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"The Ed Sullivan Show"
Season 9 (1956-57)############# The Ed Sullivan Show ###########
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CBS Sundays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern
Season 9
431. scheduled: Edward G. Robinson; Edith Piaf; Helen Traubel; Jean
Carroll
gs: Edward G. Robinson (scheduled guest) Edith Piaf (scheduled
guest) Helen Traubel (scheduled guest) Jean Carroll (scheduled
guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Edward G. Robinson (actor, in scenes from Paddy Chayefsky's
Broadway show "Middle of the Night")
--Edith Piaf (French singer)
--Helen Traubel
--Jean Carroll
b: 23-Sep-1956
432. Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz / Yogi Berra / Gisele MacKenzie /
Joyce Grenfell
gs: Desi Arnaz (Guest) Lucille Ball (Guest) Yogi Berra (Guest) Joyce
Grenfell (Guest)
Lucy & Desi sketch:
Ed Sullivan calls Desi at home to arrange interview, but Lucy thinks
Edward Morrow is coming. (Sketch runs approx. 12 minutes)
Other guests:
--Yogi Berra (Ed interviews baseball player Berra)
--Gisele Mackenzie - "Delightful To Be Married" & "Canadian Sunset"
--Sal Maglie (Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher talks about baseball)
--Joyce Grenfell (stand-up comedian: nursery school routine & tells
jokes about cocktail parties)
--Stockholm Gosskor - "Goethewaltz" & "Swedish Marching Song" (boys
choir from Sweden)
--Lilly Yokoi (Bicycle Acrobatics)
Cameos: Baseball Managers & Players: Hank Aaron, Frank Torre
--Benson Ford (Ford family member promoting United Charity Work)
--President Dwight D. Eisenhower (on film, promoting charity work)
Audience bow: Dr. Albert Jorgensen
b: 30-Sep-1956
433. scheduled: Eartha Kitt; Kate Smith; Joe E. Lewis; Ricky
Layne;Richardi
gs: Eartha Kitt (scheduled guest) Kate Smith (scheduled guest) Joe
E. Lewis (scheduled guest) Rickie Layne (scheduled guest) Richardi
(scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Eartha Kitt
--Kate Smith
--Joe E. Lewis (comedian)
--Ricky Layne & Velvel (ventriloquist act)
--Richardi (illusionist)
--Royal Danish Ballet
b: 07-Oct-1956
434. Dedication of the Henry & Edsel Ford Auditorium / Johnny Carson
gs: Johnny Carson (Guest) Elizabeth Taylor (Guest, on film) Rock
Hudson (Guest, on film) Jack Warner (Guest, on film) George Stevens
(Guest, on film)
Dedication of The Henry & Edsel Ford Auditorium Show (broadcast from
the Edsel Ford Memorial Auditorium in Detroit).
Guests (on last 20 minutes of show):
--Johnny Carson - impersonates Ed Sullivan and Edward R. Murrow.
--Richiardi (illusionist) - Richiardi levitates a woman
--On film: The New York premiere of the movie "Giant" with Jack
Warner, George Stevens, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson. Includes
scene from "Giant."
--Audience bows: Mr. & Mrs. Marcus Winslow (James Dean's Aunt and
Uncle, who raised the late actor); Mayor of Detroit, Albert E Cobo
(spelling?); Members of the Detroit Memorial Hall commission; Ford
family memebers; Ford Dealer representatives (on-stage bows);
--William Clay Ford (Ford rep) & dealer reps deliver keys to new
theater.
Other guests (scheduled to appear):
--Vivian Blaine
--Nanci Crompton (ballerina)
--Takeo Usui (Japanese aerialist)
--Jinx (performing monkey)
b: 14-Oct-1956
435. scheduled: Jack Paar / On film: Robert Michum, Rity Hayworth;
Jack Lemmon
Scheduled guests:
--Jack Paar
--Marion Marlowe
--Davis and Reese (comedy team)
--Salvador (French comedian)
--The Bokaras (acrobats on teeterboard)
--The Sciplini chimps (boxing chimps)
--On film: interviews with Rita Hayworth, Jack Lemmon and Robert
Mitchum.
b: 21-Oct-1956
436. Elvis Presley (2nd appearance) / Senior Wences / Joyce Grenfell
gs: Elvis Presley (Guest) Senor Wences (Guest)
--Elvis Presley (2nd appearance) - "Don't Be Cruel," "Love Me
Tender," "Love Me" (with the Jordanaires) and "Hound Dog" (with the
Jordanaires).
Other guests:
--Senor Wences - ventriloquist with Pedro (head in box) and Johnny
(hand puppet)
--Joyce Grenfell (comedian, sings "Countess of Cotlet")
--Scene from Broadway show "The Most Happy Fella"
--Little Gaelic Singers (children's chorus from Ireland) - "Dancin'
Song," "Dandlin Song" and "Believe Me"
--Unus - Circus act in top hat & cape (introduced by Scampi - little
boy in top hat)
Audience bows: Robert Webb; Earl Wilson; DJs from Ottawa
b: 28-Oct-1956
437. scheduled: Maurice Evans; Nelson Eddy; Patti Page; Henri
Salvador; Elliot Reed
Scheduled guests:
--Nelson Eddy
--Maurice Evans (Broadway star)
--Patti Page (singer)
--Elliot Reed (comedian)
--Richiardi (illusionist)
--Henri Salvador (French singer-comedian)
--Toriani (juggling act)
b: 04-Nov-1956
438. sched: Julie Andrews; Bing Crosby; Phil Silvers; Louis
Armstrong; Marcel Marceau
Scheduled guests:
--Julie Andrews
--Bing Crosby
--Phil Silvers
--Louis Armstrong
--Marcel Marceau
--Michael Redgrave and Barbara Bel Geddes appear in a scene from
their Broadway play "The Sleeping Prince."
b: 11-Nov-1956
439. Fats Domino / Guy Mitchell / Elvis Presley (film clip)
gs: Fats Domino (Guest) Guy Mitchell (Guest) Mitzi Green (Guest) Sid
Fields (Guest) Elvis Presley (Guest, film clip from "Love Me
Tender")
Guests:
--Fats Domino - "Blueberry Hill"
--Guy Mitchell - "Singing the Blues"
--Don Rondo (singer) - "Two Different Worlds"
--Mitzi Green - talks about the Palace Theater, sings "Two A Day,"
then imitates Joe E. Lewis
--Lou Nelson (stand-up comedian & song and dance man) - tells jokes
about smiling, laughter, traffic regulations.
