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"The Ed Sullivan Show"
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CBS Sundays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern
Season 15
718. scheduled: Eddie Fisher; Al Hirt; Mickey Mantle & Whitney Ford
gs: Eddie Fisher (scheduled guest) Al Hirt (scheduled guest) Mickey
Mantle (scheduled guest) Jack Carter (scheduled guest) Whitney Ford
(scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests (15th Season Opener):
--Eddie Fisher
--Al Hirt and his Combo
--Mickey Mantle and Whitney Ford (of the New York Yankees) - give
tips for young baseball players
--Jack Carter
--Joya Sherrill (singer)
--Bill Dana (comedian, in character as "Jose Jimenez")
--Leo Bassi (juggler)
--The winners of the Harvest Moon Ball dance contest
b: 30-Sep-1962
719. scheduled: Paul Anka; Vaughn Meader; Yolanda White
gs: Paul Anka (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Paul Anka - "The Longest Day" & "Eso Beso"
--Dennis Spicer (ventriloquist)
--Yolanda White (singer)
--Peter Duchin (pianist)
--Maury Wills (shortstop) and Walter Alston (manager) - both from
the Los Angeles Dodgers
--Denny Willis and his comedy quarter (comedy troupe?)
--Dick Albers (trampoline artist)
b: 07-Oct-1962
720. scheduled: Connie Francis; Louis Prima; Jerry Van Dyke
gs: Connie Francis (scheduled guest) Louis Prima (scheduled guest)
Jerry Van Dyke (scheduled guest) Sergio Franchi (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Connie Francis
--Louis Prima (with Sam Butera & the Witnesses)
--Jerry Van Dyke (comedian)
--Sergio Franchi (tenor)
--Lee Allen (pantomimist)
--The Kuban Cossacks (dance group)
--Maryse Begary (aerialist)
b: 14-Oct-1962
721. scheduled: Cliff Richard, Kate Smith; Wayne & Schuster; Rip
Taylor
gs: Cliff Richard (scheduled guest) Kate Smith (scheduled guest)
Wayne and Schuster (scheduled guests) Rip Taylor (scheduled guest)
Dave Barry (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Cliff Richard (British singer)
--Kate Smith
--Wayne & Schuster (comedy team)
--Rip Taylor (comedian)
--Dave Barry (comedian)
--Chan Canasta (magician)
--Captain Danion and his sea lions
b: 21-Oct-1962
722. Louis Prima / Jackie Mason / Steve Allen
gs: Louis Prima (Guest) Steve Allen (Guest) Jackie Mason (Guest) Gia
Maione (Guest) Sam Butera (Guest) Helen Shapiro (Guest) Acker Bilk
(Guest) Sergio Franchi (Guest)
Guests:
--Louis Prima, Gia Maione & Sam Butera - "Oh Marie" & "I Want You To
Be My Baby"
--Gia Maione - "How High The Moon"
Other guests:
--Helen Shapiro - "I Don't Care" & "After You've Gone"
--Steve Allen - comedy sketch: "You Bet Your Bird" take off on game
shows and, later in show, Steve teaches Ed to how to play the piano.
--Acker Bilk (with the Hugh Lambert Dancers) - "Acker's Lacquer"
--Jackie Mason (comedy monologue about luxury apartments, the
incinerator)
--Norman And Dean (comedians, lip-synch to Allen Sherman's song
"Sarah Jackman")
--Sergio Franchi - "Funiculi, Funicula" & "What Kind Of Fool Am I"
--Lucho Navvaro (sound impressionist, imitates Cape Canaveral,
Indianapolis 500, the World Series, Queen Of England)
Audience bows: Joe Kern; Y. A. Tittle; Norm Snead; Byron Gentry
b: 28-Oct-1962
723. Tribute to Richard Rodgers with Peggy Lee; Diahann Carroll;
Roberta Peters
gs: Peggy Lee (Guest) Steve Lawrence (Guest) Diahann Carroll (Guest)
Gordon MacRae (Guest) Peter Nero (Guest) Roberta Peters (Guest)
Nancy Dussault (Guest) Cesare Siepi (Guest)
Tribute to Richard Rodgers (taped at Carnegie Hall):
Rodgers & Hart songs:
--Peggy Lee - "Mountain Greenery" (with 50 piece orchestra)
--Peggy Lee & Steve Lawrence - "Manhattan"
--Steve Lawrence - "With a Song in My Heart"
--Diahann Carroll - "Little Girl Blue"
--Roberta Peters - "Falling in Love with Love"
--Cesare Siepi - "Where or When?"
--Peter Nero (piano player) - "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue"
Songs from Rogers and Hammerstein shows:
--Peggy Lee - "It Might as Well be Spring" (from "State Fair") &
"Younger Than Springtime" ("South Pacific") Note: Another source
listed Steve Lawrence as singing "Younger Than Springtime."
