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"The Ed Sullivan Show"
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CBS Sundays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern [42 New Episodes]
15.1 [718] The Ed Sullivan Show: (15th Season Opener)
30-Sep-1962 CBS Sun
Guests:
Eddie Fisher
Al Hirt and his Combo
Mickey Mantle & Whitney Ford
Jack Carter
Bill Dana (comedian, in character as "Jose Jimenez")
Joya Sherrill (singer)
Leo Bassi (juggler)
Highlights:
--Mickey Mantle and Whitney Ford (of the New York Yankees) - give tips for young baseball players
--The winners of the Harvest Moon Ball dance contest
15.2 [719] The Ed Sullivan Show:
07-Oct-1962 CBS Sun
Guests:
Paul Anka
Vaughn Meader
Yolanda White (singer)
Dennis Spicer (British ventriloquist)
Peter Duchin (pianist)
Denny Willis and his comedy quarter (comedy troupe)
Dick Albers (trampoline artist)
Highlights:
--Paul Anka - "The Longest Day" & "Eso Beso"
--Maury Wills (shortstop) and Walter Alston (manager) - both from the Los Angeles Dodgers
15.3 [720] The Ed Sullivan Show:
14-Oct-1962 CBS Sun
Guests:
Connie Francis
Louis Prima (with Sam Butera & the Witnesses)
Jerry Van Dyke (comedian)
Sergio Franchi (tenor)
Lee Allen (pantomimist)
The Kuban Cossacks (dance group)
Maryse Begary (aerialist)
15.4 [721] The Ed Sullivan Show:
21-Oct-1962 CBS Sun
Guests:
Cliff Richard (British singer)
Kate Smith
Wayne & Schuster (comedy team)
Rip Taylor (comedian)
Dave Barry (comedian)
Chan Canasta (magician)
Captain Danion and his sea lions
15.5 [722] The Ed Sullivan Show:
28-Oct-1962 CBS Sun
Guests:
Louis Prima
Jackie Mason
Steve Allen
Gia Maione
Sam Butera
Helen Shapiro (British singer)
Acker Bilk (British clarinetist)
Sergio Franchi
Highlights:
--Louis Prima, Gia Maione & Sam Butera - "Oh Marie" & "I Want You To Be My Baby"
--Gia Maione - "How High The Moon"
--Helen Shapiro - "I Don't Care" & "After You've Gone"
--Steve Allen - comedy sketch: "You Bet Your Bird" take off on game shows and, later in show,
Steve teaches Ed to how to play the piano.
--Acker Bilk (with the Hugh Lambert Dancers) - "Acker's Lacquer"
--Jackie Mason (comedy monologue about luxury apartments, the incinerator)
--Norman And Dean (comedians, lip-synch to Allen Sherman's song "Sarah Jackman")
--Sergio Franchi - "Funiculi, Funicula" & "What Kind Of Fool Am I"
--Lucho Navvaro (sound impressionist, imitates Cape Canaveral, Indianapolis 500, the World Series, Queen Of England)
--Audience bows: Joe Kern; Y. A. Tittle; Norm Snead; Byron Gentry
15.6 [723] The Ed Sullivan Show: TRIBUTE TO RICHARD RODGERS (taped at Carnegie Hall):
04-Nov-1962 CBS Sun (repeated 28-Jul-63)
Guests:
Peggy Lee
Diahann Carroll
Roberta Peters
Steve Lawrence
Gordon MacRae
Peter Nero
Nancy Dussault
Cesare Siepi
Highlights:
Rodgers & Hart songs:
--Peggy Lee - "Mountain Greenery" (with 50 piece orchestra)
--Peggy Lee & Steve Lawrence - "Manhattan"
--Steve Lawrence - "With a Song in My Heart"
--Diahann Carroll - "Little Girl Blue"
--Roberta Peters - "Falling in Love with Love"
--Cesare Siepi - "Where or When?"
--Peter Nero (piano player) - "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue"
Songs from Rogers and Hammerstein shows:
--Peggy Lee - "It Might as Well be Spring" (from "State Fair") &
"Younger Than Springtime" ("South Pacific")
-- Steve Lawrence as singing "Younger Than Springtime."