--Sid Fields (comedian) - appears with Ben Blue as "Shando," the
mind reader
--Ben Blue (comedian doing a pantomime sketch, Charlie Chaplin-type
character)
--Elsa And Waldo (woman in tutu pulls strings of a puppet)
--Conn and Mann (tap dancing duo from the Copacabana)
--On film: clip from the Elvis Presley's film "Love Me Tender"
(Elvis' debut as a movie star).
--Also: Ed introduces newest Air Academy military uniforms designed
by Cecil B. De Mille & Henry Wilcoxon.
b: 18-Nov-1956
440. Maria Callas & Rudolf Bing / Clark Gable (filmed interview)
gs: Maria Callas (Guest) Rudolf Bing (Guest) Clark Gable (Guest, on
film) Teresa Brewer (Guest) Dick Shawn (Guest) Raoul Walsh (Guest,
on film)
Guests:
--Teresa Brewer - "Mutual Admiration Society" & "Gonna Get Along
Without You Now" (clip with polo player, sword fighters, and dancer
superimposed at bottom of screen).
--Rudolf Bing (Patron of the Arts from the Metropolitan) - explains
"Tosca"
--Maria Callas & Rudolf Bing - "Tosca" (huge operatic production
number, Maria's television debut)
--Dick Shawn (comedian, Civil War routine & song about the war)
--1956 Colliers All American Football Team (film footage of football
games. Footage of Governor Gary of Oklahoma introducing two players
on Colliers list from Oklahoma). Ed Interviews Players
--The Barbour Brothers & Jean (two men & a woman do dance routine on
stilts)
On film: Clark Gable - Ed Goes to New Mexico to meet Clark Gable in
ghost town - set of "The King and Four Queens." Raoul Walsh, the
director, is also shown on the set. Mom McDade aims gun at Clark &
shoots Ed.
Audience bow: Arnold Tucker (quarterback on Army team, bomber pilot
in Korea)
b: 25-Nov-1956
441. Rosemary Clooney / Sophie Tucker / Anthony Newley / Modern
Screen Awards
gs: Marlon Brando (himself - on film) Glenn Ford (himself - on film)
Rosemary Clooney (herself)
Guests:
--Rosemary Clooney - "April In Paris"
--Cranks (British comedy review) - (1) Anthony Newley sings "I'm The
Boy You Should Say Yes To" & "I'm In Love" (2) Anthony Newley, Annie
Ross & Gilbert Vernon perform a magic gloves sketch
--Princeton Triangle Club (men in drag, in tutus) - Twelve players
do comic ballet titled "Goose Lagoon," then present Ed with an
award.
--Sophie Tucker - medley: "I Always Have A Special Song," "Put
You're Arms Around Me Honey," "You Made Me Love You," "Mama Goes
Where Papa Goes (Holding A Gun)," "La Vie En Rose," "Rock Around The
Clock" and "Some Of These Days"
--Myron Cohen (stand-up comedian)
--On film: clip from "The Teahouse Of The August Moon." Followed by
footage of Ed Sullivan visiting Marlon Brando, Michiko Kyo and Glen
Ford on the movie set.
--Liselote Kuester & Jockel Stahl (dance team) - couple dressed in
matching suits do a dance routine.
--Audience bows: Paul Ford; Chuck Connolly
1956 (15th annual) Modern Screen Awards (a live pickup from
Hollywood). Louella Parsons presents awards to George Delacourt,
Janet Leigh, Victoria Shaw, Tony Perkins, Natalie Wood, Rita Moreno,
Kirk Douglas, King Vidor, George Stevens, Debbie Reynolds, Tony
Curtis and Doris Day. Doris Day also accepts an award for Frank
Sinatra.
b: 02-Dec-1956
442. sched: Kate Smith; Sam Levenson; Joyce Grenfell; Gaelic Singers
Scheduled guests:
--Kate Smith
--Sam Levenson
--Joyce Grenfell
--The little Gaelic Singers of Ireland
--Dario Cassini (singer)
--Klauson's Bears
--A group of women gymnasts from Finland
--The United Press awards for the "Football Team of the Year"
--On film: Ed visits the Israeli Theatre in Paris.
b: 09-Dec-1956
443. scheduled: Rise Stevens; Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy; Jack
Paar; Jo Sullivan
Scheduled guests:
--Jack Paar
--Rise Stevens
--Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy
--Art Lund, Jo Sullivan and the three Abbondanza boys performing
scenes from their Broadway play "The Most Happy Fella."
--Baby Opal (performing elephant)
b: 16-Dec-1956
444. scheduled: Gracie Fields; Kaye Ballard; Dolores Wilson; Annie
Cordy
Scheduled guests:
--Gracie Fields (actress)
--Kaye Ballard (comedian)
--Dolores Wilson (opera singer)
--Annie Cordy (chanteuse)
--Varvel and Bailey (French singers)
--Les Chanteurs de Paris (French singers)
--The Half Brothers (juggling unicyclists)
--Victor Julian and his performing dogs
b: 23-Dec-1956
445. scheduled: Look Award winners: Sid Caesar; Edward R. Murrow;
Walt Disney
Scheduled:
--The Annual Look magazine TV awards including winners Sid Caesar,
Perry Como, Walt Disney, Red Grange, Garry Moore, Edward R. Murrow,
Bishop Fulton J. Sheen and Phil Silvers.
Other scheduled guests:
--The Vagabonds (comedy singing group)
--LuAnn Simms (singer)
--Ernesto Lecuona (Cuban songwriter)
--Ricky Layne (ventriloquist, with his dummy Velvel)
--Piet Van Brecht (European comedy act)
--The Alcettys (novelty act)
--The Mills chimpanzees
b: 30-Dec-1956
446. Elvis Presley (3rd appearance) / Carol Burnett / Sugar Ray
Robinson
gs: Elvis Presley (Guest) Carol Burnett (Guest) Sugar Ray Robinson
(Guest) Arthur Worsley (Guest)
Elvis Presley (3rd appearance) - "Hound Dog," "Heartbreak Hotel,"
"Love Me Tender," "Don't Be Cruel," "Too Much," "When My Blue Moon
Turns to Gold Again" and "Peace in the Valley."
Other guests:
--Carol Burnett (stand-up, topic: singing auditions)
--Sugar Ray Robinson (interviewed by Sullivan after losing title
fight, in jest Ed shows him how to box)
--Arthur Worlsey (British ventriloquist)
--Leny Eversong - "Cante Afre Cubano"
--Lonnie Satin - "I Believe" (from "Cotton Club")
--Leny Eversong - Jezebel Powerful Gutsy Singer
--Nancy Crompton (dancer, does hyper ballet)
--The Six Gutis (Clowns & Guys In Gorillas Suits)
--Bory & Bor (sight gag - a man in suit which makes him looks like 2
people dancing)
Audience bows: Don Budge; Jackie Robinson (newly retired); Gene
Ward; Jimmy Lannon
b: 06-Jan-1957
447. scheduled: Imogene Coca; Kate Smith; Professor Backwards
gs: Imogene Coca (scheduled guest) Kate Smith (scheduled guest)
Professor Backwards (scheduled guest) Imogene Coca (scheduled guest)
Kate Smith (scheduled guest) Professor Backwards (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Imogene Coca (comedian)
--Kate Smith (singer)
--Jim Edmondson (comedian known as "Professor Backwards")
--Fernanda Montel (South American singer)
--The Dam Brothers (Danish comedy performers)
--The Ballet Basque (a company of singers, dancers and musicians
from France)
b: 13-Jan-1957
448. Sonny James / Fess Parker / Ivory Joe Hunter
gs: Sonny James (himself) Fess Parker (himself)
Singers / musicians:
--Sonny James - "Young Love"
--Ivory Joe Hunter (at piano) - "Since I Met You"
--Betty Johnson - "I Dreamed" (or "I Dream)
--Fess Parker (with guitar) - "Wringle Wrangle"
--The Tarriers - "The Banana Boat Song"
--Russell Arms - "Cinco Robles"
--Jill Corey - "I Love My Baby"
--Marion Marlowe - "True Love"
--Mattiwilda Dobbs (Metropolitan Opera star) - "Summertime"
Other guests:
--Ben Blue (pantomime act) - (1) Cafe sketch with "live" lobsters
(2) quick change sketch portrait comes to life
--Three Markays (3-man acrobatic team, contortionists do routine on
parallel bars)
--On film: Ed at annual banquet for the Indianapolis 500 auto race.
--Women modeling gowns from past inaugurations. Models: Jo Sullivan,
Marion Marlowe, Gena Rowlands, Gretchen Wildler, Julia Mead, Edith
Adams, Jill Corey.
--Audience bows: Edward Mulhare (actor); John Cassevetes
b: 20-Jan-1957
449. scheduled: Louis Armstrong; Ella Fitzgerald; Dorothy Kirsten;
Mario del Monaco
Scheduled guests:
--Louis Armstrong
--Ella Fitzgerald
--Dorothy Kirsten and Mario del Monaco (Metropolitan opera stars
performing scenes from the opera "Madam Butterfly")
--Senor Wences (ventriloquist)
--The West Point Glee Club
--The Szonys (dancers)
b: 27-Jan-1957
450. scheduled: Vic Damone; Jose Greco; Al Hibbler
Scheduled guests:
--Vic Damone (singer)
--Al Hibbler (singer)
--Jose Greco - singer, with his troupe of Flamenco dancers
--Willie, West and McGinty (comedy trio)
--Bas Sheva (Israeli singer)
--Estelita (Cuban singer)
--Frank Libuse (comedian)
--Ruwe and Louie (ventriloquist act)
b: 03-Feb-1957
451. scheduled: Benny Goodman; Victor Borge; Charlotte Rae
Scheduled guests:
--Benny Goodman and his band
--Johnny Carson
--Charlotte Rae (comedian, then appearing in the Broadway musical
"Li'l Abner")
--Victor Borge (comedian)
--Benny Fields (vaudevillian)
--Blossom Seeley (vaudevillian)
--Rene's Puppets
--Tonito (high wire performers)
On film: The screen tests of two of four actresses trying out for
the lead in the movie "Marjorie Morningstar."
b: 10-Feb-1957
452. scheduled: Hugh O'Brian; Robert Wagner; Jeannie Carson
gs: Cecil B. DeMille (scheduled guest) Robert Wagner (scheduled
guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Cecil B. DeMille (producer of the film "The Ten Commandments")
--Robert Wagner
--Hugh O'Brian
--Jeannie Carson
--Peter Gennaro and Ellen Ray (dancing duo from the Broadway
production of "The Bells Are Ringing.")
--Rickie Layne (ventriloquist with his dummy Velvel)
--The Harlem Magicians (comedic basketball team which includes Goose
Tatum and Marques Haynes)
--Hilde Gueden and Jussi Bjoerling (opera singers)
b: 17-Feb-1957
453. scheduled: Lena Horne; Abbe Lane; Doretta Morrow
gs: Lena Horne (scheduled guest) Abbe Lane (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Lena Horne
--Abbe Lane (singer)
--Doretta Morrow (from the Broadway show "Kismet")
b: 24-Feb-1957
454. Lerner & Loewe Tribute: Gene Kelly; Leslie Caron; Fred Astaire
Tribute to Alan Jay Lerner & Fritz Loewe - presented in connection
with the first anniversary of their Broadway hit "My Fair Lady."
Lerner and Loewe appear on this show.
Songs from "My Fair Lady":
--Edward Mulhare (temporary replacing Rex Harrison) sings "What
Can't the English?"
