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"The Ed Sullivan Show"
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Season 13
633. David Seville & the Chipmunks (puppets) / Red Buttons /
Patachou
gs: Red Buttons (Guest) David Seville (Guest) Patachou (Guest) Dick
Roman (Guest) Jan Peerce (Guest)
Guests:
--David Seville & the Chipmunks (The Bunin Puppets as the Chipmunks)
- "Comin' Round The Mountain" & "The Witch Doctor"
--Red Buttons - Thank Heaven For Little Girls"
--Patachou - "Manege" (in French) & "All The Way"
--Dick Roman - "Wagon Wheels" & "The Sound Of Music" and, later in
show, a medley of French songs: "C'est Si Bon," "April In Paris,"
"Rigalle," "Aupres De Ma Blonde" & "Poor People Of Paris"
--Jan Peerce - "Vesti La Giubbia"
--The Ardrey Sisters (singers/dancers) - while seated, they tap
dance as if they are typing and, later in show, they sing & tape
dance to "Mountain Music."
--Bob Hammond's Birds (cockatoos) - sketch where birds attack a fort
--Rex William's Elephants (animal act, one elephant stands on backs
of two others)
--Rickie Layne & Velvel (ventriloquist doing variation of the "Who's
On First" routine using band members instead of ball players)
--Milbourne Christopher (magician) - does rope trick, then makes 10
people appear from a box.
b: 25-Sep-1960
634. Bob Newhart / Mickey Rooney / Danny Thomas / McGuire Sisters
gs: Bob Newhart (Guest) Danny Thomas (Guest) Mickey Rooney (Guest)
The McGuire Sisters (Guests)
Guests:
--Bob Newhart (comedian) - does a monologue about an employee who
releases all of his pent-up resentment at his retirement party.
--Mickey Rooney & Joey Foreman (comedy sketch) - Rooney plays a
drunken, inept Senator interviewed by reporter Forman.
--Danny Thomas (stand-up routine: sings a little & tells jokes about
marriage)
--The McGuire Sisters - "I Love You"
--The McGuire Sisters & the Kane Triplets - "Kids" (from "Bye Bye
Birdie"); "Hound Dog" excerpt, "When the Saints Go Marching In" &
"That Old Soft Shoe"
--Earl Grant (singer-organist) - "Old Man River" and "El
Cumbanchero"
--Harvest Moon Dancers (perform various dances: the rhumba, waltz,
polka, jitterbug, and the fox trot)
--Joselito (singer) - "Alegrias" & "Violino Tzigano"
--Bernard Lee (fire dancer)
Audience bows: Roger Maris, Elston Howard, Whitey Ford Bill "Moose"
Skowron; Wilma Rudolph (Olympic track star who won 3 gold metals);
Marjorie Lord; Andy Griffith; Al Mingert (Mingert appears bows from
on stage).
This episode was repeated 16-Jul-61.
b: 02-Oct-1960
NOTE: Next week (09-Oct-60), "Ed Sullivan" was a repeat from
20-Mar-60 (Circus Stars from All Over the World)
635. scheduled: Johnny Mathis; Peggy Lee; the Dave Brubeck Quartet;
Mort Sahl
gs: Peggy Lee (Guest)
"See America" - broadcast from San Francisco:
--Peggy Lee - "I Love Being Here with You," "Yes Indeed" & "Fly Me
to the Moon (In Other Words)"
--Johnny Mathis
--the Dave Brubeck Quartet
--Mort Sahl
--Dorothy Kirsten
--The Limelighters
Other guests (scheduled to appear):
--Little Ginny Tiu
--The San Francisco Boys Chorus
b: 16-Oct-1960
636. scheduled: Jack Carter; Gordon & Sheila MacRae; Crosby Bros.;
Erroll Garner
Scheduled guests:
--Jack Carter (comedian)
--Gordon and Sheila MacRae (husband and wife team)
--The Crosby Brothers
--Erroll Garner (jazz musician)
--Eileen Farrell (soprano)
--The Five Williams (juggling act)
b: 23-Oct-1960
NOTE: Next week (October 30, 1960) "Ed Sullivan" was pre-empted for
a Danny Kaye special
637. From Chicago: Charlton Heston; Benny Goodman; Mahalia Jackson;
Bob Newhart
gs: Charlton Heston (himself) Bob Newhart (himself) Mahalia Jackson
(herself) Benny Goodman (himself)
Filmed in Chicago (the 2nd in Sullivan's "See America" series)
Guests (from various Chicago sites):
--Charlton Heston at Northwestern University. Ed talks with Heston
about his days at Northwestern. Heston recites the Carl Sandburg
poem "Chicago."