--Gordon MacRae - "If I Loved You" (from "Carrousel"),
"Oklahoma," "Surrey with the Fringe on Top" & "Beautiful Morning" (all from "Oklahoma")
--Gordon MacRae & Roberta Peters - "Shall We Dance" (from "King and I")
--Steve Lawrence, Cesari Siepi & Gordon Macrae - There's Nothing Like A Dame
--Roberta Peters - "Wonderful Guy" (from "Oklahoma")
--Nancy Dussault - "Do Re Mi" (from "Sound of Music," singing with children)
--Cesari Siepi (with Richard Rodgers) - "You'll Never Walk Alone"
--Diahann Carroll - No Strings & Sweetest Sounds
--Robert De Cormier chorale - "Bloody Mary" (from "South Pacific")
--all guests - "It's a Grand Night for Singing" (from "State Fair")
--Audience bows: Richard Rodgers, Dorothy Rodgers, Alan Jay Lerner
15.7 [724] The Ed Sullivan Show:
11-Nov-1962 CBS Sun
Guests:
Robert Goulet
Phyllis McGuire
Rowan & Martin (Dan Rowan & Dick Martin) (comedy team)
Senor Wences (ventriloquist)
Jerry Shane (comedian)
Charlie Cairoli and Paul Freedman (comedy duo)
The Five Olanders (tumblers)
Highlights:
--Robert Goulet - "You Stepped Out of a Dream" & "Don't Be Afraid of Romance"
--Phyllis McGuire (of the McGuire Sisters) and Robert Goulet - "Darn It, Baby, That's Love"
15.8 [725] The Ed Sullivan Show:
18-Nov-1962 CBS Sun
Guests:
Van Johnson
Kaye Stevens
Paul Lynde
Bob Lewis
Dick Contino
Gabriella Tucci
Highlights:
--Van Johnson - "Nice Work If You Can Get It"
--Kaye Stevens - "Hey, Look Me Over" and "My Man"
--Kaye Stevens, Paul Lynde & Dick Contino - sing comedic song about "Tune In And You'll See Our Shows On TV"
--Paul Lynde (comedy act, plays Carl Cankerin who has just come back from Africa bruised and broken up).
--Barbados Police Band (performs medley)
--Vern And Betty (limbo dancers)
--Bob Lewis (stand-up routine, plays banjo & tells jokes)
--Gabriella Tucci (opera singer) - "Visi D'arte"
--Dick Contino - "Exodus" (on accordion)
--Max And Sheri (acrobatic comedy team)
--On film: Royal Command performance for Women in International Show Business. Scenes of Queen Elizabeth & the Duke
arriving, passing along line of performers, Eartha Kitt, Bob Hope, Sophie Tucker, others.
--Audience bows: Sophie Tucker (later appears on stage); Alex Webster (from the New York Giants)
15.9 [726] The Ed Sullivan Show:
25-Nov-1962 CBS Sun
Guests:
Tony Bennett
Rosemary Clooney
Jackie Mason
Jack Carter
Leonard Sues
Highlights:
--Rosemary Clooney - Limehouse Blues" and "Sleepytime Gal"
--Tony Bennett - medley: "Just In Time," "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" & "Sing You Sinners"
--Jackie Mason (stand-up comedian) - Jackie shows Ed how he should do his show. He does a comedy monologue later in the show.
--Jack Carter (stand-up comedian, tells stories)
--Charlie And Cairoli (comedy duo) - Charlie is dressed like Chaplin While Caroli plays clarinets
--Zoni & Nancy Claire (ballet dancers)
--Leonard Sues (trumpet player) - plays an assortment of classic songs by Henry Busey, Clyde Mccoy, Louis Armstrong.
--Hugh Lambert Dancers - "My Pretty Girl" Roaring 20's production number.
