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"The Ed Sullivan Show"
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CBS Sundays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern (39 New Episodes)
20.1 [932] The Ed Sullivan Show:
10-Sep-1967 CBS Sun
Guests:
The Young Rascals
Petula Clark
Red Skelton
Eddie Fisher
Buddy Hackett
Highlights:
--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 Sleep in the Subway" & "Cat in the Window"
--Red Skelton (stand-up routine)
--Eddie Fisher - "Mame" & "That Face" (Buddy Hackett cameo on 2nd song)
--Buddy Hackett (comedian) - does a Chinese waiter routine
--The Great Carazini (comedian)
--Audience bows: Walter Winchell; Jerry Vale
Note:
The PBS repeat includes this clip (probably taken from another episode):
--The Wychwoods (magic act) - man and woman magicians with puppies.
20.2 [933] The Ed Sullivan Show:
17-Sep-1967 CBS Sun
Guests:
The Doors
Yul Brynner
Rodney Dangerfield
Flip Wilson
Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme
The Kessler Twins
The Skating Bredos
Highlights:
--The Doors - "People are Strange" & "Light My Fire"
--Yul Brynner (sings songs from his album) - "Two Guitars"
--Flip Wilson (stand-up comedian)
--Rodney Dangerfield (stand-up comedy)
--Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme - "That's Love," "Come Back to Me" & medley: "Anything Goes," "Love For Sale,"
"I Get A Kick Out Of You," "You Do Something To Me," "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair," "Getting To Know You,"
"Happy Talk" & "I've Got You Under My Skin"
--Eydie Gorme (song from "Mame")
--Steve Lawrence - "Too Fast, Too Soon"
--The Kessler Twins - medley of Maurice Chevalier songs: "Thank Heaven For Little Girls" and "Louise"
(A salute To Maurice Chevalier on his 79th birthday)
--The Skating Bredos (from Sweeden) - man & woman speed skate in 6 ft. circle
20.3 [934] The Ed Sullivan Show:
24-Sep-1967 CBS (Repeated 14-Jul-68)
Guests:
The Mamas & The Papas
Florence Henderson
John Byner
Ed Ames
Jack Carter
Highlights:
--Mamas & the Papas - "Twelve Thirty" and medley: "Monday Monday," "I Call Your Name" & "California Dreaming"
--Florence Henderson (actress-singer) - medley from "Sound of Music": "My Favorite Things," "Climb Every Mountain,"
"Do Ra Mi" & "The Sound of Music"
--John Byner (comedian) - imitates Ed singing "Georgie Girl"
--Ed Ames - sings "My Cup Runneth Over" & "The Snow Is on the Roses"
--Jack Carter (stand-up comedian) - salutes Ed's 20th anniversary, tells jokes about NYC, cabs, Hippies/Beatniks, Camelot.
--Jorgen and Conny (balancers) - pole balancers
--Jean Claude (balancing act) - balances dolls and balls on his feet.
--Topo Gigio (mouse puppet) - Topo looks at art work, Ed plays Mona Lisa.
--Audience bows: Ralph Pearl; Charlie McAdams; Roberto Rossellini; Duane Hackney
Scheduled guests (not mentioned on transcript):
--Betty Grable
--Bobbie Gentry
--Jerry Vale (singer)
20.4 [935] The Ed Sullivan Show:
01-Oct-1967 CBS Sun
Guests:
Nancy Sinatra
Peggy Lee
George Carlin
Sergio Franchi
London Lee
The Gimma Brothers
Richardi
Highlights:
--Nancy 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 Boots are Made for Walkin'," "Falling Leaves" & "M'Lord"
--Peggy Lee - "I Feel It" & "The More I See You"
--Sergio Franchi - "By Myself" & "Time Will Tell" (in English & Italian)
--George Carlin (stand-up comedy: going to the movies, coming attractions)
--Winners Of The 33rd Harvest Moon Ball
-Gimma Brothers (comic acrobats, do tumbling wearing suits)
--London Lee (stand-up comedian, tells jokes about show business)
--Richiardi (magician)
--Audience bows: Ladies Auxiliary of the Polish Legion of Pine Island
20.5 [936] The Ed Sullivan Show:
08-Oct-1967 CBS Sun
Guests:
Jimmy Dean
Wayne & Shuster
Joan Rivers
Lana Cantrell
Jack E. Leonard
The Young Americans
The Muppets
Highlights:
--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 - Jimmy jokes with Muppet Rowlf (dog puppet)
--Joan Rivers (stand-up comedy: A pregnant Joan jokes about what her mother did & didn't tell her & finding & renovating
housing in New York)
--The Muppets (hairy monster eats technical talking machine) Jim Hensen cameo
--Lana Cantrell - "Stairway to Paradise" & "When You Wish Upon A Star"
--Jack E. Leonard (insult comedian: bashes Ed, insults Japanese pianist, dancers, etc.)