--Gordon MacRae - "If I Loved You" (from "Carrousel"), "Oklahoma,"
"Surrey with the Fringe on Top" & "Beautiful Morning" (all from
"Oklahoma")
--Gordon MacRae & Roberta Peters - "Shall We Dance" (from "King and
I")
--Steve Lawrence, Cesari Siepi & Gordon Macrae - There's Nothing
Like A Dame
--Roberta Peters - "Wonderful Guy" (from "Oklahoma")
--Nancy Dussault - "Do Re Mi" (from "Sound of Music," singing with
children)
--Cesari Siepi (with Richard Rodgers) - "You'll Never Walk Alone"
--Diahann Carroll - No Strings & Sweetest Sounds
--Robert De Cormier chorale - "Bloody Mary" (from "South Pacific")
--all guests - "It's a Grand Night for Singing" (from "State Fair")
Audience bows: Richard Rodgers, Dorothy Rodgers, Alan Jay Lerner
b: 04-Nov-1962
NOTE: This show was repeated 28-Jul-63.
724. scheduled: Robert Goulet; Phyllis McGuire; Rowan & Martin
gs: Robert Goulet (scheduled guest) Phyllis McGuire (scheduled
guest) Rowan and Martin (scheduled guests) Senor Wences (scheduled
guest) Jerry Shane (scheduled guest) Charlie Cairoli (scheduled
guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Robert Goulet - "You Stepped Out of a Dream" & "Don't Be Afraid of
Romance"
--Phyllis McGuire (of the McGuire Sisters) and Robert Goulet - "Darn
It, Baby, That's Love"
--Rowan & Martin (comedy team)
--Senor Wences (ventriloquist)
--Jerry Shane (comedian)
--Charlie Cairoli and Paul (Paul Freedman?) - comedy duo
--The Five Olanders (tumblers)
b: 11-Nov-1962
725. Van Johnson / Kaye Stevens / Paul Lynde / Bob Lewis
gs: Van Johnson (Guest) Kaye Stevens (Guest) Paul Lynde (Guest) Dick
Contino (Guest) Gabriella Tucci (Guest)
Guests:
--Van Johnson - "Nice Work If You Can Get It"
--Kaye Stevens - "Hey, Look Me Over" and "My Man"
--Kaye Stevens, Paul Lynde & Dick Contino - sing comedic song about
"Tune In And You'll See Our Shows On TV"
--Paul Lynde (comedy act, plays Carl Cankerin who has just come back
from Africa bruised and broken up).
--Barbados Police Band (performs medley)
--Vern And Betty (limbo dancers)
--Bob Lewis (stand-up routine, plays banjo & tells jokes)
--Gabriella Tucci (opera singer) - "Visi D'arte"
--Dick Contino - "Exodus" (on accordion)
--Max And Sheri (acrobatic comedy team)
On film: Royal Command performance for Women in International Show
Business. Scenes of Queen Elizabeth & the Duke Arriving, passing
along line of performers, Eartha Kitt, Bob Hope, Sophie Tucker,
others.
Audience bows: Sophie Tucker (later appears on stage); Alex Webster
(from the New York Giants)
b: 18-Nov-1962
726. Tony Bennett / Rosemary Clooney / Jackie Mason / Jack Carter
gs: Tony Bennett (Guest) Rosemary Clooney (Guest) Jackie Mason
(Guest) Jack Carter (Guest) Leonard Sues (Guest)
Guests:
--Rosemary Clooney - Limehouse Blues" and "Sleepytime Gal"
--Tony Bennett - medley: "Just In Time," "I Left My Heart in San
Francisco" & "Sing You Sinners"
--Jackie Mason (stand-up comedian) - Jackie shows Ed how he should
do his show. He does a comedy monologue later in the show.
--Jack Carter (stand-up comedian, tells stories)
--Charlie And Cairoli (comedy duo) - Charlie is dressed like Chaplin
While Caroli plays clarinets
--Zoni & Nancy Claire (ballet dancers)
--Leonard Sues (trumpet player) - plays an assortment of classic
songs by Henry Busey, Clyde Mccoy, Louis Armstrong.
--Hugh Lambert Dancers - "My Pretty Girl" Roaring 20's production
number.