--Audience bows: Anthony Quinn; Milt Plum & Gale Cogdill (Detroit Lions football players); Mauro Nino (boxer from Peru)
15.10 [727] The Ed Sullivan Show:
02-Dec-1962 CBS Sun
Guests:
Pearl Bailey
Al Hirt & his combo
Jerome Hines (bassist)
Bill Dana (comedian)
Pat Henry (comedian)
Maya Plisetskaya
Highlights:
--Maya Plisetskaya (prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet dances The Dying Swan")
--Rinat choir of Israel
--TV Guide's All-American football team
15.11 [728] The Ed Sullivan Show:
09-Dec-1962 (repeated 8-Sep-63)
Guests:
The Four Seasons
Peggy Lee
Anthony Newley (British musical-comedy star)
Jose Greco (dancer, appearing with his Spanish dance troupe)
Joey Forman (comedian)
George Matson (impressionist - record mimic)
Dominique (French pickpocket expert)
Alan Gale (comedian)
Highlights:
--The Four Seasons - "Big Girls Don't Cry"
--Peggy Lee - "The Best Is Yet to Come," "Nice and Easy," "Close Your Eyes," "Like Someone in Love" & "I'm a Woman"
15.12 [729] The Ed Sullivan Show:
16-Dec-1962 CBS Sun
Guests:
Barbra Streisand
Liberace
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
Russ Lewis
Linon
Xavier Cugat and Abbe Lane
Victor Julian's dog act
The Goans (trampoline act from Mexico)
Highlights:
--Barbra Streisand - "My Coloring Book" and "Lover Come Back to Me"
--Liberace - "Moon River" and "Mack the Knife"
--The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem (Irish folk-singing group) - "Gypsy Rover" & "South Australia"
--Russ Lewis (ventriloquist, tries to coach dummy on how to tell a joke)
--Linon (Belgian clown, frets over having to walk a tightrope)
--Audience bow: YA Tittle of the New York Giants
15.13 [730] The Ed Sullivan Show: From Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba:
23-Dec-1962 CBS Sun (repeated 11-Aug-63)
Guests:
Connie Francis
Louis Armstrong
Carol Lawrence
Jack Carter (comedian)
Frank Fontaine (comedian)
George Carl (comedy pantomimist)
Highlights:
--Connie Francis - "Who's Sorry Now," "Bye Bye Love," "Your Cheating Heart" and "Someday You'll Want Me to Want You"
--Louis Armstrong and his band - "Blueberry Hill," "Mack the Knife," "Indiana," "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen"
and "Sleepy Time Gal"
--Carol Lawrence - "Skaking the Blues Away" and "A Bushel and a Peck"
15.14 [731] The Ed Sullivan Show:
30-Dec-1962 CBS Sun (repeated 14-Jul-63)
Guests:
Italy's Podrecca's Piccoli Theater with puppet "performers" (all under 36 inches tall).
Puppets:
--Prof. Piccolowski (pianist)
--Mme. Sinforosa Strangoloni (soprano)
--Biscromio Scarmigliati (violinist)
--Miss Legnetti (vocalist)
--Anna Piccolova (ballerina)
--Bil Bol Bul (acrobat)
--Sibilio Pifferetti and his dachshund Saltarello
15.15 [732] The Ed Sullivan Show:
06-Jan-1963 CBS Sun
Guests:
Sammy Davis Jr.
The Barry Sisters
Vaughn Meader (impressionist)
Pat Carroll & Fred Clark (comedians)
Ricky Layne & Vevel (ventriloquist act)
Fred Kapps (magician)
Ugo Garrido (juggler)
Highlights:
--Sammy Davis Jr. - "Something Gotta Give," "Hey There," "What Kind of Fool I am"
--The Barry Sisters - "All For You"
15.16 [733] The Ed Sullivan Show: Live from the Miami Beach Convention Hall:
13-Jan-1963 CBS Sun
Guests:
Brenda Lee
Jackie Mason
Robert Goulet
Sophie Tucker
Con Conwally (balancing knife act)
The Flying Alexanders (trapeze act, performing outdoors)
Highlights:
--Brenda Lee - "Just Because" & "Alone Am I"
--Jackie Mason (stand up routine about singing, cops, etc.)
--Robert Goulet - "The Moon Was Yellow" and "Gigi"/"Camelot" medley
--Sophie Tucker - musical medley (on her 75th birthday) titled "Saga Of Sophie Tucker"
(songs: "The Monkey Rag," "How Are You Going To Keep 'Em Down On The Farm?" "After You're Gone" & "Some Of These Days")
--A tribute to the Cuban Brigade 2506 (former prisoners held in Cuba). Film clips: Former prisoners, released from Cuba,
returning home to their families; family reunions; President JFK giving speech to the Cuban soldiers.
