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"The Ed Sullivan Show"
Season 18 (1965-66)############# The Ed Sullivan Show ###########
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CBS Sundays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern [42 New Episodes]
18.1 [843] The Ed Sullivan Show: (final black & white episode)
12-Sep-1965 CBS Sun
Guests:
The Beatles (4th live appearance)
Cilla Black
Soupy Sales
Allen & Rossi (comedy team) ( Marty Allen & Steve Rossi)
Fantasio (illusionist/magician)
Highlights:
--The Beatles (on tape, recorded 14-Aug-65) – "I Feel Fine," "I'm Down," "Help!," "Yesterday," "Act Naturally" and
"Ticket to Ride"
--Cilla Black - "Goin' Out of my Head" (and possibly "September In The Rain")
--Soupy Sales - "The Mouse"
--Steve Rossi - scheduled to perform "Try to Remember"
18.2 [844] The Ed Sullivan Show: (first regular color episode)
19-Sep-1965 CBS Sun
Guests:
Red Skelton
Dino, Desi & Billy (Desi Arnaz, Jr.)
Polly Bergen
Eddie Fisher
Tony Sandler
Ralph Young
Highlights:
--Dino, Desi & Billy - "I'm A Fool" and "Not the Loving Kind"
--Red Skelton (stand-up comedy)
--Eddie Fisher - "A Wonderful Day Like Today," "Sunrise Sunset" & "My Favorite Things"
--Polly Bergen - "What The World Needs Now Is Love" (Burt Bacharach song)
--Sadler & Young (singers) - medley of French & American songs
--Sandler & Young with Polly Bergen - "Mr. Boom Boom" & "Dominique"
--Las Vegas Sahara Dancers
--Kimris Duo (aerial act done in CBS parking lot)
Note: The Ed Sullivan Show switched to color starting with this episode (19-Sep-65).
This was not, however, the first color Ed Sullivan episode. On August 22, 1954, CBS broadcast a "Toast of the Town"
show in color. Unfortunately, the 22-Aug-54 show survives only as a B&W kinescope.
18.3 [845] The Ed Sullivan Show:
26-Sep-1965 CBS Sun
Guests:
Sonny and Cher
Leslie Uggams
Gertrude Berg
Jack Carter
Turk Murphy & his Band
Highlights:
--Sonny & Cher - medley: "I Got You Babe," "Where Do You Go?" (Cher solo) and "But You're Mine."
--Leslie Uggams - "Unchained Medley"
--Turk Murphy & his Band - "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home"
--UC Berkeley Marching Band
--Incredible Martys (acrobats)
--Komazuru Tsukushi (balancing act)
18.4 [846] The Ed Sullivan Show:
03-Oct-1965 CBS Sun (repeated 7-Aug-66)
Guests:
Judy Garland
Tom Jones
Peter Sellers
Sophie Tucker
Jackie Vernon
The Swingin' Lads
Topo Gigio
Highlights:
--Judy Garland - "Come Rain or Shine," "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby" & "By Myself"
--Peter Sellers (on film, plays a Felliniesque director interviewed by Sullivan)
--Tom Jones - "With These Hands"
--Sophie Tucker (medley: "When My Baby Smiles At Me," "My Man,"
"Give My Regards To Broadway," "Louise," "If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)" & "Some Of These Days")
--Jackie Vernon (stand-up comedian)
--The Swingin' Lads (barbershop quartet)
18.5 [847] The Ed Sullivan Show:
10-Oct-1965 CBS Sun
Guests:
Petula Clark
Diana Ross & The Supremes
Woody Allen
Wayne Newton
Kate Smith
The Step Brothers
Lilly Yokoi
Topo Gigio
Highlights:
--Petula Clark - "Round Every Corner" and "A Foggy Day in London Town"
--Diana Ross & the Supremes - "You're Nobody" (probably "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You")
--Woody Allen (stand-up comedy)
--Wayne Newton - "Remember When" & medley: "Alabamy Bound," "Mammy,"
"Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye," "Shuffle Along" & "Waiting For The Robert E. Lee"
--Kate Smith - "More" and "The Lord's Prayer"
--The Step Brothers (acrobatic dancers)
--Lilly Yokoi (Japanese acrobat)
18.6 [848] The Ed Sullivan Show:
17-Oct-1965 CBS Sun
Guests:
The Animals
Sean Connery
Sid Caesar
The McGuire Sisters
Totie Fields
Guy Marks
Highlights:
--The Animals - "Bright Lights, Big City" & "Bring It On Home to Me"
18.7 [849] The Ed Sullivan Show:
24-Oct-1965 CBS Sun (repeated 19-Jun-66)
Guests:
Marvin Gaye
Herman's Hermits (with Peter Noone)
Duke Ellington
Richard Pryor
Helen Hayes
The Smothers Brothers
Myron Cohen (comedian)
Ginny Tiu (singer-pianist)
Highlights:
--Herman's Hermits - "Just A Little Bit Better" and "Jezebel" (and possibly "Wonderful World")
--Marvin Gaye - sings "Take This Heart of Mine" (live singing over pre-recorded music track)
--Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - medley ("Cat Opener," "Do Nothing till You Hear From Me,"
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore," Caravan," "Satin Doll.") and "Take the 'A' Train"
--Helen Hayes (actress) - Harriet Beecher Stowe sketch
--Richard Pryor (stand-up comedy) - imitates the Ali vs. Liston fight, school plays, etc.
--The Smothers Brothers - comedy routine: "Lonesome Traveler," "Church Bell Song," childhood memories.
--The Manuela Vargas Ballet Troupe (Spanish dancers)
--Audience bows: Samuel W. Gordon (Los Angeles Mayor), Dave Chasen
18.8 [850] The Ed Sullivan Show:
31-Oct-1965 CBS Sun
Guests:
Barry McGuire
Liza Minnelli
Allan Sherman
The Harlem Globetrotters
London Lee (comedian)
Peter Gennaro
Jarru Seacombe
Highlights:
--Barry McGuire - "Eve of Destruction"
--Peter Gennaro and the Budapest Children's Choir
18.9 [851] The Ed Sullivan Show:
07-Nov-1965 CBS Sun
Guests:
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
Peggy Lee
The Righteous Brothers
Alan King (comedian)
Anna Moffo
Highlights:
--Righteous Brothers - "Turn On Your Love Light" and "You'll Never Walk Alone"
--Righteous Brothers with Peggy Lee - "Yes, Indeed"
--Herb Albert & the Tijuana Brass - "Taste of Honey" & "Zorba's Dance"
--Peggy Lee - medley: "Falling In Love" & "How Long Has This Been Going On?"
--Anna Moffo - "La Ballatella"
--Les Double Faces (pantomime act with umbrellas)
--Baby Opal (elephant act with trainers)
18.10 [852] The Ed Sullivan Show:
14-Nov-1965 CBS Sun
Guests
The Dave Clark Five
Woody Allen
Bert Lahr
Jerry Vale
The Barry Sisters
Highlights:
--The Dave Clark Five - "Over And Over" & "Catch Us If You Can"
--The Harvest Moon Ball dance contest winners
18.11 [853] The Ed Sullivan Show:
21-Nov-1965 CBS Sun
Guests:
Johnny Mathis
Mort Sahl
Peter Nero
Mort Sahl
Jean Carroll (comedian)
Ginny Tiu
Highlights:
--Killer Joe Piro and his Discotheque Dancers
--Ginny Tiu (singer-pianist appearing with her family)
--The Monterey Singing Boys' Choir
18.12 [854] The Ed Sullivan Show:
28-Nov-1965 CBS Sun
Guest:
Petula Clark
Glenn Yarbrough
Sammy Kaye
Victor Borge
Sally Ann Howes
Jackie Vernon
Rudi Schweitzer (juggler)
Highlights:
--Petula Clark - "My Love" & "Mademoiselle de Paris"
--Glenn Yarbrough - "Baby, the Rain Must Fall" & "900 Miles"
--Sammy Kaye - "The Hucklebuck," "Harbor Lights" (vocal trio with steel guitar), "Baby Face," "It Isn't Fair" "Hey Daddy"
--All-American Football team including Bob Griese and Bubba Smith.