--Audience bows: Anthony Quinn; Milt Plum & Gale Cogdill (Detroit
Lions football players); Mauro Nino (boxer from Peru)
b: 25-Nov-1962
727. scheduled: Pearl Bailey; Al Hirt & his combo; Jerome Hines
gs: Pearl Bailey (scheduled guest) Al Hirt (scheduled guest) Bill
Dana (scheduled guest) Jerome Hines (scheduled guest) Pat Henry
(scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Al Hirt and his combo
--Pearl Bailey
--Bill Dana (comedian)
--Jerome Hines (bassist)
--Maya Plisetskaya (prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet dances
"The Dying Swan")
--Pat Henry (comedian)
--Rinat choir of Israel
--TV Guide's All-American football team
b: 02-Dec-1962
728. Four Seasons / Peggy Lee / Anthony Newley / Jose Greco
gs: The Four Seasons (Guests) Peggy Lee (Guest) Anthony Newley
(Guest) Jose Greco (Guest) Joey Forman (Guest) George Matson (Guest)
Dominique (Guest) Alan Gale (scheduled guest)
Guests (info taken from various sources):
--The Four Seasons - "Big Girls Don't Cry"
--Peggy Lee - "The Best Is Yet to Come," "Nice and Easy," "Close
Your Eyes," "Like Someone in Love" & "I'm a Woman"
--Anthony Newley (musical-comedy star)
--Jose Greco (dancer, appearing with his Spanish dance troupe)
--Joey Forman (comedian)
--George Matson (impressionist - record mimic)
--Dominique (French pickpocket expert)
--Alan Gale (comedian, scheduled guest)
b: 09-Dec-1962
NOTE: This episode was repeated 8-Sep-63.
729. Barbra Streisand / Liberace
gs: Barbra Streisand (Guest) Liberace (Guest) The Clancy Brothers
(Guests) Tommy Makem (Guest) Russ Lewis (Guest) Linon (Guest)
Guests:
--Barbra Streisand - "My Coloring Book" and "Lover Come Back to Me"
--Liberace - "Moon River" and "Mack the Knife"
--The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem (Irish folk-singing group) -
"Gypsy Rover" & "South Australia"
--Russ Lewis (ventriloquist, tries to coach dummy on how to tell a
joke)
--Linon (Belgian clown, frets over having to walk a tightrope)
--Audience bow: YA Tittle of the New York Giants
Additional guests (not on PBS repeat, but scheduled to appear):
--Xavier Cugat and Abbe Lane
--Victor Julian's dog act
--The Goans (trampoline act from Mexico)
b: 16-Dec-1962
730. From Guantanamo Naval Base: Connie Francis / Louis Armstrong
gs: Connie Francis (Guest) Louis Armstrong (Guest) Carol Lawrence
(Guest) Jack Carter (Guest) Frank Fontaine (Guest) George Carl
(Guest)
From Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba:
--Connie Francis - "Who's Sorry Now," "Bye Bye Love," "Your Cheating
Heart" and "Someday You'll Want Me to Want You"
--Louis Armstrong and his band - "Blueberry Hill," "Mack the Knife,"
"Indiana," "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" and "Sleepy Time
Gal"
--Carol Lawrence - "Skaking the Blues Away" and "A Bushel and a
Peck"
--Jack Carter (comedian)
--Frank Fontaine (comedian)
--George Carl (comedy pantomimist)
b: 23-Dec-1962
NOTE: This show was repeated August 11, 1963.
731. Italy's Podrecca's Piccoli Theater (puppets)
Italy's Podrecca's Piccoli Theater with puppet "performers" (all
under 36 inches tall).
Puppets:
--Prof. Piccolowski (pianist)
--Mme. Sinforosa Strangoloni (soprano)
--Biscromio Scarmigliati (violinist)
--Miss Legnetti (vocalist)
--Anna Piccolova (ballerina)
--Bil Bol Bul (acrobat)
--Sibilio Pifferetti and his dachshund Saltarello
b: 30-Dec-1962
NOTE: This episode was repeated 14-Jul-63
732. Sammy Davis Jr./ Barry Sisters / Vaughn Meader / Pat Carroll
gs: Sammy Davis Jr. (Guest) Vaughn Meader (Guest) Pat Carroll
(Guest) Fred Clark (Guest) Rickie Layne (Guest) Fred Kapps (Guest)
Ugo Garrido (Guest)
Guests:
--Sammy Davis Jr. - "Something Gotta Give," "Hey There," "What Kind
of Fool I am"
--Barry Sisters - "All For You"
--Vaughn Meader (impressionist)
--Pat Carroll & Fred Clark (comedians)
--Ricky Layne & Vevel (ventriloquist act)
--Fred Kapps (magician)
--Ugo Garrido (juggler)
b: 06-Jan-1963
733. Brenda Lee / Jackie Mason / Robert Goulet
gs: Brenda Lee (Guest) Jackie Mason (Guest) Robert Goulet (Guest)
Sophie Tucker (Guest)
Live from the Miami Beach Convention Hall:
--Brenda Lee - "Just Because" & "Alone Am I"
--Jackie Mason (stand up routine about singing, cops, etc.)
--Robert Goulet - "The Moon Was Yellow" and "Gigi"/"Camelot" medley
--Sophie Tucker - musical medley (on her 75th birthday) titled "Saga
Of Sophie Tucker" (songs: "The Monkey Rag," "How Are You Going To
Keep 'Em Down On The Farm?" "After You're Gone" & "Some Of These
Days")
--Con Conwally (balancing knife act)
--The Flying Alexanders (trapeze act, performing outdoors)
Also: A tribute to the Cuban Brigade 2506 (former prisoners held in
Cuba). Film clips: Former prisoners, released from Cuba, returning
home to their families; family reunions; President JFK giving speech
to the Cuban soldiers.
