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.

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.