--Victor Borge (comedy routine)
--The Little Angels of Korea (dancers)
--Ed introduces Korean Ambassador
--Sally Ann Howes - "All of a Sudden My Heart Sings"
--Jackie Vernon (stand-up comedian) - jokes about his childhood, odd jobs
18.13 [555] The Ed Sullivan Show:
05-Dec-1965 CBS Sun
Guests:
Martha & the Vandellas
Tom Jones
Robert Goulet
Jane Powell
Shelley Berman
Bobby Ramsen
Highlights:
--Martha and the Vandellas - "Dancin' in the Streets"
--Tom Jones - "Thunderball"
--Robert Goulet and Jane Powell - medley including "I Remember It Well" (from "Gigi"),
"How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life? (from "Royal Wedding")
and "When I'm Calling You."
--Wayne Newton - "Swanee" (performance might be from another episode).
--Shelley Berman (stand-up comedian) - a very troubled man phones his therapist but keeps forgetting who he's taking to.
--Bobby Ramsen (stand-up comedian) - tells jokes about the (then) current TV programs.
--Chong & Mana (plate spinners, man jumps through flaming hoop; etc.)
--The Idla Girls (Swedish gymnasts)
Note:
The 30-minute PBS repeat includes:
--Woody Herman and his Orchestra - "Northwest Passage" (this clip might originally be from another episode).
18.14 [856] The Ed Sullivan Show:
12-Dec-1965 CBS Sun
Guests:
The Byrds
The Dave Clark Five
Al Hirt
Alan King
Wayne Newton
Barbara McNair
The Swingle Singers
Highlights:
--The Byrds - "Mr. Tambourine Man" & "Turn, Turn, Turn"
--The Dave Clark Five - "Catch Us If You Can"
--The Gomberts (clown troupe)
--The Bratislova slovakian Folkloric Company (Czech dance troupe)
18.15 [857] The Ed Sullivan Show: Stars of the Circus World (from Munich, Germany)
19-Dec-1965 CBS Sun (repeated 28-Aug-66)
Highlights:
--Russian Cossacks (stunt trick horseback riding act featuring an 8 year-old girl);
--Ruppert's Bears (3 bears perform handstands and ride bicycles);
--Katarina (high wire act);
--Sembach Elephants (7 elephants form pyramid, line up on hind legs);
--Kroplins Chimps (trained animalact);
--Sam And Sammy (man foot juggles his son then spins and flips him with his feet);
--Rogana (female acrobat);
--The Schickler Sisters (3 Equestriennes);
--The Gaonas (4 aerialists from Mexico).
18.16 [858] The Ed Sullivan Show:
b: 26-Dec-1965
Guests:
The Remains
Stiller & Meara (Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara)
Jack Carter
Sergio Franchi
Jack Carter (comedian)
Leontyne Price
Peter Gennaro
George Carl
Topo Gigio
Highlights:
--The Remains - "Let Me Through"
--Stiller & Meara
--Sergio Franchi - "The Lord's Prayer" & medley: "Mimi," "Maria""Everything"
--Topo Gigio (Christmas sketch with Ed)
--Leontyne Price - "Vissi d'Arte"
--Komazuro Tsukushi (Japanese top spinner)
18.17 [859] The Ed Sullivan Show:
02-Jan-1966 CBS Sun (repeated 31-Jul-66)
Guests:
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
Brigitte Bardot
Leslie Uggams
Alan King
The King Family
Wayne and Shuster
London Lee
Jimmy Roselli
Highlights:
--Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - "Let's Hang On"
--Brigitte Bardot - conversation with Ed Sullivan (probably on film) & film clip of Bardot's first Sullivan appearance from 1958.
