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"The Ed Sullivan Show"
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CBS Sundays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern
Season 12
584. scheduled guests: Louis Armstrong; Rosemary Clooney; Alan King
gs: Louis Armstrong (scheduled guest) Rosemary Clooney (scheduled
guest) Alan King (scheduled guest) Eileen Farrell (scheduled guest)
Special 90-minute episode (live from New York & Chicago with a taped
sequence from Las Vegas).
Scheduled guests:
--Louis Armstrong (jazz musician with his band) - "When the Saints
Go Marching In," "Sleepy Time Down South," "Back Home in Indiana"
and "Now You Has Jazz"
--Rosemary Clooney (singer)
--Eileen Farrell (opera singer) - "S Wonderful" (with Armstrong &
band)
--Alan King (comedian)
--Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) - perform a Shakespeare Baseball
Sketch
--The Kim Sisters (vocal-instrumental trio from Korea)
--Ford and Hines (comedy team)
--The Joe Slack Trio (comedy teams)
--The Great GogiaPasha (magician from India)
--Chicago White Sox baseball stars Luis Aparico, Nelson Fox, Jim
Landis, Sherman Lollar, Bob Shaw and Early Wynn.
b: 20-Sep-1959
585. "Invitation to Moscow"
gs: Rise Stevens (Guest) Marge Champion (Guest) Gower Champion
(Guest) The Barry Sisters (Guests) Dick Contino (Guest) Conrad
Buckner (Guest)
"Invitation to Moscow" - Special 90-minute episode taped in and
around Moscow.
Guests:
--Marge and Gower Champion (dancers)
--Rise Stevens (mezzo-soprano opera singer) - "Getting to Know You"
--The Barry Sisters (vocal group) - "Dark Eyes"
--Charles K. L. Davis (Hawaiian tenor) - "He Ono"
--Margaret Tynes (gospel singer) - "Every Time I Feel the Spirit" &
"Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child"
--Dick Contino (accordion player) - "Hucklebuck"
--Eddy Manson (harmonica player) - Stephen Foster medley
--Conrad Buckner (tap dancer)
--Nora Kaye and Scott Douglas (ballet dancers)
--Marvin Roy (magician)
--John and Bonnie Shirley (a baloon act)
--Hubert Castle (tight-wire aerialist)
--Eric Brenn (plate spinner)
Russian performers:
--The Red Army Dance Ensemble
--The Obratsov Puppets
--a trained bear from the Moscow State Circus
Note: "Invitation to Moscow" was repeated on 18-Sep-60 & 05-Aug-62.
Both repeats were edited, 60-minute versions.
b: 27-Sep-1959
586. Danny Thomas / Eartha Kitt / Julius LaRosa
gs: Danny Thomas (Guest) Eartha Kitt (Guest) Julius LaRosa (Guest)
Joe E. Lewis (Guest) Jane Morgan (Guest)
Guests:
--Jane Morgan, Julius LaRosa and Eartha Kitt - sing "September in
the Rain," "Autumn Leaves" and "The September Song."
--Jane Morgan - "I'm in Love (reciation) amd "C'est La Vie"
--Eartha Kitt (singer) - "Ki Ki Tsiun," "In the Evening When the Sun
Goes Down"
--Julius LaRosa (singer) - "A Fine Romance" and "The Way You Look
Tonight"
--Harvest Moon dancers - winners from different catagories (waltz,
rock 'n' roll, tango, polka)
--The Marquis Chimps (trained animal act) - chimp dressed up as Ed.
Chimps on bicycles, unicycles & small motorbike.
--Danny Thomas (comedian, remote from Chicago) - stand-up comedy
routine, tells jokes about maids, bellboys, Lebanese jokes, Dean
Martin. Then sings "The Glory of Love."
--The Trio Rayros (acrobats from Europe) - use luggage as props.
--Joe E. Lewis (comedian) - tells jokes about gambling, money,
insurance policies, Ike, Senator Kennedy, Vice-president Nixon, etc.
--Bernie Berns - opera spoof
--Audience bow: Gordon Coleman
Scheduled to appear (but not on transcript):
--Ricky Layne and Velvel (ventriloquist act)
b: 04-Oct-1959
587. Mario Lanza (on film) / Ethel Merman / Larry Blyden
gs: Mario Lanza (Guest, on film) Ethel Merman (Guest) Gordon MacRae
(Guest) Shiela MacRea (Guest) Larry Blyden (Guest) Shelley Berman
(Guest)
Guests:
--Ethel Merman - I'm Glad There Is You" (from "Gypsy") & "There'll
Be Some Changes Made"
--On film: Ed Sullivan interviews Mario Lanza
--Shiela MacRea sings "Plaza-0 Double 4 Double 3" (from "Bells Are
Ringing")
--Gordon MacRea - "I Met A Girl"
--Shiela & Gordon MacRea - "Just In Time" (from "Bells Are Ringing")
and the couple do some celebrity impersonations.
