Playhouse 90
Season 1, Episode 20: The Comedian
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Sammy Hogarth, a vaudeville comedian who now has his own TV show, is a ruthless egomaniac who demands instant obedience from his staff and heaps abuse on those in lesser positions than his. His most vituperative behavior, however, is reserved for his weak-willed brother, Lester, whom Sammy has hired as his assistant but whom he really uses as his whipping boy.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
Forbidden Area
Episode 2
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Episode 3
Sizeman and Son
Episode 4
Rendezvous in Black
Episode 5
The Country Husband
Episode 6
The Big Slide
Episode 7
Heritage of Anger
Episode 8
Eloise
Episode 9
Confession
Episode 10
Made in Heaven
Episode 11
Sincerely, Willis Wade
Episode 12
The Family Nobody Wanted
Episode 13
Massacre at Sand Creek
Episode 14
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
Episode 15
The Ninth Day
Episode 16
So Soon to Die
Episode 17
The Star Wagon
Episode 18
The Greer Case
Episode 19
The Miracle Worker
Episode 20
The Comedian
Episode 21
One Coat of White
Episode 22
The Blackwell Story
Episode 23
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Episode 24
The Last Tycoon
Episode 25
The Hostess with the Mostes'
Episode 26
Where's Charley?
Episode 27
Clipper Ship
Episode 28
If You Knew Elizabeth
Episode 29
Three Men on a Horse
Episode 30
Four Women in Black
Episode 31
Child of Trouble
Episode 32
Homeward Borne
Episode 33
The Helen Morgan Story
Episode 34
Winter Dreams
Episode 35
Circle of the Day
Episode 36
Without Incident
Episode 37
Clash by Night
Episode 38
Ain't No Time for Glory
Episode 39
The Fabulous Irishman