--Mahalia Jackson (gospel singer) sings "How Great Thou Art" to
group of children.
--Benny Goodman (clarinetist) - "Running Wild" and, at the Art
Institute, plays with Chicago's Fine Arts String Quartet.
--Bob Newhart (stand-up comedy routine: school for bus drivers,
Chicago) Segment probably filmed at Loyola University.
--Edgar Bergen (ventriloquist, with Charlie McCarthy) - Bergen wears
a Viking helmet while they tell a story about the Vikings.
--Delores Gray (musical-comedy star) - "Alexander's Ragtime Band"
--The Swe-Danes (vocal-instrumental trio) - "The Swe-Dane Shuffle"
and "Cukoo Bird"
-- Medinan Black Horse Troop (Black Horse Guards) - equestrian
troupe ride in a formation parade.
Throughout the program Sullivan visits different Chicago sites: Ed
walks through O'Hare Airport & shows footage of Butch O'Hare in Navy
plane; Hull House; Colorado Cowboys at Stock Yard; footage of Johnny
Weismuller at swimming pool; the Chicago water tower shown; Ed talks
about the 1871 Chicago fire; aerial footage of stock yards;
livestock auction; and the Chicago Art Institute.
b: 06-Nov-1960
638. Dick Van Dyke / Chita Rivera / Shirley Bassey
gs: Dick Van Dyke (Guest) Chita Rivera (Guest) Walter Pidgeon
(Guest) Shirley Bassey (Guest) Rowan and Martin (Guests) John Wayne
(Guest, cameo) Beatrice Lillie (Guest) Sam Levenson (Guest)
Scenes from "Bye Bye Birdie" (Broadway cast):
--Trio of teenage girls sing "We Love You Conrad" (joined by Dick
Van Dyke)
--Dick Van Dyke sings "Put on A Happy Face" (song & dance number
with teenage girl)
--Chita Rivera - "Spanish Rose" (song and dance number)
Other guests:
--Walter Pidgeon (actor) and Beatrice Lillie - "Bored People"
--Beatrice Lillie - "Little White Bull"
--John Wayne - promotes the film "The Alamo"
--Shirley Bassey (British singer) - "S'wonderful" & "The Party's
Over"
--Rowan & Martin (comedy team) - routine where an alcoholic tries to
stop drinking
--Sam Levenson (stand-up comedian) - routine about a school teacher
--The Le Bully Trio (German novelty act) - German clown act
b: 13-Nov-1960
639. scheduled: Jerry Lewis; Connie Francis; Sophie Tucker
gs: Jerry Lewis (scheduled guest) Connie Francis (scheduled guest)
Sophie Tucker (scheduled guest) The Kim Sisters (scheduled guests)
Ford and Reynolds (scheduled guests)
Scheduled guests:
--Jerry Lewis
--Connie Francis
--Sophie Tucker
--The Kim Sisters (a vocal-instrumental trio from Korea)
--Ford and Reynolds (comedy team)
b: 20-Nov-1960
640. scheduled: Tony Martin; Anna Maria Alberghetti; Shecky Greene
gs: Tony Martin (scheduled guest) Anna Maria Alberghetti (scheduled
guest) Shecky Greene (scheduled guest) Birgit Nilsson (scheduled
guest) Wayne and Shuster (scheduled guests)
Scheduled guests:
--Tony Martin
--Anna Maria Alberghetti
--Shecky Greene (comedian)
--Birgit Nilsson (opera singer)
--Wayne and Shuster (comedy team)
--The 1960 All-America Football Team (selected by the American
Football Coaches Association)
b: 27-Nov-1960
641. Jackie Wilson / Mort Sahl / Jane Morgan
gs: Jackie Wilson (Guest) Mort Sahl (Guest) Jane Morgan (Guest)
Joyce Flissler (Guest) Joselito (Guest) Barney Lee (Guest) Rickie
Layne (Guest) Colleen Dewhurst (Guest, audience bow)
Guests:
--Jackie Wilson - "To Be Loved," "Lonely Teardrops" "Alone At Last"
--Mort Sahl (stand-up comedy routine: Kennedy, Korean War, Veterans
clinic)
--Jane Morgan - "Riddle Song," "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" and "It
Takes Love"
--Joyce Flissler - "Melodie" (classical violinist plays Tchaikovsky)
--Joselito (10 year old Spanish singer) - "Alegrias" & "Violino
Tzgana" (correct song titles?)