--On stage: Cuban Brigade 2506 Band - band performs "Day-O"
--Audience bows: the mayors of Miami & Miami Beach
15.17 [734] The Ed Sullivan Show:
20-Jan-1963 CBS Sun
Guests:
The McGuire Sisters
Georgia Brown (British actress, then appearing in the Broadway musical "Oliver")
Sergio Franchi (Italian tenor)
Ben Blue (comedian)
The New Sounds (French instrumental quartet)
The Williams troupe (acrobatic jugglers)
The Rigetis (acrobatic duo)
15.18 [735] The Ed Sullivan Show:
27-Jan-1963 CBS Sun
Guests:
Neil Sedaka
Wayne & Shuster
Janet Blair
Dave Astor
The Kim Sisters
Otto Harbach (on film)
Ballet De Espanol (Flamingo dancers)
Delage (magician with female assistant)
Amin Brothers (Egyptian acrobatic balancing act)
Highlights:
--Neil Sedaka (singer playing the piano) - medley: "Happy Birthday Sweet 16," "Calendar Girl" & "My Yiddish Mama"
--Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) - does a takeoff on "Bonanza" featuring "The Cartwheels."
--Janet Blair - "I Believe In You"
--Otto Harbach tribute. Ed Talks About Harbach's Death and shows film clip from 1954 of Otto Harbach reciting the
lyrics of "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes."
--The Kim Sisters - Banjo Medley: "Baby Face" & "Bye Bye Blue" Later in show,
medley: "A Hundred Million Miracles," "You Are Beautiful," "I Enjoy Being A Girl," "Fan Tan Fannie" and "Grand Avenue"
--Dave Astor (stand-up comedy) - topics: want ads, ugly babies and great leaders of the day.
--Audience bows: Ronnie Ferraro (jockey from Hileigh)
15.19 [736] The Ed Sullivan Show: INTERNATIONAL PERFORMERS SHOW
03-Feb-1963 CBS Sun
Guests:
Franco Corelli (Italian tenor)
Eve Boswell (English vocalist)
Hannah Ahroni (Israeli singer)
Sasha Tormas (Hungarian violinist)
Juan Valdez and his marionettes (from Spain)
Dolinoff and the Raya Sisters (French specialty act)
The Three Merkeys (German contortionists)
The Two Carmenas (German balancing act)
a performing Russian bear
15.20 [737] The Ed Sullivan Show:
10-Feb-1963 CBS Sun
Guests
Patti Page
Hal Holbrook
The Three Stooges
Dave Madden (comedian)
Bill Dana (comedian, in character as "Jose Jimenez)
The Bob De Voye Trio (dancers)
Fred and Angela Roby (ventriloquist act)
Highlights:
--Patti Page (singer) - "If I Were a Bell"
--Hal Holbrook (actor) - performs a scene from the off-Broadway play "Abe Lincoln in Illinois"
[--] 17-Feb-63 CBS Sun - "The Ed Sullivan Show " pre-empted for "A Look at Monaco," documentary hosted by Princess Grace.
(This special was CBS's only color program for the entire 1962-63 season.)
15.21 [738] The Ed Sullivan Show: Broadcast live from Las Vegas
24-Feb-1963 CBS Sun
Guests:
Jimmy Durante
Carol Lawrence
Patt Buttram (comedian)
Sonny King
Eddie Jackson
The Nitwits (comedy troupe from England)
Eric Brenn (plate spinner)
Eddie Siefert and Company (contortionists)
The Desert Inn Dancing Girls
15.22 [739] The Ed Sullivan Show:
03-Mar-1963 CBS Sun
Guests:
Bob Newhart (comedian)
Kate Smith (singer)
Nancy Walker (comedian)
Charles Nelson Reilly (comedian)
Anita Bryant (singer)
Dennis Spicer (ventriloquist from Britain)
Mike Clifford (singer)
Los Flamencos (Spanish dance group)
John (hand-balancing act)
15.23 [740] The Ed Sullivan Show:
10-Mar-1963 CBS Sun
Guests:
Kaye Stevens
Wayne & Shuster
Leon Bibb
Guy Lombardo Orchestra
Jan Murray
Jimmy Roma
Izumi Yukimura
The Half Brothers (juggling act)
Pinky & Perky
Highlights:
--Kaye Stevens (musical-comedy singer) - "Somebody Is Keeping Score"
--Jan Murray (stand-up comedian) - tells jokes about TV shows & doctors
--Guy Lombardo Orchestra - medley: "Moon River," "Third Man" theme, "Enjoy Yourself," "Winter Wonderland" & "Boo Hoo"
--Wayne & Shuster (comedy team) - routine in which they compare flying first class to economy.
