The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater

Sketch comedy starring Eddie Cantor as host

Seasons

39 Episodes • Premiered 1955

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1. Now in Rehearsal

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.

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2. Nearly Normal

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

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3. The Big Bargain

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

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4. The Hypochondriac

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

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5. A Hunting We Will Go

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

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6. The Suspicious Husband

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

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7. Garage

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8. Romance Wrecker

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9. The Atomic Brain

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

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10. The Critics

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

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11. The Helper

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12. The Wizard

A mathematical wizard has a weakness for figures.

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13. The Mink Coat

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

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

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15. The Sure Cure

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

A former TV Celebrity tries to regain his position.

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17. The Practical Joker

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

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18. Always the Butler

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

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19. A Night at the Follies

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20. V for Victoria

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21. How Much for Van Such

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

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22. Dying to Love

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23. Bombshell Goes to College

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

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24. Call Me Irving

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

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25. Ten Thousand Years from Now

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

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

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27. The Playboy

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

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

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29. The Lieutenant Was No Gentleman

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30. The Song Pluggers

Elmo Dilling is a song plugger desperate for a hit.

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31. Four Strikes

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32. Square World of Pennyworth

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33. Triplets

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

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34. Unknown Title

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35. The Marine Went to Town

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

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36. The Hollywood Story

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

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37. The Tester

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38. Strange Little Stranger

A shy travel agent's fantasies start coming true.

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39. And Now from the Audience

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.

Cast

Photo of Eddie Cantor

Eddie Cantor

Self - Host

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