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The ABC Comedy Hour

★ 8.0 89 votes 1972–1972 1 seasons · 13 episodes Ended ABC
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About

The ABC Comedy Hour is an American television variety series that aired on ABC in 1972. Seven of the 13 episodes featured a guest host and a team of comedy impressionists known as The Kopycats. Guest hosts included Steve Lawrence, Orson Welles, Ed Sullivan, Raymond Burr, Robert Young, Debbie Reynolds and Tony Curtis. The remaining six episodes were variety specials and included two Friars Club roasts and a revival of the musical Hellzapoppin' starring Jack Cassidy. The show originally aired on Wednesday at 8:30 PM. Summer reruns of the seven Kopycats episodes were aired under the title The ABC Comedy Hour Presents the Kopycats. The same episodes aired in Great Britain simply as The Kopycats.

All Seasons

Abc comedy hour season 11972
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EpTitleRatingVotesRuntime
1The Friars Roast Joe Namath60 min
2The Kopykats with guests Steve Lawrence and Robert Young
3The Kopykats with guests Orson Welles and Ron Moody
4If You Think Last Year Was Bad, Wait!60 min
5The Kopykats with guests Ed Sullivan and Will Jordan60 min
6The Twentieth Century Follies60 min
7The Kopykats with guest Raymond Burr60 min
8Hellzapoppin'60 min
9The Kopykats with guest host Robert Young60 min
10The Danny Thomas Special: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to a Special60 min
11The Kopykats with guests Debbie Reynolds and Shecky Greene60 min
12The Friars Roast Sammy Davis Jr.60 min
13The Kopykats with guest Tony Curtis60 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

George Kirby Self, Self - Various Characters
Frank Gorshin Self, Self - Various Characters
Marilyn Michaels Self, Self - Various Characters
Joe Baker Self, Self - Various Characters
Rich Little Self, Self - Various Characters
Fred Travalena Self, Self - Various Characters
Alan King Self - Host, Self
Charlie Callas Self
Tony Curtis Self, Self - Host
Robert Young Self, Self - Host

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