--Leon Bibb (folksinger) - "They Called The Wind Mariah"
--Izumi Yukimura (Japanese jazz singer) - "Lullaby Of Birdland"
--Jimmy Roma (trumpet player) - imitates, on his trumpet, the voices of Connie Francis & Al Jolson
--Pinky & Perky (puppets) - 2 pig marionettes & a goose sing "Lets Twist Again"
15.24 [741] The Ed Sullivan Show:
17-Mar-1963 CBS Sun
Guests:
Paul Anka
The Chad Mitchell Trio (vocal-instrumental group)
Mark Russell (comedian)
Morecambe and Wise (Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise) (British comedy team)
Rico (magician)
15.25 [742] The Ed Sullivan Show:
24-Mar-1963 CBS Sun
Guests:
Barbra Streisand
Chubby Checker
Woody Herman
Totie Fields
Dave Madden
Morecambe and Wise (Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise) (British comedy team)
Tommy Cooper (British comedian, performing tricks)
Joy Kaye (clown act & pantomime)
Spencer Trio (acrobatic / balance act)
Saddri Dancers (comedy dance team)
Highlights:
--Barbra Streisand - "Cry Me a River"
--Chubby Checker - "Peanut Vendor" & limbo medley: "Let's Limbo Some More" & "Limbo Rock" (Chubby does the limbo on stage)
--Woody Herman & his band - "Caledonia" and, later in show, "The Girl Upstairs" (with the Hugh Lambert dancers)
--Morecambe & Wise (British comedy team) - Judo self defense routine.
--Totie Fields (stand-up comedian wearing tutu)
--Dave Madden (stand-up comedian, tells jokes about going to the doctor & heath while smoking a cigarette throughout the routine).
--Audience bows: Ann-Margret; Jesse Pearson
15.26 [743] The Ed Sullivan Show:
31-Mar-1963 CBS Sun
Guests:
Jackie Wilson
The McGuire Sisters
Dave Barry
Tommy Cooper (British comic magician, funny hats)
Lou Wills Jr. (tap dancer)
Rickie Layne And Velvel (ventriloquist dummy act)
Highlights:
--Jackie Wilson - "Baby Workout" & "Night"
--The McGuire Sisters - Biography medley
--Dave Barry (standup comedian, with income tax jokes)
--Novelites (Alabama Jubilee Rube Hillbilly comedy act, bass player uses Ampeg Baby bass electric standup)
--Ed Sullivan brings out medal of Honors Winners
15.27 [744] The Ed Sullivan Show:
07-Apr-1963 CBS Sun
Guests:
Frankie Avalon (singer)
Stiller & Meara (Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara)(comedy team)
The Lee Evans Jazz Trio
Kaye Ballard (comedian)
Lee Evans
Bill Dana (comedian, in character as "Jose Jimenez")
Anita Gillette (musical comedy performer)
Johnny Puleo and his Harmonica Gang
15.28 [745] The Ed Sullivan Show: ***Show taped in London ***
14-Apr-1963 CBS Sun (repeated 07-Jul-63)
Guests:
Judy Garland
Peter O'Toole
Cliff Richard
Frank Ifield
Margo Henderson
The Del Ray Brothers (juggling act, juggle flaming torches with their feet)
The Rastellis Clowns (men in blackface, one clown has a huge bullet through body, piano blows up)
Rupert's Bears (German family & bear act)
Mac Romay (comic magician from France)
The Pusztai Troupe (teeterboard act / seven man Hungarian acrobatic team)
The Schaller Brothers (comic trampoline act, performing stunts)
Topo Gigio
Highlights:
--Judy Garland - "Smile (Though Your Heart Is Breaking)" & "I Could Go On Singing"
--Peter O'Toole - talks with Ed about "Lawrence of Arabia" & sings "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" with Ed.