--On stage: Cuban Brigade 2506 Band - band performs "Day-O"
Audience bows: the mayors of Miami & Miami Beach
b: 13-Jan-1963
734. scheduled: the McGuire Sisters, Georgia Brown; Sergio Franchi
gs: The McGuire Sisters (scheduled guests) Georgia Brown (scheduled
guest) Sergio Franchi (scheduled guest) Ben Blue (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--The McGuire Sisters
--Georgia Brown (actress, then appearing in the Broadway musical
"Oliver")
--Sergio Franchi (Italian tenor)
--Ben Blue (comedian)
--The New Sounds (French instrumental quartet)
--The Williams troupe (acrobatic jugglers)
--The Rigetis (acrobatic duo)
b: 20-Jan-1963
735. Neil Sedaka / Wayne & Shuster / Janet Blair / Dave Astor
gs: Neil Sedaka (Guest) Wayne and Shuster (Guests) Janet Blair
(Guest) Dave Astor (Guest) The Kim Sisters (Guests) Otto Harbach
(Guest, on film)
Guests:
--Neil Sedaka (singer playing the piano) - medley: "Happy Birthday
Sweet 16," "Calendar Girl" & "My Yiddish Mama"
--Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) - does a takeoff on "Bonanza"
featuring "The Cartwheels."
--Janet Blair - "I Believe In You"
--Otto Harbach tribute. Ed Talks About Harbach's Death and shows
film clip from 1954 of Otto Harbach reciting the lyrics of "Smoke
Gets In Your Eyes."
--The Kim Sisters - Banjo Medley: "Baby Face" & "Bye Bye Blue" Later
in show, medley: "A Hundred Million Miracles," "You Are Beautiful,"
"I Enjoy Being A Girl," "Fan Tan Fannie" and "Grand Avenue"
--Dave Astor (stand-up comedy) - topics: want ads, ugly babies and
great leaders of the day.
--Ballet De Espanol (Flamingo dancers)
--Delage (magician with female assistant)
--Amin Brothers (Egyptian acrobatic balancing act)
--Audience bows: Ronnie Ferraro (jockey from Hileigh)
b: 27-Jan-1963
736. International performers: Franco Corelli; Eve Boswell; Hannah
Ahroni
International performers (scheduled to appear):
--Franco Corelli (Italian tenor)
--Eve Boswell (English vocalist)
--Hannah Ahroni (Israeli singer)
--Sasha Tormas (Hungarian violinist)
--Juan Valdez and his marionettes (from Spain)
--Dolinoff and the Raya Sisters (French specialty act)
--The Three Merkeys (German contortionists)
--The Two Carmenas (German balancing act)
--a performing Russian bear
b: 03-Feb-1963
737. scheduled: Hal Holbrook; Patti Page; Three Stooges
Scheduled guests:
--Patti Page (singer) - "If I Were a Bell"
--Hal Holbrook (actor) - performs a scene from the off-Broadway play
"Abe Lincoln in Illinois"
--The Three Stooges
--Dave Madden (comedian)
--Bill Dana (comedian, in character as "Jose Jimenez)
--The Bob De Voye Trio (dancers)
--Fred and Angela Roby (ventriloquist act)
b: 10-Feb-1963
NOTE: Next week (17-Feb-63), "Ed Sullivan" was pre-empted for "A
Look at Monaco," a documentary hosted by Princess Grace. (This
special was CBS's only color program for the entire 1962-63 season.)
738. scheduled (from Las Vegas): Jimmy Durante; Carol Lawrence
Scheduled guests (broadcast live from Las Vegas):
--Jimmy Durante
--Carol Lawrence
--Patt Buttram (comedian)
--Sonny King
--Eddie Jackson
--The Nitwits (comedy troupe from England)
--Eric Brenn (plate spinner)
--Eddie Siefert and Company (contortionists)
--The Desert Inn Dancing Girls
b: 24-Feb-1963
739. scheduled: Mike Clifford; Kate Smith; Bob Newhart; Nancy Walker
gs: Bob Newhart (scheduled guest) Nancy Walker (scheduled guest)
Charles Nelson Reilly (scheduled guest) Anita Bryant (scheduled
guest) Mike Clifford (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Bob Newhart (comedian)
--Kate Smith (singer)
--Nancy Walker (comedian)
--Charles Nelson Reilly (comedian)
--Anita Bryant (singer)
--Dennis Spicer (ventriloquist from Britain)
--Mike Clifford (singer)
--Los Flamencos (Spanish dance group)
--John (hand-balancing act)
b: 03-Mar-1963
740. Kaye Stevens / Wayne & Shuster / Leon Bibb / Guy Lombardo
Orchestra
gs: Kaye Stevens (Guest) Jan Murray (Guest) Wayne and Shuster
(Guests) Leon Bibb (Guest) Guy Lombardo (Guest) Jimmy Roma (Guest)
Izumi Yukimura (Guest)
Guests:
--Kaye Stevens (musical-comedy singer) - "Somebody Is Keeping Score"
--Jan Murray (stand-up comedian) - tells jokes about TV shows &
doctors
--Guy Lombardo Orchestra - medley: "Moon River," "Third Man" theme,
"Enjoy Yourself," "Winter Wonderland" & "Boo Hoo"
--Wayne & Shuster (comedy team) - routine in which they compare
flying first class to economy.