--Larry Blyden - appears in scene from the live TV drama "What Makes
Sammy Run?" and, later in show, sings "Carolina in The Morning"
(from "The Flower Drum Song")
--Shelly Berman (stand-up comedian)
--Margi Lee (ice skating routine)
--Les Marrottes (French puppet act with snail & worm)
--The Lucky Latinos (comedy dance acrobatics)
--Antone & Curtis (comedy: Ed Sullivan impersonation; drunken
airline pilot sketch; they sing "Whole World In His Hands")
Audience bows: Gil Hodges & Carl Furillo; Rise Stevens; Ted
Kluszewski (on-stage audience bow)
b: 11-Oct-1959
588. Harry Belafonte (on film) / Ames Brothers / Wilt Chamberlain
gs: Harry Belafonte (Guest) Ames Brothers (Guests) Wilt Chamberlain
(Guest) Ed Ames (Guest) The Harlem Globetrotters (Guests) Gretchen
Wyler (Guest) Jean Carroll (Guest) Brascia & Tybee (Guests)
Guests:
--The Harlem Globetrotters vs. the Ames Brothers in a basketball
game. Wilt Chamberlain also participates. Duke Snyder is the
referee.
--The Ames Brothers - medley: (unknown song), "Rag Mop," "Melody
D'amour," "You, You," "Sentimental Me," "It Only Hurts For A Little
While" & "Naughty Lady From Shady Lane"
--Joe Ames - "Toreador"
--Vic & Gene Ames - "By The Light Of The Silvery Moon" (sung in
Vaudeville style)
--Ed Ames - "You & Night Music"
--The Ames Brothers - "Take Me Along"
--On film: (1) Harry Belafonte sings "Odds Against Tomorrow" (2) Ed
Sullivan joins Harry Belafonte on the movie set of "Kingston Town".
(3) Belafonte sings "Kingston Town"
--Gretchen Wyler (musical-comedy performer) - "Toreo" (mock
bullfight scene)
--Chaim Fershko (Israeli concert pianist, with one arm) -
Tchaikovsky's Piano Player
--Jean Carrol (stand-up comedian, tells jokes about her husband)
--Brascia & Tybee (dancers, doing a modern ballet Pas De Deux)
--The Conyots or Konyats (comedy dance team)
--Audience bows: Marshall Cassidy; Arthur Macy; Bill Russel
--On stage bow: Duke Snyder (baseball great)
b: 18-Oct-1959
589. scheduled: Della Reese; Wayne & Shuster; Betty Johnson
gs: Della Reese (Guest) Wayne and Shuster (Guests) Professor
Backwards (Guest) Betty Johnson (Guest) Corbett Monica (scheduled
guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Della Reese (singer)
--Wayne and Shuster (comedy duo, presenting a British Western)
--Professor Backwards (comedian Jimmy Edmonson)
--Betty Johnson (singer)
--Corbett Monica (comedian)
--Latona Graham and Chadel (European knockabout act/comic acrobats)
--The Phil Jones Group (16 youthful dancers)
b: 25-Oct-1959
590. scheduled: Paul Anka; Joni James; Melvyn Douglas
gs: Paul Anka (scheduled guest) Joni James (scheduled guest) Melvyn
Douglas (scheduled guest) Michael Flanders (scheduled guest) Donald
Swann (scheduled guest) Ford and Hines (scheduled guests) The Step
Brothers (scheduled guests) Dickie Henderson (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Paul Anka (singer)
--Joni James (singer)
--Melvyn Douglas (actor, appearing in a scene from the Broadway play
"The Gang's All Here")
--Michael Flanders (comedian)
--Donald Swann (comedian)
--Ford and Hines (comedy team)
--The Castle Sisters (vocal trio)
--Dickie Henderson (English comedian)
--The Step Brothers (dance team)
--The Trio Barrantons (juggling act from France, foot jugglers)
b: 01-Nov-1959
591. Johnny Mathis / Gracie Fields / Jan Murray
gs: Johnny Mathis (himself) Gracie Fields (Guest) Jan Murray (Guest)
The Barry Sisters (Guests) Rickie Layne (Guest)
Guests:
--Johnny Mathis - "Witchcraft," "The Best Of Everything" and "Misty"
--The Barry Sisters (vocal group) - "Who's Sorry Now" & "I'm A Fool
To Want You"
--Gracie Fields - sings "Volare" (comic version of song), "Donkey"
and "Wish Me Luck"
--Jan Murray (stand-up comedian, routine includes a song with Ray
Bloch and a bit about hi-fi sets)
--Rickie Layne & Velvel (ventriloquist act, uses a Yiddish accent)
--Lentini Brothers (Italian tap dancers/comedy team doing a
Vaudeville routine)
--The Laszlos (adagio dance team from Sweden, doing lots of rolling
and sliding on floor)
--Princess Tajana (aerialist, circus trapeze act)
--Baby Opal (elephant act with trainer)
--Mismoune (listed as "Miss Moon" on transcript) - Poodle act from
France, with trainer.
b: 08-Nov-1959
592. 15-Nov-59 guests unknown
b: 15-Nov-1959
593. scheduled: Carol Channing; Count Basie; Joe Williams
gs: Carol Channing (scheduled guest) Count Basie (scheduled guest)
Joe Williams (scheduled guest) Wayne and Shuster (scheduled guests)
Trude Adams (scheduled guest) Dick Roman (scheduled guest) Al Bernie
(scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Carol Channing
--Count Basie and his band
--Joe Williams (singer)
--Wayne and Shuster (comedy team)
--Shelley Berman (comedian)
--Trude Adams (singer)
--Dick Roman (singer)
--Al Bernie (comedian)
--Larible and Company (aerialists)
b: 22-Nov-1959
594. Dick Van Dyke & Bess Halliday / Dorothy Collins / Marion
Marlowe
gs: Dick Van Dyke (Guest) Dorothy Collins (Guest) Marion Marlowe
(Guest) Dave Barry (Guest) Tony Pastor (Guest, with family) Helene
and Howard (Guests)
Guests:
--Dick Van Dyke & Bess Halliday - perform a sketch about a drunken
husband coming home to sober wife.
