The Bob Cummings Show
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The Bob Cummings Show is a 1950s American television sitcom starring Bob Cummings as a charming bachelor photographer, known for its light romantic comedy and early use of laugh track techniques.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Bob Cummings Show canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9720854 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Bob Cummings Show Context triple: [Rod Amateau, notableWork, The Bob Cummings Show]
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A.
The Bob Hope Show
The Bob Hope Show was a long-running American radio and television variety program featuring comedian Bob Hope’s monologues, sketches, and celebrity guests.
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B.
The Martha Raye Show
The Martha Raye Show was an American variety television series starring comedian and singer Martha Raye, featuring musical performances, comedy sketches, and guest appearances during the early years of TV.
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C.
The Betty Hutton Show
The Betty Hutton Show is an American 1950s–60s television sitcom starring energetic musical-comedy actress Betty Hutton as a former showgirl who becomes the guardian of three children.
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D.
The Jim Backus Show
The Jim Backus Show was a short-lived early 1960s American sitcom starring comedian Jim Backus as a radio station manager, showcasing his trademark comedic style.
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E.
The Joey Bishop Show
The Joey Bishop Show is an American sitcom starring comedian Joey Bishop that aired in the early 1960s, following his comedic misadventures first as a public relations man and later as a talk-show host.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Bob Cummings Show Target entity description: The Bob Cummings Show is a 1950s American television sitcom starring Bob Cummings as a charming bachelor photographer, known for its light romantic comedy and early use of laugh track techniques.
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A.
The Bob Hope Show
The Bob Hope Show was a long-running American radio and television variety program featuring comedian Bob Hope’s monologues, sketches, and celebrity guests.
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B.
The Martha Raye Show
The Martha Raye Show was an American variety television series starring comedian and singer Martha Raye, featuring musical performances, comedy sketches, and guest appearances during the early years of TV.
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C.
The Betty Hutton Show
The Betty Hutton Show is an American 1950s–60s television sitcom starring energetic musical-comedy actress Betty Hutton as a former showgirl who becomes the guardian of three children.
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D.
The Jim Backus Show
The Jim Backus Show was a short-lived early 1960s American sitcom starring comedian Jim Backus as a radio station manager, showcasing his trademark comedic style.
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E.
The Joey Bishop Show
The Joey Bishop Show is an American sitcom starring comedian Joey Bishop that aired in the early 1960s, following his comedic misadventures first as a public relations man and later as a talk-show host.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Love That Bob NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRole | Bob Cummings plays Bob Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Paul Henning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1959 ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Paul Henning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
romantic comedy
ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ |
| hasAudience | family audience ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Ann B. Davis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bob Cummings NERFINISHED ⓘ Dwayne Hickman NERFINISHED ⓘ Lola Albright NERFINISHED ⓘ Nancy Kulp NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosemary DeCamp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Bob Collins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chuck MacDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret MacDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ Schultzy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSupportingActor |
Ann B. Davis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dwayne Hickman NERFINISHED ⓘ Nancy Kulp NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosemary DeCamp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Bob Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | photographer ⓘ |
| notableAward | Primetime Emmy Award for Ann B. Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature | early use of laugh track techniques ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 173 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 5 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyAiredOn | network television ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
CBS
ⓘ
NBC ⓘ |
| originalRunPeriod | mid-1950s ⓘ |
| partOf | Golden Age of Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| portraysTheme |
bachelor lifestyle
ⓘ
romantic entanglements ⓘ |
| producer | Paul Henning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | McCadden Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistCharacteristic | charming bachelor ⓘ |
| setting | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| starring | Bob Cummings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1955 ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1950s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Bob Cummings Show Description of subject: The Bob Cummings Show is a 1950s American television sitcom starring Bob Cummings as a charming bachelor photographer, known for its light romantic comedy and early use of laugh track techniques.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.