(This was O'Toole's debut on Ed's show).
--Cliff Richard (with the Shadows) (Britsh singer/group) - "Bachelor Boy" & "Do You Wanna Dance?"
--Frank Ifield (singer from Australia) - "I Remember You"
--Margo Henderson (singer from Scotland) - "What A Crazy World" (plays piano & does vocal impressions)
--Topo Gigio (Italian mouse puppet) - sings "Tickety Tock"
15.29 [746] The Ed Sullivan Show:
21-Apr-1963 CBS Sun
Guests:
Liza Minnelli
Anthony Quinn (actor, scheduled to read poetry)
Della Reese (jazz singer)
Errol Garner (jazz pianist)
Mary Costa (opera singer)
Charlie Manna (comedian)
Pat Henning (comedian)
Ben Blue (comedian)
Arthur Tracy (billed as an old time "Street Singer")
Vinicio (juggler)
15.30 [747] The Ed Sullivan Show: *** Broadcast from Toronto, Canada ***
28-Apr-1963 CBS Sun (repeated 15-Sep-63)
Guests:
Connie Francis
Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane
Wayne & Shuster
Jack Carter (comedian)
Jan Peerce
Highlights
--Connie Francis - "Days of Wine and Roses," "Exodus," "If My Pillow Could Talk" & "Hava Nagila"
--Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane - Latin medley: "Perfidia," "Besame Mucho" and "Blame It On the Bossa Nova"
--Jan Peerce - "Maria" (song from "West Side Story"), "The Sweetest Sounds" & "Flower Song" (from "Carmen")
--Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) - sketch with reporter having a difficult time interviewing hep-cat jazz musician
--Les Jerolas (two French speaking Canadians singing "Little Darlin'" and doing impressions)
--The 48th Highlanders of Canada (bagpipe band)
--Audience bows:
Tim Horton, Carl Brewer, Bob Fulford, Bob Nevin, Allen Stanley & Harold Ballard (all of the Toronto Maple Leaf team).
15.31 [748] The Ed Sullivan Show:
05-May-1963 CBS Sun
Guests:
Lucille Ball & Bob Hope
Ella Fitzgerald
Jackie Mason
Kaye Stevens
Dick Contino
Four West
Grant Johannsen
Highlights:
--Ella Fitzgerald - "Start Of Something Big," "No Moon At All," "Bill Bailey," "I'm Old Fashioned"
& "Stompin' At The Savoy" (Roy Elridge on horn).
--Bob Hope and Lucille Ball talk about their movie "Critic's Choice"
--Jackie Mason (stand-up, jokes about visiting London; the government)
--Kaye Stevens (comedian) - sings "Today I Love Everybody"
--Four West (comedy troupe) - skit on office personnel
--Dick Contino (accordion player) - "Malaquena" & "Granada"
--Grant Johannsen (concert pianist) - "Prokofiev Precipitado"
--Bob De Voye Trio (might be Bob De Boye Trio) - two men & a woman do a dance number
--Kalani & the Kids from Tahiti (ethnic Tahitian dance and costumes)
--Audience bows: Brenda Lee; Vic Ghezzi (golfer); and the jockey who won the Kentucky Derby.
15.32 [749] The Ed Sullivan Show:
12-May-1963 CBS Sun
Guests:
Vivien Leigh
Brenda Lee
Al Hirt
Richiardi (illusionist)
Highlights
--Vivien Leigh (actress, singing "Wilkes-Barre, Pa." from her Broadway show "Tovarich")
Note:
Bob Dylan was originally scheduled to appear on this episode. He dropped out of the show when CBS censors wouldn't
allow him to perform "Talking John Birch Society Blues".
Ann-Margret was also scheduled to appear. Her appearance was probably postponed until the next week's show.
15.33 [750] The Ed Sullivan Show:
19-May-1963 CBS Sun
Guests:
Ann-Margret
Steve Lawrence
Kate Smith
Frank Fontaine
Vaughn Meader
Totie Fields (comedian)
Topo Gigio (puppet)
Lucho Navarro (vocal impressionist)
The cast of the Café Society's night-club revue "New York Coloring Book."