-- Wayne & Shuster (comedy team)
--Young Americans - "Let In The Sunshine" (filmed at playground)
--Young Americans - medley of Meridith Wilson's best works: "May The Good Lord Bless & Keep You,"
"Pick A Little, Talk A Little," "Gary Indiana," "'til There Was You" & "Trouble In River City"
--Audience bows: Israeli Soccer team; Nobel Sisel & Harold Arlen
20.6 [937] The Ed Sullivan Show:
15-Oct-1967 CBS Sun
Guests:
The Lovin' Spoonful
Ethel Merman
David Frye
Tony Sandler
Ralph Young
Corbett Monica
Lado Dance Group
Highlights:
--Lovin' Spoonful - "She's Still a Mystery" & "Only Pretty"
--Ethel Merman - "Riding High" & "This Is All I Ask"
--Sandler & Young (duo sings medley: "Cabaret," "76 Trombones," "And The Band Played On...")
--David Frye (comedian doing impressions & political humor)
--Tommy Cooper (comedian doing a bumbling magician act)
--Corbett Monica (stand-up comedian)
--Lado Dance Group (Traditional Yugoslav dance troupe doing the "Bachelor's Dance")
--Audience bows: Mrs. Lanza & Gov. Paul Laxalt; Lucera Tena (Flamenco dancer)
--Cameos: On stage at beginning of show: Lew Brock, Bob Gibson and Carl Yastremski
(World Series Cardinals & Red Sox baseball players)
20.7 [238] The Ed Sullivan Show:
22-Oct-1967 CBS Sun
Guests:
Lulu
Eddie Fisher
The McGuire Sisters
Stiller & Meara (Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara)
Mike Douglas
Norm Crosby
Tommy Cooper
Highlights:
--Lulu (Scottish Pop Singer)- "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 his mother he's getting married)
--The McGuire Sisters - "One Kiss" and French medley: "Under Paris Skies," "Summer In Bordeaux," "What Now My Love"
& "Lucky Me"
--Norm Crosby (stand-up comedy, routine: conservative youths vs. hippies)
--Tommy Cooper (British comedian pretends to be a fumbling magician)
--Ballet America (10 Couples In farm garb, not actually ballet)
--Baby Opal (trained Elephant Act)
--Audience bows: Fran Tarkenton; Hugh Lipsey; Josh Logan; Eli Wallach; Prince Mike Romonoff
20.8 [939] The Ed Sullivan Show:
29-Oct-1967 CBS Sun
Guests:
The Cowsills
Polly Bergen
Don Ameche
Senor Wences
Myron Cohen (stand-up comedian)
Peter Gennaro
Lou Alexander
Highlights:
--The Cowsills - "The Rain, the Park & Other Things"
& medley ("Monday, Monday," "Sweet Taking Guy," "Lonesome Me," "Please Mr. Postman" & "Reach Out")
--Polly Bergen ("Once In A Lifetime" & "What The World Needs Now")
--Senor Wences (ventriloquist, various puppets)
--Peter Nero (pianist with orchestra, "Fiddler On The Roof")
--Lou Alexander (stand-up routine: violence in fairy tales, contact lenses)
--Noucha Doina (violinist with trio)
--Peter Gennaro (dance segment, Halloween dance).