--Dorothy Collins - "Baciare Baciare"
--Marion Marlowe - "Sound Of Music"
--Jerome Robbins Jazz Ballet USA - Entrances, Statistics, &
Improvisation
--Dave Barry (stand-up comedian, jokes about TV, kids, money)
--Tony Pastor & family - "Smile" medley & "Show Me The Way To Go
Home"
--Helene and Howard (comedy dancers) - serious ballet turns comic
--Ed announces each member of the 1959 All American Football Team
--Audience bows: Ed introduces a group of former All-American
Football Players: Doc Blanchard, Carl (unknown last name), James
McFadden, Dickie Mott
b: 29-Nov-1959
595. scheduled: Lionel Hampton; Teresa Brewer; Jack Carter
gs: Lionel Hampton (scheduled guest) Teresa Brewer (scheduled guest)
Jack Carter (scheduled guest) Wayne and Shuster (scheduled guests)
The Vagabonds (scheduled guests)
Scheduled guests:
--Lionel Hampton (jazz musician) and his band
--Teresa Brewer (singer)
--Jack Carter (comedian)
--Wayne and Shuster (comedy team)
--Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) with his sister Hepzibah (pianist)
--The Vagabonds (vocal-instrumental group)
--The Coronados (vocal trio)
--Atilina Segura (novelty act from Spain)
--The Willers (roller-skating group)
--The college football coach of the year
b: 06-Dec-1959
596. Dorothy Dandridge / Brook Benton / David Seville / Ames
Brothers
gs: Dorothy Dandridge (Guest) Brook Benton (Guest) David Seville
(Guest) Ames Brothers (Guests) Sophie Tucker (Guest) Channing
Pollack (Guest)
Guests:
--Dorothy Dandridge - "What Is This Thing Called Love" & "Baby Baby
All The Time"
--Brook Benton - "This Time Of Year"
--David Seville with Alvin & The Chipmunks (Bunin Puppets). The
Chipmunks sing "Yankee Doodle," "Chipmunk Song" & "Alvin's
Harmonica"
--Ames Brothers - Christmas Medley
--Sophie Tucker - "The Beat Generation" & "Take A Step In The Right
Direction"
--Channing Pollack (magician does sleight of hand with doves)
--Tu Shiu Ni (novelty plate spinning act)
--Antone & Curtis (comedy team doing a Western duelists skit with Ed
as part of the act)
Audience bows: Captain Gerhard Schwede & Captain Mark Hearn; Hy
Gardner (journalist)
b: 13-Dec-1959
597. scheduled: Polly Bergen; Gertrude Berg; Paul O'Keefe
gs: Polly Bergen (scheduled guest) Gertrude Berg (scheduled guest)
Paul O'Keefe (scheduled guest) Betty Johnson (scheduled guest)
Patricia Neway (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Polly Bergen (singer-actress)
--Gertrude Berg
--Paul O'Keefe (musical-comedy performer, from "The Music Man"
--Betty Johnson (singer)
--Patricia Neway (musical-comedy performer, from "The Sound of
Music")
--The chorus from "The Sound of Music"
--The Phil Jones Dance Group
--Victor Julian and his pets (trained dog act)
b: 20-Dec-1959
598. Charlton Heston / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Leon Bibb
gs: Charlton Heston (Guest, on film) Xavier Cugat (Guest) Abbe Lane
(Guest) Leon Bibb (Guest) Mimi Hines (Guest) Phil Ford (Guest) Dick
Contino (Guest)
Guests:
--On film: Charlton Heston: (1) Film clip from "Ben Hur" (2) Ed and
Heston ride Chariot in Rome.
--Charlton Heston (live on stage?) - Heston gives a dramatic
Biblical reading on the Creation with a chorus in the background.
--Leon Bibb - "Sinner Man"
--Abbe Lane - I Enjoy Being A Girl" & "Witchcraft"
--Xavier Cugat - Hallelujah" (with bongo playing musician) and
"Warsaw Concerto"
--Phil Ford & Mimi Hines (husband & wife musical-comedy team) - sing
"What A Thrill" from Vaudeville, "Pretty Baby" & "Someone To Watch
Over Me"
--Dick Contino (accordion player) - "Pretty Eyed Baby"
--On film: clip from "Journey to the Center of the Earth"
--Trio Szekly (contortionists, 2 men & 1 woman)
b: 27-Dec-1959
599. Bobby Darin & Connie Francis / Edgar Bergen / Gene Krupa & Sal
Mineo
gs: Bobby Darin (Guest) Connie Francis (Guest) Sal Mineo (Guest)
Gene Krupa (Guest) Edgar Bergen (Guest) Noel Harrison (Guest) Carol
Haney (Guest) Larry Blyden (Guest) Toni Fisher (Guest) Dewey
'Pigmeat' Markham (Guest)
Guests:
--Bobby Darin - "That's How It Goes" & "Beyond The Sea"
--Connie Francis & Bobby Darin duet - "You Make Me Feel So Young" &
"You're The Top"
--Connie Francis - Italian song (unknown song title) & "Mamma"
--cameos: Gene Krupa, Sal Mineo (appear on stage, with clip from
movie: "Gene Krupa")
--Edgar Bergen (ventriloquist, with Mortimer Snerd dummy)
--Noel Harrison - "I'm On My Way" (Rex Harrison's Son)
--Carol Haney & Larry Blydon - dance & sing "Side By Side" &
"Beginning To See The Light"
--Toni Fisher - "The Big Hurt"
--Gimma Brothers (5 brothers in suits do flips & handstands)
--Dewey Pigmeat Markham (stand-up comedian, re: buried treasure in a
haunted house)
--Bert Holt (juggles while hanging by his teeth)
Audience bow: Kyle Rote (N.Y. Giants Football Star)
b: 03-Jan-1960
600. Wayne & Shuster (guest hosts) / Frankie Avalon / Birgit Nilsson
gs: Frankie Avalon (himself) Peter Palmer (Guest) Earl Grant (Guest)
Birgit Nilsson (Guest) Wayne and Shuster (Guests) Susan Barrett
(Guest)
Guests:
--Frankie Avalon - "Look What One Kiss Can Do" & "Why"
--Wayne And Shuster (guest hosts, comedy team) - sketch: an
interview with Professor Vain Gartner, Arctic expert
--Peter Palmer (star of movie "Li'l Abner") - "They Call the Wind
Mariah" and "Shadrack, Meshack, Abednigo"
--Birgit Nilsson (Swedish opera star) - "Vissi D'arte" and "When I
Was 14" (Swedish folk song)
--Calamac (illusionist-magician does levitation trick)
--Susan Barrett sings "The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea" & does
impressions of Hermione Gingold, Patti Page, Eartha Kitt.
--Earl Grant - "The Birth Of The Blues" (Grant plays organ while
singing, on stage with drummer, trumpeter & orchestra)
--Calamac (illusionist, woman in box trick, makes car disappear)
Note: Magician's name might be Kalanag
--Norwegian Festival Dancers (Festival Company of Norway) - "The
Haling Dance"
b: 10-Jan-1960
601. scheduled: Rosemary Clooney; Nelson Eddy; Carol Lawrence
gs: Rosemary Clooney (scheduled guest) Nelson Eddy (scheduled guest)
Carol Lawrence (scheduled guest) Gail Sherwood (scheduled guest)
Kevin Corcoran (scheduled guest) Rickie Layne (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Rosemary Clooney (singer)
--Nelson Eddy (singer) with his partner Gail Sherwood
--Carol Lawrence (musical-comedy star)
--Billy Daniels (singer)
--Jerome Robbins' ballets: U.S.A. (in a pre-recorded segment)
--Kevin Corcoran (young actor)
--Rickie Layne (ventriloquist)
--The Trio Aristons
b: 17-Jan-1960
602. Takarazuka Dance Theater / Ford & Hines / Kim Sisters
--The Takarazuka Dance Theater of Japan. Female dance troupe doing
traditional and modern dances.
Other guests:
--Ford and Hines (comedy team)
--Ginny Tiu (five-year-old pianist & singer)
--The Kim Sisters (singers from Korea)
This episode was repeated 28-Aug-60.
b: 24-Jan-1960
NOTE: Next week (31Jan60), "Ed Sullivan" was pre-empted for a
special titled "Fabulous Fifties"
603. 7-Feb-60 guests unknown
b: 07-Feb-1960
604. Charles Laughton / Dorothy Dandridge / Harry James / Wayne &
Schuster
gs: Dorothy Dandridge (Guest) Charles Laughton (Guest) Harry James
(Guest) Jane Morgan (Guest) Wayne and Shuster (Guests) Birgit
Nilsson (Guest) Peter Gennaro (Guest)
Guests (St. Valentine's Day Show):
--Dorothy Dandridge - "Love" and, later in show, "Smooth Operator (I
Like It Like That)"
--Charles Laughton - (1) Valentine Greetings with cast (2) reads
from the Book of Daniel "Shadrach Meshach Abednegro"
--Harry James - "You Made Me Love You" & "Lester Leaps"
--Wayne & Schuster (comedy team) - (1) spoof Ed as Cupid in a
drawing (2) Later in show, do a routine about the Burning of Rome.
--Birgit Nilsson - "Norwegian Aria" & "Pace Pace Mio Dio"
--Jane Morgan - "Valentine Song" and "My Love Loves"
--Peter Gennaro and Lisa D'orso (dancers) - (1) Valentine dance (2)
Later in show, dance to "The Peanut Vendor"
b: 14-Feb-1960
605. scheduled: Jack Carter; Myron Cohen; Earl Grant; Barry Sisters
gs: Jack Carter (scheduled guest) Earl Grant (scheduled guest) Myron
Cohen (scheduled guest) The Barry Sisters (scheduled guests) Lee
Lawrence (scheduled guest) Giulietta Simionato (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Jack Carter (comedian)
--Myron Cohen (comedian)
--Earl Grant (singer)
--Jerome Robbins' "Ballets: U.S.A." - in a pre-recorded segment, the
dancers present a portion of a ballet titled "The Concert."
--The Barry Sisters (singers / vocal duo)
--Lee Lawrence (singer)
--Giulietta Simionato (mezzo soprano)
--Ricardi (illusionist / magician)
b: 21-Feb-1960
606. Bobby Darin / Connie Francis / Della Reese / Senor Wences
gs: Bobby Darin (Guest) Connie Francis (Guest) Della Reese (Guest)
Senor Wences (Guest) Corbett Monica (Guest) Ken Murray (Guest) Marie
Wilson (Guest) Noelle Adam (Guest)
Guests:
--Della Reese - "Blue Skies" & "I Won't Want You"
--Bobby Darin - "Oh, My Darling Clementine" & medley ("By Myself" &
"When Your Lover Has Gone")
--Connie Francis - "What Would Al Jolson Say About Rock And Roll"
(humorous lyrics to old songs)
--Ken Murray & Marie Wilson (comedy team) - (1) do a few jokes about
Sullivan, then do a humorous song (2) Later in show, she appears as
Louis Prima & he's in drag as Keely Smith. They lip-synch to record.
--Senior Wences (ventriloquist, does a "Turn The Page" routine using
big book as prop)
--Antone & Curtis (comedy team doing song impressions)
--Noelle Adam (French dancer doing a dance routine titled "Models
for Painters.")
--Corbett Monica (stand-up comedy, jokes about married life)
Medley of songs sung in other languages:
--Bobby Darin sings excerpt from "Mack The Knife" in French
--Della Reese - sings in Italian (song title unknown)
--Connie Francis sings excerpt from "Who's Sorry Now" in Swedish
--Ken Murray, Marie Wilson, Connie Francis, Bobby Darin, Della Reese
sing "International Show"
b: 28-Feb-1960
607. scheduled: Eartha Kitt; Leon Bibb; Anna Maria Alberghetti
gs: Eartha Kitt (scheduled guest) Leon Bibb (scheduled guest) Anna
Maria Alberghetti (scheduled guest) Bob Lewis (II) (scheduled guest)
Rickie Layne (scheduled guest) Augie and Margo (scheduled guests)
Scheduled guests:
--Eartha Kitt (singer)
--Leon Bibb (folk singer)
--Anna Maria Alberghetti (singer)
--Bob Lewis (comedian)
--The Happy Jesters (comedy impressionists)
--Augie and Margo (dance team)
--Pompoff Thedy and Co. (pantomime act)
--Rickie Layne (ventriloquist)
--Excess Baggage (trained animal act)
b: 06-Mar-1960
608. scheduled: Eileen Brennan; Pat Rooney; Sean O'Casey; Barry
Fitzgerald
gs: Eileen Brennan (scheduled guest) Pat Roney (scheduled guest)
Sean O'Casey (Guest, on film) Barry Fitzgerald (Guest, on film) Lee
Sullivan (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests (St. Patrick's Day show):
--Eileen Brennan (singer-actress, then appearing on the off-Broadway
play "Little Mary Sunshine")
--Pat Rooney (song-and-dance man)
--Lee Sullivan
--On film: Sean O'Casey (playwright) & Barry Fitzgerald (actor)
appear from Dublin's Abbey Theatre.
b: 13-Mar-1960
609. Circus Stars from All Over the World
gs: Emmett Kelly (Guest) Linon (Guest) Popov (Guest) Miss Mara
(Guest)
Circus Stars from All Over the World
Appearing in London:
--Popov (Soviet clown)
--The Boxing Russian Bears
Appearing in New York:
--Emmett Kelly (American clown)
--Lindon (high-wire clown)
--Miss Mara (trapeze artist)
--Penito del Oro (trapeze artist)
--Tonito (wire walker)
--The Wallendas (wire walkers)
--Bruno (sway-pole acrobat)
--The Zacchinis (cannon and trapeze act)
--The Cordons (whip act)
--The Three Murkies (comic group)
--The De Donge chimps
In Las Vegas
--The Nerveless Nocks (comic acrobats)
In Moscow:
--Hubert Castle (American trapeze comedian)
In Paris:
--The Antares (aerialists)
--Francisco's Clowns
--Gene Bouglinoni (equestrian)
--The Carolis (equestrians)
--The Morways (teeterboard acrobats)
--Gene Bouglinoni
--Bouglinoni's Tigers
--Heintz's Elephants
--The Jockey Dogs
In Tokyo:
--Takeyo (acrobat)
--a head-bouncer
--a knife-balancer
b: 20-Mar-1960
NOTE: This show was repeated on 09-Oct-1960 & 13-Aug-1961.
610. Dorothy Dandridge / Teresa Brewer / Jack Carter / Myron Cohen
gs: Dorothy Dandridge (Guest) Teresa Brewer (Guest) Jack Carter
(Guest) Myron Cohen (Guest) Earl Grant (Guest) The Barry Sisters
(Guests)
Guests:
--Dorothy Dandridge - "I Get A Kick Out Of You" & "That's All"
--Dorothy Dandridge (later in show) - "One of Those Things"
--Teresa Brewer - "You Turned The Tables On Me" & "Just In Time"
--Myron Cohen (stand-up comedian) jokes about European trips, Max
the Deli Man
--Jack Carter (stand-up comedian) - sings and tell jokes about Ed,
travel in Europe & England
--The Barry Sisters - "Around The World In 80 Days" and, later in
show, "Cry Me A River."
--Earl Grant - "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" (Earl plays organ while
his brother Bill plays drums)
--Earl Grant (with orchestra & singers) - "Two Loves Have I" then
plays "Malaguena" on piano
--Rick Giardi (illusionist) - magic tricks with canaries & eggs.
