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"The Ed Sullivan Show"
Season 14 (1961-62)############# The Ed Sullivan Show ###########
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CBS Sundays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern
Season 14
673. First show of the 14th Season
b: 17-Sep-1961
674. Taped in Las Vegas: Danny Thomas / Crosby Trio (Bing's sons)
gs: Danny Thomas (Guest) Phillip Crosby (Guest) Lindsay Crosby
(Guest) Dennis Crosby (Guest) The Kim Sisters (Guests) Rudy Cardenas
(Guest) Michele Sander Winters (Guest) Michael Larry Rubin (Guest)
Powers and Park (Guests)
Taped in Las Vegas (at the Desert Inn & at the Stardust)
Guests:
--Della Reese - "In The Still Of The Night" & "Summertime"
--The Crosby Trio (Bing's sons Philip, Lindsay and Dennis Crosby) -
"Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams" and "We Ought To Dance"
--Danny Thomas (stand-up comedy) - talks about his show, tells jokes
and sings "I Will Stay Younger Than Spring" (this segment was taped
in Hollywood)
--The Kim Sisters (3 Korean sisters who sing and play musical
instruments) - "Shanty In Old Shanty Town" and "The Steel Guitar
Rag" (sisters playing drums, accordion & string instruments)
--Rudy Cardenas (juggler)
--Michele Sander Winters & Michael Larry Rubin (daredevil couple,
performing stunts from a helicopter)
--Powers and Park (ice skaters perform with non-skating dancers)
b: 24-Sep-1961
675. Phil Silvers / Brigitte Bardot (filmed interview) / Peter Nero
/ McGuire Sisters
gs: Phil Silvers (scheduled guest) Brigitte Bardot (Guest, on film)
Bob Hope (Guest, on film) Bing Crosby (Guest, on film) Jackie
Gleason (Guest, on film) Gene Kelly (Guest, on film) Nancy Dussault
(scheduled guest) John Readon (scheduled guest) Peter Nero
(scheduled guest) The McGuire Sisters (scheduled guests)
Scheduled guests:
--Phil Silvers (with Nancy Dussault and John Readon, who appeared
with him in the Broadway musical "Do Re Mi")
--Nancy Dussault and John Readon sing "Make Someone Happy"
--Peter Nero (piano soloist) - "Mountain Greenery"
--The McGuire Sisters (singers) - "Run, Run, Run" and "Just Because"
On Film: Film clips of Sullivan's recent trip around the world:
--Sullivan interviews Brigitte Bardot in Paris.
--In London, Ed talks with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby about their new
"Road" picture "The Road to Hong Hong."
--Jackie Gleason and Gene Kelly are seen on the set of their new
movie (probably "Gigot" which Kelly directed).
--Also: a Little League game in Japan; a tour of Hong Kong's harbor,
a festival in Rome, and a puppet show in Berlin.
b: 01-Oct-1961
676. Taped in West Berlin: Louis Armstrong / Connie Francis / Van
Cliburn
gs: Maureen O'Hara (Guest) Van Cliburn (Guest) Louis Armstrong
(Guest) Connie Francis (Guest) Rowan and Martin (Guests) Bob Lewis
(II) (Guest) Enrique del Rey (Guest) The Bluebell Girls (Guests)
Taped at West Berlin's Sportspalast:
--Louis Armstrong & his orchestra - "Sleepy Time Down South," "Royal
Garden Blues," "Hussar Gussar" & "When the Saints Go Marching In"
--Maureen O'Hara - "Hello, Young Lovers"
--Van Cliburn - "Polonaise" by Chopin
--Connie Francis - medley: "Stupid Cupid," "Lipstick on Your
Collar," "Who's Sorry Now" and "Everybody's Somebody's Fool"
--Connie Francis - "Where the Boys Are" (sings to soldiers in
audience) and "Schoner Fremder Mann" (in German)
--Rowan & Martin (comedy team, Martin as an American tourist in
Germany interviewed by Rowan)
--Bob Lewis (comic magician)
--Enrique del Rey (juggler)
--The Bluebell Girls (chorus line, "Can Can Dance" live from Paris,
France)
Audience bows: Generals Albert Watson & Fred Hartel
b: 08-Oct-1961
NOTE: Repeated September 9, 1962.
677. 2nd Berlin show: Louis Armstrong; Sid Caesar; Shari Lewis
gs: Louis Armstrong (Guest) Sid Caesar (Guest) Shari Lewis (Guest)
Roberta Peters (Guest) Janet Blair (Guest) Peter Kraus (Guest) The
Trio Ariston (Guests)
Guests (second of two shows taped in West Berlin):
--Louis Armstrong (jazz musician, performing at the McNair Barracks)
--Sid Caesar (comedian, performing at the Berlin Command
Headquarters Theater)
--Roberta Peters (soprano, performing at the West Berlin
Sportpalast)
--Shari Lewis (puppeteer, entertaining children at the Thomas A.
Roberts School of the Berlin Command)
--Janet Blair (singer)
--On film: a tour of the Oktoberfest beer festival
--Peter Kraus (German singer, performing at the American Youth
Center)
--The Trio Ariston (comedy acrobats)
b: 15-Oct-1961
NOTE: A contributor, "Militaryson," added the following: "I was in
the audience at the Peter Krause performance at the American teenage
club."
