
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
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. Young Rascals / Petula Clark / Red Skelton1967-09-10 · 1h 0mGuests: --The Young Rascals - ""Groovin',"" ""A Girl Like You"" & ""How Can I Be Sure?"" --Petula Clark - ""I'll be Loving You Eternally"" & medley: ""Who Am I?"" ""Don't Sle
- 2 2. The Doors / Yul Brynner / Rodney Dangerfield1967-09-17 · 1h 0mGuests: --The Doors - ""People are Strange"" & ""Light My Fire"" --Yul Brynner (actor, appearing with a musician) - perform ""Two Guitars"" (from Brynner's album) --Flip Wils
- 3 3. Mamas & the Papas / Florence Henderson / John Byner1967-09-24 · 1h 0m--The Mamas and the Papas - ""Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)"" --The Mamas and the Papas (later in show) - medley: ""Monday, Monday,"" ""I Call Your Name""
- 4 4. Nancy Sinatra / Peggy Lee / George Carlin1967-10-01 · 1h 0mNancy Sinatra - ""Until It's Time for You to Go"" --Nancy Sinatra, Peggy Lee, & Sergio Franchi - medley including ""Just One of Those Days,"" ""Why Don't You Do Right,"" ""These B
- 5 5. Jimmy Dean / Wayne & Shuster / Joan Rivers1967-10-08 · 1h 0mGuests: --Jimmy Dean - country medley: ""Any Time,"" ""Born To Lose,"" ""Oh Lonesome Me,"" ""I Can't Stop Loving You"" and ""Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"" --Jimmy Dean & Rowlf -
- 6 6. Lovin' Spoonful / Ethel Merman / David Frye1967-10-15 · 1h 0mLovin' Spoonful - ""She's Still a Mystery"" & ""Only Pretty"" Other guests: --Ethel Merman - ""Riding High"" & ""This Is All I Ask"" --Sandler & Young (duo sings medley: ""Ca
- 7 7. Lulu / Eddie Fisher / McGuire Sisters / Norm Crosby1967-10-22 · 1h 0mGuests: --Lulu - ""To Sir With Love"" --Eddie Fisher - ""Let Me Sing And I'll Be Happy"" & ""If She Walked Into My Life"" --Stiller And Meara (sketch: man tries to tell hi
- 8 8. The Cowsills / Polly Bergen / Don Ameche1967-10-29 · 1h 0m--The Cowsills - ""The Rain, the Park & Other Things"" & medley (""Monday, Monday,"" ""Sweet Taking Guy,"" ""Lonesome Me,"" ""Please Mr. Postman"" & ""Reach Out"") --Polly Berge
- 9 9. Shirley Bassey / Tony Bennett / Woody Herman Orchestra1967-11-05 · 1h 0m--Shirley Bassey - ""Don't Rain On My Parade"" & ""On A Clear Day"" --Tony Bennett - ""Broadway,"" ""Who Can I Turn To,"" ""Moment Of Truth"" and ""For Once In My Life"" --The
- 10 10. The Turtles / Johnny Mathis / Joan Rivers1967-11-12 · 1h 0m--The Turtles - ""Happy Together"" & ""She's My Girl"" Complete show: --Lana Cantrell - ""Yes Sir, That's My Baby"" --Joan Rivers (stand-up comedian) - tells jokes about bein
- 11 11. The Supremes / The Temptations / Flip Wilson1967-11-19 · 1h 0m--The Supremes - ""In & Out of Love,"" ""Thou Swell"" & ""Greensleeves"" --The Temptations - ""Hello Young Lovers"" & ""Don't Look Back"" --The Temptations & the Supremes (med
- 12 12. The Beatles (on film) / Connie Francis / Al Hirt1967-11-26 · 1h 0mGuests: --The Beatles (on film) - ""Hello Goodbye"" promo --Connie Francis - ""Going Out Of My Head,"" ""Sunny"" & ""Impossible Dream"" --Al Hirt - ""Young Man with a Horn,
- 13 13. Ray Charles & Billy Preston / Bill Dana1967-12-03 · 1h 0m--Start of show --Ray Charles & Billy Preston - ""Double-O-Soul"" Commercials: Hai Karate; Pacquin Hand Cream --Ray Charles with Billy Preston (on organ) and the Raelettes