Later in show, turns a dog into a woman.
b: 27-Mar-1960
NOTE: Next week (03-Apr-60), "Ed Sullivan" was pre-empted for the
"Playhouse 90" special "Alas, Babylon"
611. scheduled: Chris Connor; Ames Brothers; Jill Corey
gs: Chris Connor (scheduled guest) Ames Brothers (scheduled guests)
Jill Corey (scheduled guest) The McGuire Sisters (scheduled guests)
Alfred Drake (scheduled guest) Roberta Peters (scheduled guest)
Blossom Seeley (scheduled guest) Carol Haney (scheduled guest) Rose
Hardaway (scheduled guest)
Fourth salute to ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers) with scheduled guests:
--The Ames Brothers (vocal quartet)
--Chris Connor (singer)
--Alfred Drake (musical-comedy performer)
--Jill Corey (singer)
--Roberta Peters (operatic soprano)
--Blossom Seeley (vaudevillian)
--The McGuire Sisters (singing trio)
--Carol Haney (dancer)
--Rose Hardaway (singer)
b: 10-Apr-1960
612. David Seville / Mahalia Jackson / Wayne & Shuster
gs: David Seville (Guest) Mahalia Jackson (Guest) Wayne and Shuster
(Guests) Roberta Sherwood (Guest, with sons) Patricia Neway (Guest)
Charles Davis (Guest) Phil Jones Troupe (Guests)
Guests:
--Mahalia Jackson - "Old Rugged Cross" & "Were You There?"
--Mahalia Jackson - "I Found the Answer" (with Willie Webb on organ
& Mildred Falls playing piano).
--David Seville and the Chipmunks - sing along; Alvin gives David an
exploding Easter basket
--Wayne And Shuster (comedy team; routine: IRS Hires an ad agency to
make people want to pay taxes)
--Roberta Sherwood & her sons - "Easter Parade"
--Patricia Neway - "To This We've Come" (scene from the musical "The
Consul")
--Charles Davis - "Ave Maria"
-- University Of Rochester Glee Club - medley ("Salvation Commith To
Our God" & "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child"
--Phil Jones Troupe - children's dance group dance To "It's Easter
Time", "Peter Cottontail" & "Whisker On The Easter Bunny's Nose"
Cameo: Bill Moose Skowron (New York Yankee player appears on stage)
b: 17-Apr-1960
613. scheduled: Red Buttons; Rowan & Martin; Ames Brothers
gs: Red Buttons (scheduled guest) Ames Brothers (scheduled guests)
Rowan and Martin (scheduled guests) The McGuire Sisters (scheduled
guests) Peter Palmer (scheduled guest) Rod Lauren (scheduled guest)
Senor Wences (scheduled guest) The Kim Sisters (scheduled guests)
Scheduled guests:
--Red Buttons (comedian)
--The Ames Brothers (singing groups)
--Rowan and Martin (comedy team)
--The McGuire Sisters (singing group)
--Senor Wences (ventriloquist)
--Peter Palmer (singer)
--Rod Lauren (singer)
--The Kim Sisters (singing-instrumental group)
b: 24-Apr-1960
NOTE: The TV debut of Rowan & Martin (Dan Rowan & Dick Martin) who
are eight years away from being hosts of NBC's Laugh-In between
January 22, 1968 to May 14, 1973.
614. Charlton Heston / Johnny Horton / Dean Jones
gs: Charlton Heston (Guest) Johnny Horton (Guest) Dean Jones (Guest)
Pinky Lee (Guest) Rickie Layne (Guest)
Guests:
--Johnny Horton sings "Sink The Bismark" (with war footage)
--Charlton Heston - Talks with Ed on stage. Later in show, Heston
does a Biblical reading of "The Five Book" & "Out Of Egypt" (with
the De Cormier Chorale on stage).
--Dean Jones - "I Concentrate On You"
--Pinky Lee (stand-up comedy)
--Renato's Boogie Jazz Combo (with Renato Carosone, from Italy)
--Elliot Reed (stand-up)
--The Demarcos (ballroom dancing)
--Rickie Layne & Velvel (ventriloquist with dummy, Ed Sullivan plays
straight man)
--Antone & Curtis (comedy act, Bull Fighter sketch with Ed Sullivan)
b: 01-May-1960
615. scheduled: Nina Simone; The Browns; Bess Myerson
gs: Nina Simone (scheduled guest) The Browns (scheduled guests) Bess
Myerson (scheduled guest) Wayne and Shuster (scheduled guests)
Gordon MacRae (scheduled guest) Sheila MacRae (scheduled guest) Ford
and Hines (scheduled guests) Arthur Worsley (scheduled guest) Noonan
and Marshall (scheduled guests)
Scheduled guests:
--Nina Simone (singer-pianist)
--The Browns (vocal group) - "The Old Lamplighter"
--Bess Myerson (TV personality & former Miss America making an
appearance as a pianist)
--Wayne and Shuster (comedy team)
--Gordon and Sheila MacRae (husband-and-wife singing act)
--Ford and Hines (comedy team)
--Arthur Worsley (ventriloquist)
--Noonan and Marshall (comedy team)
b: 08-May-1960
616. scheduled: James Cagney; Robert Montgomery; Jane Froman; Julie
Wilson
gs: James Cagney (scheduled guest) Robert Montgomery (scheduled
guest) Jane Froman (scheduled guest) Julie Wilson (scheduled guest)
The Vagabonds (scheduled guests) Lorin Hollander (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--James Cagney and Robert Montgomery - Hollywood stars talk to Ed
about their new movie "The Gallant Hours." In the film, Cagney plays
Admiral William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr. Robert Montgomery directed and
produced the film.
Other scheduled guests:
--Jane Froman (singer)
--Julie Wilson (singer)
--The United States Naval Academy glee club
--The American Legion Zouaves (drill team from Jackson, Michigan)
--The Vagabonds (comedy-instrumental group)
--Lorin Hollander (young concert pianist)
b: 15-May-1960
617. scheduled: Nelson Eddy & Gale Sherwood; Brothers Four; Wayne &
Shuster
gs: Nelson Eddy (himself) Gail Sherwood (scheduled guest) The
Brothers Four (scheduled guests) Wayne and Shuster (scheduled
guests) Sam Levenson (scheduled guest) Frances Faye (scheduled
guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Nelson Eddy and Gale Sherwood (singing duo)
--The Brothers Four sing "Green Fields"
--Wayne and Shuster (comedy team)
--Sam Levenson (humorist)
--Frances Faye (singer)
--the United States Military Academy Glee Club
On film: Clips from the upcoming movie "Pollyanna" with Haley Mills,
Jane Wyman, Agnes Moorehead, etc.
b: 22-May-1960
618. 29-May-60 guests unknown
b: 29-May-1960
619. scheduled: Louis Prima & Keely Smith; Bert Lahr; Shari Lewis;
Anita Bryant
gs: Louis Prima (scheduled guest) Keely Smith (scheduled guest) Bert
Lahr (scheduled guest) Shari Lewis (scheduled guest) Anita Bryant
(scheduled guest) Larry Daniels (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Louis Prima and Keely Smith (backed up by Sam Butera and the
Witnesses)
--Bert Lahr
--Shari Lewis (puppeteer & ventriloquist)
--Anita Bryant (singer)
--Larry Daniels (comedian)
--Bill Williams and his Las Vegas Review (variety act)
b: 05-Jun-1960
620. Louis Prima & Keely Smith / Connie Francis / Dick Van Dyke
gs: Louis Prima (Guest) Keely Smith (Guest) Connie Francis (Guest)
Dick Van Dyke (Guest) Jay North (Guest) Victor Borge (Guest) Wayne
and Shuster (Guests)
12th Anniversary Show:
Louis Prima & Keely Smith segment:
--Louis Prima - "Up A Lazy River," "I'm Confessin" "I Got You Under
My Skin"
--Keely Smith - "Close"
Other guests:
--Connie Francis - "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" and "The House I
Live In"
--Dick Van Dyke & Paul Lynde - scene from "Bye Bye Birdie"
--Jay North (from TV's "Dennis The Menace") sings "Little Boy's
Blues"
--Wayne & Shuster (comedy team) - "What's My Racket" comedy skit
--Victor Borge (comedy monologue)
b: 12-Jun-1960
621. Ann Miller / Della Reese / Don Adams / Benny Goodman All-Star
Band
gs: Ann Miller (herself) Della Reese (Guest) Don Adams (Guest) Jane
Morgan (Guest) Charles Davis (Guest) Benny Goodman (Guest)
Guests include:
--Ann Miller - tap dances and sings "Beat In My Heart"
--Della Reese - "Every Day"
--Don Adams (comedian) - court room skit in which Adams plays the
defense attorney
--Benny Goodman All Star Band - "Don't Bother That Way," "Poor
Butterfly," "Bill Bailey" (with Maria Marshall), "World If
Wonderful" & "The Sunrise"
--Jane Morgan - "You Make Me Feel So Young"
--Guy Marx - Mythical Trip to Metropolitan Opera
--Charles Davis - "My Magic Island"
--Halo Loki - "Blue Hawaii" & How To Do The Hula
b: 19-Jun-1960
622. 26-Jun-60 guests unknown
b: 26-Jun-1960
623. Rosemary Clooney / Phil Foster / Dave Barry / Happy Jesters
gs: Rosemary Clooney (herself) Phil Foster (Guest) Dave Barry
(Guest) The Happy Jesters (Guests) Channing Pollock (Guest) Phil
Foster (Guest) The Wanderers (Guests)
Guests:
--Rosemary Clooney - "For You," "Bally High" & "You Do Something To
Me"
--The Wanderers (doo wop vocal group) - "Gonna Live Til I Die,"
"Mamselle" & "Birth Of The Blues"
--Dave Barry (stand-up comedian, makes jokes about women out on the
town; dieting, drunk driving routine with Ed as cop).
--The Happy Jesters (comic vocal group) - "Your Cheatin' Heart" and
"Heart Of My Heart"
--Channing Pollock (magician / illusionist)
--Phil Foster (stand-up comedian, makes jokes about his wife)
--The Botands (3-man balancing act)
--The Borjevas - plate spinning act, spins about 30 plates
--Gogi Pasha (Indian illusionist with 3 assistants makes woman
disappear)
--Las Chanembellas de Espana (singing & dancing ensemble; 8 men sing
"Ole" & a Spanish dancer joins them)
b: 03-Jul-1960
624. scheduled: Red Buttons; Georgia Gibbs; Rowan & Martin
gs: Red Buttons (scheduled guest) Georgia Gibbs (scheduled guest)
Dan Rowan (scheduled guest) Dick Martin (scheduled guest) Senor
Wences (scheduled guest) Julie Wilson (scheduled guest) Elliott Reid
(scheduled guest) Rod Lauren (scheduled guest) Brascia & Tybee
(scheduled guests)
Scheduled guests:
--Red Buttons (comedian) - appears in a sketch where he complains
that songwriters write songs about girls but not boys.
