The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)

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The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

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  1. 1 1. Louis Armstrong / Rosemary Clooney / Jose Ferrer / Alan King1959-09-20 · 1h 0mSpecial 90-minute episode (live from New York & Chicago with a taped sequence from Las Vegas). Guests include: --Jose Ferrer (actor) - makes a cameo dressed as a cowboy, riding
  2. 2 2. Invitation to Moscow1959-09-27 · 1h 0m""Invitation to Moscow"" - Special 90-minute episode taped in and around Moscow. Guests: --Marge and Gower Champion (dancers) --Rise Stevens (mezzo-soprano opera singer) -
  3. 3 3. Danny Thomas / Eartha Kitt / Julius LaRosa1959-10-04 · 1h 0mGuests: --Jane Morgan, Julius LaRosa and Eartha Kitt - sing ""September in the Rain,"" ""Autumn Leaves"" and ""The September Song."" --Jane Morgan - ""I'm in Love (reciation)
  4. 4 4. Mario Lanza (on film) / Ethel Merman / Larry Blyden1959-10-11 · 1h 0mGuests: --Ethel Merman - I'm Glad There Is You"" (from ""Gypsy"") & ""There'll Be Some Changes Made"" --On film: Ed Sullivan interviews Mario Lanza --Shiela MacRea sings ""
  5. 5 5. Harry Belafonte (on film) / Ames Brothers / Wilt Chamberlain1959-10-18 · 1h 0mGuests: --The Harlem Globetrotters vs. the Ames Brothers in a basketball game. Wilt Chamberlain also participates. Duke Snyder is the referee. --The Ames Brothers - medley: (
  6. 6 6. scheduled: Della Reese; Wayne & Shuster; Betty Johnson1959-10-25 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --Della Reese (singer) --Wayne and Shuster (comedy duo, presenting a British Western) --Professor Backwards (comedian Jimmy Edmonson) --Betty Johnson
  7. 7 7. Paul Anka / The Step Brothers / Castle Sisters1959-11-01 · 1h 0mGuests: --Paul Anka (singer) - ""Put Your Head on My Shoulder"" --The Step Brothers (dance team, tap dancers) - do a ""challenge dance"" --The Castle Sisters (vocal trio) -
  8. 8 8. Johnny Mathis / Gracie Fields / Jan Murray1959-11-08 · 1h 0mGuests: --Johnny Mathis - ""Witchcraft,"" ""The Best Of Everything"" and ""Misty"" --The Barry Sisters (vocal group) - ""Who's Sorry Now"" & ""I'm A Fool To Want You"" --
  9. 9 9. scheduled: Suzanne Pleshette; Tom Poston; Georgia Gibbs1959-11-15 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --The cast of the Broadway comedy ""The Golden Fleecing"" appear in a scene from the play. The cast consists of Tom Poston; Suzanne Pleshette; Mickey Deems; Robe
  10. 10 10. scheduled: Carol Channing; Count Basie; Joe Williams1959-11-22 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --Carol Channing --Count Basie and his band --Joe Williams (singer) --Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) --Shelley Berman (comedian) --Trude Adams
  11. 11 11. Dick Van Dyke & Bess Halliday / Dorothy Collins / Marion Marlowe1959-11-29 · 1h 0mGuests: --Dick Van Dyke & Bess Halliday - perform a sketch about a drunk husband coming home to sober wife. --Dorothy Collins - ""Baciare Baciare"" --Tony Pastor & family
  12. 12 12. scheduled: Lionel Hampton; Teresa Brewer; Jack Carter1959-12-06 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --Lionel Hampton (jazz musician) and his band --Teresa Brewer (singer) --Jack Carter (comedian) --Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) --Yehudi Menuhin (
  13. 13 13. Dorothy Dandridge / Brook Benton / David Seville / Ames Brothers1959-12-13 · 1h 0mGuests: --Dorothy Dandridge - ""What Is This Thing Called Love"" & ""Baby Baby All The Time"" --Brook Benton - ""This Time Of Year"" --David Seville with Alvin & The Chipmun
  14. 14 14. Polly Bergen / Gertrude Berg / Paul O'Keefe / Harry Simeone Chorale1959-12-20 · 1h 0m--Paul O'Keefe with the Baird Puppets - ""What Do You Want For Christmas"" --Baird Puppets - ""Christmas in Davey Jones Locker"" sketch --Betty Johnson - sings ""White Chris