--Barney Lee (Hawaiian fire dancer / juggler)
--Rickie Layne & Velvel (ventriloquist act, doing Sinclair Lewis &
"Mutiny On the Bounty" bit)
--Rod Alexander and Carmen G. (dance team) - couple dances to
records: "Hoedown," "Theme From 'The Apartment'" & "Hucklebuck."
Audience bows: Colleen Dewhurst (star of Broadway's "All the Way
Home"); Ailene MacMahon
b: 04-Dec-1960
642. scheduled: Teresa Brewer; Myron Cohen; Billy Eckstine; Guy
Marks
gs: Teresa Brewer (scheduled guest) Myron Cohen (scheduled guest)
Guy Marks (scheduled guest) Pompoff Thedy (scheduled guest) Brascia
and Tybee (scheduled guests)
Scheduled guests:
--Teresa Brewer (singer)
--Myron Cohen (comedian)
--Guy Marks (comedian)
--Billy Eckstine (singer)
--Brascia and Tybee (dance team)
--Pompoff Thedy and family (clown trio)
--The Swe-Danes (a vocal and instrumental trio from Scandinavia)
b: 11-Dec-1960
643. Mahalia Jackson / Roger Williams / Jack Carter / Hal March /
Limeliters
gs: Mahalia Jackson (Guest) Roger Williams (Guest) Hal March (Guest)
Jack Carter (Guest) The Limeliters (Guests) Trude Adams (Guest) Phil
Ford (Guest) Mimi Hines (Guest)
Guests:
--Roger Williams (pianist) - "Flight Of the Bumblebee" & "O Come All
Ye Faithful"
--Mahalia Jackson - "Sweet Little Jesus Boy" and "By His Word"
--Hal March & Tom D' Andrea - Army skit: two pals discuss their life
in the service
--Jack Carter (stand-up comedy routine: show biz & social criticism)
--The Limeliters - "There's A Meeting Here Tonight" & When I Came To
This Land" (with solo by Glenn Yarborough)
--Trude Adams - "Look Where You're Going" (sings to a puppet)
--Coco The Chimp (Chimp act) - Chimp in army uniform performs
military stances.
--Phil Ford & Mimi Hines (husband & wife comedy team) - play a
British couple, Reggie & Cynthia, they sing "Wherever We Go"
Finale: Roger Williams, other guests, & Ed sing "Santa Claus Is
Coming To Town"
b: 18-Dec-1960
644. Roberta Peters / Odetta / Alfred Drake / Robert Shaw Chorale
gs: Roberta Peters (Guest) Alfred Drake (Guest) Odetta (Guest)
Guests:
--Roberta Peters & Alfred Drake - "Winter Wonderland" duet
--Roberta Peters - "Swiss Echo Song" (Roberta dressed in traditional
Swiss costume)
--Alfred Drake - "I Wonder As I Wander"
--Odetta - "Shout For Joy" & "Poor Little Jesus" (singing Gospel
style & playing folk guitar)
--Sound of Music girls (Broadway cast?) - sing "Little Snowman"
--Baird Puppets - Sketch where an elf puppet kidnaps Ed. Ed becomes
a puppet introducing acts for Baird.
--Gali Gali (magician doing tricks, assisted by Desi Arnaz and
Steven Marx, Groucho's grandson) Note: might be Desi Jr.
--Robert Shaw Chorale (shown caroling through Rockefeller Center) -
"Joy To The World," "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" & "The First Noel"
--Ed Sullivan & Shaw Chorale - Ed reads "The Stranger," a poem about
Jesus while the Shaw Chorale hums "Silent Night."
--Robert Shaw Chorale (at end of show) - European medley
--Night scenes of NYC: RCA skyscraper lit at night & 65 Foot
Christmas tree at Rockefeller Plaza
--Margi Lee (ice skater) - skates to "The Nutcracker" in Central
Park Ice skating rink.
b: 25-Dec-1960
645. scheduled: Tammy Grimes; Earl Grant; George Jessel
gs: Tammy Grimes (scheduled guest) Dick Haymes (scheduled guest)
Fran Jeffries (scheduled guest) George Jessel (scheduled guest) Earl
Grant (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Tammy Grimes (musical-comedy performer, from Broadway's "The
Unsinkable Molly Brown")
--Dick Haymes and Fran Jeffries (husband-and-wife entertainers)
--George Jessel (comedian)
--Earl Grant (singer-organist)
b: 01-Jan-1961
646. Bob Newhart / Bob & Ray / Sal Mineo / Damita Jo
gs: Sal Mineo (himself) Damita Jo (Guest) Bob Newhart (Guest) Bob
and Ray (Guests) Bob Elliott (Guest) Ray Goulding (Guest) Gogi Grant
(Guest) Robert Goulet (Guest)
Guests include:
--Sal Mineo - reads from Exodus Chapter 15
--Damita Jo - "It's Too Soon to Know"
--Bob Newhart
--Bob & Ray
--Gogi Grant - medley of songs from "Gypsy"
--Robert Goulet - "By Myself" and "If Ever I Would Leave You" (both
songs from "Camelot")
b: 08-Jan-1961
NOTE: Next week (15Jan61), "Ed Sullivan" was pre-empted for the
special "The Gershwin Years," a musical tribute to George Gershwin.
647. scheduled: Belafonte Folk Singers; Edgar Bergen; Don Adams
Scheduled guests:
--The Belafonte Folk Singers
--Edgar Bergen (vertriloquist)
--The McGuire Sisters (singers) - "Run, Run, Run"
--Don Adams (comedian) - does a magic act
--Sam Levene (actor) - reads "How Tevya Became a Dairyman," a Sholom
Aleichem story.
--Joselito (13-year-old Spanish singer) - "Little Carousel" & "Ave
Maria" (Joselito's 2nd Sullivan appearance)
--Augie and Margo (dancers)
--Princess Trajana (trapeza performers)
b: 22-Jan-1961
648. Carmen McRae / scheduled: Carol Channing; Nat King Cole
gs: Carmen McRae (Guest) Nat King Cole (scheduled guest) Carol
Channing (scheduled guest) Ferrante and Teicher (scheduled guests)
Guy Marks (scheduled guest) Wally Boag (scheduled guest) Roberto
Iglesias (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Nat King Cole (singer)
--Carol Channing (musical-comedy star)
--Carmen McRae (singer) - performs "Isn't It Romantic" and "Comes
Love"
--Ferrante and Teicher (piano duo)
--Hank and David (teenage singing duo)
--Guy Marks (comedian)
--Wally Boag (comedian)
--Roberto Iglesias (dancer with his company of Spanish dancers)
b: 29-Jan-1961
649. Dorothy Dandridge / George Jessel / Pete Fountain / Barry
Sisters / Errol Garner
gs: Dorothy Dandridge (Guest) George Jessel (Guest) Pete Fountain
(Guest) Erroll Garner (Guest) Peter Marshall (Guest) Tommy Noonan
(Guest) Cesare Siepi (Guest) The Barry Sisters (Guests)
Guests:
--Dorothy Dandrige (actress-singer) - "Lonely Little Lady In The
Dark," "Everytime" & "Somebody"
--George Jessel - tells jokes & sings "Toot Toot Tootsie" (Al Jolsen
style)
--Pete Fountain (clarinet player with his jazz quartet) - "I Got
Rhythm"
--Errol Garner (jazz pianist w/combo) - "Solitaire" & "It's All
Right With Me"
--Tommy Noonan and Peter Marshall (comedy team) - bar sketch with a
hung over man with the shakes. (Peter Marshall from the "Hollywood
Squares")
--Cesare Siepi (opera singer) - singes from the Neapolitan Festival
--The Barry Sisters (singers) - "Ciao, Ciao" & "Bambino" (in Italian
& English)
--Mira Brassfield & Doris Fuchs (olympic gymnasts doing a parallel
bar routine)
--Boy Scouts recite oath
--Hugh Lambert Dancers (regulars doing a modern dance number)
--Audience bows: Joey Ray, Abe Lasgow, Gene Delmont
--On film: scenes from the movie "The Misfits" with Clark Gable,
Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift.
b: 05-Feb-1961
650. scheduled: Henry Fonda; Peggy Lee; Carl Reiner; Mel Brooks
gs: Peggy Lee (Guest)
--Peggy Lee (singer) - "Non Dimenticar," "One Kiss," "My Romance" &
"The Vagabond King Waltz"
Scheduled guests:
--Henry Fonda (actor)
--Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks (comedians)
--Paul Anka (singer)
--Myron Cohen (comedian)
--The Wanderers (vocal quartet)
--Carmen de Lavallade (dancer)
--The Martelli Trio (acrobatic comedians)
b: 12-Feb-1961
651. Lucille Ball / Rowan & Martin / Wayne & Shuster / Jack Carter
gs: Lucille Ball (Herself) Wayne and Shuster (Guests) Rowan and
Martin (Guests) Dan Rowan (Guest) Dick Martin (Guest)
--Lucille Ball and Paula Steward sing "Hey, Look Me Over," a song
they performed together in the Broadway play "Wildcat."
--Wayne And Schuster (comedy team, doing their "Dead Eye" routine
set in saloon. Ed Sullivan plays Dead Eye).
--Rowan and Martin (comedy team doing a diet doctor routine)
--Jack Carter (comedian, sings "Sing You Sinners" and does beatnik
jokes & a flamingo dance)
--Leon Bib (folk singer) - "The Ox Driver" and "Maria"
--The Bill Black Combo (instrumental group, former back-up group to
Elvis) - instrumental medley: "Don't Be Cruel," "Cherry Pink" &
"Hearts Of Stone"
--Lisa Carroll - "Language Of Love"
--Sondra Lee & Buzz Miller (modern jazz routine with back-up
dancers)
--Justin Wilson (Cajun storyteller)
b: 19-Feb-1961
NOTE: This show was repeated 6-Aug-61
652. scheduled: Spike Jones; Henny Youngman; Frank Gorshin; Shari
Lewis
gs: Spike Jones (scheduled guest) Henny Youngman (scheduled guest)
Frank Gorshin (scheduled guest) Shari Lewis (scheduled guest)
Dolores Gray (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Spike Jones (bandleader-comedian)
--Henny Youngman (comedian)
--Frank Gorshin (comedian)
--Shari Lewis (puppeteer)
--Dolores Gray (musical-comedy star)
--The Piero Brothers (jugglers)
b: 26-Feb-1961
653. scheduled: Louis Armstrong & band; Bob Newhart; Joan Fairfax
gs: Louis Armstrong (scheduled guest) Bob Newhart (scheduled guest)
Joan Fairfax (scheduled guest) Ford and Hines (scheduled guests) Ron
Hussman (scheduled guest) Alexandre Lagoya (scheduled guest) Ida
Presti (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Louis Armstrong and his band
--Bob Newhart (comedian)
--Ford and Hines (comedy team)
--Joan Fairfax (singer)
--Ron Hussmann (musical-comedy performer)
--Ida Presti and Alexandre Lagoya (classical-guitar duo)
--The Novelities (musical-comedy group)
b: 05-Mar-1961
654. scheduled: Tammy Grimes; Pat O'Brien; Clancy Brothers with
Tommy Makem
gs: Tammy Grimes (scheduled guest) Pat O'Brien (I) (scheduled guest)
The Clancy Brothers (scheduled guests) Tommy Makem (scheduled guest)
Brendan O'Dowda (scheduled guest) Mary O'Hara (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests (St. Patrick's Day theme)
--Tammy Grimes (musical-comedy star)
--Pat O'Brien (actor)
--The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem (folk-singing group)
--Mary O'Hara (harpist)
--Brendan O'Dowda (Irish tenor)
b: 12-Mar-1961
655. Salute to Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe: Julie Andrews; Richard
Burton
gs: Julie Andrews (Guest) Richard Burton (Guest) Robert Goulet
(Guest) Jay Lerner (Guest) Frederick Loewe (Guest) Manolo Fabregas
(Guest)
Salute to Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe.
Guests:
--Lerner & Lowe - perform a medley of their tunes including "How to
Handle a Woman"
--Julie Andrews - "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" (production number with
cast from "My Fair Lady")
--Julie Andrews - "I Could Have Danced All Night"
--Charles Victor - "With a Little Bit of Luck"
--Julie Andrews & Richard Burton - "What Do the Simple Folk Do?"
(from "Camelot")
--Richard Burton - "Camelot"
--Julie Andrews & Robert Goulet - "Almost Like Being in Love" (from
"Brigadoon")
--Robert Goulet - "Gigi" and "They Call the Wind Maria"
--Manolo Fabregas - "Por Que No Aprenden?" (Spanish version of "Why
Can't the English?")
--On film: Maurice Chevalier and Hermione Gingold - "I Remember It
Well" (clip from the movie "Gigi")
b: 19-Mar-1961
NOTE: This episode was repeated 10-Sep-61.