678. Chubby Checker / Phil Silvers / Nancy Walker
gs: Chubby Checker (Guest) Matt Monro (Guest) Wayne and Shuster
(Guests) Phil Silvers (Guest) Nancy Walker (Guest)
Guests:
--Chubby Checker - "The Twist" (with the "Do-Re-Mi" dancers) and
"The Fly"
--Matt Monro - "My Kind of Gal"
--Wayne and Shuster (comedy team, doing skit about "The Twilight
Zone")
--Phil Silvers & Nancy Walker - nightclub scene from "Do-Re-Mi"
--Phil Silvers & Nancy Walker - bedroom scene From Do-Re-Mi
--Phil Silvers - Soda Fountain skit about a jukebox (from
"Do-Re-Mi")
--Audience bows: Evelyn Silvers (Mrs. Phil Silvers)
b: 22-Oct-1961
679. scheduled: Everly Brothers; Robert Goulet; George Gobel
gs: The Everly Brothers (scheduled guests) Robert Goulet (scheduled
guest) The Ritz Brothers (scheduled guests) George Gobel (scheduled
guest) Dorothy Loudon (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--The Everly Brothers - "Don't Blame Me"
--The Ritz Brothers (comedians)
--Robert Goulet (musical-comedy star) sings "Maria" and a medley of
songs made famous by Fred Astaire.
--George Gobel (comedian)
--Dorothy Loudon (singer-comedian)
--Bertha and her trained elephants (circus act)
b: 29-Oct-1961
680. scheduled: Jimmy Dean; Art Carney; Al Hirt; Julius LaRosa
gs: Art Carney (scheduled guest) Jimmy Dean (scheduled guest) Al
Hirt (scheduled guest) Julius LaRosa (scheduled guest) Sheila MacRae
(scheduled guest) Blossom Seeley (scheduled guest)
Scheduled:
--Jimmy Dean sings "Big Bad John"
--Art Carney (comedian)
--Al Hirt and his jazz quintet
--Julius LaRosa
--Sheila MacRae (musical-comedy star)
--Blossom Seeley (vaudevillian)
b: 05-Nov-1961
681. Pearl Bailey / Brenda Lee / Ames Brothers / Frank Gorshin /
Myron Cohen
gs: Brenda Lee (herself) Pearl Bailey (Guest) Ames Brothers (Guests)
Ames Brothers (Guests) Frank Gorshin (Guest) Myron Cohen (Guest)
Guests:
--Pearl Bailey (singer) - "Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me" & "I'm Glad
There Is You"
--Brenda Lee (singer) - "Fool #1" & "Learning About Love"
--Ames Brothers (vocal group) - "Yes Indeed"
--Frank Gorshin (comedian & impressionist)
--Myron Cohen (comedian)
--Jan Pearce sings "Serenade" (from "The Student Prince")
--George Young Revue (jazz combo) - "Come Back to Sorrento"
--See Hee Family (3-man acrobat team)
b: 12-Nov-1961
682. Steve Lawrence / Jerry Lewis / Dorothy Louden / Martha Perez
gs: Jerry Lewis (Guest) Steve Lawrence (Guest) Dorothy Loudon
(Guest) Martha Perez (Guest) The Arnaut Brothers (Guests) Francis
Brunn (Guest) The Tunisian Dancers (Guests)
Guests:
--Jerry Lewis (comedian) - "What Kind of Fool Am I?"
--Steve Lawrence (singer) - "Begin the Beguine" & "If I Ever Would
Leave You" (or "If Ever I Would Leave You")
--Dorothy Loudon (singer-comedian)
--Martha Perez (mezzo soprano, opera singer from Cuba) - "Cecelia
Valdez"
--The Arnaut Brothers (comedy team, Vaudevillians doing bird
whistles)
--The Tunisian Dancers (or Tanezian Folk Dancers)
--Francis Brunn (juggler)
Scheduled guests (probably did not appear):
--Ray Charles (blues singer)
--Eydie Gorme
--Jackie Mason (comedian)
b: 19-Nov-1961
NOTE: The episode was repeated 26Aug62.
683. scheduled: Richard Boone; Jackie Mason; Sophie Tucker
Scheduled guests:
--Richard Boone (actor)
--Jackie Mason (comedian)
--Sophie Tucker (singer)
--Gloria Lynn (singer)
--Deedy and Bill (novelty singers)
b: 26-Nov-1961
684. scheduled: Sid Caesar; Connie Francis; Joan Sutherland
Scheduled guests:
--Sid Caesar (comedian)
--Connie Francis (singer)
--Joan Sutherland (opera singer) sings a selection from "Ilucia di
Lammermoor"
--Mike Clifford (singer)
--Earl Grant (singer-organist)
--Braman and Leonard (comedy instrumentalists)
--Ferdonio (acrobat)
b: 03-Dec-1961
685. scheduled: Sarah Vaughan; Al Hirt; Vic Damone; Gary Morton;
Edgar Bergen
Scheduled guests:
--Al Hirt (trumpet player)
--Sarah Vaughan
--Edgar Bergen (ventriloquist)
--Vic Damone (singer)
--Gary Morton (comedian)
--Rip Taylor (comedian)
--Nina and Frederik (singers)
--Anden's Poodles (a trained animal act)
b: 10-Dec-1961
686. Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington / Paul Anka
gs: Duke Ellington (Guest) Louis Armstrong (Guest) Paul Anka (Guest)
Guests:
--Duke Ellington & Louis Armstrong - "Duke's Place" (their 1st
performance together in 30 years) Louis on trumpet, Duke on piano
--Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - "In A Mellow Mood"
--Louis Armstrong - "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen"
--Paul Anka - "Jingle Bells" (jazzy version)
--Paul Anka - medley: "Diana," "Tonight My Love," "Tonight," "Dance
On Little Girl," "Put Your Head On My Shoulder," "You Are My
Destiny," "Lonely Boy" and "My Home Town."
--Paul Anka - "Down by the River Side" (with the Hugh Lambert
Dancers)
--Wayne And Shuster (comedy team, doing a Robin Hood & Friar Tuck
routine)
--Barbara Cook - "Magic Moment" (from the show "The Gay Life")
--Elizabeth Allen & Walter Chiari - "Madga, The Gypsy" (a scene from
the show "The Gay Life")
--Corbett Monica (stand-up comedian) - tells jokes about Christmas &
travel
b: 17-Dec-1961
687. Linda Scott / Shari Lewis / The Baird Puppets
gs: Linda Scott (Guest) Shari Lewis (Guest)
Guests (Christmas Show):
--Linda Scott - "How I Wish (You'd Be With Me On Christmas Day)"
--Shari Lewis (ventriloquist) with Lamb Chop (dressed as Santa),
Charlie Horse sings "Jingle Bells."
--The Baird Puppets (Bill Baird puppets) - puppets doing a Davy
Jones locker routine
--Pompoff & Thedy (comedy team)
--Burger's Animals (trained animal act with ponies, dogs, & chimp)
--Korean Orphan Choir sings "Jingle Bells" (in Korean & English) and
"Silent Night"
--Bob Hammond's Birds (animal act with cockatoos)
--The Meteors (acrobats dressed as Martians do stunts, 1950's
spaceship & space suits)
--Karrol Fox (comic magician)
--The Bizarro Brothers (3 Men & a woman wearing bells play "Rock
Around The Clock")
--The Seven Staneks (acrobats doing flips onto each other's
shoulders)
b: 24-Dec-1961
688. scheduled: Slappy White; Matt Monro; Smith & Dale
gs: Slappy White (scheduled guest) Matt Monro (scheduled guest)
Smith and Dale (scheduled guests) The Barry Sisters (scheduled
guests) Dave Astor (scheduled guest) Saverio Saridis (scheduled
guest) Sandy Stewart (scheduled guest) The Hi-Lads (scheduled
guests) The Estelle Alfonso Dancers (scheduled guests)
Scheduled guests:
--Slappy White (comedian)
--Matt Monro (singer)
--Sandy Stewart (singer)
--The Barry Sisters (singing group)
--Smith and Dale (comedy team)
--Saverio Saridis (policeman-turned-singer)
--The Hi-Lads (singing group)
--The Estelle Alfonso Dancers
--The Shirleys (balloon act)
b: 31-Dec-1961
689. Rosemary Clooney / Bob Newhart / Jimmy Durante / Gary Morton
gs: Rosemary Clooney (Guest) Jimmy Durante (Guest) Bob Newhart
(Guest) Bessie Griffin and her Gospel Pearls (Guests) Sonny King
(Guest) Eddie Jackson (Guest)
Broadcast live from the Moulin Rouge nightclub in Hollywood.
Guests:
--Rosemary Clooney - "Everything's Coming Up Roses," "Bye Bye
Blackbird" & "Show Me"
--Bob Newhart (stand-up comedy) - routine: convincing people on
ledges not to jump
--Jimmy Durante - "Inka-Dinka-Do," "I Could Have Danced All Night,"
"What A Day," "My All Girl Band" & "The Twist"
--Jimmy Durante - "Love You, Love You" (with Sonny King) & "Young At
Heart"
--Jimmy Durante with sidekicks Eddie Jackson & Sonny King - "Won't
You Come Home Bill Bailey?"
--Gary Morton (comedian) - stand up routine
--Bessie Griffin and the Gospel Pearls - "Bye and Bye"
b: 07-Jan-1962
NOTE: The episode was repeated 23Sep62.
690. Mickey Rooney / Timi Yuro / Rip Taylor / Ken Murray
gs: Mickey Rooney (Guest) Patti Page (Guest) Timi Yuro (Guest) Rip
Taylor (Guest) Ken Murray (Guest)
Broadcast live from the Stardust night club in Las Vegas
Guests:
--Mickey Rooney and Joey Foreman (Forman?) - do a Candid Camera
sketch.
--Timi Yuro (singer) - "Let Me Call You Sweetheart"
--Patti Page - "Just in Time," "The Boll Weevil Song" (plays guitar)
& "Come On Home"
--Rip Taylor (comedian) - tells sob stories and sings "Make Someone
Happy"
--Rickey Layne & Velvel (ventriloquist act) - Velvel in prospector
gear.
--Louis Bellson (drummer) - plays "Manteca"
--Leo Diamond (comedian) - plays the "Soundmonica"
--Ken Murray (comedian) - tells the "Turtle Story"
--Two unidentified comedians lip-synch to Louis Prima & Keely Smith
recording "I'm Confessin'"
--Pamela and Mary Jane Murray (Ken Murray's daughters) - lip synch
to a Louis Prima & Keely Smith recording.
--The Amin Brothers (acrobats from Egypt) - balancing act
--Phillipine Dancers - native dance with bamboo poles and, later in
show, dancers with coconut castanets & bamboo poles.
Audience bows: Jerry Lewis (sports star); Donald O'Connor; Sonny
King; Jack Soo; Arlene Fontana
b: 14-Jan-1962
691. Jackie Wilson / Robert Goulet / Kate Smith / Wayne & Shuster
gs: Jackie Wilson (Guest) Robert Goulet (Guest) Kate Smith (Guest)
Wayne and Shuster (Guests)
Guests:
--Jackie Wilson - "That's Why" & "The Greatest Hurt"
--Kate Smith - "Now Is the Hour," "When the Moon Comes over the
Mountain," "Just One of Those Things," "Last Time I Saw Paris" &
"Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer"
--Robert Goulet (singer) - "One Life," "I Get a Kick Out of You" and
"You Do Something to Me"
--Wayne and Shuster (comedy team doing a "Professor" sketch)
--Rob Murray (juggler)
--Lon Purdy (pantomime act)
--The Marquis Chimps
b: 21-Jan-1962
NOTE: This episode was repeated on 29-Jul-62.
692. Sid Caesar / Connie Francis / Frank Gorshin / Franco Corelli
gs: Sid Caesar (Guest) Connie Francis (Guest) Frank Gorshin (Guest)
Franco Corelli (Guest)
Guests:
--Sid Caesar (comedian) - silent movie sketch
--Connie Francis (singer) - "Does Broadway Ever Sleep," "Oh,
Susanna," "Careless Love," She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain" &
"Don't Break the Heart"
--Frank Gorshin (comedian) - does impressions of movie stars
--Franco Corelli (tenor) - sings an aria
--Buddy Greco (singer-pianist) - "Come Rain or Come Shine"
--Dick Ruedebusch and his Underprivileged Five - "Panama"
--Lilly Yokoi (cyclist, Bicycle acrobatics)
--Joy Kay (pantomime artist) - man unpacks folded girl from
suitcase.
b: 28-Jan-1962
693. scheduled: Brook Benton; Pearl Bailey; George Gobel; Bobby
Rydell
gs: Brook Benton (scheduled guest) Pearl Bailey (scheduled guest)
Bobby Rydell (scheduled guest) George Gobel (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Brook Benton
--Pearl Bailey
--George Gobel
--Bobby Rydell - "Mammy" and "Somebody Loves Me"
--Ford and Reynolds (comedians)
--The two Frauensteins (jugglers)
b: 04-Feb-1962
694. scheduled: Carl Sandburg; Paul Anka; Shelley Berman; McGuire
Sisters
Scheduled guests:
--Carl Sandburg (poet)
--Paul Anka (singer)
--Shelley Berman (comedian)
--The McGuire Sisters
--George Carl (comedian)
--Hanna Ahroni (singer)
--Cal Claude (juggler)
b: 11-Feb-1962
695. The Everly Brothers / Timi Yuro / Al Hirt
gs: The Everly Brothers (Guests) Timi Yuro (Guest) Al Hirt (Guest)
Show broadcast from Miami.
--The Everly Brothers - "Crying in the Rain" & "Jezebel" (The Everly
Brothers are wearing U.S. Marine uniforms)
--Al Hirt - "Night and Day," "I Can't Get Started," "When the Saints
Come Marching In"
--Timi Yuro - "Come Rain or Shine" & "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams"
--George Jessel (comedian, sings "April Showers")
--George Kirby (comedian, impressionist)
--a Dolphin act (from the Seaquarium)
b: 18-Feb-1962
696. scheduled: Lloyd Bridges; Damita Jo; The Crosby Brothers; Jan
Murray
gs: Lloyd Bridges (scheduled guest) Damita Jo (scheduled guest)
Last show from the Miami Beach area
Scheduled guests:
--Lloyd Bridges (appears in a water sequence)
--Damita Jo sings "You're Nobody Until Somebody Loves You"
--The Crosby Brothers (Bing's sons) - sing and also appear in a
dance number with Ed called "We Oughta Dance"
--Jan Murray (comedian)
--Patrice Munsel (opera singer)
--Brascia and Tybee (dance team)
--The Gimma Brothers (acrobats)
b: 25-Feb-1962
697. Art Carney / Fats Domino / Phyllis Diller / Connie Stevens /
Tommy Sands
gs: Fats Domino (Guest) Art Carney (Guest) Phyllis Diller (Guest)
Connie Stevens (Guest) Tommy Sands (Guest)
Guests:
--Fats Domino - "Jambalaya" & "Let The Four Winds Blow"
--Connie Stevens & Tommy Sands - "Maggie Blue"
--Connie Stevens - "Wild Is The Wind"
--Tommy Sands - "Got A Lot Of Livin' To Do" & "More Than You Know"
--Troy Donahue, Connie Stevens, Paula Prentiss - Voted most popular
stars, most versatile performers, 1962. Film clip from "Susan Slade"
& "Bachelors In Paradise". Trio dances the Twist
--Broadway cast of "Take Her, She's Mine" (Art Carney, Phyllis
Thacher, Elizabeth Ashley and June Harding) perform scenes from
play: Airport scene where family says goodbye to college bound
daughter & scene where daughter comes home for Christmas all grown
up.
--Phyllis Diller (stand-up comedian) - topics: living in New York,
eating in Japanese restaurants, and her marriage
--Henny Youngman (stand-up comedian) - jokes about wife, marriage
--Johnny Puleo - six harmonica players perform "Heart Of My Heart."
--On film: clip of John Glenn's ticker tape parade in NYC following
the astronaut's orbit.
--Audience bow: Harry Carter (drove Glenn's car in ticker tape
parade)
--Audience bow: Wilt Chamberlain (Record setting basketball champion
is bit on the leg by a midget while taking a bow.)
-- Audience bow: Mickey Walker (boxer turned painter)
b: 04-Mar-1962
698. Henry Fonda & Olivia de Havilland / Maureen O'Hara
gs: Henry Fonda (Guest) Olivia de Havilland (Guest) Maureen O'Hara
(Guest) Rosemary Clooney (Guest) Pat Rooney (Guest) Bobby Rydell
(Guest) Bobby Rydell (Guest) Pat Buttram (Guest)
Guests (St. Patrick's Day show):
--Henry Fonda & Olivia de Havilland (actors) - scene from "Gift of
Time" set on cruise ship. A doting wife tries to care for her
fatally ill husband.
--Maureen O'Hara (actress) - sings "Come Back to Erin" & "If I Loved
You"
--Rosemary Clooney (singer) - "Cabin in the Sky" & "Give Me the
Simple Life"
--Pat Rooney, Maureen O'Hara, Rosemary Clooney and Ed Sullivan -
"Great Day for the Irish" & "Danny Boy"
--Pat Rooney (82-year-old song-and-dance man) - sings "The Daughter
of Rosie O'Grady" and tap dances
--Bobby Rydell - "Mammy"
--Pat Buttram (stand-up comedy)
--The Three Houcs (juggling act from Germany) - a father & his
daughters juggle pins
--Folias de Espana (Argentine dance & singing troupe) - (1) Flamenco
dancers - "Los Tres Caballos" (2) Later in show, sings, dances and
plays the guitar.
--Audience bows: NY Senator Jack Javits & wife
--Hugh Lambert Dancers (modern dancers) - "Where Did You Get That
Hat?"
b: 11-Mar-1962
699. Rowan & Martin / Robert Goulet / Dick Haymes & Fran Jefferies
gs: Robert Goulet (Guest) Dick Haymes (Guest) Fran Jeffries (Guest)
Rowan and Martin (Guests) Dan Rowan (Guest) Dick Martin (Guest) Bob
Lewis (Guest) Johnny Hart (Guest) Maria Neglia (Guest)
Guests:
--Rowan And Martin (comedy team) - doing a skit about people who
live underground
--Dick Haymes & Fran Jefferies - medley: "Come On Get Happy," "I'm
Gonna Love You Like Nobody's Loved You" & "I'd Know You Anywhere"
--Robert Goulet - "All Of You" & "Two Different Worlds"
--Maria Neglia (violinist)
--Rickey Layne & Velvel (ventriloquist act) - Ed talks with dummy
--Alan Gale (stand-up comedian) - topics: people who worry, Michigan
& Notre Dame football jokes
--Bob Lewis (stand-up comedian) - more jokes about worrying
--Johnny Hart (magician) - performs magic act, card tricks, silk
tricks, etc.
--Juan Carlo Copez & Maria Neives (dancers from Argentina)
--Gail Hart (child performer) - young baton twirler
--Paul Sydell & Susie (trained dog act, dog performs handstands)
b: 18-Mar-1962
700. Sid Caesar / Jackie Mason / Diahann Carroll / Richard Kiley
gs: Sid Caesar (Guest) Jackie Mason (Guest) Diahann Carroll (Guest)
Carol Lawrence (Guest) Richard Kiley (Guest) Bernice Massi (Guest)
Noelle Adam (Guest) Earl Grant (Guest) Bill Grant (Guest)
Guests:
--Jackie Mason (stand-up comedian) - does imitations, appears with
Ed. Later in show, tells jokes about income tax and JFK.
--Carol Lawrence & Hugh Lambert - dance from "Subways Are Sleeping"
--Carol Lawrence - "When The Sun Comes Out"
--Sid Caesar (comedian) - does a pantomime of people waking up in
the morning
--Sid Caesar & Carol Lawrence - do a comic performance of "Shadow
Waltz"
--Earl Grant & Bill Grant - "Lonesome Road"
Cast of the Richard Rogers Broadway show "No Strings":
--Diahann Carroll - "The Sweetest Sound"/"Sweetest Sounds" (from "No
Strings") and "Loads of Love"
--Richard Kiley, Bernice Massi & cast - "Be My Host" (production
number from "No Strings")
--Richard Kiley - "No Strings"
--Noelle Adam - also in "No Strings" cast
b: 25-Mar-1962
NOTE: This episode was repeated on 15-Jul-62.
701. Jackie Wilson / Patti Page / Wayne & Shuster / Ann-Margret (on
film)
gs: Jackie Wilson (Guest) Patti Page (Guest) Wayne and Shuster
(Guests) Ann-Margret (Guest, on film) Pat Boone (Guest, on film)
Myron Cohen (Guest) Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham (Guest)
Guests include:
--Jackie Wilson - "Heart"
-- Patti Page - "Most People Get Married" & "All The Way"
--Anna Motto - "Aria" from "Romeo & Juliet"
--Wayne & Shuster (comedy team) - routine: "Sam Casey, Dedicated
Auto Mechanic" (phony TV show)
--Myron Cohen (stand-up comedian, tells jokes about old ladies)
--Dewey Pigmeat Markham (comedy act) judge passes out sentences
--Parker & Betty Keane (comedy team doing a sketch about a husband &
wife)
--Kasten's Animal Fantasy (monkey act)
--On film: Ann Margret singing "Mack the Knife" (screen test for
"State Fair")
--On film: Ann Margret & Pat Boone sing "Willing And Eager" (clip
from "State Fair")
--Audience bow: Colleen Dewhurst
b: 01-Apr-1962
702. scheduled: Cyd Charisse; Lionel Hampton; Jack Carter
Scheduled guests:
--Cyd Charisse (dancer)
--Roland Petit (choreographer)
--Lionel Hampton (bandleader)
--Jack Carter (comedian)
--Anita Bryant (singer)
--Professor Backwards (comedian)
--The Kim Sisters (vocal group)
--Franco Corelli (opera singer)
--Hal and Barbara Loman (dancers)
--Rudy Cardenas (juggler)
b: 08-Apr-1962
703. Sophia Loren / Mahalia Jackson / Teresa Brewer / Maximillian
Schell
gs: Sophia Loren (Guest) Rita Moreno (Guest) George Chakiris (Guest)
Liberace (Guest) Teresa Brewer (Guest) Mahalia Jackson (Guest)
Maximilian Schell (Guest) Larry Storch (Guest) Pat Henning (Guest)
Helene and Howard (Guests)
Guests:
--Maximilian Schell (actor) - Academy Award winning performance from
"Judgement at Nuremberg"
--George Chakiris & Rita Moreno - perform a short scene from "West
Side Story"
--Mahalia Jackson - "Old Time Religion" & "Were You There?"
--Teresa Brewer - " South Rampart Street Parade" & "Love Makes The
World Go Round"
--Sophia Loren - short interview (on film?) Sophia talks about "Two
Women"
-- Liberace - Foggy Day" & "Tico Tico."
--Liberace (later in show) - does a tribute to Vaudeville, medley:
"This Old Piano," "Piano Roll Blues" & "Old Soft Shoe." Liberace
then dances the soft shoe to "Me & My Shadow"
--Larry Storch (comedian doing impressions of United Nations
Delegates)
--Pat Henning (stand-up comedian) - makes his handkerchief dance,
jokes about baldness, and does a Bette Davis impression
--Helene & Howard (comedy dance team)
--Hugh Lambert Dancers - do a dance in celebration of baseball
--Excess Baggage (trained dog act)
--Audience bow: John Ringling North (circus producer)
b: 15-Apr-1962
704. scheduled: Harry Belafonte; Miriam Makeba; Connie Stevens
gs: Harry Belafonte (Guest) Miriam Makeba (Guest) Connie Stevens
(scheduled guest) Connie Francis (possible guest) Stevenson's Dogs
(scheduled guests)
Guests:
--Harry Belafonte (singer, in a 15 minute segment) - "Crawdad Song,"
"Kingston Way," "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore" & "Baby Boy"
--Miriam Makeba (South African folksinger) - "Kilimanjaro" &
Strawberries"
--Harry Belafonte & Miriam Makeba - perform a duet
--Connie Francis (singer, listed as a guest for the 08Jul62 repeat)
--Thelma Lee (comedian)
--On film: Ed Sullivan appears as a clown (with grease paint & baggy
costume) in a Ringling Brothers Circus segment. The segment also
features Stevenson's Dogs.
Scheduled guest:
--Connie Stevens (actress from "Hawaiian Eye") - scheduled to sing
b: 22-Apr-1962
NOTE: This episode was repeated 08-Jul-62. Instead of Connie
Stevens, "Connie Francis" was listed on the repeat.
705. Johnny Mathis / Jackie Mason / Rip Taylor / McGuire Sisters
gs: Johny Mathis (Guest) The McGuire Sisters (Guests) Jackie Mason
(Guest) Rip Taylor (Guest) Guy Marks (Guest) Brascia & Tybee
(Guests) The Madcaps (Guests) The Waterbird Show (Guests)
Guests:
--Johnny Mathis (singer) - "Marianna," "Love, Look Away" & "Love"
--The McGuire Sisters - "You're Driving Me Crazy" & "That's a
Plenty"
--Jackie Mason (comedian)
--Rip Taylor (comedian)
--Guy Marks (comedian)
--Brascia and Tybee (dance team)
--The Madcaps (novelty harmonica duo)
--The Waterbird Show (performing ducks)
b: 29-Apr-1962
NOTE: This episode was repeated 2-Sep-62.