- 14 14. 20th Anniversary Show: Gwen Verdon; Pearl Bailey; Robert Merrill1967-12-10 · 1h 0mGuests (20th Year Anniversary Show): --Pearl Bailey - ""Before The Parade Passes By"" with the ""Hello Dolly"" cast --Gwen Verdon - ""Nothing Can Stop Me Now"" --Alan King (
- 15 15. Spanky & Our Gang / Richard Pryor / Patti Page1967-12-17 · 1h 0mGuests: --Spanky and Our Gang - ""Lazy Day"" & ""Sunday Morning"" --Patti Page - sings ""Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You"" & recites ""Child's Christmas Prayer"" --Richard Pr
- 16 16. The Cowsills / Bobbie Gentry / George Carlin / Arthur Godfrey1967-12-24 · 1h 0mGuests: --The Cowsills - ""We Can Fly"" & Christmas song medley --Bobbie Gentry - ""Niki Hookey"" & ""I Wonder as I Wonder"" --George Carlin (stand-up comedy) --Arthur Go
- 17 17. Jay & the Techniques / Buddy Rich / Miriam Makeba1967-12-31 · 1h 0m--Jay and the Techniques - ""Keep the Ball Rolling"" --Miriam Makeba (singer from South Africa) - ""Pata Pata"" --Buddy Rich and his orchestra - ""Norwegian Wood"" (instrument
- 18 18. Dionne Warwick / Norm Crosby / Morecambe & Wise1968-01-07 · 1h 0mGuests: --Dionne Warwick - ""I Say a Little Prayer"" & ""Battle Hymn of the Republic"" --The Young Americans - American medley (""Spoonful Of Sugar,"" ""Back In the Old Routin
- 19 19. Vanilla Fudge / scheduled: Duke Ellington; Flip Wilson1968-01-14 · 1h 0mVanilla Fudge - ""You Keep Me Hangin' On"" Other guests (scheduled): --Duke Ellington --Tammy Grimes --Buddy Greco --Flip Wilson --Davis & Reese
- 20 20. Johnny Mathis / Melvyn Douglas / Pert Kelton1968-01-21 · 1h 0mGuests: --Johnny Mathis - ""Get Out of Town"" & ""At the Crossroads"" --Melvyn Douglas and Pert Kelton (actors) - appear in a comic scene from the Broadway play ""Spofford.""
- 21 21. scheduled: Fifth Dimension; Al Martino; Nancy Ames1968-01-28 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --The 5th Dimension - ""Up Up and Away,"" ""Carpet Man"" & ""Shake Your Tambourine"" --Al Martino --Nancy Ames - ""Can't Buy Me Love"" & ""What the World
- 22 22. scheduled: Michele Lee; Stiller & Meara; Morecombe & Wise; Stu Gilliam1968-02-04 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --Michele Lee (singer-actress) --Stiller & Meara (comedy team) --Jackie Vernon (comedian) --Sergio Franchi (opera singer) --Regina Resnik (opera singer
- 23 23. Vincent Price / Eddie Albert / Lennon Sisters1968-02-11 · 1h 0mGuests: --Vincent Price --Eddie Albert (actor, performs a dramatic reading about Abraham Lincoln) --Morey Amsterdam --Totie Fields --Patricia Routledge (actress) - sing
- 24 24. scheduled: Bobbie Gentry; George Chakiris; Jane Powell; Paul Mauriat1968-02-18 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --Jane Powell --Bobbie Gentry --George Chakiris - ""West Side Story"" medley --Rodney Dangerfield --Paul Mauriat (pianist) - ""Love Is Blue"" --Will
- 25 25. Gladys Knight & the Pips / Jackie Mason / Dinah Shore1968-02-25 · 1h 0m--Gladys Knight & the Pips - medley (""The End of Our Road,"" ""And So Is Love"" and ""I Heard It Through the Grapevine"") --Dinah Shore - ""Oh, Lonesome Me,"" ""It's Over,"" ""
- 26 26. scheduled: Lou Rawls; Alan King; Morecambe & Wise1968-03-03 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --Lou Rawls --Alan King --Morecambe & Wise --Jack E. Leonard --J. Rivers --Sergio Franchi --D. Valery