  15. 15 15. Charlton Heston / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Leon Bibb1959-12-27 · 1h 0mGuests: --On film: Charlton Heston: (1) Film clip from ""Ben Hur"" (2) Ed and Heston ride Chariot in Rome. --Charlton Heston (live on stage?) - Heston gives a dramatic Biblic
  16. 16 16. Bobby Darin & Connie Francis / Edgar Bergen / Gene Krupa & Sal Mineo1960-01-03 · 1h 0mGuests: --Bobby Darin - ""That's How It Goes"" & ""Beyond The Sea"" --Connie Francis & Bobby Darin duet - ""You Make Me Feel So Young"" & ""You're The Top"" --Connie Franc
  17. 17 17. Wayne & Shuster (guest hosts) / Frankie Avalon / Birgit Nilsson1960-01-10 · 1h 0mGuests: --Frankie Avalon - ""Look What One Kiss Can Do"" & ""Why"" --Wayne And Shuster (guest hosts, comedy team) - sketch: an interview with Professor Vain Gartner, Arctic ex
  18. 18 18. scheduled: Rosemary Clooney; Nelson Eddy; Carol Lawrence1960-01-17 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --Rosemary Clooney (singer) --Nelson Eddy (singer) with his partner Gail Sherwood --Carol Lawrence (musical-comedy star) --Billy Daniels (singer) --
  19. 19 19. Takarazuka Dance Theater / Ford & Hines / Kim Sisters1960-01-24 · 1h 0m--The Takarazuka Dance Theater of Japan. Female dance troupe doing traditional and modern dances. Other guests: --Ford and Hines (comedy team) --Ginny Tiu (five-year-old pia
  20. 20 20. Rowan and Martin, The Wanderers1960-01-31 · 1h 0m
  21. 21 21. Charles Laughton / Dorothy Dandridge / Harry James / Wayne & Schuster1960-02-14 · 1h 0mGuests (St. Valentine's Day Show): --Dorothy Dandridge - ""Love"" and, later in show, ""Smooth Operator (I Like It Like That)""--Charles Laughton - (1) Valentine Greetings with ca
  22. 22 22. scheduled: Jack Carter; Myron Cohen; Earl Grant; Barry Sisters1960-02-21 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --Jack Carter (comedian) --Myron Cohen (comedian) --Earl Grant (singer) --Jerome Robbins' ""Ballets: U.S.A."" - in a pre-recorded segment, the dancers
  23. 23 23. Bobby Darin / Connie Francis / Della Reese / Senor Wences1960-02-28 · 1h 0mGuests: --Della Reese - ""Blue Skies"" & ""I Won't Want You"" --Bobby Darin - ""Oh, My Darling Clementine"" & medley (""By Myself"" & ""When Your Lover Has Gone"") --Connie
  24. 24 24. scheduled: Eartha Kitt; Leon Bibb; Anna Maria Alberghetti1960-03-06 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --Eartha Kitt (singer) --Leon Bibb (folk singer) --Anna Maria Alberghetti (singer) --Bob Lewis (comedian) --The Happy Jesters (comedy impressionist
  25. 25 25. scheduled: Eileen Brennan; Pat Rooney; Sean O'Casey; Barry Fitzgerald1960-03-13 · 1h 0mScheduled guests (St. Patrick's Day show): --Eileen Brennan (singer-actress, then appearing on the off-Broadway play ""Little Mary Sunshine"") --Pat Rooney (song-and-dance ma
  26. 26 26. Circus Stars from All Over the World1960-03-20 · 1h 0mCircus Stars from All Over the World Appearing in London: --Popov (Soviet clown) --The Boxing Russian Bears Appearing in New York: --Emmett Kelly (American clown)
  27. 27 27. Dorothy Dandridge / Teresa Brewer / Jack Carter / Myron Cohen1960-03-27 · 1h 0mGuests: --Dorothy Dandridge - ""I Get A Kick Out Of You"" & ""That's All"" --Dorothy Dandridge (later in show) - ""One of Those Things"" --Teresa Brewer - ""You Turned The
  28. 28 28. scheduled: Chris Connor; Ames Brothers; Jill Corey1960-04-10 · 1h 0mFourth salute to ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) with scheduled guests: --The Ames Brothers (vocal quartet) --Chris Connor (singer) --Alfred
  29. 29 29. David Seville / Mahalia Jackson / Wayne & Shuster1960-04-17 · 1h 0mGuests: --Mahalia Jackson - ""Old Rugged Cross"" & ""Were You There?"" --Mahalia Jackson - ""I Found the Answer"" (with Willie Webb on organ & Mildred Falls playing piano).