--Leon Bibb (folksinger) - "They Called The Wind Mariah"
--Izumi Yukimura (Japanese jazz singer) - "Lullaby Of Birdland"
--Jimmy Roma (trumpet player) - imitates, on his trumpet, the voices
of Connie Francis & Al Jolson
--The Half Brothers (juggling act)
---Pinky & Perky (puppets) - 2 pig marionettes & a goose sing "Lets
Twist Again"
b: 10-Mar-1963
741. scheduled: Paul Anka; Chad Mitchell Trio; Mark Russell
gs: Paul Anka (scheduled guest) Mark Russell (II) (scheduled guest)
The Chad Mitchell Trio (scheduled guest) Morecambe and Wise
(scheduled guests) Rico (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Paul Anka
--The Chad Mitchell Trio (vocal-instrumental group)
--Mark Russell (comedian)
--Morecombe and Wise
--Rico (magician)
b: 17-Mar-1963
742. Barbra Streisand / Chubby Checker
gs: Barbra Streisand (Guest) Chubby Checker (Guest) Woody Herman
(Guest) Totie Fields (Guest) Dave Madden (Guest) Morecambe and Wise
(Guests) Eric Morecambe (Guest) Ernie Wise (Guest) Tommy Cooper
(Guest)
Guests:
--Barbra Streisand - "Cry Me a River"
--Chubby Checker - "Peanut Vendor" & limbo medley: "Let's Limbo Some
More" and "Limbo Rock" (Chubby does the limbo on stage.)
--Woody Herman & his band - "Caledonia" and, later in show, "The
Girl Upstairs" (with the Hugh Lambert dancers)
--Morecambe & Wise (British comedy team) - Judo self defense
routine.
--Totie Fields (stand-up comedian wearing tutu)
--Dave Madden (stand-up comedian, tells jokes about going to the
doctor & heath while smoking a cigarette throughout the routine).
--Tommy Cooper (comedian, performing tricks)
--Joy Kaye (clown act & pantomime)
--Spencer Trio (acrobatic / balance act)
--Saddri Dancers (comedy dance team)
--Audience bows: Ann-Margret; Jesse Pearson
b: 24-Mar-1963
743. Jackie Wilson / The McGuire Sisters
gs: Jackie Wilson (Guest) The McGuire Sisters (Guests) Rickie Layne
(Guest) Lou Wills Jr. (Guest) Dave Barry (Guest) Tommy Cooper
(Guest)
Guests:
--Jackie Wilson - "Baby Workout" & "Night"
--The McGuire Sisters - Biography medley
--Lou Wills Jr. (tap dancer)
--Tommy Cooper (comic magician, funny hats)
--Rickie Layne And Velvel (ventriloquist dummy act)
--Dave Barry (standup comedian, with income tax jokes)
--Novelites (Alabama Jubilee Rube Hillbilly comedy act, bass player
uses Ampeg Baby bass electric standup)
--Ed Sullivan brings out medal of Honors Winners
b: 31-Mar-1963
744. scheduled: Frankie Avalon; Stiller & Meara; Lee Evans Jazz Trio
gs: Frankie Avalon (scheduled guest) Jerry Stiller (scheduled guest)
Anne Meara (scheduled guest) Kaye Ballard (scheduled guest) Lee
Evans (II) (scheduled guest) Bill Dana (scheduled guest) Anita
Gillette (scheduled guest) Johnny Puleo and his Harmonica Gang
(scheduled guests)
Scheduled guests:
--Frankie Avalon (singer)
--Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller (comedy team)
--Kaye Ballard (comedian)
--The Lee Evans Jazz Trio
--Bill Dana (comedian, in character as "Jose Jimenez")
--Anita Gillette (musical comedy performer)
--Johnny Puleo and his Harmonica Gang
b: 07-Apr-1963
745. From London: Judy Garland / Peter O'Toole / Cliff Richard
gs: Judy Garland (Guest) Peter O'Toole (Guest) Cliff Richard (Guest)
Frank Infield (Guest) Margo Henderson (Guest) The Del Rey Brothers
(Guests) Mac Ronay (Guests) The Schaller Brothers (Guests) The
Rastellis (Guests) The Pusztai Troupe (Guests) Rupert's Bears
(Guests) Topo Gigio (Guest)
Show taped in London:
--Judy Garland - "Smile (Though Your Heart Is Breaking)" & "I Could
Go On Singing"
--Peter O'Toole - talks with Ed about "Lawrence of Arabia" & sings
"When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" with Ed. (This was O'Toole's debut on
Ed's show).