Highlights:
--Ann-Margret - "Bye, Bye, Birdie" and "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home"
--Steve Lawrence - "The Sweetest Sounds," "Misty" and "Lazy River"
--Kate Smith - "Who Cares" & "As Long As He Needs Me"
15.34 [751] The Ed Sullivan Show:
26-May-1963 CBS Sun
Guests:
Cab Calloway
Eydie Gorme
Frank Fontaine (backed by the Arbors vocal group)
Sergio Franchi (Italian singer)
Pat Buttram (comedian)
Bill Dana (comedian, in character as "Jose Jimenez")
Topo Gigio (the Italian mouse)
15.35 [752] The Ed Sullivan Show:
02-Jun-1963 CBS Sun
Guests:
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Janet Blair
Rowan & Martin (Dan Rowan & Dick Martin)(comedy team)
The Kim Sisters
Jesse Pearson (singer)
Sue Carson (comedian)
15.36 [753] The Ed Sullivan Show:
09-Jun-1963 CBS Sun
Guests:
Barbra Streisand
Stiller & Meara (Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara)(comedy team)
The McGuire Sisters
Sue Carson
The Steiner Brothers (tap dancing team)
Alan Gale (comedian)
Highlights:
--Barbra Streisand - "When the Sun Comes Out"
--Stiller & Meara (comedy team; do parodies of popular TV commercials)
--The McGuire Sisters - "Old Devil Moon," "Cordially Invited" & "Daddy"
--Guy Marks (stand-up comedy & sings "Red Scarf" & "Loving You Has Made Me Bananas")
--Sue Carson (stand-up comedy and song & dance routine)
--Alan Gale (stand-up comedian, topics: marriage, London travels)
--Bob Bramson (juggler, juggles hula hoops)
--John (balancer, balances balls, spins hoops, acrobatics)
--Audience bows: Johnny Unitas & Harry Richman; Neil Sedaka; Dallas Texas Students; Navy Men
15.37 [754] The Ed Sullivan Show:
16-Jun-1963 CBS Sun
Guests:
Eartha Kitt
Jackie Mason (comedian)
Wayne and Shuster (comedy team)
Kaye Ballard (comedian)
The Hugh Lambert Dancers (regulars)
The Ray Bloch Orchestra (regulars)
15.38 [755] The Ed Sullivan Show: 15th ANNIVERSARY SHOW
23-Jun-1963 CBS Sun
Highlights: Clips from past shows::
--1955: James Cagney, Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon - scene from Mr. Roberts performed live on stage.
--1951: Gertrude Lawrence, Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein - excerpt of "Whistle A Happy Tune"
--1955: Gary Cooper, Rod Steiger - scene from "The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell"
--1952: Jackie Gleason & Art Carney - Bakery Scene
--1953: Walt Disney & Ed Sullivan at Disney Studios: Walt Shows Ed how animation is done.
--1954: Jack Benny
--1955: Robert Mitchum & Shelly Winters - do scene from "Night of The Hunter."
--1956: Phil Silvers & Bing Crosby - comedy mixup
--1956: Clark Gable, Ed Sullivan & Raoul Walsh - Ed goes to New Mexico to meet Clark in a ghost town where he's
filming a movie.
--1957: Louis Armstrong, Gary Cooper & Ed Sullivan - "Sweet Adelaide"
--1957: Fred Astaire - "That Face" excerpt (Astarie's TV debut)
--1951: Helen Hayes - talks about "Victoria Regina"
--1956: Red Skelton - doctor routine
--1952: Cole Porter - talks about early flop
--1958: Maurice Chevalier & Sophie Tucker - "I Remember It Well" (from "Gigi")
--1958: The Moiseyev Ballet
--1949: Charles Laughton - soliloquy from Henry V (TV debut)
--Jimmy Durante & Sonny King - "Love You, Love You"
--1956: Elvis Presley - "Hound Dog"
--1961: Robert Goulet - "If Ever I Would Leave You"
--1961: Richard Burton & Julie Andrews - "How I Became King" & "What Simple Folk Do" (from "Camelot")
15.39 [756] The Ed Sullivan Show:
30-Jun-1963 CBS Sun
Guests:
Al Hirt
Totie Fields
Geula Gill
Alberto Rochi
Tommy Cooper (British comedian, magician & juggler)
Bobby Ramsen (stand-up comedian)
Highlights:
--Al Hirt (trumpet player with band) - "Down by the Riverside" and, later in show, "Carnival in Venice" & "Row Row Row"
--Geula Gill (Israeli singer with 2 singers & band) - "Tzena Tzena" & "Maleguena Salerosa"
--Alberto Rochi - "Di Di La" (in Italian)
--Totie Fields (stand-up comedian) - tells jokes about her career, the Sullivan Show, her weight, etc.
