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1. The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1955)
Episode: Episode #3.17 (1953)

Comedy, Romance

Abbott & Costello host a mock Inaugural Ball for new President Eisenhower. Includes a hilarious recital by Victor Borge sending up outgoing President Truman and his piano-playing daughter ... See full summary »

Directors: Fred Hamilton, Ed Sobol | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Bobby Barber, Victor Borge

Votes: 26

2. Here's Hollywood (1960–1962)

30 min | Talk-Show

Hollywood celebrities are interviewed, often at their homes.

Stars: Dean Miller, Helen O'Connell, Jack Linkletter, Joanne Jordan

Votes: 169

3. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)

TV-14 | 105 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

Host Johnny Carson performs comedy routines and chats with various celebrities.

Stars: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Skitch Henderson

Votes: 4,246

4. The Spike Jones Show (1957)

30 min | Comedy, Music

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Stars: Billy Barty, Spike Jones, Helen Grayco, Jad Paul

Votes: 24

5. Looks Familiar (1970– )

Family, Game-Show, Talk-Show

Nostalgia based panel chat show.

Stars: Denis Norden, Bob Monkhouse, Arthur Askey, Ted Ray

Votes: 29

6. The Tonight Show (1953–1957)

TV-PG | 105 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show

The show originated as a local New York City late night program in June 1953 and went onto the network in September 1954. Throughout the summer of 1956, Steve Allen was the only host. When ... See full summary »

Stars: Skitch Henderson, Gene Rayburn, Steve Allen, Steve Lawrence

Votes: 226

7. A Night at the Opera (1935)

Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Music, Musical

A sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve success in America while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.

Directors: Sam Wood, Edmund Goulding | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kitty Carlisle

Votes: 34,793 | Gross: $2.54M

8. The Love Boat (1977–1987)
Episode: That's My Dad/The Captain's Bird/Captive Audience (1980)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Stowaway Scott tells the crew that playboy Jeff is his father. Gopher and Isaac have mishaps with a parrot that Merrill buys Vicki. Father and son singers Rich and Bob Braddock, who haven't spoken for years, resist efforts to reunite them.

Director: Allen Baron | Stars: Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, Fred Grandy, Ted Lange

Votes: 112

9. 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1964)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama.

Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Edd Byrnes, Roger Smith, Jacqueline Beer

Votes: 1,639

10. The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1955)

60 min | Comedy, Romance

This was a Colgate-sponsored comedy hour that featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as guest stars.

Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Al Goodman, Eddie Cantor

Votes: 591

11. 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1964)
Episode: Walk Among Tigers (1963)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Stu uncovers a trap, when he searches a train crash for a client's belongings.

Director: Robert Sparr | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Roger Smith, Edd Byrnes, Louis Quinn

Votes: 37

12. The Milton Berle Show (1948–1956)

60 min | Comedy, Family

The Texaco Star Theatre was one of the most popular shows in the history of television. In the first year, Milton Berle was not the permanent emcee, but once he replaced the rotation, the ... See full summary »

Stars: Milton Berle, Sid Stone, Jimmy Nelson, Arnold Stang

Votes: 165

13. Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1955–1967)

60 min | Comedy, Music

A revival of the British variety show Tonight at the London Palladium, it ran from 28 October 1973 to 28 October 1974.

Stars: Bruce Forsyth, Tommy Trinder, Norman Vaughan, Don Arroll

Votes: 48

14. A Day at the Races (1937)

Passed | 111 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

A veterinarian posing as a doctor teams with a singer and his friends as they struggle to save an upstate New York sanitarium with the help of a misfit racehorse.

Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Allan Jones

Votes: 14,591

15. Show Boat (1936)

Approved | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.

Director: James Whale | Stars: Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Paul Robeson

Votes: 3,697

16. The David Frost Show (1969–1972)

90 min | Talk-Show

American show featuring the popular British talk show host.

Stars: David Frost, Gerri Granger, Tiny Tim, Dana Valery

Votes: 248

17. The Mike Douglas Show (1961–1982)

Comedy, Music, Talk-Show

Mike Douglas, aided by a different celebrity co-host every week, interviews a variety of figures from the world of entertainment.

Stars: Mike Douglas, Ellie Frankel, Ellie Frankel Sextet, Stan Kann

Votes: 579

18. The Firefly (1937)

Passed | 131 min | History, Musical, Romance

Nina Maria Azara is the beautiful, alluring singing spy for Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. Her mission is to seduce French Officers so they will reveal Napolean's intentions toward Spain... See full summary »

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Allan Jones, Warren William, Billy Gilbert

Votes: 419

19. True to the Army (1942)

Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Music

While doing her tightrope act in a local circus, Daisy Hawkins (Judy Canova), sees the owner shot by gangsters. The killers are after her to eliminate the only eyewitness and the police ... See full summary »

Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Judy Canova, Allan Jones, Ann Miller, Jerry Colonna

Votes: 44

20. The Merv Griffin Show (1962–1986)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Family, Music

Merv Griffin invites a series of actors, actresses, writers, and directors to discuss the progressive work they have done and current culture, arts, and entertainment surrounding the numerous projects.

