th Oct 1955

Status

Returning Series

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks