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Season 23 (CBS)(1970-71)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Tom Alger
references:
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Playlist -
"The Ed Sullivan Show"
Season 23 (CBS)(1970-71) ############# The Ed Sullivan Show ###########
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CBS Sundays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern [25 New Episodes]
23.1 [1051] The Ed Sullivan Show: THE GEORGIE AWARDS: Entertainer of the Year Award Show - from Caesars Palace
20-Sep-1970 CBS Sun
Guests:
Barbra Streisand, Tom Jones, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Melba Moore,
Bob Hope, Milton Berle, Danny Thomas, Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Tom Smothers, Flip Wilson
The Peter Gennaro Dancers, The Flying Alexanders
Highlights:
--Barbra Streisand - "On A Clear Day"
--Blood Sweat & Tears - "Lucretia McEvil"
--Tom Jones - "Cabaret"
--Melba Moore - "I Got Love"
--Peter Gennaro Dancers (production number)
--The Flying Alexanders (trapeze act)
Awards:
--Lucille Ball presents award to Carol Burnett.
--Marc Copage & Michael Ling present Outstanding Animal Act trophy to Tanya The Elephant.
--Tom Smothers presents award to Flip Wilson.
--Milton Berle presents award to Radio City Music Hall.
--Milton Berle Presents award To James Gould, President Of Radio City Music Hall.
--Danny Thomas & Jack Haley, Sr. presents Golden Award to Jimmy Durante (who's not there to accept award.)
--Ed Sullivan presents award to Bob Hope.
23.2 [1052] The Ed Sullivan Show: Live from the BALTIMORE CIVIC CENTER
27-Sep-1970 CBS Sun (repeated 02-May-71)
Guests:
Bobby Vinton
Rare Earth
Karen Wyman
Joe Jackson
Skaters from Holiday on Ice
Highlights:
--Bobby Vinton - "It's a Long Way to Tipperary," "The Old Bamboo" & "For Me and My Gal"
--Rare Earth - "I'm Losing You" & "Let the Sunshine In" (on ice w/skaters)
--Karen Wyman - Edith Piaf medley: "Milord," "If You Love Me," "Love Is Like Champagne" & "La Vie En Rose"
--Joe Jackson (hobo clown rides a bike which falls apart)
"Holiday on Ice" segments:
--Tommy Allen & Juanita Percelly (ice skating pair)
(1) skate in a Russian production number
(2) skate to "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" & "I'll Never Fall In Love Again"
--Marei Langenbein and Ray Balmer (skaters doing classical and modern ballets)
--John LaDue & Alfredo Mendoza - skaters in a "Ferdinand the Bull" story
--In a production number, the Holiday on Ice Corps de Ballet do a tribute to Sonja Henie.
--Skaters in a slapstick cop & drunk routine (pie in the face slapstick, etc.)
--A Cinderella production number
--Tommy Curtain (juggles while skating)
--Tommy Holiday (trained animal act with chimps on ice skates, dogs also)
23.3 [1053] The Ed Sullivan Show:
04-Oct-1970 CBS Sun
Guests:
Melanie, Engelbert Humperdinck, Tiny Tim,
David Steinberg, The Blossoms, Skiles & Henderson, William Daniels, John Cullum, Ron Poole
Highlights:
--Melanie - "Peace Will Come"
--Englebert Humperdinck - "The Good Life," "Sweetheart" and "My Way"
--The Blossoms - "Get Ready"
--Tiny Tim - (medley of children's songs): "On the Good Ship Lollipop," "Water That's Hot, Water That's Cold"
& "Two Times A Day I Always Brush My Teeth"
--David Steinberg (stand-up comedian)
--Skiles & Henderson (comedy team)
--A scene from play "1776" (With William Daniels, John Cullum, Ron Poole)
23.4 [1054] The Ed Sullivan Show:
11-Oct-1970 CBS Sun
Guests:
Arthur Godfrey, Loretta Lynn, Sonny James,
Archie Campbell, Stony Mountain Cloggers, Judi Ford (Miss America '69)
23.5 [1055] The Ed Sullivan Show:
18-Oct-1970 CBS Sun
Guests:
B.B. King, The Carpenters, Tony Bennett, George Burns
Highlights:
--The Carpenters - "Close to You" & "We've Only Just Begun"
--B.B. King - "Just A Little Bit of Love," "How Blue Can You Get" & "The Thrill Is Gone"
--Tony Bennett - "Something" (Beatles song), "Get Happy" & "I'll Begin Again" (song from the movie "Scrooge").
