The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)

★ 6.8 NR 1h 0m Comedy Talk

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. Jimmy Durante / Frank Sinatra Jr. / Pied Pipers1963-09-29 · 1h 0mTommy Dorsey Band - ""Marie"" Jimmy Durante - ""A Piano Is A Delicate Thing"" & "" September Song"" Helen Forrest - ""Just One Of Those Things"" & ""Craziest Dream (with the To
  2. 2 2. Dick Dale / The Angels / Totie Fields1963-10-06 · 1h 0mGuests: --Dick Dale - ""Swingin' & Surfin'"" (with some ""Miserlou"") --Totie Fields (comedian) - boasts about her diet, sings, and then flirts with men in the audience. --So
  3. 3 3. Lesley Gore / Tony Bennett / Frank Gorshin1963-10-13 · 1h 0mGuests (confirmed): --Lesley Gore - ""It's My Party""/""She's A Fool"" medley --Szony & Claire (dancers) --The Baranton Sisters (foot jugglers) --Mr. Pastry (comedian Ric
  4. 4 4. Scheduled: Cliff Richard; Eydie Gorme1963-10-20 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --Cliff Richard (singer) - ""Stranger In Town"" & ""Some of These Days"" --Eydie Gorme (singer) --the Kessler Twins (singing & dancing team) --Dave Madd
  5. 5 5. Moscow State Circus1963-10-27 · 1h 0mThe Moscow State Circus are a group of Animals, Acrobats, Jugglers, Clowns, Daredevils, High Wire Act, Dog Act, Trapeze Act & The Cannonball.
  6. 6 6. Richard Burton / Morecombe & Wise / Arthur Worsley1963-11-03 · 1h 0mGuests: --Richard Burton - recites Dylan Thomas & does bar bit with drunken observations. --Arthur Worsley (British ventriloquist, his dummy does all the talking) --Dave Ma
  7. 7 7. scheduled: The Jane Russell, Connie Haines and Beryl Davis trio; Allen & Rossi1963-11-10 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --The Jane Russell, Connie Haines and Beryl Davis trio --Shelley Berman --Allen and Rossi (comedy team) --Dennis Spicer (British ventriloquist) --the
  8. 8 8. scheduled: Tommy Sands & Nancy Sinatra; Robert Horton1963-11-17 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --Tommy Sands and Nancy Sinatra - ""Old Straw Hat"" & ""Hey Good Lookin'"" --Robert Horton --Kim Sisters & Kim Brothers --The New Sounds (vocal group)
  9. 9 9. The Obratsov Russian Puppet Theatre1963-12-01 · 1h 0mThe Obratsov Russian Puppet Theatre --Ed dedicated the entire hour show to the Obratsov Russian Puppet Theatre. The puppet act, led by Sergei Obratsov, specialized in satire.
  10. 10 10. Ginger Rogers / Burt Lanchester (on film)1963-12-08 · 1h 0mGuests: --Ginger Rogers - ""Something's Gotta Give"" & ""They Can't Take That Away from Me"" --Burt Lanchester (on film, interview & film clip from ""The Train"") --Sophie T
  11. 11 11. Burt Lancaster / Al Hirt / Milton Berle / Georgia Brown1963-12-15 · 1h 0mGuests: --Burt Lancaster (actor) --Al Hirt - ""Java"" & ""Man with a Horn"" --Milton Berle (comedian) - running gag: keeps interrupting Ed throughout show --Milton Berle - p
  12. 12 12. scheduled: Buster Keaton; Teresa Brewer; Tessie O'Shea1963-12-22 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --Buster Keaton --John Huston (director) --Teresa Brewer --George Kirby --Tessie O'Shea --Frank Ifield (British singer) --The Burke Family Singers
  13. 13 13. Hank Williams Jr. / Janet Blair / cast of Twice Over Nightly1963-12-29 · 1h 0mGuests: --Hank Williams, Jr. - ""On The Bayou,"" ""Your Cheatin Heart"" & ""Lonesome Blues"" (and possibly ""Cold, Cold, Heart"") --Janet Blair (singer) - ""Some People"" -
  14. 14 14. Count Basie Orchestra / Keely Smith / Sister Sourie (Singing Nun)1964-01-05 · 1h 0mGuests: --The Singing Nun (Sister Sourire) - ""Hallelujah,"" ""Dominique,"" & ""Les Piedes des Missionaires"" (performance filmed in Waterloo, Belgium) --Count Basie Orchestr