--Stanley Holloway, Gordon Dilworth and Rod McLennan sing "With a
Little Bit O' Luck"
--Michael King sings "On Street Where You Live" (from the original
cast)
Guests (performing songs from other Lerner-Loewe plays):
--Fred Astaire & Jane Powell - perform a tap dance routine from "The
Liar's Song"
--Gene Kelly & Leslie Caron - dance to "Love Is Here To Stay"
-- Tony Bovar (Tony Bavaar?) sings "I Talk to the Tres" (from "Paint
Your Wagon")
--Jane Morgan sings "Almost Like Being in Love" (song and dance
number from "Brigadoon")
Also:
--Stanley Holloway - recites poem, a sequel to "Albert & The Lion"
--Marie Wilson (actress from "My Friend Irma") - interrupts Ed early
in program and, later, does a monologue at Mann's Chinese Theater
--Goddard Lieberson presents a "1,000,000 Record Sale" plaque to
Lerner & Loewe
--Audience bows: Nancy Olson; Vera Zarina
b: 03-Mar-1957
NOTE: The music of Lerner and Loewe was also featured on the March
19, 1961 "Ed Sullivan" episode.
455. scheduled: Henry Fonda (on film); Wilt Chamberlain; Don Ameche
gs: Henry Fonda (Guest, on film) Don Ameche (scheduled guest) Wilt
Chamberlain (scheduled guest) Charlie Gracie (scheduled guest)
On film: An interview with Henry Fonda including clips from his film
"Twelve Angry Men"
Other scheduled guests (live on stage):
--Associated Press All-American college basketball team led by Wilt
Chamberlain
--Don Ameche
--Senor Wences (ventriloquist)
--Charlie Gracie (singer) - scheduled to sing his hit recording
"Butterfly."
--Richard Tucker (opera singer)
--Renata Tebaldi (opera singer)
--Ben Blue (pantomimist)
--The Wiere Brothers
b: 10-Mar-1957
456. scheduled: Robert Mitchum; Ames Brothers; Edie Adams
gs: Robert Mitchum (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Robert Mitchum (actor) - turns singer & dancer as he performs a
medley of calpyso tunes that he recently recorded.
--Beatrice Lillie and Billy De Wolfe - perform scenes from the
Broadway musical "The Ziegfeld Follies," including dancing numbers
led by Harold Lang and Helen Wood.
--Edie Adams (actress, then appearing on Broadway in "Li'l Abner") -
does impressions of Shirley Temple, Marlene Dietrich, Jeanette
MacDonald, Ruby Keeler and Marilyn Monroe.
--The Ames Brothers (singing quartet) - sing a medley of Irish songs
and are joined by Mitchum in one tune.
--Connie Towers (singer)
--Robert Briscoe (Lord Mayor of Dublin)
--Joe, Jack and Joanie (acrobatic trio)
b: 17-Mar-1957
457. scheduled: Julie London; Rodgers and Hammerstein; Ella
Fitzgerald
Scheduled guests:
--Julie London sings the title song from the movie "Boy On a
Dolphin"
--On film: Clips from "Boy On a Dolphin" starring Sophia Loren, Alan
Ladd and Clifton Webb.
--Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein - appeared to promote their
musical "Cinderella."
--Ella Fitzgerald (singer)
--Giulietta Masina (Italian movie star)
--Davis and Reese (comedy team)
--The Ohio State Glee Club
--Paul Hahn (comic golfer)
--Miss Mara (Spanish aerialist)
b: 24-Mar-1957
NOTE: The next week (31-Mar-57), "The Ed Sullivan Show" was
pre-empted for "Cinderella" (Rogers and Hammerstein musical starring
Julie Andrews).
458. scheduled: Fred Astaire; Fredric March; Peggy Wood
gs: Fred Astaire (scheduled guest) Ferlin Husky (scheduled guest)
Buddy Knox (scheduled guest) Jimmy Bowen (scheduled guest) Fredric
March (scheduled guest) Peggy Wood (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Fred Astaire
--Ferlin Husky (singer) - "Gone"
--Buddy Knox (singer) - "Party Doll"
--Jimmy Bowen (singer) - "I'm Stickin' with You"
--Paul Douglas, David Burns, Kay Medford and Tommy White perform a
scene from their Broadway show "A Hole in the Head"
--American actors Fredric March, Florence Eldridge and Peggy Wood
meet with French stars: Gerard Philipe, Micheline Presle, Jean
Marais, Francoise Arnoul, Juliette Greco and Jacqueline Francois.
--Jacqueline Francois sings "Love Is a Child."
--Frank Libuse (comedian)
b: 07-Apr-1957
459. scheduled: Judy Holliday; Henry Fonda; Alan King; Alma Cogan
Scheduled guests:
--Judy Holliday (actress) - sings "Going Back" (from her Broadway
musical "Bells Are Ringing") and the title song from her movie "Full
of Life"
--Henry Fonda introduces film clips from his new movie "Twelve Angry
Men"
--Alan King (comedian)
--Kay Thompson (actress, whose current movie was "Funny Face") -
sings "Quelle Joie" and "Bozazz."
--Alma Cogan (English singer & pianist) - performs a song from the
TV musical "Cinderella"
--Roy Campanella (catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers)
--Smith and Dale (comedy team doing an income-tax sketch)
--Jack Harris (radio singer) - sings "Sweet and Lovely" and "Maybe
It's Because I Love Too Much"
--Linon (comedy wire-walker)
--Paul Anderson (1956 Olympic weight lifting champion) - shown
lifting 20 people (in a remote from Reno, Nevada)
b: 14-Apr-1957
460. scheduled: Buster Keaton; Donald O'Connor; Chester Gould
gs: Buster Keaton (scheduled guest) Donald O'Connor (scheduled
guest) Chester Gould (scheduled guest) Gale Gordon (scheduled guest)
Charlotte Rae (scheduled guest) Mitzi Green (scheduled guest) Don
Murray (scheduled guest) Roberta Sherwood (scheduled guest) Bob
Sweeney (scheduled guest) Marion Marlowe (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Buster Keaton (comedian)
--Donald O'Connor (dancer & actor, in a remote from Las Vegas) -
O'Connor does a portion of his Vegas night club act.
--Chester Gould ("Dick Tracy" artist and creator)
--Charlotte Rae (comedian) - plays the Grand Duchess in a satire of
"Anastasia."
--Gale Gordon and Bob Sweeney (comedians) - do a comedy sketch about
refinishing the attic of their home.