--Scenes from "Henry Sweet Henry": Don Ameche playing a scene & Alice Playton singing "Poor Little Person"
--Audience Bows: Paul Ford (Broadway star); Camille Bonano ("Miss By-Line")
20.9 [940] The Ed Sullivan Show:
05-Nov-1967 CBS Sun
Guests:
Tony Bennett
Shirley Bassey
Rodney Dangerfield
Woody Herman
Totie Fields
Allen and Rossi
20.10 [941] The Ed Sullivan Show:
12-Nov-1967 CBS Sun
Guests:
The Turtles
Johnny Mathis
Joan Rivers
Lana Cantrell
Shelley Berman
Richard Hearne
NY Harkness Ballet Co.
Gustafsons
Victor Lunberg
Stu Gilliam
Highlights:
--The Turtles - "She's My Girl"
--Johnny Mathis - "Sleigh Ride" & "Up-Up, and Away"
--Joan Rivers (stand-up comedy) - tell pregnant jokes
--Lana Cantrell - "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" and "Love Is Stronger Far Than Me."
--Shelley Berman (comedian) - tells jokes about embarrassing moments
--Richard Hearne (British comedian) - dances and mimes
--NY Harkness Ballet Co. - Spanish theme ballet
--Gustafsons (magic act) - man & woman doing a magic act using candles and scarves, make things disappear.
--Victor Lunberg - reads open letter to Americas' youth regarding war in Vietnam
--Audience bows: Johnny weissmuller & Buster Crabbe
20.11 [942] The Ed Sullivan Show:
19-Nov-1967 CBS Sun (Repeated 18-Aug-68)
Guests:
The Supremes
The Temptations
Flip Wilson (stand-up comedian)
The Kessler Twins
Fernando Pasqualone (trumpet player)
Lewis & Christy (stand-up comedians)
Ivan & Asto
Highlights:
--The Supremes - "In & Out of Love," "Thou Swell" & "Greensleeves"
--The Temptations - "Hello Young Lovers" & "Don't Look Back"
--The Temptations & the Supremes (medley of each other's hits:
Supremes – "Get Ready," Temptations – "Stop in the Name of Love,"The Supremes – "My Girl" & Temptations – "Baby Love")
--The Supremes & the Temptations - "I Know I'm Losing You"
--Kessler Twins (dressed as dance hall girls) - "The Band Played On" & "Covers of the Police Gazette"
--Ivan & Astor (dance team) - apache dancers throw each other around
--Audience bows: George Hamilton; William E. Galbraith
--On film: a clip from the movie "Dr. Doolittle" with Rex Harrison singing "Talk to the Animals"
20.12 [943] The Ed Sullivan Show:
26-Nov-1967 CBS Sun (Repeated 11-Aug-68)
Guests:
The Beatles (on film)
Connie Francis
Al Hirt
New Doodletown Pipers
John Byner (stand-up comedian)
Jane Morgan
Morecambe and Wise
Highlights:
--The Beatles (on film) - "Hello Goodbye" promo
--Connie Francis - "Going Out Of My Head," "Sunny" & "Impossible Dream"
--Al Hirt - "Young Man with a Horn," "The Happening" & "I Can't Get Started"
--Jane Morgan, Al Hirt, Doodletown Pipers - "It Takes All Kinds Of Music," "What'd I Say?" & "South Rampart Street Parade"
--Jane Morgan (singer) - "Meditation" & a medley of Edith Piaf songs
--New Doodletown Pipers (singers) - "Rhythm of Life" & a medley of rock'n' roll songs
--Morecambe & Wise (British comedy team, trying to learn ventriloquism)
--Audience bows: Billy Rowe; Father Payton
20.13 [944] The Ed Sullivan Show:
03-Dec-1967 CBS Sun
Guests:
Ray Charles
Billy Preston
Bill Dana
The Blue Comets
Jackie Kahane
Frankie Fanneli
Mecners
Ron Yarey, O.J. Simpson, Larry Czonka, Ted Hendricks
Highlights:
--Ray Charles - "Yesterday" & "What'd I Say? (2nd song with the Rayettes & Billy Preston)