  30. 30 30. scheduled: Red Buttons; Rowan & Martin; Ames Brothers1960-04-24 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --Red Buttons (comedian) --The Ames Brothers (singing groups) --Rowan and Martin (comedy team) - secret agent routine --The McGuire Sisters (singing gr
  31. 31 31. Charlton Heston / Johnny Horton / Dean Jones1960-05-01 · 1h 0mGuests: --Johnny Horton sings ""Sink The Bismark"" (with war footage) --Charlton Heston - Talks with Ed on stage. Later in show, Heston does a Biblical reading of ""The Five B
  32. 32 32. scheduled: Nina Simone; The Browns; Bess Myerson1960-05-08 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --Nina Simone (singer-pianist) --The Browns (vocal group) - ""The Old Lamplighter"" --Bess Myerson (TV personality & former Miss America making an appear
  33. 33 33. scheduled: James Cagney; Robert Montgomery; Jane Froman; Julie Wilson1960-05-15 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --James Cagney and Robert Montgomery - Ed interviews Cagney and Montgomery about their new movie based on the life story of Adm. William Halsey. --Jane Froman
  34. 34 34. scheduled: Nelson Eddy & Gale Sherwood; Brothers Four; Wayne & Shuster1960-05-22 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --Nelson Eddy and Gale Sherwood (singing duo) - ""In the Still of the Night"" (possible song) --The Brothers Four sing ""Green Fields"" --Wayne and Shust
  35. 35 35. scheduled: Count Basie; Joe Williams; Chita Rivera1960-05-29 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --Count Basie and his Orchestra --Joe Williams (blues singer, performing with Count Basie's band) --Chita Rivera (musical comedy star) --Dennis Day (s
  36. 36 36. Jack Lemon / Louis Prima & Keely Smith / Bert Lahr1960-06-05 · 1h 0mGuests: --Audience bows (marking the 15th anniversary of D-Day): Bob Murphy and Bill Petty (D-Day heroes); Connie Ryan (author) --Louis Prima - ""When You're Smiling"" (with
  37. 37 37. Louis Prima & Keely Smith / Connie Francis / Dick Van Dyke1960-06-12 · 1h 0m12th Anniversary Show: Louis Prima & Keely Smith segment: --Louis Prima - ""Up A Lazy River,"" ""I'm Confessin"" ""I Got You Under My Skin"" --Keely Smith - ""Close"" Other
  38. 38 38. Ann Miller / Della Reese / Don Adams / Benny Goodman All-Star Band1960-06-19 · 1h 0mGuests include: --Ann Miller - tap dances and sings ""Beat In My Heart"" --Della Reese - ""Every Day"" --Don Adams (comedian) - court room skit in which Adams plays the def
  39. 39 39. scheduled: Rise Stevens; Ames Brothers; Gene Krupa Orchestra1960-06-26 · 1h 0m
  40. 40 40. Rosemary Clooney, Dave Barry1960-06-03 · 1h 0m
  41. 41 41. scheduled: Red Buttons; Georgia Gibbs; Rowan & Martin1960-07-10 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --Red Buttons (comedian) - in a comedy routine, Red wonders why songwriters write songs about girls but not about boys. --Georgia Gibbs (singer) --Dan Ro
  42. 42 42. scheduled: Dick Van Dyke; Chris Connor; Edgar Bergen1960-07-17 · 1h 0m--singer Chris Connor performs ""Come Rain or Come Shine"" Other guests (scheduled to appear): --Dick Van Dyke (comedian) --Alan King (comedian) --The Xavier Cugat Orchestr
  43. 43 43. scheduled: Lloyd Price; Blossom Seeley; Jan Murray; Bob Lewis1960-07-24 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --Lloyd Price and his band - ""I Only Have Eyes for You"" --Rowan and Martin (comedy team) --Blossom Seeley (vaudevillian) - ""Birth of the Blues"" & ""I
  44. 44 44. scheduled: Harry James; Henny Youngman; Wayne & Shuster1960-07-31 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --Harry James and his orchestra --Henny Youngman (comedian) --Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) --Gordon and Sheila MacRae (music & comedy team) --Jan
  45. 45 45. Sophia Loren & Clark Gable (on film) / Jack Carter1960-08-07 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --On film: In Italy, Ed visits the movie set of ""It Happened in Naples,"" starring Sophia Loren and Clark Gable. --Jack Carter (comedian) --Charles Manna
  46. 46 46. scheduled: Kirby Stone Four; Roberta Peters; Carol Haney1960-08-14 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --Roberta Peters (soprano) - ""Nightingale"" --Kirby Stone Four (vocal-instrumental group) - ""Lazy River"" --Maynard Ferguson (jazzman with his orchestra
  47. 47 47. scheduled: Lionel Hampton; Sam Levene; Four Preps; Dewey Markham1960-08-21 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --Lionel Hampton and his band --Sam Levene (actor doing a dramatic reading from the writings of Sholom Aleichem) --The Four Preps (vocal group) --Dewey
  48. 48 48. Oscar Hammerstein tribute: Della Reese; Georgia Gibbs; Jill Corey1960-09-04 · 1h 0mOscar Hammerstein tribute Scheduled guests (from Madison Square Garden): --Della Reese --Georgia Gibbs --Jill Corey --Teddy Randazzo --""Ice Capades"" skaters - with
  49. 49 49. Nina Simone / Eartha Kitt / Noelle Adam1960-09-11 · 1h 0m--Eartha Kitt - sings ""Little White Lies"" --Rodriguez (juggler) --Noelle Adam (dancer from France, Mrs. Sydney Chaplin) - ""Where or When"" --Daniele Barioni (tenor) - ""S

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