The ABC Comedy Hour
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.
Seasons & Episodes
- 1.01The Friars Roast Joe NamathRate
- 1.02The Kopykats with guests Steve Lawrence and Robert YoungRate
- 1.03The Kopykats with guests Orson Welles and Ron MoodyRate
- 1.04If You Think Last Year Was Bad, Wait!Rate
- 1.05The Kopykats with guests Ed Sullivan and Will JordanRate
- 1.06The Twentieth Century FolliesRate
- 1.07The Kopykats with guest Raymond BurrRate
- 1.08Hellzapoppin'Rate
- 1.09The Kopykats with guest host Robert YoungRate
- 1.10The Danny Thomas Special: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to a SpecialRate
- 1.11The Kopykats with guests Debbie Reynolds and Shecky GreeneRate
- 1.12The Friars Roast Sammy Davis Jr.Rate
- 1.13The Kopykats with guest Tony CurtisRate
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