656. scheduled: Della Reese; Johnny Carson; Alfred Drake
gs: Della Reese (scheduled guest) Johnny Carson (scheduled guest)
Erroll Garner (scheduled guest) Alfred Drake (scheduled guest) Joan
Holloway (scheduled guest) Tony Pastor (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Della Reese (singer)
--Johnny Carson (comedian)
--Erroll Garner (jazz pianist)
--Alfred Drake (musical-comedy star)
--Joan Holloway (dancer)
--Tony Pastor with sons Tony Jr. and Guy (vocal and instrumental
group)
b: 26-Mar-1961
657. Charlton Heston / Roger Williams / Anita Bryant / Dick Roman
gs: Charlton Heston (Guest) Roger Williams (Guest) Leontyne Price
(Guest) Anita Bryant (Guest) Dick Roman (Guest)
Guests:
--Charlton Heston (actor) - dramatic Biblical reading: "Passion Of
Our Lord"
--Roger Williams (pianist) - "Abide with Me." Later in show, "I Love
You Truly" & "Sweethearts" medley.
--Dick Roman (singer) - "April In Paris"
--Leontyne Price - Lord's Prayer" and "Vissi D'arte" (second song in
Italian)
--Anita Bryant (singer) - Spring medley
--Bill Baird (puppeteer) - Puppet playing "Easter Parade" on piano.
--Evana Lein (from the "Sound of Music" play) - "Finding the Magic
Easter Egg" production number.
--Russ Burgess Birds (performing birds) - Birds doing tricks: riding
on mini Ferris wheel & railroad train.
b: 02-Apr-1961
658. scheduled: Jan Peerce; Corbett Monica; Smith & Dale
Scheduled guests:
--Jan Peerce (tenor)
--Corbett Monica (comedian)
--Julie Wilson (singer)
--Smith and Dale (comedy team)
--The First Percussion Sextet
--Kimo Lee and the Modernasians
--Rickie Layne (ventriloquist act)
b: 09-Apr-1961
659. Pearl Bailey / Jerry Orbach / Anna Maria Alberghetti / George
Kirby
gs: Pearl Bailey (herself) Jerry Orbach (Guest) Anna Maria
Alberghetti (Guest) George Kirby (Guest) Carmen De Lavallade (Guest)
Jack Carter (Guest)
Guests:
--Pearl Bailey - "New Shoes" (more comedy than singing) & "I Can't
Give You Anything But Love"
--Pearl Bailey & Carmen De Lavallade - "Two Ladies In De Shade Of De
Banana Tree"
--Anna Maria Alberghetti - "Yes My Heart" (from the Broadway musical
"Carnival")
--Anna Maria Alberghetti - "Come Back To Sorrento" (in Italian)
--Jerry Orbach - "Her Face" (from the Broadway musical "Carnival")
--Jack Carter (stand-up comedian)
--George Kirby (comedian) - does impressions of Louis Armstrong,
Ella Fitzgerald, Gary Cooper, Pearl Bailey, and Ed Sullivan
--Sandy Stewart (singer) - "After You've Gone"
--Hugh Lambert Dancers (6 Male Jazz Dancers On Gymnasium set)
--The Dandy Brothers (two clowns from Italy)
--Audience bows: Mrs. Babe Ruth & Clair Ruth
b: 16-Apr-1961
660. scheduled: Harpo Marx; Dick Haymes & Fran Jeffries; Timmie
Rogers
gs: Harpo Marx (scheduled guest) Dick Haymes (scheduled guest) Fran
Jeffries (scheduled guest) Timmie Rogers (scheduled guest) Richardi
(scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Harpo Marx
--Dick Haymes and Fran Jeffries (husband & wife musical comedy team)
--Braschia and Tybee (dance team)
--Richardi (magician)
--Timmie Rogers (comedian)
--Marisol (15-year-old singer)
b: 23-Apr-1961
661. scheduled: Dizzy Gillespie; Rowan & Martin; McGuire Sisters;
Eileen Farrell
Scheduled guests:
--Dizzy Gillespie
--Rowan & Martin
--The McGuire Sisters
--Eileen Farrell
b: 30-Apr-1961
662. scheduled: Al Hirt; Rosemary Clooney; Earl Grant
Guests:
--Al Hirt (jazz musician)
--Rosemary Clooney (singer)
--Myron Cohen (comedian)
--Earl Grant (singer-organist)
--The Crosby Brothers (singers)
--Wisa O'Orso (dancer)
--The Amazing Mr. Ballantine (comic magician)
--The Elkin Sisters (balancing act)
--The Marquis Chimps
This episode was repeated on 20-Aug-61.