706. scheduled: Bobby Darin; Diahann Carroll; Corbett Monica
gs: Bobby Darin (scheduled guest) Diahann Carroll (scheduled guest)
Corbett Monica (scheduled guest) Francis and Blair (scheduled
guests)
Scheduled guests:
--Bobby Darin (singer)
--Diahann Carroll (star of the Broadway musical "No Strings")
--Corbett Monica (comedian)
--Francis and Blair (comedy team)
--The Valenos (dancers)
--Dick Contino (accordionist)
--The Amazine Mr. Ballantine (magician)
b: 06-May-1962
707. scheduled: Joan Sutherland; Pegleg Bates; Joey Adams
Scheduled guests:
--Joan Sutherland (opera star)
--Joey Adams (comedian)
--Pegleg Bates (dancer)
--Alan Gale (comedian)
--Al Kelly (double-talk expert)
b: 13-May-1962
708. Peggy Lee / Jackie Robinson / Slappy White / Brothers Four
gs: Peggy Lee (Guest) Louis Prima (Guest) Jackie Robinson (Guest)
Slappy White (Guest) The Brothers Four (Guests) Georgie Kaye (Guest)
Elliot Reed (Guest) Martha Perez (Guest)
Guests:
--Peggy Lee - medley: "The Sweetest Sounds," "I'll Get By," "I'll
Believe In You" and "New York City Blues"
--Louis Prima appears on stage and plays trumpet
--Jackie Robinson (baseball great) - appears on stage with Ed and
gives batting tips
--The Brothers Four (folk singers) - "This Train" and "This Land Is
Your Land"
--Slappy White (stand up comedian) - Various Topics
--Georgie Kay (stand-up comedian) - routine about ladies meeting for
lunch
--Elliot Reed (comedian impersonating JFK at news conference)
--Hugh Lambert & his Dancers - four couples dancing the "Masquerade"
waltz
--Martha Perez (opera singer from Cuba) - sings a medley of Cuban
songs
--Los Verdu (balancing act from West Germany) - 4 women & 1 man
balancing on large balls
--Ed shows photos and films of Hong Kong
--Audience bows: Johnny Rotz (jockey); Lou Pondfield (Pimlico Vice
President)
--Ed talks about the USS Constellation, aerial film of the ship,
followed by an audience bow by Captain Thomas Jackson Walker
b: 20-May-1962
709. Jackie Wilson / Connie Francis / Red Buttons
gs: Jackie Wilson (Guest) Connie Francis (Guest) Red Buttons (Guest)
Wayne and Shuster (Guests)
Guests:
--Jackie Wilson - "Lonely Teardrops" & "Forever and a Day"
--Connie Francis - "Second Hand Love," "Ring Dang Do," "How Can I Go
On?" and medley of Irish songs ("McNamara's Band" & "They Call It
Ireland")
--Red Buttons (stand-up comedy) - routine about sleeping sickness
-- Wayne & Shuster (comedy team) - does a routine titled "The Quiet
Stranger" (parody of Old West shoot outs) Note: This was Wayne &
Shuster's 40th appearance on Sullivan's show.
--Little Buck (tap dancer) - dances to "I Got Rhythm"
--Hank Greenberg (top pro baseball hitter) - gives batting tips
--Audience bows: Milton Gross (sports writer)
b: 27-May-1962
710. scheduled: Paul Anka
b: 03-Jun-1962
711. scheduled: Mickey Mantle; Roger Maris; Larry Storch; Jerry Van
Dyke
Scheduled guests:
--Jackie Mason (comedian)
--Mickey Mantle & Roger Maris (of the New York Yankees)
--Larry Storch (comedian)
--Jerry Van Dyke (comedian)
--The Lettermen (vocal trio)
--Danny Lewis (veteran song and dance man)
--Julie Wilson (singer)
--The Hanneford Family (equestrians)
b: 10-Jun-1962
712. Dave Brubeck / Frank Gorshin / Gloria Lynne
gs: Dave Brubeck (Guest) Paul Desmond (Guest) Frank Gorshin (Guest)
Gloria Lynne (Guest) Robert Goulet (Guest)
Guests:
--Dave Brubeck (with his jazz quartet) - "Take Five" (with Paul
Desmond on sax).
--Frank Gorshin (comedian) - does imitations of various celebrities
--Nipsey Russell (rhyming comedian)
--Robert Goulet (musical-comedy star) - "Where Do I Go from Here?"
"Falling in Love With Love" & "Two Different Worlds"
--The Highwaymen (folk singers) - "Michael Row the Boat Ashore" &
"Sinner Man"
--Gloria Lynne (singer) - "Impossible" & "June Night"
--Eagle and Man (comedy team) - act includes a Louis Armstrong
imitation
--The Tinellis (acrobats from the Latin Quarter)
--The Hugh Lambert Dancers (series regulars) - female dancers
wearing tight slacks
--On film: Ted Williams (Boston Red Sox executive) gives baseball
tips to young athletes.
Scheduled guest:
--Noelle Adam (dancer) - scheduled to appear but not mentioned on
transcript
b: 17-Jun-1962
NOTE: Historic Films gives the date as 6/12/62 (on its transcript
for this episode). The correct date is 6/17/62.
713. 14th Anniversary Show: Bing Crosby; Jerry Lewis; Theresa Brewer
gs: Lucille Ball (herself) Bing Crosby (himself) Jerry Lewis
(himself)
14th Anniversary Show (Ed is in audience for most of show):
--Lucille Ball (cameo, wishes Ed well from on top of elephant)
--Bing Crosby sings " I Can't Believe Your In Love With Me"
--Jerry Lewis (cameo. Jerry tries to get Ed to give a more
enthusiastic delivery)
--Steve Allen (rummages through props from previous shows)
--Arthur & Katherine Murray (dancers) - "Anniversary Waltz"
--Jack Carter (comedian) - makes jokes about the show, tries to get
Ed & Arthur to laugh but they remain stone faced.
--Phil Silvers & Jack Benny (backstage, joke about Ed)
--Kate Smith sings "Climb Every Mountain"
--Johnny Carson (stand-up comedy & presents plaque to Ray Bloch)
--Theresa Brewer - Smile medley (with dancers wearing Ed Sullivan
masks)
--Red Buttons (mime sketch, tries to light the candles on Ed's
anniversary cake)
--Ted Mack introduces Will Jordan.
--Will Jordan (impersonates Ed Sullivan)
--George Gobel (comedian, plays a conductor of a choir singing in
praise of Ed)
--Hubbell Robinson (CBS executive) presents Ed with plaque of
appreciation
b: 24-Jun-1962
714. Taped at the Moulin Rouge, Paris: Connie Francis / Johnny
Halliday
gs: Connie Francis (herself)
Taped at the Moulin Rouge, Paris, France:
--Connie Francis - "La Paloma," "Milord," "S'wonderful" & "You
Always Hurt The One You Love"
--Connie Francis, Johnny Dorelli & Johnny Hallyday - "You're The
Tops"
--Johnny Halliday - "Pony Time" & "Kiliwatch" (with combo)
--Johnny Dorelli - "Love In Portofino"
--Danielle Darrieux - "September In Paris" (in French)
--Annie Cordy - "Vieux Pianola"
--Gil Dova (juggler)
--The Cinco Brutos (comic singing group) sing "Little Darling," "See
You Later Alligator" & "Baby Rock"
--Gino Donati (comedy balancing act)
--Eddie Seifert (three contortionists)
--Can Can dancers
b: 01-Jul-1962
NOTE: Next 2 weeks:
--08-Jul-62 – repeat from 22-Apr-62 (Harry Belofante, Miriam Makeba)
--15-Jul-62 - repeat from 25-Mar-62 (the "No Strings" cast)
715. Patti Page / Rowan & Martin / Billy Eckstine
gs: Patti Page (Guest) Rowan and Martin (Guests) Billy Eckstine
(Guest) Rickie Layne (Guest)
Guests (from the Stardust club in Las Vegas):
--Patti Page - "Doggie in the Window," "Old Cape Cod," "With My Eyes
Wide Open," "Allegheny Moon" & "Night and Day"
--Rowan & Martin (comedy team)
--Billy Eckstine (singer) - "What Kind of Fool Am I?"
--Martha Anne Bentley (ballet dancer)
--Rickie Layne (ventriloquist, with his dummy Velvel)
--The Dunhills (tap dancers)
--The Novelites (vocal-instrumental comedy group)
--The Marquis Chimps
b: 22-Jul-1962
NOTE: Next 2 weeks:
29-Jul-62 - repeat from 21-Jan-62 (Jackie Wilson; Kate Smith)
05-Aug-62 - repeat of "Invitation to Moscow"
716. Burt Lancaster / Dion / Diahann Carroll
Guests:
--Burt Lancaster (actor) - shows clips from his film "Birdman of
Alcatraz"
--Dion - "It Ain't Necessarily So" & "Lover Come Back to Me"
--Diahann Carroll (singer, from Broadway's "No Strings") - "Love
Walked In" & "Poor Little Rich Girl"
--Xavier Cugat (orchestra leader) and Abbe Lane - "Malaguena
Salerosa"
--Abbe Lane (wife of Xavier Cugat) - "Mon Manege a Moi"
--Xavier Cugat with dancers Augie and Margo - "El Cumbanchero"
--Will Jordan (comedian-impressionist)
--Marie Wilson (comedian)
--The Bertinis (a bicycle act)
b: 12-Aug-1962
717. scheduled: talented newcomers making their TV debuts
Talented newcomers making their TV debuts (scheduled to appear):
--Tony Darryl (pop singer) - "This Nearly Was Mine"
--Yolanda White (pop singer)
--Augustin Anievas (pianist) - "Liszt's Etude No. 10"
--Bobbie Baker (comedian)
--Janis Martin (mezzo soprano)
--Olivette Miller (jazz harpist)
--Joey Hollingsworth (tap dancer)
--Arlene Fontana (singer-dancer)
--Donald Hulme (accordionist) - "William Tell Overture"
--Korengo (Hungarian magician)
b: 19-Aug-1962
NOTE: Next few weeks:
26-Aug-62 - repeat from 19-Nov-61 (Jerry Lewis; Steve Lawrence)
2-Sep-62 - repeat from 29-Apr-62 (Johnny Mathis; McGuire Sisters)
9-Sep-62 - repeat from 18-Oct-61 (West Berlin show)
16-Sep-62 - repeat with Rudy Vallee; Paul Anka; Peter Nero
23-Sep-62 - repeat from 07-Jan-62 (Rosemary Clooney)