--Billy Preston & Ray Charles - "Double Oh Soul"
--The Blue Comets - "Gagaku" & "Blue Chateau" (Japanese Surf/psych band)
--Film clip: "I Do, I Do" (with Carol Lawrence & Gordon McCrea)
--Bill Dana (as Jose Jimenez, plays an Olympic athlete)
--Jackie Kahane (stand-up, jokes about NYC, bus & air travel)
--Frankie Fanneli - "All I Ask"
--Mecners (balancing trio act from Poland)
--Grand Music Hall of Israel (boys play flutes & drums)
--1967 All American Offensive Football Team (including Ron Yarey, O.J. Simpson, Larry Czonka, Ted Hendricks)
--Audience bows: David Merrick; John R. Strong (Post Master); Jane Keane
20.14 [945] The Ed Sullivan Show: 20th YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW
10-Dec-1967 CBS Sun
Guests:
Gwen Verdon
Pearl Bailey
Robert Merrill
Alan King (stand-up comedian)
Wayne and Shuster (comedy team)
Los Ninos Contores De Murialdo
Highlights:
--Pearl Bailey - "Before The Parade Passes By" with the "Hello Dolly" cast
--Gwen Verdon - "Nothing Can Stop Me Now"
--Robert Merrill - "Di Provenza"
--Los Ninos Contores De Murialdo - "Glory, Glory Hallelujah"
20.15 [946] The Ed Sullivan Show:
17-Dec-1967 CBS Sun
Guests:
Spanky & Our Gang
Richard Pryor
Patti Page
Joel Grey
Stiller & Meara (comedy team) (Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara)
David Frye (comedian)
The Kim Sisters
Topo Gigio
Highlights:
--Spanky and Our Gang - "Lazy Day" & "Sunday Morning"
--Patti Page - sings "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" & recites "Child's Christmas Prayer"
--Joel Grey (railroad song medley)
--The Kim Sisters - "Thoroughly Modern Millie"
--The Berlin Mozart Choir (thirty singers perform)
20.16 [947] The Ed Sullivan Show: CHRISTMAS SHOW
24-Dec-1967 CBS Sun
Guests:
The Cowsills
Bobbie Gentry
George Carlin
Arthur Godfrey
Peter Gennaro
The Muppets
Gilbert Price
Highlights:
--The Cowsills - "We Can Fly" & Christmas song medley
--Bobbie Gentry - "Niki Hookey" & "I Wonder as I Wonder"
--George Carlin (stand-up comedy)
--Arthur Godfrey & the Muppets - "It's Christmas Tomorrow"
--Arthur Godfrey - "The Secret Of Christmas"
--Peter Gennaro - "What The World Needs Now"
--Gilbert Price - "For Once In My Lifetime"
--The Little Angels Of Korea (play drums and dance with ribbons)
20.17 [948] The Ed Sullivan Show:
31-Dec-1967 CBS Sun
Guests:
Jay & the Techniques
Buddy Rich
Rodney Dangerfield
Miriam Makeba
Buddy Rich
Vikki Carr
George Kirby
Highlights:
Jay and the Techniques - "Keep the Ball Rolling"
--Miriam Makeba (singer) - "Pata Pata"
--Buddy Rich (drummer)
--Vikki Carr (singer) - "It Must Be Him"
20.18 [949] The Ed Sullivan Show:
07-Jan-1968 CBS Sun
Guests:
Dionne Warwick
Norm Crosby (stand-up comedian)
Morecambe & Wise (British comedy team)
Julia Meade
Sandler & Young (Tony Sandler & Ralph Young)
Rasha And Tiby
Ninon
Highlights:
--Dionne Warwick - "I Say a Little Prayer" & "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
--The Young Americans - American medley ("Spoonful Of Sugar," "Back In the Old Routine," "Green Sleeves" & "Raindrops")
--Julia Mead - "Come Back To Me"
--Sandler and Young - sing "Boom Boom," "Sunshine Days" & "Harmonize"
--Rasha And Tiby (dancers, Apache ballroom duo)
--Ninon (clown, tightrope act).
--Audience bows: Elsa Lanchester; Earl Wilson Jr.