--Don Murray (movie actor, from "The Bachelor Party") - does a
special dance number.
--Roberta Sherwood (singer) - sings "Easter Parade"
--Marion Marlowe - sings "Ave Maria."
--Mitzi Greene (comedian) - shows film clips of the highlights of
her movie career as a youngster, and sings a medley of her early
song hits.
b: 14-Apr-1957
461. Bill Haley & the Comets / Lena Horne / Tony Perkins
gs: Bill Haley (Guest) Lena Horne (Guest) Tony Perkins (Guest) Jack
Paar (Guest) George DeWitt (Guest) Alfred Apaka (Guest) George
Smathers (Himself)
--Bill Haley & the Comets - "40 Cups Of Coffee" & " Rudy's Rock"
(instrumental - 2nd song)
--Lena Horne - "From This Moment On," "I've Grown Accustomed to Your
Face," "Day In Day Out" & "From This Moment On"
--Tony Perkins - "Rover's Lane"
--Ed introduces Tony Perkins to Jimmy Piersall (who Perkins played
in "Fear Strikes Out")
--Jack Paar (stand-up, talks about art, commercials & his comeback)
--Alfred Apaka (Hawaiian singer) - "Speak Love" and, earlier in
show, sings 2 songs as part of Polynesian production number.
--The Happy Jesters - "Your Cheatin' Heart"
--George Dewitt (stand-up comedy, tells jokes about regional
differences)
--Senator George Smathers (Florida Senator gets award for fighting
mental illness)
--Barbara & Her Dog (novelty act, dog performs math tricks)
--Pee Wee Hockey Team (presents Ed with stuffed baby seal)
Audience bows: Henry J. Kaiser; Barney Ross (boxer); Jim Spaulding
(bowler); Helen Landon (Carnival Cotton Queen); Hy Gardner
--On stage bows: Jimmy Piersall (baseball player); Hal Connoly &
Olga Fikotova (couple that met competing at Olympics)
b: 28-Apr-1957
NOTE: Bill Haley and the Comets performed "Rock Around the Clock" on
the August 7, 1955 "Toast of the Town" show.
462. Johnnie Ray / Walter Pidgeon / Sugar Ray Robinson
gs: Johnnie Ray (Guest) Walter Pidgeon (Guest) Sugar Ray Robinson
(Guest) Gene Fulmer (Guest) Ruth Mayyeson (Guest) James Melton
(Guest) The Vagabonds (Guest) Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham (Guest)
Guests:
--Johnnie Ray - "All Of Me" and "Yes Tonight Josephine"
--Johnnie Ray (later in show) - medley: "Cry," "Just Walking In The
Rain" and "Should I Reveal?"
--The Vagabonds (instrumental/comedy group) - "Lazy River"
--James Melton (singer) - "Almost Like Being In Love" (with female
violinists)
Other guests:
--Boxers Sugar Ray Robinson and Gene Fulmer meet on stage.
--Walter Pidgeon & Ruth Mayyeson - appear in scene from "The
Happiest Millionaire" (Note: Ruth Mayyeson is listed as "Ruth
Matteson" on the transcript.)
--Walter Pidgeon joins Ed, Sugar Ray & Gene Fulmer on stage. They
talk about Walter's boxing techniques. Then Ed interviews the
boxers.
-- Dewey Pigmeat Markham (comedian) - routine: Dewey & Shorty argue
about mathematics. (Boy wonder Robert Strom who won $192,000 on
"$64,000 Question" joins Pigmeat & Ed Sullivan in mathematics
sketch)
--Ballet performance choreographed by Nina Novak
--Audience bows: Abba Eban; General Burnell; Governor Lane Dwynell;
Dave Condon
Scheduled guests (not on transcript):
--The Corps de Ballet of the ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, featuring
Meredith Baylis and Eugene Slavin doing the "Czardas"
b: 05-May-1957
NOTE: Judy Scott (pop singer) was a scheduled guest. She is not,
however, listed on the transcript as a performer. (She was announced
on the opening credits so she might have been "bumped.")
463. scheduled: Navy talent show / Bob & Ray / Jack Dempsey
gs: Jack Dempsey (Guest) Bob Elliott (Guest) Ray Goulding (Guest)
All-Navy talent program (talent chosen from Navy personnel from all
over the country)
Scheduled guests:
(1) Navy talent includes:
--The Four Palms (Marine vocal quartet)
(2) Civilian talent:
--Jack Dempsey (former heavyweight boxing champion)
--Hervey Stone (comedian)
--Bob and Ray (comedy team)
b: 12-May-1957
464. scheduled: Tommy Sands; Rise Stevens; Glenn Miller Band (led by
Ray McKinley)
gs: Tommy Sands (scheduled guest) Rise Stevens (scheduled guest)
Julie Wilson (scheduled guest) Ray McKinley (scheduled guest) The
Glenn Miller Orchestra (scheduled guests)
Scheduled guests:
--Tommy Sands - "Teenage Crush" and "Goin' Steady"
--Tommy Sands, Rise Stevens and Julie Wilson - "Drop That Name"
(from the Broadway musical "Bells Are Ringing")
--Rise Stevens (opera star)
--Julie Wilson (nightclub singer)
--The Glenn Miller Band (led by Ray McKinley)
--Judge Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham (comedian)
--Lou Holtz (comedian)
--Davis and Reese (comedy team)
--Georges Ulmer (comedy singer from London)
--The Maxwells (comedy balancers)
b: 19-May-1957
465. Jayne Mansfield / Jack Webb / Sam Snead / Dolores Grey / Gene
Austin
gs: Jayne Mansfield (herself) Jack Webb (himself) Sam Snead
(himself)
--Jayne Mansfield - plays violin and, later in show, plays
"Malguena" on the piano
--Jack Webb talks with Ed about his new film "The D.I."
--Bill Kenny (formerly of the Ink Spots) - "The Best Way You Know
How"
--Sam Snead (gives golf lesson on stage)
--Phil Foster sings "Let's Keep The Dodgers In Brooklyn"
--Dolores Grey - "Fool's Errand" & "There'll Be Some Changes Made"
--Gene Austin (1920's recording artist) - plays piano and sings show
tunes. (Scheduled to perform a medley of his hits including "My Blue
Heaven.")
--Will Jordan (comedian, impersonates Ed Sullivan, Robert Mitchum,
Bing Crosby & Jack Benny)
--The Three Cottas (acrobatic act with two men, one woman & two
dogs)
--Martha Ann Bentley (ballet dancer)
--Ed Introduces Martha Ann Bentley to Red Skelton & daughter (on
stage).
b: 26-May-1957
466. scheduled: Tony Martin; Sarah Vaughn; Janet Blair
gs: Tony Martin (scheduled guest) Sarah Vaughn (scheduled guest)
Janet Blair (scheduled guest) Lily Pons (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Tony Martin (singer)
--Sarah Vaughn (singer)
--Janet Blair (singer)
--Lily Pons (singer)
--Tony Martin, Sarah Vaughn, Lily Pons and Janet Blair - sing
"Sunshine Girl" (from the Broadway musical "New Girl in Town")
--Bob Lewis (comedian)
--The Maxwells (billed as a "basket-balancing act")
--Piet Von Brecht (novelty act)
--A presentation of the Clarence Derwent Awards for the theater's
best supporting performances.
b: 02-Jun-1957
467. scheduled: Joni James; Alan King; Harry Belafonte (on film)
Scheduled guests:
--Joni James (singer)
--Alan King (comedian)
--On film: Harry Belafonte is shown singing "Lead Man Holler" in a
clip from his new movie.
--Judge Dewy "Pigmeat" Markham and Company (comedians)
--The Malagon Sisters (vocal group)
--Frances Faye (comedy singer-pianist)
--Lou Nelson (comedian)
--Joyce's camels, llamas and zebra
b: 09-Jun-1957
468. Johnny Mathis / Polly Bergen / Rusty Draper / Bing Crosby (on
film)
gs: Johnny Mathis (Guest) Polly Bergen (Guest) Bing Crosby (Guest)
John Raitt (Guest) Rusty Draper (Guest)
--Johnny Mathis - "It's Not For Me To Say"
--Rusty Draper - "Freight Train"
--John Raitt - soliloquy from "Carousel"
--Polly Bergen - "Can't Help Lovin' that Man" & "Just in Time"
--Victor Julian & Pets (trained animal act with dancing poodles)
--Jean Carroll (stand-up comedian)
--Paul Anderson (1956 Olympic weight-lifting champion)
--Don Rondo - "White Silver Sands"
--Page and Bray (ballroom "adagio-dance" duo)
--Col. Ed Eagan presents award to man (Captain Villiers?) who sailed
the Mayflower II (Mayflower replica) to the U.S.
On film:
--Film clip of Bing Crosby singing "Temptation"
--Ed interviews Bing Crosby and Inger Stevens on set of movie "Man
on Fire"
b: 16-Jun-1957
469. scheduled: Burt Lancaster; Gene Kelly; Helen Wood
gs: Burt Lancaster (scheduled guest) Gene Kelly (scheduled guest)
Helen Wood (scheduled guest) Guy Lombardo (scheduled guest) Harold
Lang (scheduled guest)
Ninth Anniversary special broadcast from the Outdoor Marine Theater
at Jones Beach, N.Y.
Scheduled guests:
--Burt Lancaster and Barbara Nichols (actors) - appear together in a
comedy sketch.
--Gene Kelly - does a soft shoe duet with Ed Sullivan.
--Guy Lombardo (bandleader) - "Show Boat" medley. (Note: Guy
Lombardo takes over the orchestra during this medley.)
--Harold Lang and Helen Wood from the Broadway show "The Ziegfield
Follies"
--David Atkinson and Gloria Hamilton (performers from the Broadway
show "Show Boat") - "You Are Love"
--Julie Wilson (singer) - "I'm a Bad Bad Girl" & a Cole Porter
medley
--Dick Contino (accordion player) - "Around the World" & "Granada"
--Lou Holtz (comedian) - tells Sam Lapidus stories
--Frank Libuse (comedian)
--Elliott Murphy's Aqua Belles
--The Cypress Garden (Florida) Water Skiers
b: 23-Jun-1957
470. Everly Brothers / Francis Farmer / Nancy Whiskey / "Prince &
the Showgirl" premiere
gs: The Everly Brothers (Guests) Francis Farmer (Guest) Marilyn
Monroe (Herself, on film)
Guests:
--Everly Brothers - "Bye, Bye Love"
--Francis Farmer - "Aura Lee"
--Nancy Whiskey & Charles McDevvett Band "Freight Train" (Skiffle
band)
--Bonnie Guitar - "Dark Moon" (sings and plays guitar)
--Kaye Ballard (stand-up comedian, topic: Mothers are always right)
--Kirby Stone Four (vocal impressionists) - sing a comic version of
"Lazy River" while imitating other singers.
-- Jo, Jac, And Joni - (3 person British comedy troupe) - troupe
uses musical instruments as props
--Davis and Reese (stand-up comedians doing impressions)
--Jackie Pung (Female golfer who lost the US Open on a technicality)
--University Of Georgia Glee Club - sings "June Is Bustin' Out All
Over," "Hand Holdin' Music," "If I Loved You" and the Georgia School
Song (conducted by Byron Warner)
--Barber And Manselle (former Harvest Moon Dancers perform)
-- Ed Talks To Michael Mark (boy contestant on the "$64,000
Question")
--Audience bow: Rex Smith
--On film: "Prince and the Showgirl" premiere at Radio City Music
Hall. Ed Sullivan appears with Bernard Baruch, Polly Bergan, Arnold
Grant, William Randolph Hearst, Sugar Ray Robinson, Ethel And Robert
Kennedy, RFK, Marilyn Monroe, Arthur Miller. Then a clip from the
movie is shown.
--On film: Premiere of Darryl Zanuck's "Island In The Sun." Stars
are shown arriving at premiere: Jayne Mansfield, Dean Martin, Terry
Moore, Charlie Neston
--On film: "Fire Down Bleow" film clip with Rita Hayworth, Robert
Mitchum, Jack Lemmon.