--Wallace Brothers (tap dancing entertainers) - tap dance and tell jokes
--Jack Carter (stand-up comedian) - jokes about his work with Ed, Las Vegas, air travel, married life, gambling, etc.
& sings "Bye Bye Blackbird.
[--] 07-Jul-1963) CBS Sun - Rerun of "The Ed Sullivan Show" (from 14-Apr-63)
(with Judy Garland & Peter O'Toole).
15.40 [757] The Ed Sullivan Show: (pre-recorded show)
14-Jul-1963 CBS Sun
Guests:
Wayne & Shuster
Kay Stevens
Marion Marlowe
Bill Dana
The Kane Triplets
Harry Rose
Dennis Spicer (British comedy ventriloquist)
Conrad Buckner (tap dancer)
Linon (clown)
Highlights:
--Wayne & Shuster (comedy team)
--Kay Stevens (musical-comedy performer) - "Make Someone Happy" & "I Ain't Down Yet"
--Marion Marlowe (singer) - "Night and Day"
--Bill Dana (in character as Jose Jimenez) - "My Funny Valentine"
--The Kane Triplets (singer) - "Dear Mr. Kennedy" & "When We Grow Up"
--Harry Rose (vaudevillian) - Al Jolson medley
[--] 21-Jul-63 CBS Sun - Rerun of "The Ed Sullivan Show" (from 30-Dec-62)
(Italy's Podrecca's Piccoli Theater puppet troupe).
[--] 28-Jul-63 CBS Sun - Rerun of "The Ed Sullivan Show" (from 04-Nov-62)
(Carnegie Hall tribute to Richard Rodgers).
15.41 [758] The Ed Sullivan Show: (pre-recorded show)
b: 04-Aug-1963 CBS Sun
Guests:
Kate Smith
Jackie Mason (comedian)
Joya Sherrill
Morecambe and Wise (comedy team from Britain)
Pat Buttram (comedian)
Danny Costello
The Antonio Ballet Espanol
Topo Gigio
Highlights:
--Kate Smith - "I Wish You Love," "When Your Lover Has Gone" & "But Beautiful"
--Joya Sherrill (jazz singer) - "New York's My Home"
--Danny Costello (singer) - "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You" & "Falling in Love with Love"
--Topo Gigio (Italian mouse puppet) - "Volare"
[--] 11-Aug-63 CBS Sun - Rerun of "The Ed Sullivan Show" (from 23-Dec-62)
(Connie Francis & Louis Armstrong from the Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba)
15.42 [759] The Ed Sullivan Show: (pre-recorded show)
18-Aug-1963 CBS Sun
Guests:
Matt Monro
Joan Sutherland
Della Reese
Stan Kenton
Thelma Lee (comedian)
Norman & Dean (comedy team)
Bob Bramson (hoop act)
The Gimma Brothers (acrobatic tumblers)
Highlights:
--Joan Sutherland - "Son vergin vezzosa" (from Bellini's "I Puritani")
--Della Reese - "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis" & "Be My Love"
--Matt Monro (British singer) - "Georgia on My Mind"
--Stan Kenton and his band - "Maria" & "I Feel Pretty"
[--] 25-Aug-63 CBS Sun - Rerun of "The Ed Sullivan Show" (from 19-May-63)
[--] 01-Sep-63 CBS Sun - Rerun of "The Ed Sullivan Show" (from 13-Jan-63)
[--] 08-Sep-63 CBS Sun - Rerun of "The Ed Sullivan Show" (from 09-Dec-62) (Four Seasons, Peggy Lee)
[--] 15-Sep-63 CBS Sun - Rerun of "The Ed Sullivan Show" (from 28-Apr-63)
[--] 22-Sep-63 CBS Sun -"The Ed Sullivan Show" pre-empted for a "Lincoln Center Special".
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