20.19 [950] The Ed Sullivan Show:
14-Jan-1968 CBS Sun
Guests:
Vanilla Fudge
Duke Ellington
Flip Wilson
Tammy Grimes
Buddy Greco
Davis & Reese
Highlights:
--Vanilla Fudge - "You Keep Me Hangin' On"
20.20 [951] The Ed Sullivan Show:
21-Jan-1968 CBS Sun (Repeated 01-Sep-1968)
Guests:
Johnny Mathis
Melvyn Douglas
Pert Kelton
Johnny Mathis
Jack E. Leonard (comedian)
Lana Cantrell
John Byner (comedian)
The Pickle Brothers (comedians)
Edward Villella & Patricia McBride
Highlights:
--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."
--Lana Cantrell - "On the Good Ship Lollipop" & "Shadows of Our Love"
--Edward Villella and Patricia McBride (of the New York City Ballet)
- perform a pas de deux from Asafieff's "Flames of Paris"
Scheduled guest (need to verify airdate):
--The Buckinghams - "Susan" & "What Is Love"
Note: The Buckinghams were not listed on the repeat (01-Sep-1968)
20.21 [952] The Ed Sullivan Show:
28-Jan-1968 CBS Sun
Guests:
The 5th Dimension
Al Martino
Nancy Ames
C. Lawrence
C. Monica
20.22 [953] The Ed Sullivan Show:
04-Feb-1968 CBS Sun
Guests:
Michele Lee (singer-actress)
Stiller & Meara (Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara)(comedy team)
Morecombe & Wise (British comedy team)
Stu Gilliam (comedian)
Jackie Vernon (comedian)
Peter Gennaro (dancer)
Gil and Freddie Lavedo (acrobats)
Note: Unknown air date:
Kenny Rogers and the First Edition - "Just Dropped In (to See What Condition My Condition Was In)."
Song was released around 4-Feb-68 which must be close to their Sullivan appearance.
20.23 [954] The Ed Sullivan Show:
11-Feb-1968 CBS Sun
Guests:
Eddie Albert
Roberta Peters
The Lennon Sisters
Morey Amsterdam
Totie Fields
Hendra and Ullett
20.24 [955] The Ed Sullivan Show:
18-Feb-1968 CBS Sun
Guests:
Bobbie Gentry
George Chakiris
Jane Powell
Paul Mauriat
Rodney Dangerfield
Will Jordan (comedian)
Franco Corelli (singer)
Jim Henson's Muppets
Highlights:
--George Chakiris - "West Side Story" medley
--Paul Mauriat (pianist) - "Love Is Blue"
20.25 [956] The Ed Sullivan Show:
25-Feb-1968 CBS Sun
Guests:
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Jackie Mason (stand-up comedian)
Dinah Shore
Ed Ames
Andy Stewart
The Bruskis
Highlights:
--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," "Trains, Boats And Planes," and "Oh, Lonesome Me" (reprise).
--Ed Ames - "I Want To Be Free" & "Who Will Answer"
--Ed Ames and Dinah Shore - "Sunrise, Sunset"
--Ballet America (dancers perform to "Mule Train")
--Andy Stewart (Scottish comedian wearing kilt - sings and does impression of Dean Martin)
--The Bruskis (balancing act from Poland)
--Audience bows: Governor Stan Hathaway; Jane Morgan; Tony Bennett; Sheila Davis
20.26 [957] The Ed Sullivan Show:
03-Mar-1968 CBS Sun
Guests:
Lou Rawls
Alan King
Morecambe & Wise
Jack E. Leonard
Sergio Franchi
Joan Rivers
D. Valery
20.27 [958] The Ed Sullivan Show: from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas
10-Mar-1968 CBS Sun (Repeated 22-Sept-68)
Guests:
The 5th Dimension
Liza Minnelli
Theodore Bikel
Allen and Rossi (comedy team)
The McGuire Sisters
Jack Carter (comedian)
The Canestrellis
Highlights:
--5th Dimension - "Up-Up and Away" & "Monday, Monday"
--Liza Minnelli - "You'd Better Sit Down, Kids," "Certain Girl" & "Life of the Party"
--McGuire Sisters - "Big Spender," "Sound of Money" & "Here We Are in Las Vegas"
--Theodore Bikel (actor & folk singer performing a scene from "Fiddler on the Roof") - "If I Were a Rich Man"
--The Canestrellis (trampoline act)
20.28 [959] The Ed Sullivan Show:
17-Mar-1968 CBS Sun
Guests:
The Bee Gees
Lucille Ball
George Hamilton
Stiller & Meara (comedy team) (Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara)
Tony Sandler & Ralph Young
Fran Jeffries
Jackie Kahane (stand-up comedian)
The Dubliners
Highlights:
--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 introduces 18 children from " Yours, Mine & Ours" who sing.