--Wayne & Shuster (comedy team) - portray two inept bank robbers
--Alan King (stand-up monologue)
--King Family - (scheduled songs: "When the Saints Go Marching In" & "It's a Grand Night for Singing")
--Bel Caron Trio (adagio dancers)
--London Lee (comedian)
--Jimmy Roselli - "There's No Tomorrow" & "Time After Time"
[--] 9-Jan-66 CBS Sun - "The Ed Sullivan Show" pre-empted for the movie "The Wizard of Oz"
18.18 [860] The Ed Sullivan Show:
16-Jan-1966 CBS Sun
Guests:
The Lettermen
Stiller & Meara (Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara)
Mike Douglas
Frank Gorshin
Barbara McNair
Phil Ford & Mimi Hines
18.19 [861] The Ed Sullivan Show:
23-Jan-1966 CBS Sun
Guests:
Rick Nelson
Duke Ellington
Maria Cole
Eydie Gorme
Jo Anne Worley
George Kirby
Robert Bob King (comedian)
Highlights:
--Rick Nelson - "Your Kind of Lovin'" & "Fire Breathin' Dragon"
--Duke Ellington - medley of hits
--Maria Cole (widow of Nat King Cole) with the Duke Ellington Orchestra - "There'll Never Be Another You"
(Note: Maria Cole was a singer with the Duke Ellington Orchestra before marrying Nat King Cole in 1948.)
--Eydie Gorme - "I Feel So Spanish" and "What Did I Have."
--Eydie Gorme and the Trio Los Contos - perform a Spanish song (unknown title).
--"The Mad Show" (skits from the stage show, cast includes Jo Anne Worley)
--George Kirby (comedian, does impressions of celebrities)
--The Hungarian National Ballet (men in military uniforms, women in peasant dresses)
18.20 [862] The Ed Sullivan Show:
30-Jan-1966 CBS Sun (repeated 17-July-1966)
Guests:
The Four Tops
Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler
Dinah Shore
Jose Feliciano
Dick Capri
Jackie Vernon (comedian)
Topo Gigio
Highlights:
--Four Tops - "Nice and Easy" & medley ("The Whole World Sings With You," "Same Old Song," "Something About You"
& "(Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) I Can't Help Myself")
--SSgt. Barry Sadler - "Ballad of the Green Berets"
--Jose Feliciano - "Flight of the Bumble Bee"
--Dinah Shore - "Chim-Chim-Cheree," "Something Wonderful" & blues medley (including "Bye Bye Blues")
--Dick Capri (stand-up comedy, makes faces as he wonders how a mask maker does his job)
--Topo Gigio (plays violin)
--Les Faux Follets (wooden clog dance)
--Markworth & Mayana (precision archery)
--Audience bow: Jean Drapeau (Montreal Mayor)
Note:
A new segment, Simon and Garfunkel ("I Am A Rock"), was inserted into this episode when it was repeated July 17, 1966.
The recent, 30-minute PBS repeat of this episode includes Jim Nabors ("Swanee") which was probably taken from a
different episode.