b: 07-May-1961
663. scheduled: Teresa Brewer; Gene Barry; Three Stooges
gs: Teresa Brewer (scheduled guest) Gene Barry (scheduled guest)
Three Stooges (scheduled guests) Richard Tucker (scheduled guest)
Pete Fountain (scheduled guest) Adam Keefe (scheduled guest) Larry
Griswold (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Teresa Brewer - "Silver in My Mother's Hair" & "Milord"
--Gene Barry (from "Bat Masterson")
--Teresa Brewer & Gene Barry - "Hills of Old Kentucky"
--The Three Stooges (comedy team)
--Richard Tucker (opera singer) - "Nessun dorma"
--Pete Fountain's jazz group
--The Idlers (US Coast Guard vocal group) - "Sea Chanties"
--Adam Keefe (comedian)
--Larry Griswold (acrobatic comedian)
b: 14-May-1961
664. Jerry Lewis / Sandy Stewart / Phil Harris
gs: Jerry Lewis (Guest) Sandy Stewart (Guest) Phil Harris (Guest)
Guests
--Jerry Lewis (comedian)
--Sandy Stewart sings "Some of These Days"
--Phil Harris sings "Preacher" & "The Bear" (with Jubliee Four)
--Rudy Cardenas (juggler from Mexico)
--Michelle & Michael (high divers)
--Mac Ronay (French mime)
b: 21-May-1961
665. Jackie Wilson / Sophia Loren / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane
gs: Jackie Wilson (Guest) Sophia Loren (Guest) Don Adams (Guest)
Tammy Grimes (Guest) Abbe Lane (Guest) Xavier Cugat (Guest) Roberta
Peters (Guest)
Guests:
--Jackie Wilson - "For Me And My Gal" & "I'm Coming Back To You"
--Sophia Loren - appears live on stage to promote "Two Women"
(stills & clip from the film are shown).
--Don Adams (comedian, does an umpire routine)
--Tammy Grimes - "I Ain't Down Yet" & "Dolce Far Niente" (both songs
from "The Unsinkable Molly Brown"
--Abbe Lane - "Never On Sunday "
--Xavier Cugat & Orchestra - "Jungle Concerto" (with 2 dancers)
--Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane - "The Pachanga"
--Roberta Peters - Aria From "Lucia Di Lammermoor"
--Guy Marks - opera sketch
--Dick Albershart (acrobat) appears twice in show doing a comic
trampoline act
--Audience bow: Mrs. Lou Gehrig
b: 28-May-1961
666. scheduled: Roger Williams; Mort Sahl; the Limeliters
gs: Roger Williams (scheduled guest) Mort Sahl (scheduled guest) The
Limeliters (scheduled guests)
Scheduled guests:
--Roger Williams (pianist)
--Mort Sahl (comedian)
--The Limeliters (vocal & instrumental group)
--The Amandis (a tumbling act)
b: 04-Jun-1961
667. Mahalia Jackson / Jack Carter / Delores Gray / Mike Clifford
gs: Mahalia Jackson (Guest) Jack Carter (Guest) Delores Gray (Guest)
Mike Clifford (Guest)
Guests:
--Mahalia Jackson - "Come On Children Let's Sing" & "Rock Of Ages"
--Delores Gray - Summer stock medley: "C'est Magnifique" and "You
Can't Get A Man with A Gun" (with 4 dancers)
--Mike Clifford - "Pretty Little Girl" & "At Last"
--Jack Carter (stand-up comedian)
--Tito Guizar - medley of Mexican Songs
--Tito & Lilia Guizar - "Tic Tac"
--Mickey Wright (female golf pro, swings golf club on stage)
--Georgio Caty (spelling?) - "I've Got Plenty Of Nothing"
--Dick Weston (ventriloquist with two dummies)
--Rola And Rolan (acrobatic balancing act)
--Burger's Animals (trained animal act) - dogs & monkey ride pony,
boxing dogs, other dog tricks
--Sabor V (huge robot on stage) - robot shakes hands with Ed & says
they look alike.