--On film: "The Pride And The Passion" film clip with Cary Grant,
Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren.
b: 30-Jun-1957 pc: 9.40
471. Louis Armstrong / Teresa Brewer / Jack Parr / Gary Cooper /
Betty Madigan
gs: Gary Cooper (Guest) Louis Armstrong (Guest) Betty Madigan
(Guest) Jack Parr (Guest) Teresa Brewer (Guest) Pat Rooney (Guest)
Guests:
--Gary Cooper - Gary Cooper and Ed Sullivan watch a clip from "Love
In The Afternoon." Ed talks with Gary Cooper.
--Louis Armstrong - "Beautiful Dreamer"
--Betty Madigan - "Lets Dance"
--Teresa Brewer - "Teardrops In My Heart" and a medley of Jimmy
McHugh songs ("When My Sugar Walks Down The Street," "Lonesomest Gal
In Town" and "Maggie Blues")
--Enzo Duarte (spelling?) - "Drink, Drink"
--"Glee Club" (Louis Armstrong, Teresa Brewer, Pat Rooney, and Enzo
Duarte) sings "Sweet Adeline"
--Jack Paar (stand-up comedian) - fashion display "I Remember"
routine
--Dewey Pigmeat Markham (The Judge & Shorty) - African-American
comedy team, sketch: Civil defense men in graveyard.
--Farley & combo (standing on huge trumpet) - "Music Goes Round and
Round"
--Pat Rooney - tap dances to "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling"
--Alan and De Wood (comedy team) - topical humor, current events,
Japanese soldier routine
--Gardner Guards - 40 members play "Music Goes Round And Round" &
"Yankee Doodle Dandy"
--At beginning of show, Ed Introduces a few 1957 Miss Universe
pageant contestants: Miss Iceland, Israel, Sweden, Canada, Austria
(Vienna), Belgium, France, Morocco
--Equestrian on horse gets horse to do Polka, The March, Viennese
Waltz to George Cohan music
b: 07-Jul-1957
472. scheduled: Sal Mineo; Diahann Carroll; Don Cherry
gs: Sal Mineo (scheduled guest) Diahann Carroll (scheduled guest)
Don Cherry (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Sal Mineo sings "Start Movin"
--Diahann Carroll
--Don Cherry
--Marvin Rainwater sings "Gonna Find Me a Bluebird"
--Sue Carson (comedian)
--Ricky Layne (ventriloquist with his dummy Velvel)
--Art Mooney and his band
--Willie Moscini (pocket billiards champion)
b: 14-Jul-1957
473. scheduled: Ernie Kovacs; Myron Cohen; Four Aces
gs: Ernie Kovacs (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Ernie Kovacs and his Nairobi Trio
--The Four Aces
--Myron Cohen (comedian)
--Ted Lewis (bandleader)
--Hurricane Jackson (heavyweight challenger)
--Connie Boswell and the original Memphis Five
--Barbara Hall (billed as a "showgirl-Shakespeare expert")
--The Molidor Trio (European novelty act)
b: 21-Jul-1957
474. scheduled: Dan Dailey (guest host); the Crew Cuts; Roger
Williams
Scheduled guests:
--Dan Dailey (guest host for this week and next)
--The Crew Cuts (vocal group)
--Roger Williams (pianist)
--Toni Arden (singer)
--Don Tannen (ventriloquist)
Circus acts
--Dan Dailey takes part in a trick-horse act
--The Wallendas (high wire performers)
--The Zacchinis (flying trapeze artists)
--Victoria Zacchini (girl shot from cannon)
b: 28-Jul-1957
475. scheduled: Dan Dailey (guest host); The Everly Brothers
Scheduled guests:
--Dan Dailey (guest host)
--The Everly Brothers
--Marion Marlowe
--Cesare Vallett (opera singer)
--Herb Score (Cleveland Indians pitcher)
--Jay Lawrence (comedian)
--The Kirby Stone Four (musical imitators)
--Chiquita and Johnson (dance team)
--The All-American Chorus (from Colorado, led by Roger D. Fee of the
University of Colorado)
--Venetia Stevenson (starlet, chosen by Ed Sullivan as "The World's
Most Photogenic Girl" for a photography magazine)
b: 04-Aug-1957
476. U.S. Army Show with Carol Burnett / Jayne Mansfield / Buddy
Knox
gs: Carol Burnett (Guest) Jayne Mansfield (Guest) Buddy Knox (Guest)
Guests:
--Jayne Mansfield - Ed talks to Jayne about her favorite movie
stars.
Jane sings "The Army Goes Rolling Along" with the Army Chorus (later
in show). Ed flirts with Jane.
--Buddy Knox - "Party Doll" & "Hula Love"
--Carol Burnett - "I'm In Love With John Foster Dulles" and "Puppy
Love"
--Peter Palmer - "I Hear Music When I Look At You"
Army talent:
--The Texans (dance the Texas two step)
--Privates Norbert Chrison and Freddie Engel (acrobat act)
--Buddy Dee and the Fort Dix Six (New Orleans style jazz musicians)
-- Burke Twins - dance and acrobatics routine
---Carl Rice (hoofer routine)
--The Cavaliers - Barbershop-style singing group
--James Tiliman (comedy routine)
--Karl Milliken - "The House I Live In"
--Major Samuel Tyson - Ed interviews hero
--Tommy Hufstaedler - guitar folk riff
--Sullivan introduces Army brass in audience.
--The Under Secretary of the Army Fenuki presents Ed with an award
(replica of Nike Missile) for presenting Army talent shows.
--Finale: The Army Choral performs a song.
b: 11-Aug-1957
NOTE: Scheduled to appear (but NOT mentioned on transcript):
--Mickey Hargitay (former "Mr. Universe")
Army talent scheduled to appear:
--Pfc. Roman Ancho, Jr. (judo expert, Honolulu, Hawaii)
--The Dixielanders (1) Pfc. Joseph DiFluri, trombonist, Clark, N.J.;
(2) Sp-3 David Dilks, trumpeter, Bridgeton, N.J. (3) Sp-3 Arthur
Frank, drummer, Trenton, N.J. (4) Pvt. John Johnson, pianist,
Plandome, N.Y.
