Patting his hands and batting his banjo-eyes, 58-year-old Eddie Cantor last week skipped through the Colgate Comedy Hour (Sun. 8 p.m., NBCTV) and his first appearance on television. Though surrounded by bright young people from current Broadway shows, Cantor looked as durable and sentimental as ever. He re-enacted skits from musicals of the '20s and sang such old favorites as Ain't She Sweet? and Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me. Headlined Variety: "Cantor Sock in Debut ... Vet Showman a TV Natural." A twelve-city Hooper survey rated Cantor eleven points higher than CBS's...
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