  15. 15 15. Connie Francis / Frank Sinatra, Jr. / Stiller & Meara1964-01-12 · 1h 0mGuests include: --Connie Francis - ""With A Song In My Heart,"" ""I Left My Heart In San Francisco,"" ""You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You"" & ""Al Di La"" --Frank Sinatra
  16. 16 16. Bobby Vinton / Juliet Prowse / Pat Buttram1964-01-19 · 1h 0m--Bobby Vinton - medley: ""If You Knew Susie,"" ""When My Baby Smiles at Me"" and ""Yankee Doodle Dandy"" --Dick Alberts (or Albers - trampoline act) - does comic tumbling --
  17. 17 17. scheduled: Eddy Arnold; Van Heflin; Sidney Blackmer1964-01-26 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --Van Heflin and Sidney Blackmer (actors, scheduled to appear in a scene from their Broadway play ""A Case of Libel"" written by Henry Denker.) --Eddy Arnold
  18. 18 18. Ella Fitzgerald / Sammy Davis Jr.1964-02-02 · 1h 0mGuests: --Ella Fitzgerald - ""Them There Eyes"" --Sammy Davis Jr. - ""Without A Song"" -- Sammy Davis Jr. & Ella Fitzgerald - ""S' Wonderful"" Other guests (scheduled to a
  19. 19 19. Beatles (1st appearance) / Oliver Broadway cast1964-02-09 · 1h 0mGuests include: --The Beatles (first appearance): All My Lovin,'Til There Was You, She Loves You, I Saw Her Standing There and I Wanna Hold Your Hand. --Davy Jones (pre-Monke
  20. 20 20. Beatles (2nd appearance) / Mitzi Gaynor1964-02-16 · 1h 0m--The Beatles (2nd appearance): She Loves You, This Boy, All My Lovin', I Saw Her Standing There, From Me to You and I Want to Hold Your Hand --Audience bows: Sunny Liston & and J
  21. 21 21. Beatles (3rd appearance) / Cab Calloway1964-02-23 · 1h 0m--The Beatles (3rd appearance): Twist and Shout, Please Please Me and I Want to Hold Your Hand (Pre-recorded Beatles segments, taped 9 Feb 1964, inserted into a live show.) --Glor
  22. 22 22. George Raft / Jack Carter / John Byner1964-03-01 · 1h 0mGuests: --George Raft (Hollywood star) - scheduled to appear in a tango sequence with the Hugh Lambert dancers --Jack Carter (comedian) - routine includes jokes about the Beatl
  23. 23 23. Dave Clark Five / A Salute to American Composers1964-03-08 · 1h 0mDave Clark Five - ""Glad All Over"" ""A Salute to American Composers"" --Jerry Vale - ""Ah, Sweet Mystery"" & ""You Can't Take That Away from Me"" --Florence Henderson - ""
  24. 24 24. Dave Clark Five / Peter O'Toole / Jack Jones1964-03-15 · 1h 0m--Dave Clark Five - ""Do You Love Me,"" ""Bits and Pieces"" and ""Glad All Over"" Other guests: --Peter O'Toole (actor) - interview, sings ""When Irish Eyes Are Smiling"" wit
  25. 25 25. Bobby Vinton / Van Johnson / The Ladybugs1964-03-22 · 1h 0mGuests: --Van Johnson - ""Just One of Those Things"" & ""I'm A Ham"" --Bobby Vinton - ""My Heart Belongs to Only You"" --The Ladybugs - ""I Saw Him Standing There."" The La
  26. 26 26. Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers1964-03-29 · 1h 0mGuests: --Harry Belafonte --Jack Carter (comedian) --The Kessler Twins Additional guests (scheduled to appear): --Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers – ""
  27. 27 27. The Searchers / scheduled: Rowan & Martin; Senor Wences1964-04-05 · 1h 0mThe Searchers – ""Ain't That Just Like Me"" & ""Needles and Pins"" Other guests (scheduled): --Dan Rowan & Dick Martin (comedians) --Senor Wences (ventriloquist) --Nips
  28. 28 28. Moscow State Circus (taped in Minneapolis, MN)1964-04-12 · 1h 0mMoscow State Circus (taped in Minneapolis, MN): Taped show with guests: --Oleg Popov (clown, appears throughout the show) --The Khodzhabaev Cossack Riders --Valentin Filat
