
The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater
Sketch comedy starring Eddie Cantor as host
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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Now in Rehearsal
23-01-1955Eddie 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.
- Ep 2
2.Nearly Normal
30-01-195530mNewlyweds are promised $1000 if they stop quarreling ... which is all they've been doing during three weeks of marriage.
- Ep 3
3.The Big Bargain
07-02-1955A sketch about a bargain-hunting wife who makes life miserable for her poor husband
- Ep 4
4.The Hypochondriac
14-02-1955Hypochondriac Harold Clinker decides to spend his last four hours heroically.
- Ep 5
5.A Hunting We Will Go
21-02-1955Lizabeth Scott plays a prim secretary who decides to get married and uses big-game hunting techniques to snare a man.
- Ep 6
6.The Suspicious Husband
28-02-1955When his wife talks him into buying a life-insurance policy, Mike Applegate thinks she wants to murder him.
- Ep 7
7.Garage
07-03-1955 - Ep 8
8.Romance Wrecker
14-03-1955 - Ep 9
9.The Atomic Brain
21-03-1955Hypochondriac Herman Fergle mistakes the world's smallest A-bomb ... for a pill.
- Ep 10
10.The Critics
28-03-1955Eddie tries to change the opinions of three critics who were less than enthusiastic about his show.
- Ep 11
11.The Helper
04-04-1955 - Ep 12
12.The Wizard
11-04-1955A mathematical wizard has a weakness for figures.
- Ep 13
13.The Mink Coat
18-04-1955Through an error, a wife receives a mink coat from her husband. She resists all his frantic efforts to return the fur to the store.
- Ep 14
14.The Finer Point
25-04-1955In order to find favor with the wealthy owner of a mining company two "muscle men" take lessons in etiquette.
- Ep 15
15.The Sure Cure
02-05-1955Ambrose Dodson's sinister appearance helps him succeed as a complaint clerk, but it sure doesn't do much for his love life.
- Ep 16
16.Commercially Ever After
09-05-1955A former TV Celebrity tries to regain his position.
- Ep 17
17.The Practical Joker
16-05-1955A joker's victims get fed up and decide that the day of reckoning must come.
- Ep 18
18.Always the Butler
23-05-1955A butler appeals for his maligned profession which always gets blamed for the crime.
- Ep 19
19.A Night at the Follies
30-05-1955 - Ep 20
20.V for Victoria
06-06-1955 - Ep 21
21.How Much for Van Such
13-06-1955A trio of not-so-tough kidnappers holds a man for a million dollar ransom.
- Ep 22
22.Dying to Love
20-06-1955 - Ep 23
23.Bombshell Goes to College
27-06-1955An ex-chorus girl marries a college professor, turning a staid campus upside down
- Ep 24
24.Call Me Irving
04-07-1955To get a part in a play, timid Teddy Binks must completely reverse his personality.
- Ep 25
25.Ten Thousand Years from Now
11-07-1955To immortalize 20th-century humor, Eddie presents songs and sketches prepared for a time capsule.
- Ep 26
26.What Do You Want in a Show
18-07-1955Three dimwitted crooks break into a bank but end up, by mistake, in the U.S. Mint.
- Ep 27
27.The Playboy
25-07-1955To get the approval of his sweetheart's father, a wealthy playboy must hold down a job for a week.
- Ep 28
28.Man Who Liked Little People
01-08-1955Tall Mrs. Bullit refuses to vacate an apartment when her landlord protests that he only rents to people under 5-feet tall
- Ep 29
29.The Lieutenant Was No Gentleman
08-08-1955 - Ep 30
30.The Song Pluggers
15-08-1955Elmo Dilling is a song plugger desperate for a hit.
- Ep 31
31.Four Strikes
22-08-1955 - Ep 32
32.Square World of Pennyworth
29-08-1955 - Ep 33
33.Triplets
05-09-1955Three Navy men fight for the same girl, not realizing that they love triplets.
- Ep 34
34.Unknown Title
12-09-1955 - Ep 35
35.The Marine Went to Town
19-09-1955A marine's sister and her fiance plan to relieve him of the $20,000 he won in the Irish Sweepstakes.
- Ep 36
36.The Hollywood Story
26-09-1955A Pentagon mix-up puts a lovely Wac (Ann Sheridan) in charge of an Army combat platoon.
- Ep 37
37.The Tester
03-10-1955 - Ep 38
38.Strange Little Stranger
10-10-1955A shy travel agent's fantasies start coming true.
- Ep 39
39.And Now from the Audience
17-10-1955A 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.
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