The ABC Comedy Hour
| The ABC Comedy Hour | |
|---|---|
 Ed Sullivan (left) and Rich Little (right) in a show skit. | |
| Genre | Variety |
| Written by |
Frank Peppiatt John Aylesworth and others |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format | Color |
| Original release | January 12 – April 5, 1972 |
The ABC Comedy Hour was 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 Kopykats (Rich Little, Frank Gorshin, Joe Baker, Marilyn Michaels, George Kirby, and Fred Travalena, with single appearances by Charlie Callas, Will Jordan, and Peter Goodwright). 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 and Ronnie Schell.[1]
The show originally aired on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m.. Summer reruns of the seven Kopykats episodes were aired under the title The ABC Comedy Hour Presents the Kopykats. The same episodes aired in Great Britain simply as The Kopykats.