--Cliff Richard (with the Shadows) - "Bachelor Boy" & "Do You Wanna
Dance?"
--Frank Infield (singer from Australia) - "I Remember You"
--Margo Henderson (singer from Scotland) - "What A Crazy World"
(plays piano & does vocal impressions)
--Topo Gigio (Italian mouse puppet) - sings "Tickety Tock"
--The Del Ray Brothers (juggling act, juggle flaming torches with
their feet)
--The Rastellis Clowns (men in blackface, one clown has a huge
bullet through body, piano blows up)
--Rupert's Bears (German family & bear act)
--Mac Romay (comic magician from France)
--The Pusztai Troupe (teeterboard act / seven man Hungarian
acrobatic team)
--The Schaller Brothers (comic trampoline act, performing stunts)
b: 14-Apr-1963
NOTE: This episode was repeated on 07-Jul-63
746. scheduled: Liza Minnelli; Anthony Quinn; Della Reese
gs: Liza Minnelli (scheduled guest) Anthony Quinn (scheduled guest)
Della Reese (scheduled guest) Errol Garner (scheduled guest) Charlie
Manna (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Liza Minnelli
--Anthony Quinn (actor, scheduled to read poetry)
--Della Reese (jazz singer)
--Errol Garner (jazz pianist)
--Mary Costa (opera singer)
--Charlie Manna (comedian)
--Pat Henning (comedian)
--Ben Blue (comedian)
--Arthur Tracy (billed as an old time "Street Singer")
--Vinicio (juggler)
b: 21-Apr-1963
747. Connie Francis / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Wayne & Shuster
gs: Connie Francis (Guest) Xavier Cugat (Guest) Abbe Lane (Guest)
Wayne and Shuster (Guests) Jack Carter (Guest) Jan Peerce (Guest)
Broadcast from Toronto, Canada:
--Connie Francis - "Days of Wine and Roses," "Exodus," "If My Pillow
Could Talk" & "Hava Nagila"
--Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane - Latin medley: "Perfidia," "Besame
Mucho" and "Blame It On the Bossa Nova"
--Jan Peerce - "Maria" (song from "West Side Story"), "The Sweetest
Sounds" & "Flower Song" (from "Carmen")
--Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) - sketch with reporter having a
difficult time interviewing hep-cat jazz musician
--Jack Carter (comedian)
--Les Jerolas (two French speaking Canadians singing "Little
Darlin'" and doing impressions)
--The 48th Highlanders of Canada (bagpipe band)
Audience bows: Tim Horton, Carl Brewer, Bob Fulford, Bob Nevin,
Allen Stanley & Harold Ballard (all of the Toronto Maple Leaf team).
b: 28-Apr-1963
NOTE: This show was repeated 15-Sep-63.
748. Lucille Ball & Bob Hope / Ella Fitzgerald / Jackie Mason
gs: Lucille Ball (Herself) Bob Hope (Himself) Jackie Mason (Guest)
Ella Fitzgerald (Guest) Kaye Stevens (Guest) Dick Contino (Guest)
Guests:
--Ella Fitzgerald - "Start Of Something Big," "No Moon At All,"
"Bill Bailey," "I'm Old Fashioned" & "Stompin' At The Savoy" (Roy
Elridge on horn).
--Bob Hope and Lucille Ball talk about their movie "Critic's Choice"
--Jackie Mason (stand-up, jokes about visiting London; the
government)
--Kaye Stevens (comedian) - sings "Today I Love Everybody"
--Four West (comedy troupe) - skit on office personnel
--Dick Contino (accordion player) - "Malaquena" & "Granada"
--Grant Johannsen (concert pianist) - "Prokofiev Precipitado"
--Bob De Voye Trio (might be Bob De Boye Trio) - two men & a woman
do a dance number
--Kalani & the Kids from Tahiti (ethnic Tahitian dance and costumes)
Audience bows: Brenda Lee; Vic Ghezzi (golfer); and the jockey who
won the Kentucky Derby.
b: 05-May-1963
749. scheduled: Vivien Leigh; Brenda Lee; Ann-Margret; Al Hirt
gs: Vivien Leigh (scheduled guest) Brenda Lee (scheduled guest) Al
Hirt (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Brenda Lee
--Vivien Leigh (actress, singing "Wilkes-Barre, Pa." from her
Broadway show "Tovarich")
--Ann-Margret
--Al Hirt
--Richiardi (illusionist)
b: 12-May-1963
NOTE: Bob Dylan was originally scheduled to appear on this episode.
He dropped out of the show when CBS censors wouldn't allow him to
perform "Talking John Birch Society Blues".
Ann-Margret was also scheduled to appear. Her appearance was
probably postponed until the next week's show.