--George Burns (stand-up comedy) - comments on nudity in show business (current movies, night clubs)
--Robert Klein (stand-up comedy) - comments on the World Series (interviews with athletes, school bands in half-time show)
--New York City Stickball Team (comedy routine)
--Albert Almonimo (Almoznino?) - makes shadow puppets on wall
--1970 Harvest Moon Ball Dance Champions (winners from different categories: polka, rhumba, etc. )
23.6 [1056] The Ed Sullivan Show: UNITED NATIONS 25th ANNIVERSARY SHOW
25-Oct-1970 CBS Sun (repeated 11-Apr-71)
Guests: (from all around the world)
The New Seekers, Ravi Shankar, Astrud Gilberto, The Young Americans, Vladmir Krainev,
Les Ballet Africains, Tokyo Kid Brothers, The Lado Dancers, Raphael, The Idla Girls
Highlights:
--Ravi Shankar - "Raga" (classic Sitar selection)
--The New Seekers (from Australia) - "Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma"
--Astrud Gilberto (from Brazil) - medley of Bossa-nova songs including "The Girl from Ipanema"
--Vladmir Krainev (Russian pianist) - Chopin Etude # 3 "Winter Winds"
--The Young Americans - "Through Children's Eyes" & "What the World Needs Now Is Love"
--Tokyo Kid Brothers (dancers)
--Ballet Africains (African ceremonial songs & dances)
--The Lado Dancers (Yugoslavian folk dancers)
--Raphael (from Spain) - "Hallelujah" & "Hava Nagila"
--The Idla Girls (gymnastic drill team from Sweden)
23.7 [1057] The Ed Sullivan Show:
01-Nov-1970 CBS Sun (repeated 25-Apr-71)
Guests:
Bobbie Gentry, Melba Moore, Roy Clark, Richard Pryor, Fenella Fielding, Stanley Myron Handleman
Highlights:
--Bobbie Gentry - "I Want You Back" & "Benjamin"
--Richard Pryor (comedian)
--Melba Moore - "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
--Roy Clark - "Malaguena" & "Thank God and Greyhound"
--Fenella Fielding (British singer-comedian) - "Don't Let Me Down"
--Stanley Myron Handleman (comedian)
23.8 [1058] The Ed Sullivan Show: SALUTE TO WOUNDED GI's (from Walter Reed Army Hospital)
08-Nov-1970 CBS Sun
Guests:
The Four Tops, The Carpenters, Freda Payne, Hank Williams Jr, Rodney Dangerfield, Ron Carey, Dick Ryan
Highlights:
--The Four Tops - "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" & "It's All in the Game"
--The Carpenters - (medley of Burt Bacharach songs): "Close to You," "Easier on Yourself,"
"Always Something There to Remind Me," "I'll Never Fall in Love Again," "Walk on By" & "Do You Know the Way to San Jose"
--Freda Payne - "Band of Gold," "Deeper and Deeper" "Getting to Know You"
--Hank Williams, Jr. - "All For The Love Of Sunshine"
--Rodney Dangerfield (stand-up comedy)
--Ron Carey (stand-up, Sargeant Monk Bit)
--Dick Ryan (magic act & card tricks)
23.9 [1059] The Ed Sullivan Show:
15-Nov-1970 CBS Sun
Guests:
Tommy Roe, Billy Joe Royal, Joe South, Dick Gregory, Abbe Lane, Tony Fayne, Jeremy Vernon, Natalya Makarova
Highlights:
--Tommy Roe - "Dizzy" & "Oh Heather Honey"
--Billy Joe Royal - "Cherry Hill Park" & "I Knew You When"
--Joe South - "Don't It Made You Want to Go Home" & "Walk A Mile in my Shoes"
--Joe South, Billy Joe Royal & Tommy Roe - "Games People Play"
--Dick Gregory (comedian)
--Abbe Lane (Gospel medley)
--Tony Fayne (comedian)
--Jeremy Vernon (comedian)
--Natalya Makarova (pas de deux from "Swan Lake")
23.10 [1060] The Ed Sullivan Show: SALUTE TO RICHARD ROGERS (broadcast from the Hollywood Bowl)
22-Nov-1970 CBS Sun
Guests:
Shirley Jones, Danny Kaye, 'Mama' Cass Elliot, Johnny Mathis, Jeannie C. Riley, The Lennon Sisters,
John Davidson, Herschel Bernardi, Minnie Pearl
Highlights:
--Johnny Mathis - "My Funny Valentine"
--Johnny Mathis & the Lennon Sisters - "Johnny One Note"
--'Mama' Cass Elliott - "The Girlfriend"
--Johnny Mathis - "The Lady Is A Tramp"
--The Lennon Sisters - "Where or When"
"Oklahoma" songs:
--John Davidson - "Oh, What A Beautiful Morning"
--John Davidson - "Surrey With A Fringe On Top" (Davidson singing to Jeanie C. Riley & Minnie Pearl)
--John Davidson & Jeannie C. Riley - "People Will Say We're In Love"
--Oklahoma (Broadway cast) - "The Farmer & The Rancher Can Be Friends" & "Oklahoma"
"The King and I" songs:
--Shirley Jones - "Whistle a Happy Tune"
--Herschel Bernadi and Shirley Jones dialogue from play
--Shirley Jones & Herschel Bernadi - "Shall We Dance?"
--Danny Kaye - (1) Ed Sullivan interviews Kaye (2) Kaye sings "Two By Two"
"Sound of Music" medley:
--Johnny Mathis, Cass Elliott, John Davidson, Lennon Sisters, Shirley Jones, Herschel Bernadi, Minnie Pearl,
Jeannnie C. Riley - "My Favorite Things" (and other songs from the play: "Do-Re-Mi" & "Climb Every Mountain")
23.11 [1061] The Ed Sullivan Show:
29-Nov-1970 CBS Sun
Guests:
Buck Owens
Joan Rivers
Norm Crosby
Doug Previn
Jim Bailey
Dick Jensen
Lahman & Barkley
Albert Lucas (magician)
23.12 [1062] The Ed Sullivan Show:
06-Dec-1970 CBS Sun
Guests:
The Grass Roots
Joey Heatherton,
The Three Degrees,
Pat Cooper (comedian)
Scoey Mitchell (comedian)
Peter Gennaro (dancer)
Highlights:
--The Grass Roots - "Wait A Million Years" & medley: "Midnight Confessions," "Live for Today" & "Temptation Eyes"
--The Three Degrees - "Can't Be Determined"
Plus: NFL Holiday Halftime
23.13 [1063] The Ed Sullivan Show:
13-Dec-1970 CBS Sun
Guests:
Bobby Sherman
The New Seekers
Robert Merrill
Marilyn Michaels
Guy Marks
Les Ballet Africains
Highlights:
--Bobby Sherman - "Going Home" & "Song of Joy"
--The New Seekers - "Your Song"
--Robert Merrill - "If I Were a Rich Man"
--Les Ballets Africains (troupe that performs traditional African dances)
23.14 [1064] The Ed Sullivan Show: THE GREAT SANTA CLAUS SWITCH (Christmas Special)
20-Dec-1970 CBS Sun
Narrated by Ed Sullivan .
Guests:
Art Carney (as Santa Claus and Cosmo, the King of Evil)
The Muppets
23.15 [1065] The Ed Sullivan Show:
27-Dec-1970 CBS Sun
Guest:
Bobbie Gentry
Friends of Distinction
Peter Nero
Slappy White
Steve Rossi,
Pat Cooper
Billy Baxter
Goose Creek Symphony
Highlights:
--Friends of Distinction - "Grazing In The Grass"
23.16 [1066] The Ed Sullivan Show:
03-Jan-1971 CBS Sun
Guests:
Rodney Dangerfield
Lana Cantrell
O.C. Smith
Sergio Franchi,
John Byner
Jim Bailey (comedian)
The Bayanihan Philippine Dancers
Highlights:
--O.C. Smith - "Little Green Apples," "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You," "What the World Needs Now"
& "Friend, Lover, Woman, Wife"
--Lana Cantrell - "Being Alive," "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" & "Reach Out and Touch"
--Sergio Franchi - "Quando, Quando, Quando," "Just Say I Love Her," "Jean" & "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"
--Jim Bailey (comedian) - "My Way," "By Myself" & "This is My Life"
[--] 10-Jan-1971 CBS Sun "The Ed Sullivan Show" pre-empted for a special titled "The Super Comedy Bowl."