18.21 [863] The Ed Sullivan Show:
06-Feb-1966 CBS Sun
Guests:
The Animals
Simon & Garfunkel
Rosemary Clooney
Nancy Walker
Allen King (comedian)
Peter Gennaro
Gino Tonetti
Pompoff & Thedy
Highlights:
--The Animals - "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" & "Inside Looking Out"
--Simon and Garfunkel - "Sounds of Silence"
--Rosemary Clooney - "After The Ball" & "All Alone"
--Nancy Walker & Charles Nelson Reilley (deli skit)
--Tony Lama (golfer, giving Ed golf tips)
--On film: Ann Margret in a clip from "Made In Paris" with Louis Jordan
--Peter Gennaro - "I Got Rhythm"
--Gino Tonetti - "Al Di La"
--Pompoff & Thedy (comedy duo)
18.22 [864] The Ed Sullivan Show:
13-Feb-1966 CBS Sun (repeated 10-Jul-66)
Guests:
The Rolling Stones
Hal Holbrook
Ethel Merman
Wayne Newton
Sandy Baron
Eddie Schaeffer
Highlights:
--The Rolling Stones - "Satisfaction," "As Tears Go By," & "19th Nervous Breakdown"
--Wayne Newton - "April Showers"
--Ethel Merman - "Annie Get Your Gun" medley & "No Business Like Show Business"
--Hal Holbrook (playing Abraham Lincoln, reciting 2nd Inaugural Speech, anti slave speech)
--Sandy Baron (comedian)
--Eddie Schaeffer (comedian)
--Romanian (Rumanian?) Folk ballet
Note: The 30-minute PBS repeat includes these 2 clips (possibly from 27-Mar-66):
--Debbie Reynolds - "It's a Miracle"
--Ed Ames - "They Call the Wind Mariah"
18.23 [865] The Ed Sullivan Show:
20-Feb-1966 CBS Sun (repeated 24-Jul-66)
Guests:
The Dave Clark Five
Diana Ross & The Supremes
Richard Kiley
Stiller & Meara (comedy team) (Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara)
Allan Sherman (comedian-satirist)
Menasha Skulnik (actor-comedian)
Ugo Garrido (foot juggler)
Highlights:
--Dave Clark Five - "Over and Over" & "At the Scene"
--Diana Ross and the Supremes - "My World is Empty Without You" & "Somewhere"
--Richard Kiley and Joan Diener (actors) - appear in a scene from the musical "Man of La Mancha"
--Ken Venturi (golf pro)
Note: The 30-minute PBS repeat of this episode includes acts taken from other episodes:
--The Turtles
--The Blue Comets
18.24 [866] The Ed Sullivan Show:
27-Feb-1966 CBS Sun (repeated 04-Sep-66)
Guests:
Nancy Sinatra
Gary Lewis & the Playboys
Petula Clark
Richard Pryor (comedian)
Alan King (comedian)
Blossom Seeley
Jerry Vale
Highlights:
--Nancy Sinatra - "These Boots are Made for Walkin'"
--Gary Lewis and the Playboys - "She's Just My Style" & "Sure Gonna Miss Her"
--Petula Clark - "A Sign of the Times," "My Love" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
--Blossom Seeley (singer) - "Chicago," "My Kind of Town" & "Shine On, Harvest Moon"
--The Tokyo Happy Coats (vocal-instrumental group) - "Bye Bye, Blues" & "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?"
--Trio Rennos (aerialists)
--The Berosini Chimps
8.25 [867] The Ed Sullivan Show:
06-Mar-1966 CBS Sun
Guests:
Frankie Avalon & Annette Funicello
Tom Jones
John Byner
Ray Milland
Arthur Haynes
Topo Gigio
Highlights:
--Tom Jones - "More"
--Frankie Avalon & Annette Funicello - medley ("This Land Is Your Land," "I Left My Heart In San Francisco,"
"I'll Take Manhattan," "Big D," "Meet Me In St. Louis," and a Chicago medley)
--Frankie Avalon - medley
("After You're Gone," "You're Nobody Until Somebody Loves You" & "Baby Won't You Please Come On Home")
--Annette Funicello - "Nowhere To Go But Up"
--Ray Milland, Melville Cooper, Geoffrey Lomsden, Anthony Campbell Cooper
(actors doing scenes from the Broadway play "Hostile Witness")
--John Byner (comedian, celebrity impersonations)
--Las Vegas 5 - "Guadalajara & Granada"
--Topo Gigio (puppet)