--Georgia Gibbs (singer)
--Dan Rowan and Dick Martin (comedy team)
--Senor Wences (ventriloquist)
--Julie Wilson (singer)
--Elliott Reid (comedian) - in a routine, plays a society columnist
for a posh magazine.
--Rod Lauren (singer)
--Brascia and Tybee (ballroom dancers)
b: 10-Jul-1960
625. Chris Connor
gs: Chris Connor (guest performer)
Singer Chris Connor performs "Come Rain or Come Shine"
b: 17-Jul-1960
626. scheduled: Lloyd Price; Blossom Seeley; Jan Murray; Bob Lewis
gs: Lloyd Price (scheduled guest) Blossom Seeley (scheduled guest)
Jan Murray (scheduled guest) Bob Lewis (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Lloyd Price and his band - "I Only Have Eyes for You"
--Rowan and Martin (comedy team)
--Blossom Seeley (vaudevillian) - "Birth of the Blues" & "Is It True
What They Say about Dixie?"
--Jan Murray (comedian)
--Jean Carroll (comedian)
--Bob Lewis (comedian)
--Billy Daniels (singer)
--Lee Sullivan (singer)
--Doreen Kilmer (tap dancer)
--The Gimma Brothers (tumbling and balancing act)
--Rudy Horn (novelty act)
b: 24-Jul-1960
627. scheduled: Harry James; Henny Youngman; Wayne & Shuster
gs: Harry James (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Harry James and his orchestra
--Henny Youngman (comedian)
--Wayne and Shuster (comedy team)
--Gordon and Sheila MacRae (music & comedy team)
--Jane Morgan (singer)
--Nico Feldman (singer)
--Delage (illusionist)
--The Bizzarro Brothers (novelty act)
b: 31-Jul-1960
628. Sophia Loren & Clark Gable (on film) / Jack Carter
gs: Sophia Loren (Guest, on film) Clark Gable (Guest, on film) Earl
Grant (Guest) Jack Carter (Guest)
Scheduled guests:
--On film: In Italy, Ed visits the movie set of "It Happened in
Naples," starring Sophia Loren and Clark Gable.
--Jack Carter (comedian)
--Charles Manna (comedian)
--Ken Murray and Marie Wilson (comedians) - "I'm Confessin'"
--Earl Grant (singer) - "Witchcraft" & "I'm Confessin'"
--Trude Adams (singer) - "Anything Goes" & "Why Was I Born?"
--Lou Diamond (harmonica player) - "Dream" & "Granada"
--Holger and Dolores (dance team)
--The Morlidors (novelty act)
b: 07-Aug-1960
629. scheduled: Kirby Stone Four; Roberta Peters; Carol Haney
Scheduled guests:
--Roberta Peters (soprano) - "Nightingale"
--Kirby Stone Four (vocal-instrumental group) - "Lazy River"
--Maynard Ferguson (jazzman with his orchestra) - "Humbug" & "Hey
There"
--Carol Haney (musical comedy star) - "For Me and My Gal"
--Lu Ann Simms (vocalist) - "Lonesome Road"
--Andrer Zannis (tenor) - prologue from "Pagliacci"
--Richard Hearne (British comedian)
--Noonan and Marshall (comedy team)
--The Pompoff Thedy Family (comedy act)
b: 14-Aug-1960
630. scheduled: Lionel Hampton; Sam Levene; Four Preps; Dewey
Markham
Scheduled guests:
--Lionel Hampton and his band
--Sam Levene (actor doing a dramatic reading from the writings of
Sholom Aleichem)
--The Four Preps (vocal group)
--Dewey Markham (comedian)
--Tina Robin (singer, does impressions of other singers)
--Arturo Romero and his Villa Fontana Violins
--Manolo Mera (singer-guitarist)
--Lou Willis Jr. (tap dancer)
--Jay Nemeth (ventriloquist)
--The Salici Puppets (from Italy)
--Joe Phillips and his horse Smokey
b: 21-Aug-1960
NOTE: Next week (28-Aug-60), "Ed Sullivan" was a repeat from
24-Jan-60 (The Takarazuka Dance Company of Japan).
631. Oscar Hammerstein tribute: Della Reese; Georgia Gibbs; Jill
Corey
Oscar Hammerstein tribute
Scheduled guests (from Madison Square Garden):
--Della Reese
--Georgia Gibbs
--Jill Corey
--Teddy Randazzo
--"Ice Capades" skaters - with a special tribute to Hammerstein
b: 04-Sep-1960
632. Nina Simone / Eartha Kitt / Noelle Adam
gs: Nina Simone (Guest) Eartha Kitt (Guest)
Guests include:
--Nina Simone (singer-pianist) - "Love Me or Leave Me" and "I Loves
You, Porgy"
--Eartha Kitt - sings "Little White Lies" & medley: "Independent" &
"Yellow Bird"
--Noelle Adam (dancer from France) - "Where or When"
--Corbett Monica (comedian)
Other guests (scheduled to appear):
--Professor Backwards (comedian Jimmy Edmondson)
--Daniele Barioni (singer)
--Kalanag (illusionist, with his company)
--Mark Antone and Jackie Curtis (comedy team)
--Rodriguez (juggler)
b: 11-Sep-1960
NOTE: Next week (18-Sep-60), "Ed Sullivan" was a repeat of
"Invitation to Moscow" from September 1959.