23.17 [1067] The Ed Sullivan Show:
17-Jan-1971 CBS Sun
Guests:
Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
Tony Bennett
Judy Carne
The Muppets
Norm Crosby
Melina Mercouri
Irwin C. Watson (comedian)
Highlights:
--Gary Puckett - "Don't Make Promises"
23.18 [1068] The Ed Sullivan Show:
24-Jan-1971 CBS Sun
Guests:
B.J. Thomas
Nancy Ames
Sergio Franchi
Peter Gennaro (dancer)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk (jazz musician)
Godfrey Cambridge (comedian)
Jim O'Brian (football player)
Highlights:
--B.J. Thomas - "No Love At All" & medley of songs ...
("Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," "Most of All" & "I Just Can't Help Believin'")
--B.J. Thomas & Nancy Ames - "Your Song"
--Nancy Ames - "Lady Love" & "Heaven Help Us All"
--Rahsaan Roland Kirk (jazz musician) - "True Black Jazz"
--Sergio Franchi - "Close to You" & "No Man is an Island"
--Peter Gennaro (dancer) - "Impossible Dream"
23.19 [1069] The Ed Sullivan Show:
31-Jan-1971 CBS Sun
Guests:
The Temptations
Connie Stevens
Albert Brooks
Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara (comedy team)
Peter Gennaro (dancer)
Doug Kershaw (Cajun fiddler)
Highlights:
--The Temptations - "Get Ready," "Just My Imagination" & medley
("Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours," "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," "I'll Be There" & "My Sweet Lord")
--Connie Stevens - "Tea for Two"
--Connie Stevens & Peter Gennaro (spoof Ginger Rogers & Fred Astaire)
--Doug Kershaw (Cajun fiddler) - "Glinda"
23.20 [1070] The Ed Sullivan Show:
07-Feb-1971 CBS Sun (repeated 6-Jun-1971)
Guests:
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Sid Caesar
Carol Channing
Robert Klein (comedian)
Jerry Vale
Peter Nero (pianist)
Caterina Valente
Pat Henry (comedian)
Highlights:
--Gladys Knight & the Pips - "If I Were Your Woman" & "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
--Sid Caesar & Carol Channing (do a scene from the play "Four on a Garden")
--Robert Klein (stand-up comedian, doing a dentist routine)
--Jerry Vale - "I Want To Make It With You," "My Love, Forgive Me," & "Peace in the Valley"
--Caterina Valente
- "Everybody Gets to go to the Moon," "Mack the Knife" (in German) & "The Girl from Impanema" (in Portuguese)
--Peter Nero (pianist, theme from "Love Story")
Note:
The edited PBS repeat also includes Jackie DeShannon - "Put a Little Love In Your Heart"
(This clip might have been taken from an earlier Sullivan show).
[--] 14-Feb-71 CBS Sun The "Ed Sullivan Show" pre-empted for the movie "Ben Hur"
23.21 [1071] The Ed Sullivan Show:
21-Feb-1971 CBS Sun
Guests:
The Fifth Dimension
Connie Stevens
Tiny Tim & Miss Vickie
Rodney Dangerfield
John Bryner (comedian/celebrity impressions)
Dickie Henderson (British comedian)
Jim Henson's Muppets
Highlights:
--The Fifth Dimension - "Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes" & medley:
"Up Up and Away," "One Less Bell to Answer," "Stoned Soul Picnic," "Wedding Bell Blues,"
& "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"
--Connie Stevens and the Fifth Dimension - "Puppet Man"
--Tiny Tim and Miss Vicki - "Why"
--Connie Stevens - medley: "It's a Blue World," "If I Didn't Care," "Hey Daddy," "Tell Me Why,"
"Big Girls Don't Cry" & "You Keep Me Hanging On"
--Dickie Henderson - "One for My Baby"
23.22 [1072] The Ed Sullivan Show:
28-Feb-1971 CBS Sun
Guests:
The Everly Brothers
George Carlin (comedian)
Shirley Bassey (British singer)
Jerry Butler
David Brenner
The Brockways (acrobatic/bicycle act)
Tybee & Antonio (exotic dancers)
Highlights:
--Everly Brothers - "Bowling Green," "Mama Tried," "Dream" medley and "Bye Bye Love"
--Shirley Bassey - "What About Today" & "Yesterday When I was Young"
--Jerry Butler - "Where Are You Going?"