--On stage bow: Elenor Powell
b: 11-Jun-1961
668. scheduled: Connie Francis; Al Hirt; Robert Goulet
gs: Connie Francis (scheduled guest) Al Hirt (scheduled guest)
Robert Goulet (scheduled guest) Joe E. Lewis (scheduled guest)
Charlie Manna (scheduled guest) Rosaire and Tony (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Connie Francis (singer)
--Al Hirt (trumpeter, with his combo)
--Robert Goulet (musical-comedy star)
--Joe E. Lewis (comedian)
--Charlie Manna (comedian)
--Rosarie and Tony (novelty animal act)
b: 18-Jun-1961
669. scheduled: Nancy Walker; Nancy Dussault; Earl Grant; Conrad
Buckner
gs: Nancy Walker (scheduled guest) Nancy Dussault (scheduled guest)
Earl Grant (scheduled guest) Conrad Buckner (scheduled guest) Sam
Levenson (scheduled guest) Peter Palmer (scheduled guest) Lisa
Carroll (scheduled guest) Necker's Dalmations (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Nancy Walker (comedian)
--Nancy Dussault (singer)
--Earl Grant (singer-organist)
--Conrad Buckner (tap dancer)
--Sam Levenson (comedian)
--Peter Palmer (singer)
--Lisa Carroll (singer)
--Necker's Dalmations (animal act)
b: 25-Jun-1961
670. Louis Armstrong / Teresa Brewer / Myron Cohen / Joan Halloway
gs: Louis Armstrong (Guest) Teresa Brewer (Guest) Rowan and Martin
(Guests) Myron Cohen (Guest) Joan Halloway (Guest) James Hurst
(Guest)
Guests:
--Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra - "Sleepy Time Down South," "Up
A Lazy River," "Ole Miss" & "Bill Bailey" (last 2 songs with combo
on stage, without orchestra).
--Teresa Brewer - World War One production number: "Smile, Smile,
Smile," "Till We Meet Again," "Over There," "My Buddy" & "How Ya
Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm?"
--Teresa Brewer (later in show) - "Bidin' My Time"
--Rowan & Martin (comedy team doing a hotel sketch: Rowan wants to
sleep, Martin wants to watch TV)
--James Hurst (musical-comedy star) - "Joey"
--Myron Cohen (stand-up comedian)
--Joan Halloway (singer-dancer) - "The Real American Folk Song"
--Little, Dane & Masou (comedy trio) - "How Can You Believe Me,"
"How-De-Doo" & "She Used to be My Girl"
--Chop Chop And Charlene (illusion act, magician blows knot out of
handkerchief and, later in show, makes a chicken disappear &
reappear in flaming pan)
b: 02-Jul-1961
NOTE: TV Guide listed different Louis Armstrong songs ("That's My
Home," "Back Home in Indiana," "Blueberry Hill" and "Tiger Rag")
There was probably a change in songs after TV Guide went to press.
Also: TV Guide lists James Hurst as performing with Teresa Brewer
for her WWI medley.
671. scheduled: Phyllis Diller; the Brothers Four; Joey Adams;
Felicia Sanders
gs: Phyllis Diller (scheduled guest) The Brothers Four (scheduled
guests) Joey Lauren Adams (scheduled guest) Felicia Sanders
(scheduled guest) Al Kelly (scheduled guest) Timmie Rogers
(scheduled guest) Gali Gali (scheduled guest) Gail Horner (scheduled
guest) The Domenechs (scheduled guests)
Scheduled guests:
--Phyllis Diller (comedian)
--The Brothers Four (vocal group) - "My Little John Henry"
--Felicia Sanders - sings a medley from "My Fair Lady"
--Joey Adams (comedian)
--Al Kelly (comedian)
--Timmie Rogers (comedian)
--Gali Gali (magician)
--Gail Horner (baton twirler)
--The Domenechs (balancing act)
--On film: a clip from the movie "Goodbye Again"
b: 09-Jul-1961
NOTE: Summer re-runs:
16-Jul-61 - repeat from 02-Oct-60 (Danny Thomas, Mickey Rooney)
23-Jul-61 - repeat from 22-Mar-59 (From Portugal: Maurice Chevalier)
30-Jul-61 - unknown
06Aug61 - repeat from 19-Feb-61
13Aug61 - repeat from 22-Mar-60 (Circus Stars from All Over the
World)
20Aug61 - repeat from 7-May-61 (Al Hirt; Rosemary Clooney)
27Aug61 - repeat with Jerry Lewis; Connie Francis; Sophie Tucker
03Sep61 - repeat from 31May59 (Edith Piaf, Bobby Darin)
10Sep61 - repeat from 19Mar61 (Lerner & Loewe tribute) Final repeat