--George Hamilton - "At The Crossroads" & "Dock Of The Bay"
--Tony Sandler & Ralph Young - "Cotton Fields"
--Fran Jeffries - "Sunny" medley
--Fran Jeffries, Sandler & Young - "Duet For Three"
--The Dubliners (Five Bearded Irishmen from Dublin) (traditional Irish musicians)
--Audience bows: Ross Hunter; Marine Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients (Vietnam)
20.29 [960] The Ed Sullivan Show:
24-Mar-1968 CBS Sun (Repeated 30-Jun-68)
Guests:
Spanky & Our Gang
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
Diana Ross & The Supremes
George Carlin (stand-up comedian)
Jimmy Dean
Louis & Christy (comedy duo)
Charlie & Cairoli
Dominique (illusionist)
Highlights:
--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 Misbehavin'" & "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now")
--Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood - "Story Book Children"
--Nancy Sinatra - "100 Years"
--Jimmy Dean - "Little Thing Called Love" & "Sleeping Beauty"
--Charlie & Cairoli (comedy team, both play clarinets)
--Audience bow: Franco Corelli, Del Insco, Jean Drapeau
20.30 [961] The Ed Sullivan Show:
31-Mar-1968 CBS Sun (Repeated 28-July-68)
Guests:
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Frankie Laine
Charlton Heston
Wayne and Shuster
Myron Cohan (stand-up comedian)
The Young Americans
Peter Gennaro
The Baranton Sisters
Highlights:
--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" & "I Found You"
--Charlton Heston (1) reads from Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
(2) Later in show talks about "Planet of the Apes" with film clip.
--Wayne & Shuster (comedians) - skit: parent-teacher meeting about violence on TV
--The Young Americans - "Oklahoma" medley
--Peter Gennaro (dancer) - "If I Were A Rich Man" w/dancers
--Baranton Sisters (foot jugglers who balance & spin tables)
--Audience bows: Richard Rodgers; Jerome Hines; Pearl Mesta & Earl Blackwell; Samuel Defalco
[--] 7-Apr-1968 "The Ed Sullivan Show" pre-empted for a Dick Van Dyke special (with Michel Legrand).
20.31 [962] The Ed Sullivan Show:
14-Apr-1968 CBS Sun
Guests:
Eddie Albert
Norm Crosby
Joan Rivers
Sergio Franchi
Shirley Verrett
Montford Mission
20.32 [963] The Ed Sullivan Show:
21-Apr-1968 CBS Sun
Guests:
Tom Jones
Patty Duke
Totie Fields
The Muppets
Your Father's Moustache
Richard Hearne
Pavel (magic act)
Highlights:
--Tom Jones - "It's Not Unusual," "Danny Boy" & "Delilah"
--Patty Duke - "Dona, Dona" (with dancers) & "And We Were Strangers"
--The Muppets - female frog (Kermit wearing a wig) sings "I've Grown Accustomed To Your Face"
--Your Fathers Moustache (Dixie Land song)
--Totie Fields (comedian) - sings "I'm Perfect" and pokes fun at audience members.
--Richard Hearne (English comedian, a.k.a. "Mr. Pastry")
--Audience bows: Capain Geoff Mitchell & other Captains; Major General William J. Sutton; Kevin Robinson
20.33 [964] The Ed Sullivan Show:
28-Apr-1968 CBS Sun
Guests:
Richard Harris
Ella Fitzgerald
Stiller & Meara (Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara)
George Carlin
Milt Kamen
New Doodletown Pipers
Ma Chung
Highlights:
--Ella Fitzgerald - "Can't Buy Me Love" & "Mr. Paganini" (with 3 man combo)
--Richard Harris - "Camelot" & "Didn't We"
--George Carlin (comedy sketch) - Carlin plays a politician interviewed on "Meet the Candidate."
--Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara (stand-up comedy) - do a routine about a high school reunion
--Milt Kamen (stand-up comedian) - tells jokes about living in New York
--New Doodletown Pipers (singers) - "With A Little Help From My Friends"
& medley (" What The World Need Now" & "For What Its Worth")
--Ma Chung (violin playing prodigy)
-- Audience bows: Joel Grey (then appearing on Broadway's "George M. Cohan"); Cheryl Ann Patton (Miss USA from Florida);
Clifton Daniel & sons
Note: The PBS repeat includes these clips:
--The Temptations - "Don't Look Back" (from November 19, 1967)
--Richiardi (magician) - does a trick with razor blades and string in mouth (clip probably taken from another episode)
20.34 [965] The Ed Sullivan Show: 80th BIRTHDAY SALUTE TO IRVING BERLIN
05-May-1968 CBS Sun
Guests:
Irving Berlin
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Diana Ross & The Supremes
Ethel Merman
Harry James
Robert Goulet
Fred Waring & The Pennsylvanians
Morecambe and Wise
Highlights:
--Diana Ross & the Supremes - "Always"
--Diana Ross & the Supremes with Ethel Merman - Irving Berlin medley
("Say It With Music," "It's A Lovely Day Today," "Heat Wave" "Say It Isn't So")
--Bing Crosby - spoken tribute to Irving Berlin
& sings medley of Berlin songs ("Sweet Marie from Sunny Italy," "Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon,"
"The International Rag," & "Alexander's Ragtime Band") & "I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas" (film clip & live on stage).
--Bob Hope (stand-up, Bob salutes Irving Berlin)
--Ethel Merman - Berlin medley ("Sunshine," "I Got Lost In His Arms," "Anything You Can Do," "They Say It's Wonderful")
--President Lyndon Johnson (on tape, wishes Irving Berlin a Happy 80th birthday)
--Harry James (medley of dance tunes)
--Robert Goulet & Harry James - "Marie"
--Fred Waring & The Pennsylvanians - "Give Me Your Tired"
--Robert Goulet, Fred Waring & the Pennsylvanians - "I Used To Play It By Ear"
--Robert Goulet - Berlin medley: "The Song Is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On)" & "All by Myself."
--Morecambe And Wise (British comedy team) - "Puttin' on the Ritz"
--Peter Gennaro (dancer & troupe dance to "This Is The Army" & "Alexander's Ragtime Band")
--Finale: Irving Berlin (on stage with boy & girl scouts) - "God Bless America."
20.35 [966] The Ed Sullivan Show:
12-May-1968 CBS Sun
Guests:
Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
Richard Pryor
Rodney Dangerfield
Diahann Carroll
David Frye
Shani Wallis
Jay Marshall (ventriloquist)
The Young Americans
Highlights:
--Gary Puckett and the Union Gap - "Lady Willpower" & "Young Girl"
--Richard Pryor (stand-up, jokes about Mother's Day, etc.)
--Rodney Dangerfield (stand-up, doing his "No Respect" routine)
--Diahann Carroll - "At The Crossroads" & "Elusive Butterfly"
--David Frye (comedy, impressions of William F. Buckley, Presidents Nixon, Johnson, RFK.)