750. Ann-Margret / Steve Lawrence / Kate Smith
gs: Ann-Margret (Guest) Steve Lawrence (Guest) Kate Smith (Guest)
Frank Fontaine (Guest) Vaughn Meader (Guest) Totie Fields (Guest)
Topo Gigio (Guest)
Guests:
--Ann-Margret - "Bye, Bye, Birdie" and "Baby, Won't You Please Come
Home"
--Steve Lawrence - "The Sweetest Sounds," "Misty" and "Lazy River"
--Kate Smith - "Who Cares" & "As Long As He Needs Me"
--Totie Fields (comedian)
--Frank Fontaine
--Vaughn Meader
--Topo Gigio (puppet)
--Lucho Navarro (vocal impressionist)
--The cast of the Café Society's night-club revue "New York Coloring
Book."
b: 19-May-1963
751. scheduled: Cab Calloway; Eydie Gorme; Frank Fontaine; Sergio
Franchi
gs: Cab Calloway (scheduled guest) Eydie Gorme (scheduled guest) Pat
Buttram (scheduled guest) Frank Fontaine (scheduled guest) Sergio
Franchi (scheduled guest) Bill Dana (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Cab Calloway
--Eydie Gorme
--Frank Fontaine (backed by the Arbors vocal group)
--Sergio Franchi (Italian singer)
--Pat Buttram (comedian)
--Bill Dana (comedian, in character as "Jose Jimenez")
--Topo Gigio (the Italian mouse)
b: 26-May-1963
752. scheduled: Sammy Davis, Jr.; Janet Blair; Rowan & Martin; Kim
Sisters
gs: Sammy Davis Jr. (scheduled guest) Janet Blair (scheduled guest)
Rowan and Martin (scheduled guests) The Kim Sisters (scheduled
guests) Jesse Pearson (scheduled guest) Sue Carson (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Sammy Davis, Jr.
--Janet Blair
--Rowan and Martin (comedy team)
--The Kim Sisters
--Jesse Pearson (singer)
--Sue Carson (comedian)
b: 02-Jun-1963
753. Barbra Streisand / Stiller & Meara / McGuire Sisters
gs: Barbra Streisand (Guest) The McGuire Sisters (Guests) Jerry
Stiller (Guest) Anne Meara (Guest) Sue Carson (Guest)
Guests:
--Barbra Streisand - "When the Sun Comes Out"
--Stiller & Meara (comedy team; do parodies of popular TV
commercials)
--The McGuire Sisters - "Old Devil Moon," "Cordially Invited" &
"Daddy"
--Guy Marks (stand-up comedy & sings "Red Scarf" & "Loving You Has
Made Me Bananas")
-- Sue Carson (stand-up comedy and song & dance routine)
--The Steiner Brothers (tap dancing team)
--Alan Gale (stand-up comedian, topics: marriage, London travels)
-- Bob Bramson (juggler, juggles hula hoops)
--John (balancer, balances balls, spins hoops, acrobatics)
Audience bows: Johnny Unitas & Harry Richman; Neil Sedaka; Dallas
Texas Students; Navy Men
b: 09-Jun-1963
754. Eartha Kitt / Jackie Mason / Wayne & Shuster / Kaye Ballard
gs: Eartha Kitt (scheduled guest) Jackie Mason (scheduled guest)
Kaye Ballard (scheduled guest) Wayne and Shuster (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Eartha Kitt
--Jackie Mason (comedian)
--Wayne and Shuster (comedy team)
--Kaye Ballard (comedian)
Regulars:
--The Hugh Lambert dancers; The Ray Bloch orchestra
b: 16-Jun-1963
755. 15th Anniversary Show with clips from past shows: Elvis
Presley, Gary Cooper
15th Anniversary Show with clips from past shows:
--1955: James Cagney, Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon - scene from Mr.
Roberts performed live on stage.
--1951: Gertrude Lawrence, Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein -
excerpt of "Whistle A Happy Tune"
--1955: Gary Cooper, Rod Steiger - scene from "The Court Martial of
Billy Mitchell"
--1952: Jackie Gleason & Art Carney - Bakery Scene
--1953: Walt Disney & Ed Sullivan at Disney Studios: Walt Shows Ed
how animation is done.
--1954: Jack Benny
--1955: Robert Mitchum & Shelly Winters - do scene from "Night of
The Hunter."
--1956: Phil Silvers & Bing Crosby - comedy mixup
--1956: Clark Gable, Ed Sullivan & Raoul Walsh - Ed goes to New
Mexico to meet Clark in a ghost town where he's filming a movie.