--Pvt. Alan Kohan, singer-dancer, Forest Hills, N.Y.
--Pvt. Robert Dishy, comedian, Brooklyn, N.Y.
--Pfc. Carl Wright, tap dancer, Chicago, Ill.
--The Texans, musical-comedy act: (1) Pvt. Scott Holtzman, Kilgore,
Tex. (2) Sp-3 Robert Brandow, Bogota, Kan.
-- "Norbu, the Almost Human Gorilla," Pfc. Norbert Kreisch,
Sarasota, Fla. (4)
--Pfc. (WAC) Anna Lamitie, judo expert, Malone, N.Y.
477. scheduled: Cab Calloway; Janet Blair; Sue Carson; Dick Contino
gs: Cab Calloway (scheduled guest) Janet Blair (scheduled guest) Sue
Carson (scheduled guest) Dick Contino (scheduled guest) Bob Cousy
(scheduled guest) Otto Graham (scheduled guest) Connie Towers
(scheduled guest) Gil McDougald (scheduled guest) Cary Middlecoff
(scheduled guest) Vic Seixas (scheduled guest) Ted Atkinson
(scheduled guest) Elizabeth and Collins (scheduled guests)
Scheduled guests:
--Cab Calloway
--Janet Blair (actress-singer)
--Sue Carson (comedian)
--Connie Towers (singer)
--Dick Contino (accordionist)
--Elizabeth and Collins (acrobatic-knife-throwing team)
--The Trio Molidors (novelty act from Europe)
Athletes (scheduled to appear):
--Otto Graham (former football star)
--Bob Cousy (basketball star)
--Gil McDougald (baseball player)
--Cary Middlecoff (golfer)
--Vic Seixas (tennis star)
--Ted Atkinson (jockey)
b: 18-Aug-1957
478. scheduled: Sal Mineo; LaVern Baker; Guy Mitchell; Wes Harrison
gs: Sal Mineo (scheduled guest) LaVern Baker (scheduled guest) Guy
Mitchell (scheduled guest) Paul Gilbert (scheduled guest) Carmen
McRae (scheduled guest) Wes Harrison (scheduled guest)
Scheduled:
--Sal Mineo (billed as a "pop singer")
--LaVern Baker
--Guy Mitchell
--Carmen McRae
--Paul Gilbert (comedian)
--Wes Harrison (sound effects comedian)
--On film: A clip from the "The Sun Also Rises" (with Ava Gardner,
Mel Ferrer, Tyrone Power and Erroll Flynn).
b: 25-Aug-1957
479. The Del Vikings / Joe Dimaggio / Mickey Mantle / Willie Mays
gs: Joe DiMaggio (Guest) Willie Mays (Guest) Mickey Mantle (Guest)
The Del Vikings (Guests) Nipsey Russell (Guest) Floyd Patterson
(Guest) Joe Trimble (Guest) Frank Graham (Guest) Jimmy Cannon
(Guest)
Guests:
--The Del Vikings - "Jitterbug Mary" (listed as a "military
quartet")
--Nipsey Russell (stand-up comedian, topic: how slender his
girlfriend is)
--Sports writers Joe Trimble, Frank Graham, Jimmy Cannon ask Joe
Dimaggio, Mickey Mantle & Willie Mays questions. (Sports Round
Table)
--Floyd Patterson (heavyweight champion) - Ed asks him why he eases
up on his opponents.
--The Famous Strolling Strings (orchestra violins)
--The Copycats - "Great Pretender" (duo - one sings the other plays
the piano)
--Richardi (illusionist-magician, doing a "disappearing woman"
trick)
--Karen Laporte - "Tammy"
--Danny Dillon - impersonates Bing Crosby, Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd,
Mr. Magoo
--Don Baduria - Hawaiian ukulele player
--Ronnie Evans - Air Force tap dancer
--Bob Kearns (a technical sergeant who sings opera)
--Richard Best - So in Love" (ballad winner of Chicago Tribune
singing contest)
--Josephine Busilaki - "My Hero" (winner of Chicago Tribune singing
contest)
--Audience bows: Sal Maglie; Roy Seavers
b: 01-Sep-1957
480. "1958 Ice Capades" / Della Reese / Jimmie Rodgers / Paul Anka
gs: Paul Anka (Guest) Jimmie Rodgers (Guest) Della Reese (Guest)
Broadcast from Madison Square Garden.
Guests:
--Della Reese - "Miss You So"
--Jimmie Rodgers - "Honeycomb"
--Paul Anka - Diana"
--The Chordettes - "Just Between You And Me"
--Marion Marlowe - "One Night Of Love"
--Jean Carroll (stand-up comedian tells jokes about domestic life,
makes fun of husband)
--Jackie (correct name might be "Jickie the balancer") - acrobat,
builds blocks while standing on his head
--Ed introduces Tennis Champion Mel Anderson
--On tape: Ed with Miss America Beauty Contestants
Ice skating segments (all of these acts are probably from the 1958
Ice Capades):
--"Fantasia" Disney ice-skating production number with dancing
hippos on ice.
--Freddy Trenkler - does a slapstick skating routine
--Helga (German ice skating champion)
--Ronnie Robertson (ice skater)
--Porgy And Larson - men playing badmitton on ice skates (with
narration by Herb Kaumann)
--La Bracque and Gray - "The Dumbells" (Ice Clowns as waiters on ice
skates. One pretends to spill tray on woman in audience who jumps
from her seat)
--The Old Smoothies (ballroom skating with a 68 year old man
skating)
--Ice Capade Skaters (finale production number)
b: 08-Sep-1957
481. scheduled: Andrews Sisters; Joe E. Lewis
gs: The Andrews Sisters (scheduled guests) Joe E. Lewis (scheduled
guest)
Scheduled guests:
--The Andrews Sisters - "By His Word"
--Billy Ward and the Dominos (vocal group) - "Star Dust"
--Joe E. Lewis (comedian)
--The June Taylor Dancers
--Mildred Miller (opera singer) - "Around The World In 80 Days"
--The Jackson Zouaves (of Jackson, Michigan) Drill Team
--The Carters (dance trio)
--Look magazine's All American baseball team
b: 15-Sep-1957