Host: Eddie Cantor; Guests: Eddie Fisher, Evelyn Gould, Joel Grey, William Warfield

I have watched about 20 episodes of this series, all the ones with Abbott and Costello and some with Lewis and Martin and a few others. I wasn't really expecting much from Eddie Cantor, who I only knew from a few 1930's movies.

Cantor was surprisingly witty and warm. Unlike the other episodes that I have watched where the hosts were involved in mediocre sketches, Cantor played the host throughout the show. Besides his main guests Eddie Fisher and Marion Colby, he introduces five "Stars of Tomorrow". All five of these acts were quite good with the possible exception of lip syncing comedians Tony and Eddie. The French violinist Miche'le Auclair went on to have a long career in music and she was superb. William Warfield of "Showboat" fame was also wonderful. However, the surprise of the evening was 19 year old Joel Grey. He was terrific and every bit as polished, delightful and professional as he was 21 years later when he won an academy award for "Cabaret." This show had the best pacing of any of the Colgate Comedy hours that I have watched really reminded me of the best of the Ed Sullivan shows that I watched in the 1960's. I came away with a with much deeper respect for Eddie Cantor.