--1957: Louis Armstrong, Gary Cooper & Ed Sullivan - "Sweet
Adelaide"
--1957: Fred Astaire - "That Face" excerpt (Astarie's TV debut)
--1951: Helen Hayes - talks about "Victoria Regina"
--1956: Red Skelton - doctor routine
--1952: Cole Porter - talks about early flop
--1958: Maurice Chevalier & Sophie Tucker - "I Remember It Well"
(from "Gigi")
--1958: The Moiseyev Ballet
--1949: Charles Laughton - soliloquy from Henry V (TV debut)
--Jimmy Durante & Sonny King - "Love You, Love You"
--1956: Elvis Presley - "Hound Dog"
--1961: Robert Goulet - "If Ever I Would Leave You"
--1961: Richard Burton & Julie Andrews - "How I Became King" & "What
Simple Folk Do" (from "Camelot")
b: 23-Jun-1963
756. Al Hirt / Totie Fields / Geula Gill / Alberto Rochi
gs: Al Hirt (Guest) Totie Fields (Guest)
Guests:
--Al Hirt (trumpet player with band) - "Down by the Riverside" and,
later in show, "Carnival in Venice" & "Row Row Row"
--Geula Gill (Israeli singer with 2 singers & band) - "Tzena Tzena"
& "Maleguena Salerosa"
--Tommy Cooper (magician & juggler)
--Alberto Rochi - "Di Di La" (in Italian)
--Totie Fields (stand-up comedian) - tells jokes about her career,
the Sullivan Show, her weight, etc.
--Wallace Brothers (tap dancing entertainers) - tap dance and tell
jokes
--Jack Carter (stand-up comedian) - jokes about his work with Ed,
Las Vegas, air travel, married life, gambling, etc. & sings "Bye Bye
Blackbird.
--Bobby Ramsen (stand-up comedian)
b: 30-Jun-1963
NOTE: Next week (July 7, 1963), "Sullivan" was a repeat from April
14, 1963 with Judy Garland & Peter O'Toole.
757. On tape: Wayne & Shuster; Kay Stevens; Marion Marlowe; Bill
Dana
gs: Wayne and Shuster (Guests) Kay Stevens (Guest) Marion Marlowe
(Guest) Bill Dana (Guest) The Kane Triplets (Guests) Harry Rose
(Guest) Dennis Spicer (Guest) Conrad Buckner (Guest) Linon (Guest)
Guests, on tape (pre-recorded show):
--Wayne & Shuster (comedy team)
--Kay Stevens (musical-comedy performer) - "Make Someone Happy" & "I
Ain't Down Yet"
--Marion Marlowe (singer) - "Night and Day"
--Bill Dana (in character as Jose Jimenez) - "My Funny Valentine"
--The Kane Triplets (singer) - "Dear Mr. Kennedy" & "When We Grow
Up"
--Harry Rose (vaudevillian) - Al Jolson medley
--Linon (clown)
--Dennis Spicer (comedy ventriloquist)
--Conrad Buckner (tap dancer)
b: 14-Jul-1963
NOTE: Next 2 weeks:
21-Jul-63 - repeat from 30-Dec-62 (Italy's Podrecca's Piccoli
Theater puppet troupe).
28-Jul-63 - repeat from 04-Nov-62 (Carnegie Hall tribute to Richard
Rodgers).
758. On tape: Kate Smith; Jackie Mason; Joya Sherrill
gs: Kate Smith (Guest) Jackie Mason (Guest) Morecambe and Wise
(Guests) Joya Sherrill (Guest) Pat Buttram (Guest) Danny Costello
(Guest) The Antonio Ballet Espanol (Guests) Topo Gigio (Guest)
Guests, on tape (pre-recorded show):
--Kate Smith - "I Wish You Love," "When Your Lover Has Gone" & "But
Beautiful"
--Jackie Mason (comedian)
--Morecombe and Wise (comedy team from Britain)
--Joya Sherrill (jazz singer) - "New York's My Home"
--Danny Costello (singer) - "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You"
& "Falling in Love with Love"
--Pat Buttram (comedian)
--The Antonio Ballet Espanol
--Topo Gigio (Italian mouse puppet) - "Volare"
b: 04-Aug-1963
NOTE: Next week (11-Aug-63), "Sullivan" was a repeat from 23-Dec-62
(Connie Francis & Louis Armstrong from the Guantanamo Naval Base,
Cuba)
759. Matt Monro / Joan Sutherland / Della Reese
gs: Della Reese (Guest) Matt Monro (Guest) Joan Sutherland (Guest)
Stan Kenton (Guest) Thelma Lee (Guest) Norman and Dean (Guests) Bob
Bramson (Guest) The Gimma Brothers (Guests)
Guests (taped show):
--Joan Sutherland - "Son vergin vezzosa" (from Bellini's "I
Puritani")
--Della Reese - "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis" & "Be My Love"
--Matt Monro (British singer) - "Georgia on My Mind"
--Stan Kenton and his band - "Maria" & "I Feel Pretty"
--Thelma Lee (comedian)
--Norman & Dean (comedy team)
--Bob Bramson (hoop act)
--The Gimma Brothers (acrobatic tumblers)
b: 18-Aug-1963
NOTE: Repeats (next few weeks):
--25-Aug-63 - repeat from 19-May-63
--01-Sep-63 - repeat from 13-Jan-63
--08-Sep-63 - repeat from 09-Dec-62 (Four Seasons, Peggy Lee)
--15-Sep-63 - repeat from 28-Apr-63
--22-Sep-63 - Sullivan was pre-empted for a Lincoln Center special.