--Shani Wallis - "Alfie" & "High"
--Young Americans - "Happiness"
& medley ("A Spoonful of Sugar," "Back In the Old Routine Minute Waltz," "Green Sleeves," and "Raindrops")
--Audience bows: Leonard Sillman, Imogene Coca, Capt. Robert F.Foley
20.36 [967] The Ed Sullivan Show:
19-May-1968 CBS Sun
Guests:
The 5th Dimension
Joel Grey
Joan Rivers
Morey Amsterdam (stand-up comedian)
Jane Morgan
London Lee
The West Point Glee Club
Highlights:
--5th Dimension - "On Broadway" & "Stoned Soul Picnic"
--Joel Grey - scene from "George M"
--Joan Rivers (stand-up comedian, topics: marriage, weight, the beach)
--Jane Morgan - "What Now My Love"
--London Lee (stand-up comedian: plays the trumpet badly)
--The West Point Glee Club - "Sons Of A Different Time"
--Audience bows: Major General Donald Bennett; Angel Cordero, Jr.; President Marcos' Children Ferdinand & Maria Marcos
20.37 [968] The Ed Sullivan Show:
26-May-1968 CBS Sun
Guests:
Spanky & Our Gang
Nancy Sinatra
Mike Douglas
Scoey Mitchell
Henra and Ullett
The Muppets
Bobby Remson (Ransen?)
Lucero Tena
Trio Rennos
Highlights:
--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 Animals" & "Why Did I Choose You"
--Scoey Mitchell (stand-up comedian, topics: taxes, races, relations)
--The Muppets (one worm gets another to dance, Jim Henson cameo)
--Henra & Ullett (stand-up comedy; routine set at the UN)
--Bobby Remson (Ransen?) - stand-up comedy routine
--Lucero Tena (Flamenco dancers from Madrid)
--Trio Rennos (three acrobats from Italy)
--Audience bows: Tony Bennett. Plus, a group of wounded Vietnam Veterans.
20.38 [969] The Ed Sullivan Show: 20th YEAR ANNIVERSARY Part 1
02-Jun-1968 CBS Sun
Guests:
Alan King
Jerry Vale
Lana Cantrell
Sue Carson
Norm Neilson
Highlights:
--Jerry Vale - "My Love, Forgive Me"
--Lana Cantrell - "Honey" & "How Can I Be Sure?
--Sue Carson (comedian)
--Norm Neilson (magician)
--Mr. Jiggs (trained monkey)
20.39 [970] The Ed Sullivan Show: 20th YEAR ANNIVERSARY Part 2
09-Jun-1968 CBS Sun
Guests:
Dionne Warwick
Richard Harris
Charlton Heston
Duke Ellington
Ed Ames
Kate Smith
Robert Goulet
Sergio Franchi
The West Point Glee Club
Shirley Verrett
The New Doodletown Pipers
McNiff Irish Dancers
Highlights:
Tribute 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 dancer Bunny Briggs plays David)
--Charlton Heston - reads Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
--Richard Harris - "Camelot"
--Ed Ames - "Who Will Answer?"
--Kate Smith - "Lord's Prayer"
--Robert Goulet - "The Impossible Dream"
--Sergio Franchi - "You'll Never Walk Alone" (with Welsh Choir)
--West Point Glee Club - "America the Beautiful" (poem)
--Shirley Verrett - "Oh, Glory"
--New Doodletown Pipers - "What The World Needs Now Is Love" & "For What It's Worth"
--McNiff Irish Dancers (dancers perform traditional Irish Step Dance)
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Summer Reruns of "The Ed Sullivan Show" (16-Jun-68 to 22-Sep-68) (15 weeks)
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16-Jun-68 - repeat from 25-Jun-67
23-Jun-68 - unknown
30-Jun-68 - repeat from 24-Mar-68 (Supremes; Nancy & Lee)
07-Jul-68 - unknown
14-Jul-68 - repeat from 24-Sep-67 (Florence Henderson, Mamas & Papas)
21-Jul-68 - unknown
28-Jul-68 - repeat from 31-Mar-68 (Charlton Heston; S. Robinson & Miracles)
04-Aug-68 - unknown
11-Aug-68 - repeat from 26-Nov-67 (Beatles on film; Connie Francis)
18-Aug-68 - repeat from 19-Nov-67 (Supremes; Temptations)
25-Aug-68 - unknown
01-Sep-68 - repeat from 21-Jan-68 (Johnny Mathis; Melvyn Douglas; Pert Kelton)
08-Sep-68 - unknown
15-Sep-68 - unknown
22-Sep-68 - repeat from 10-Mar-68 (5th Dimension; Liza Minnelli)
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