Stars: Merv Griffin, Mort Lindsey, Mort Lindsey Orchestra, Arthur Treacher

Votes: 608

21. Rose-Marie (1936)

Passed | 113 min | Adventure, Drama, Musical

An incognito opera singer falls for a policeman who has been assigned to track down her fugitive brother.

Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Reginald Owen, Allan Jones

Votes: 1,402

22. The Hard-Boiled Canary (1941)

Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A young girl fresh out of reform school who is singing in a burlesque show is offered a scholarship to a famous music camp by the camp's owner. She must overcome the suspicions of the other students in order to prove herself.

Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Allan Jones, Susanna Foster, Margaret Lindsay, Lynne Overman

Votes: 62

23. The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention (1937)

Approved | 17 min | Documentary, Short

This short chronicles, in a semihumorous way, events associated with MGM's 1937 convention for the studio's national sales and distribution staff. First the delegates arrive by train in San... See full summary »

Stars: Louis B. Mayer, Al Lichtman, William F. Rodgers, James E. Davis

Votes: 44

24. Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 9 (1939)

10 min | Documentary, Short

Hollywood stars attend a horse show.

Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Noah Beery Jr., William Boyd, Joe E. Brown, Virginia Bruce

Votes: 21

25. The Ed Wynn Show (1949–1950)

30 min | Comedy, Music

The comedy on The Ed Wynn Show consisted mostly of old vaudeville schtick, with lots of corny jokes and silly sight gags. Each week, the show would end with Ed retiring to his bed, delivering quips as the credits rolled.

Stars: Ed Wynn, Lud Gluskin, Bob LeMond, William Frawley

Votes: 66

26. When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942)

74 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

War hero Johnny Kovacs works with his superiors to hide from a star crossed lover while on leave and falls in love while living at a boarding house.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Allan Jones, Jane Frazee, Gloria Jean, Donald O'Connor

Votes: 71

27. Lest We Forget (1937)

10 min | Short

MGM hosts a salute to Will Rogers (1875-1935) shortly after his death. After a few words from Gary Cooper and Harry Carey, a look at Rogers' fatal trip with Wiley Post, clips from Rogers' ... See full summary »

Directors: Henry Hathaway, Richard Thorpe, Frank Whitbeck | Stars: Gary Cooper, Robert Taylor, Allan Jones, Harry Carey

Votes: 79

28. Reckless (1935)

Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Wealthy Bob Harrison buys all the seats in the theatre to watch Mona Leslie's musical by himself. He loves her, her agent Ned Riley loves her. Conflict ensues.

Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Jean Harlow, William Powell, Franchot Tone, May Robson

Votes: 1,508

29. Crazy House (1943)

Approved | 80 min | Comedy

Olsen and Johnson, stage comedians turned film stars, produce a star-studded musical comedy with an eccentric "millionaire" who hasn't got a dime.

Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Cass Daley, Patric Knowles

Votes: 254

30. The Love Boat (1977–1987)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The romantic and comic tales of the passengers and crew of the cruise ship, Pacific Princess.

Stars: Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange, Fred Grandy

Votes: 13,660

31. One Night in the Tropics (1940)

Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Jim "Lucky" Moore (Allan Jones), an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve (Robert Cummings): a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if ... See full summary »

Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Allan Jones, Nancy Kelly, Robert Cummings, Bud Abbott

Votes: 1,862

32. Honeymoon in Bali (1939)

Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A Manhattan career woman tries to resist a man who wants her to be his wife.

Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll, Allan Jones, Akim Tamiroff

Votes: 454

33. Larceny with Music (1943)

Approved | 64 min | Comedy, Music

A former bootlegger is now the prosperous owner of a popular nightclub. A hustling promoter manages to pass off a young singer as the heir to a fortune and gets her booked at the club.

Director: Edward C. Lilley | Stars: Allan Jones, Kitty Carlisle, Leo Carrillo, William Frawley

Votes: 34

34. Everybody Sing (1938)

Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Judy Bellaire (Judy Garland) is the center of trouble at her exclusive, very conservative private school. She is expelled when she starts singing in a jazzy style in her music class. Mayhem... See full summary »

Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Allan Jones, Judy Garland, Fanny Brice, Reginald Owen

Votes: 661

35. Honeymoon Ahead (1945)

Approved | 60 min | Comedy

The Blackmore Prison choir, led by inmate Orpheus, is about to gain radio sponsorship, when Orpheus is pardoned and the deal falls through. Determined to appear on the radio, the prisoner ... See full synopsis »

Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Allan Jones, Grace McDonald, Raymond Walburn, Vivian Austin

Votes: 27

36. Sing a Jingle (1944)

Approved | 62 min | Musical

After his "farewell" performance, radio singing star Ray King learns that he has been rejected by the Army because of an old football injury. Against the wishes of Vera Grant, his fiance, ... See full synopsis »

Director: Edward C. Lilley | Stars: Allan Jones, June Vincent, Samuel S. Hinds, Gus Schilling

Votes: 16

37. You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (1943)

Approved | 64 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A young woman marries a soldier to fulfill the conditions of a will. However, when she gets ready to divorce him, she realizes that she actually loves him, and determines to find a way to stay married to him.

Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Allan Jones, Evelyn Ankers, Billie Burke, David Bruce

Votes: 30

38. A Man Called Sledge (1970)

R | 93 min | Western

In the Old West, a gunfighting outlaw connives his way into a prison in hopes of getting his hands on a large shipment of gold stored there.

Directors: Vic Morrow, Giorgio Gentili | Stars: James Garner, Dennis Weaver, Claude Akins, John Marley

Votes: 1,531

39. The Boys from Syracuse (1940)

Approved | 73 min | Comedy, Musical

The action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the story concerns the efforts of two boys from Syracuse, Anthipholus and his servant Dromio, to find their long-lost twins who,... See full summary »

Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Allan Jones, Irene Hervey, Martha Raye, Joe Penner

Votes: 160

40. Stage to Thunder Rock (1964)

Passed | 82 min | Western

An aging sheriff is put in the position of having to arrest the outlaw father and two sons with whom he was raised.

Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Marilyn Maxwell, Scott Brady, Lon Chaney Jr.

Votes: 205

41. Hollywood Hobbies (1939)

Approved | 10 min | Short, Comedy

Two starstruck movie fans hire a tour guide and see a plethora of Hollywood stars.

Director: George Sidney | Stars: Joyce Compton, Sally Payne, William 'Billy' Benedict, Milton Berle

Votes: 208

42. The Great Victor Herbert (1939)

Approved | 91 min | Biography, Music, Musical

A fictionalized version of famous opera composer Victor Herbert where he witnesses the romance, stardom, parenthood, and troubled experiences of his star singers.

Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Allan Jones, Mary Martin, Walter Connolly, Lee Bowman

Votes: 133 | Gross: $0.30M

43. Senorita from the West (1945)

Passed | 63 min | Comedy, Music, Western

Determined to become a radio singer, a young girl runs away from her family. She hooks up with a man who is actually the real voice of a famous radio crooner, who actually can't sing at all.

Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Allan Jones, Bonita Granville, Jess Barker, George Cleveland

Votes: 25

44. Soaring Stars (1942)

Approved | 10 min | Short, Comedy

Two autograph hounds attend an air show at Santa Anita racetrack.

Director: Basil Wrangell | Stars: Sally Payne, Mary Treen, Richard Arlen, Freddie Bartholomew

Votes: 44

45. Moonlight in Havana (1942)

Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Music, Sport

Singing Johnny Norton is the star catcher of the Blue Sox baseball team but he is suspended because of insubordination. Producer Barney Crane hears Johnny singing and signs him to appear ... See full summary »

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Allan Jones, Jane Frazee, Marjorie Lord, William Frawley

Votes: 55

46. Rhythm of the Islands (1943)

Approved | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music

On the only Pacific island untouched by and unaware of World-War-Two, American beachcombers Tommy (Allan Jones) and Eddie Dolan (Andy Devine) sell off Paradise Island to American ... See full summary »

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Allan Jones, Jane Frazee, Andy Devine, Ernest Truex

Votes: 42

47. A Swingin' Summer (1965)

80 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Two guys and a girl run a week-long concert festival in the sunny summertime of Arrowhead, California and deal with bullies and breakups.

Director: Robert Sparr | Stars: James Stacy, William Wellman Jr., Quinn O'Hara, Martin West

Votes: 255

48. Today (1952– )

TV-G | 240 min | News, Talk-Show

A daily live broadcast provides current domestic and international news, weather reports, and interviews with newsmakers from the worlds of politics, business, media, entertainment, and sports.

Stars: Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Jack Lescoulie, Frank Blair

Votes: 2,463

49. The Andy Stewart Show (1975–1976)

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Stars: Andy Stewart, Jimmy Blue And His Scottish Country Dance Band, Dana, Molly Weir

50. Screen Snapshots 1856: The Mocambo Party (1957)

Approved | 10 min | Short, Music

The sixth entry in the Screen Smapshots series filmed in Technicolor. Shown having a good time at Hollywood's Mocambo Club are film stars Tab Hunter and Rock Hudson. Also seen are Bob Hope,... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Ralph Staub, Edgar Bergen, Corinne Calvet, Bob Hope