--Arthur Haynes (British Comedian) - sings "Soldier's Dream"
--Elizabeth & Collins (knife throwing act)
18.26 [868] The Ed Sullivan Show: ST. PATRICK'S DAY SALUTE
13-Mar-1966 CBS Sun
Guests:
Pearl Bailey
Wayne & Shuster (comedy team)
The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem (Irish folk singers)
Jackie Vernon (comedian)
Johnny Hart (magician)
Topo Gigio
The Three Kims (Swedish acrobats)
The Emerald Society Pilive Pipe Band (of the New York City Police Department)
The McNiff Dancers
18.27 [869] The Ed Sullivan Show:
20-Mar-1966 CBS Sun
Guests:
The Young Rascals
Brenda Lee
Walter Cronkite
Abbe Lane
Senor Wences (ventriloquist)
Peter Gennaro (dancer)
Jean Carroll (stand-up comedian)
Des O'Connor (British comedian)
Jack Douglas (British comedian)
The Magid Triplets (tap dancers)
Highlights:
--Young Rascals - "Good Lovin'"
--Brenda Lee - "Time and Time Again"
--Abbe Lane (medley of songs from Brazil)
--Peter Gennaro (dances to "King Of The Road")
--The cast from "Wait A Minim" (South African dancers)
--The Olympiades (body builders painted gold)
--Audience bow (cameo): Mayor Barr
18.28 [870] The Ed Sullivan Show:
27-Mar-1966 CBS Sun
Guests:
Debbie Reynolds
Kirk Douglas
Cilla Black (British Singer)
Ed Ames
Totie Fields
Woody Herman
Note: This is probably the show where Debbie Reynolds sings (lip-synchs) "It's a Miracle"
and Ed Ames performs "They Call the Wind Maria."
18.29 [871] The Ed Sullivan Show:
03-Apr-1966 CBS Sun
Guests:
Count Basie
Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara
Eydie Gorme
Robert Horton
Arthur Haynes (British Comedian)
Sandy Baron
Dick Contino
The cast of "Peanuts" (might be "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown.")
18.30 [872] The Ed Sullivan Show:
10-Apr-1966 CBS Sun
Guests:
Count Basie
Eddie Albert
Richard Pryor
Alan King
Brusini (magician)
18.31 [873] The Ed Sullivan Show:
17-Apr-1966 (repeated 14-Aug-66)
Guests:
The Animals
Petula Clark
Jimmy Durante
Sonny King
Myron Cohen (stand-up comedian)
Franco Corelli
Dorothy Kirsten
Lawrence and Carroll (dance team)
Gitta Morelly (contortionist)
Highlights:
--The Animals - "Shake" & "Don't Bring Me Down"
--Petula Clark - "Sign of the Times" & "Just Good Bye"
--Jimmy Durante & Sonny King - "We're Going Home"
--Jimmy Durante (playing piano) - "The Piano Player," "When The Saints Go Marching In" (with Sonny King) & "Inka-Dinka-Doo"
--Dorothy Kirsten & Franco Corelli (Aria from "La Boheme")
18.32 [874] The Ed Sullivan Show:
24-Apr-1966 CBS Sun
Guests:
The Dave Clark Five
Allan Sherman
Roberta Peters
Shelley Berman (comedian)
Topo Gigio
The Kessler Twins
Steve Sanders
Highlights:
--Dave Clark Five - "Catch Us If You Can" & "Try Too Hard"
--Alan Sherman (comedian) - sings "Second Hand Rose," "Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda," & "Mononucleosis"
--Roberta Peters - "Una Voce Poca Fa"
--Roberta Peters & Allan Sherman - "Here's To The Crab-Grass"
--Topo Gigio (Italian mouse puppet)
--Kessler Twins - "Two By Two"
--Steve Sanders (Gospel singer, father plays piano)
--Jose Greco (Flamenco dancer, with other dancers)
--Brascia & Tybee (modern ballet pas de deux)
--John Moehring (magician)
18.33 [875] The Ed Sullivan Show:
01-May-1966 CBS Sun
Guests:
Diana Ross & The Supremes
James Brown
Nancy Ames
London Lee
Billy Baxter
'Shot Of Five' composers
Burton Lane, Jimmy McHugh, Ray Henderson, Arthur Schwartz, Harold Arlen
Highlights:
--The Supremes - "Love is Like an Itching In My Heart" & "More"
--James Brown - medley of hits: "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag," "I Got You (I Feel Good)," "Ain't That A Groove?"