Also: A French Restaurant skit with Ed Sullivan, Shirley Bassey & Sid Caesar.
23.23 [1073] The Ed Sullivan Show: ARMED FORCES MUSIC FESTIVAL
07-Mar-1971 CBS Sun (repeated 9-May-71)
Guests:
Jeannie C. Riley
Teresa Graves
Roy Clark
Louis Nye (stand-up comedian)
Joe Lewis
Brian Stewart
Peter Gennaro (dancer)
General William Westmoreland (cameo)
Highlights:
--Jeannie C. Riley - "Oh, Singer" & "Harper Valley PTA" (2nd song on film)
--Teresa Graves - "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"
--Roy Clark - "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" (on banjo)
--Joe Lewis (boxer, interviewed by Sullivan)
--Brian Stewart ("Love Story" theme)
--Peter Gennero ("This is the Army" dance routine)
Military talent:
--Major Don Kidder & Sons (barbershop quartet from Clark AFB, the Philippines) - "Bring Back Those Good Old Days"
--Staff Sergeant Richard Martin (harmonica player from Kelly AFB, Texas) - "St. Louis Blues"
--Old Guard Fife and Drum Corp (from Fort Myer)
--The United States Army Drill Team
--Fred (folk trio consisting of Sergeant Cruise, Army Specialist Hoffman & Bonnie Hoffman)
- "That's When I Come Running Into Your Mind"
Finale:
Entire cast sings medley of Service songs: "Anchor's Aweigh," "Air Force Song, "Marine's Hymn," "America the Beautiful."
[--] 14-Mar-71 CBS Sun "The Ed Sullivan Show" pre-empted for the movie "Born Free."
23.24 [1074] The Ed Sullivan Show:
21-Mar-1971 CBS Sun (repeated 16-May-71)
Guests:
Bernadette Peters
George Hamilton
Oliver
The Phil Driscoll Explosion
Young Saints
Georgie Kaye (comedian)
Skiles and Henderson (comedy team)
Highlights:
--Oliver - "Early Morning Rain" & "Walking Down the Line"
--Bernadette Peters - "Look for the Silver Lining"
--Bernadette Peters & Oliver - "Yes, Yes, Bernadette"
--George Hamilton - "If You Could Read My Mind"
--The Phil Driscoll Explosion - "California Dreamin'"
--Young Saints - "Shout," "Oh, Happy Day" & "Didn't It Rain?"
23.25 [1075] The Ed Sullivan Show: [Final New Show of the Series]
28-Mar-1971 CBS Sun
Guests:
Melanie
David Frye (impressionist)
Tony Sandler & Ralph Young (singers)
Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass
Joanna Simon (mezzo-soprano)
Norman Wisdom (British comedian)
Vic Perry (sleight-of-hand artist)
Tony Fane (comedian)
Lennie Schultz (comedian)
Highlights:
--Melanie - "Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma," "Ruby Tuesday" and "Alexander Beetle"
--Joanna Simon (mezzo-soprano) - "My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice"
[--] 04-Apr-71 CBS Sun "The Ed Sullivan Show" was pre-empted for special
"Ed Sullivan Presents Movin' with Nancy on Stage."
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CBS aired reruns of "The Ed Sullivan Show" from 11-Apr-71 until 6-Jun-71.
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11-Apr-71 - repeat from 11-Apr-71 (U.N. 25th Anniversary)
18-Apr-71 - unknown
25-Apr-71 - repeat from 01-Nov-71 (Bobbie Gentry, Roy Clark)
02-May-71 - repeat from 27-Sep-70 (Bobby Vinton, Holiday on Ice)
09-May-71 - repeat from 07-Mar-71
16-May-71 - repeat from 21-Mar-71
23-May-71 - unknown
30-May-71 - Sullivan pre-empted for a Jack Jones special.
06-Jun-71 - final repeat, from 7-Feb-71
Note: From 13-Jun-71 "The Ed Sullivan Show" was replaced by Sunday Night Movies.