- 27 27. Fifth Dimension / Liza Minnelli / Allen & Rossi1968-03-10 · 1h 0mGuests (broadcast from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas): --5th Dimension - ""Up-Up and Away"" & ""Monday, Monday"" --Liza Minnelli - ""You'd Better Sit Down, Kids,"" ""Certain Gi
- 28 28. The Bee Gees / Lucille Ball / George Hamilton1968-03-17 · 1h 0mGuests: --The Bee Gees - ""Words"" --Lucille Ball guest appearance: (1) Lucy (onstage) chats with Ed; (2) On film: ""Yours, Mine & Ours"" film clip with Henry Fonda; (3) Lucy
- 29 29. Spanky & Our Gang / Supremes / Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood1968-03-24 · 1h 0mGuests: --Spanky & Our Gang - ""I'd Like to Get to Know You"" --Diana Ross and the Supremes - ""Forever Came Today"" & Fats Waller medley (""Honeysuckle Rose,"" ""Ain't Misbeh
- 30 30. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles / Frankie Laine / Charlton Heston1968-03-31 · 1h 0mGuests: --Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - medley (""I Second That Emotion,"" ""If You Can Want,"" ""Going To A Go-Go"" & ""Yesterday"") --Frankie Laine - ""To Each His Own""
- 31 31. scheduled: Eddie Albert, Norm Crosby, Joan Rivers1968-04-14 · 1h 0mScheduled guests: --Eddie Albert --Norm Crosby --Joan Rivers --Sergio Franchi --Shirley Verrett --Montford Mission
- 32 32. Tom Jones / Patty Duke / Totie Fields / The Muppets1968-04-21 · 1h 0mGuests: --Tom Jones - ""It's Not Unusual,"" ""Danny Boy"" & ""Delilah"" --Patty Duke - ""Dona, Dona"" (with dancers) & ""And We Were Strangers"" --The Muppets - female frog
- 33 33. Richard Harris / Ella Fitzgerald / Stiller & Meara1968-04-28 · 1h 0mGuests: --Ella Fitzgerald - ""Can't Buy Me Love"" & ""Mr. Paganini"" (with 3 man combo) --Richard Harris - ""Camelot"" & ""Didn't We"" --George Carlin (comedy sketch) - Car
- 34 34. 80th Birthday salute to Irving Berlin: Diana Ross & Supremes; Bing Crosby1968-05-05 · 1h 0m80th Birthday salute to Irving Berlin (90-minute episode) Guests: --Diana Ross & the Supremes - ""Always"" --Diana Ross & the Supremes with Ethel Merman - Irving Berlin med
- 35 35. Gary Puckett and the Union Gap / Richard Pryor / Rodney Dangerfield1968-05-12 · 1h 0m--Gary Puckett and the Union Gap - ""Lady Willpower"" & ""Young Girl"" Other guests: --Richard Pryor (stand-up comedy) - imitates his mother and grandmother, talks about gett
- 36 36. Fifth Dimension / Joel Gray / Joan Rivers / Morey Amsterdam1968-05-19 · 1h 0mFifth Dimension - ""On Broadway"" & ""Stoned Soul Picnic"" Other guests: --Joel Grey - scene from ""George M"" --Joan Rivers (stand-up comedian, topics: marriage, weight, the
- 37 37. Spanky & Our Gang / Nancy Sinatra / Mike Douglas1968-05-26 · 1h 0mGuests: --Nancy Sinatra - ""Sock It To Me Sunshine"" & ""This Girl's In Love With You"" --Spanky & Our Gang - ""Three Ways from Tomorrow"" --Mike Douglas - ""Talk To the Ani
- 38 38. 20th Anniversary Show - scheduled: Alan King; Jerry Vale; Lana Cantrell1968-06-02 · 1h 0m20th Anniversary Show Scheduled guests: --Alan King --Jerry Vale - ""My Love, Forgive Me"" --Lana Cantrell - ""Honey"" & ""How Can I Be Sure? --Sue Carson (comedian) -
- 39 39. Robert F. Kennedy Tribute - Dionne Warwick; Duke Ellington; Charlton Heston1968-06-09 · 1h 0mTribute Show - National Day Of Mourning for Robert F. Kennedy --Dionne Warwick - ""The Battle Hymn of the Republic"" --Duke Ellington - ""David Dance Before the Lord"" (tap da
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