& "It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World" and "Please, Please, Please."
--Robert Joffrey Ballet (14 dancers) - "Viva Vivaldi"
--Nancy Ames (medley of Latin tunes in Spanish & English)
--London Lee (stand-up, jokes: love, dating)
--Billy Baxter (British comedian with Ed as straight man)
--The Mortale (Polish acrobats doing pyramids and tumbling)
--Mark Reed Jr. (fast draw and quick shooting gun tricks)
Shot Of Five segment (composers at five pianos)
--Burton Lane - composer plays bits of his popular songs including "How About You" & "What Did I Have That I Don't Have"
--Jimmy McHugh - excerpt from "On The Sunny Side Of The Street"
--Ray Henderson - excerpts from "Button Up Your Overcoat" & "The Best Things In Life Are Free"
--Arthur Schwartz - composer plays excerpts from "Something To Remember You By & Dancing In The Dark"
--Harold Arlen - excerpts from "Stormy Weather" & "Over The Rainbow"
18.34 [876] The Ed Sullivan Show:
08-May-1966 CBS Sun (repeated 21-Aug-66)
Guests:
The Black Sheep
Harry James
Henny Youngman (stand-up comedian)
John Byner (stand-up comedy, celebrity impressions)
Jean Carroll
Gordon MacRae
Sheila MacRae
The McGuire Sisters
The Serendipity Singers
Highlights:
--The Black Sheep - "Slow Down"
--Harry James Orchestra - "Sunday Morning"
--The McGuire Sisters with Harry James - "Cherry," "You Made Me Love You," "One O'Clock Jump"
--The McGuire Sisters - "Matchmaker"
--Gordon & Sheila MaCrae (Anthony Newley medley)
--Topo Gigio (Italian mouse puppet)
--Jean Carroll (comedian)
--The Serendipity Singers - "Monday Monday," "The Shadow Of Your Smile," "What Now My Love"
18.35 [877] The Ed Sullivan Show:
15-May-1966 CBS Sun
Guests:
Alan King
Kate Smith
The Bachelors (Irish singing trio)
Peter Gennaro
D'aldo Romano
18.36 [878] The Ed Sullivan Show:
22-May-1966 CBS Sun
Guests:
Nancy Sinatra
Mrs. Miller
Joan Rivers
Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara
Maria Cole
Robert Merrill
Allen and Rossi
Natalie Wood (on film)
Jacqueline Susann (on film)
Highlights:
--Nancy Sinatra - "Last of the Secret Agents" & "Let It Be Me"
--Maria Cole (Nat "King" Cole's widow) - sings "Blue Prelude"
--Joan Rivers (stand-up comedian) - jokes about jealousy towards beautiful girls
--Stiller & Meara (stand-up comedy team) - routine about a Jewish boy & Irish Catholic girl who want to get married
--Robert Merrill (Metropolitan opera baritone) - "Figaro"
--Mrs. Miller (housewife turned singer Elva Miller) - "These Boots are Made for Walking," "How Gentle Is Rain,"
"Hard Day's Night" & "Downtown" (sings off-key)
--Allan & Rossi (comedy team, re: How to phone women for dates, with Ed as straight man)
--West Point Glee Club - sing a medley Of WWI songs
--Film clip: March of Dimes' "Man of the Year" dinner honoring Ed Sullivan. Johnny Carson, Soupy Sales, Henny Youngman,
Myron Cohen, Joey Adams, Alan & Rossi, Alan King, Buddy Hackett all roast Ed.
--Film clip: The premiere of "Last of the Secret Agents" with Allen & Rossi. Celebrities arriving at premiere: Natalie Wood,
Nancy Sinatra & her mother, Allen & Rossi, James Farley, Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme, Jacqueline Suzanne, Jackie Leonard,
Jack Carter.