  29. 29 29. Al Hirt / Roberta Peters / Itzhak Perlman / Kim Sisters1964-04-26 · 1h 0m--Al Hirt - ""Begin the Beguine"" & ""Cotton Candy"" --Al Hirt & Roberta Peters - ""The Shadow Song"" --Itzhak Perlman - ""Rondo Capricione"" (on violin) --Peg Leg Bates & Li
  30. 30 30. Stevie Wonder / Gerry and the Pacemakers1964-05-03 · 1h 0mGuests: --Stevie Wonder - ""Fingertips"" --Gerry and the Pacemakers - ""Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying"" & ""I'm the One"" --Patti Page (singer) - ""Call Me Irresponsi
  31. 31 31. Dusty Springfield / Gerry & the Pacemakers / Itzhak Perlman1964-05-10 · 1h 0mGuests: --Dusty Springfield - ""Stay Awhile"" & ""I Only Want to Be with You"" --Gerry and the Pacemakers - ""I Like It"" & ""Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying"" --Bobby Ry
  32. 32 32. scheduled: Paul Anka; McGuire Sisters; Rita Pavone1964-05-17 · 1h 0mGuests (2nd half of show): --Totie Fields (comedian) --The Mansville Marching Band - ""When The Saints Come Marching In"" --Audience bow: Eunice Kennedy Shriver --Jackie V
  33. 33 33. Liza Minnelli / Duke Ellington / The Beatles (on film)1964-05-24 · 1h 0m--The Beatles (on film) - movie clip of ""You Can't Do That"" from ""A Hard Day's Night"" - song was cut from final edit of film. Also on film: Ed Sullivan interviews The Beatles i
  34. 34 34. Dave Clark Five / Bill Cosby / Helen Hayes1964-05-31 · 1h 0mGuests: --Dave Clark Five – ""Can't You See That She's Mine"" & ""Do You Love Me"" --Bill Cosby --Helen Hayes - plays Mrs. Woodrow Wilson in a dramatic scene --Abbe La
  35. 35 35. Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas / Alec Guinness1964-06-07 · 1h 0mGuests: --Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas - ""Pride,"" ""Little Children"" and ""Bad to Me"" --Alec Guinness (cameo & film clip from ""Bridge On The River Kwai"") --Nipsey Rus
  36. 36 36. Sammy Davis Jr./ A filmed tour of the JFK Library exhibit1964-06-14 · 1h 0mGuests: --Sammy Davis Jr. - ""My Kind of Town (Manhattan),"" ""Where Do I Belong?"" ""Gonna Build Me A Mountain"" & ""What Kind of Fool Am I"" --Stiller & Meara (comedy team)
  37. 37 37. Debbie Reynolds (on film) / Trini Lopez / Harve Presnell1964-06-21 · 1h 0m--Ed introduces the 50 candidates for the title of ""National College Queen,"" then announces the 6 finalists. --On film: Ed visits Debbie Reynolds at her home. In her screening r
  38. 38 38. Bobby Vinton / Connie Francis / Frank Sinatra / Ferrante & Teicher1964-06-28 · 1h 0mGuests: --Frank Sinatra - cameo, brings out anniversary cake, sings ""My Kind of Town"" --Bobby Vinton - ""Tell Me Why"" & ""Mama Don't Allow"" + instrumental songs (""Hava Na
  39. 39 39. scheduled: Kay Stevens; Myron Cohen; Jerry Vale; Allen & Rossi1964-07-05 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --Jerry Vale --Kay Stevens --Allen and Rossi (comedy duo) --Myron Cohen (comedian) --Brascia and Tybee (dance team) --The Neiman Brothers (tumblers)
  40. 40 40. Steve Lawrence / Helen Shapiro / Geula Gill1964-07-26 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --Steve Lawrence --Helen Shapiro - ""Tip Toe Through The Tulips"" --Geula Gill (Israeli vocalist) --Maria Neglia (violinist) --los Chavales de Espana (
  41. 41 41. Della Reese / the Highwaymen1964-08-16 · 1h 0mGuests: --Della Reese - ""Nobody's Sweetheart"" & ""His Eye Is On The Sparrow"" --The Highwaymen (vocal-instrumental quintet) - ""Standing by the Gate"" & ""Pretoria"" --Pat
  42. 42 42. Bert Lahr / Rita Pavone / The Kim Sisters1964-09-06 · 1h 0mGuests (show taped earlier in the season): --Bert Lahr - ""Schneider's Miracle"" --Rita Pavone (Italian pop singer) - ""Remember Me?"" & ""Big Deal"" --Pat Buttram (comedian)

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