--Audience bows: Earl Wilson; General Brigadier Richard P. Scott; Mrs. William Westmoreland
18.37 [879] The Ed Sullivan Show:
29-May-1966 CBS Sun
Guests:
Bobby Vinton
Edward Villella & Patricia McBride (ballet dancers)
Jane Morgan
Wayne and Shuster
The Thomas Group
Colvia & Wilder
18.38 [880] The Ed Sullivan Show:
05-Jun-1966 CBS Sun
Guests:
The Beatles (on film)
Richard Pryor
Robert Goulet
Charlotte Rae
Totie Fields
Bobbie Norris
Highlights:
-The Beatles (on film) - "Rain" & "Paperback Writer" promos
18.39 [881] The Ed Sullivan Show:
12-Jun-1966 CBS Sun
Guests:
The Dave Clark Five
Jerry Lewis
Wayne Newton
Jackie Vernon
Peter Gennaro
Joey Lauren Adams
Highlights:
--The Dave Clark Five - "Look Before You Leap" & "Please Tell Me Why"
[--] 19-Jun-66 Rerun of "The Ed Sullivan Show" (from 24-Oct-65)
18.40 [882] The Ed Sullivan Show:
26-Jun-1966 CBS Sun
Guests:
Jerry Vale
Nancy Walker (comedian)
Birgit Nilsson
Stiller & Meara (comedy team) (Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara)
London Lee (comedian)
The Swinging Lads (vocal group)
Highlights:
--Jerry Vale (singer) - "The Song Is You" & "It's Magic"
--Birgit Nilsson (Metropolitan Opera soprano) - "Pace, Pace, Mio Dia" (from Verdi's "La Forze del Destino")
--Joyce Cuoco (ballerina)
--The Arirang Ballet (Korean dance and instrumental group)
--The Yong Brothers (balancing act)
--The Berosini Chimps (animal act)
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Summer Reruns of "The Ed Sullivan Show" (03-July-66 to 10-Jul-66) (2 weeks)
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03-Jul-66 - unknown (start of Summer repeats)
10-Jul-66 - repeat from 13-Feb-66 (Rolling Stones, Hal Holbrook)
18.41 [883] The Ed Sullivan Show:
17-Jul-1966 CBS Sun
Guests:
Simon & Garfunkel (Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel)
Highlights:
--Simon & Garfunkel - "I Am A Rock"
New segment added to repeat of the January 30, 1966 show.
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Summer Reruns of "The Ed Sullivan Show" (24-July-66 to 31-Jul-66) (2 weeks)
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24-Jul-66 - repeat from 20-Feb-66 (Supremes, Dave Clark 5)
31-Jul-66 - repeat from 02-Jan-66 (Four Seasons, Brigitte Bardot)
18.42 [884] The Ed Sullivan Show: Show Dedicated To the U. S. Marines (Anniversary Of 1942 Landing On Guadalcanal)
07-Aug-1966 CBS Sun
New Segments:
--Hendra And Ullett (comedy team) - A Met's fan tries to explain baseball to an Englishman (sketch also performed on 16-Apr-67).
--Marquis Chimps (chimp act)
--The Swingles Singers (vocal choir)
Repeat segments taken from 3-Oct-65:
--Peter Sellers (on film, plays a Felliniesque director interviewed by Sullivan)
--Judy Garland ("Come Rain or Shine," "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby" & "By Myself")
--Tom Jones ("With These Hands")
--Jackie Vernon (stand-up comedian)
--The Swingin' Lads (singers who update classic music)
--Topo Gigio (Ed talks with mouse puppet)
--Philippine Dancers (bamboo stick dance)
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Summer Reruns of "The Ed Sullivan Show" (14-Aug-66 to 04-Sep-66) (4 weeks)
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14-Aug-66 - repeat from 17-Apr-66 (The Animals)
21-Aug-66 - repeat from 08-May-66 (Harry James, The Black Sheep)
28-Aug-66 - repeat from 19-Dec-65 (Stars of the Circus World)
04-Sep-66 - repeat from 27-Feb-66 (Nancy Sinatra, Gary Lewis, Petula Clark)