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"The Ed Sullivan Show"
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CBS Sundays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern
Season 18
843. The Beatles (4th live appearance) / Cilla Black
gs: Beatles (Guests) Cilla Black (Guest) Soupy Sales (Guest) Allen
and Rossi (Guests) Steve Rossi (Guest)
--The Beatles (on tape, recorded 14-Aug-65) – "I Feel Fine," "I'm
Down," "Help!," "Yesterday," "Act Naturally" and "Ticket to Ride"
Other guests:
--Cilla Black - "Goin' Out of my Head" (and possibly "September In
The Rain")
--Soupy Sales - "The Mouse"
--Allen & Rossi (comedy team)
--Steve Rossi - scheduled to perform "Try to Remember"
Scheduled guest:
--Fantasio (illusionist/magician)
b: 12-Sep-1965
NOTE: This was the final black & white episode of "The Ed Sullivan
Show."
844. series now in COLOR: Red Skelton / Dino, Desi & Billy
gs: Red Skelton (Guest) Polly Bergen (Guest) Dino, Desi and Billy
(Guests) Desi Arnaz, Jr. (Guest) Eddie Fisher (Guest) Tony Sandler
(Guest) Ralph Young (Guest)
Guests:
--Dino, Desi & Billy - "I'm A Fool" and "Not the Loving Kind"
--Red Skelton (stand-up comedy)
--Eddie Fisher - "A Wonderful Day Like Today," "Sunrise Sunset" &
"My Favorite Things"
--Polly Bergen - "What The World Needs Now Is Love" (Burt Bacharach
song)
--Sadler & Young (singers) - medley of French & American songs
--Sandler & Young with Polly Bergen - "Mr. Boom Boom" & "Dominique"
--Las Vegas Sahara Dancers
--Kimris Duo (aerial act done in CBS parking lot)
b: 19-Sep-1965
NOTE: The Ed Sullivan Show switched to color starting with this
episode (19-Sep-65).
This was not, however, the first color Ed Sullivan episode. On
August 22, 1954, CBS broadcast a "Toast of the Town" show in color.
Unfortunately, the 22-Aug-54 show survives only as a B&W kinescope.
845. Sonny and Cher / Leslie Uggams / Gertrude Berg
gs: Cher (Guest) Sonny Bono (Guest) Gertrude Berg (Guest) Leslie
Uggams (Guest) Jack Carter (Guest)
--Sonny & Cher - medley: "I Got You Babe," "Where Do You Go?" (Cher
solo) and "But You're Mine."
Other guests:
--Leslie Uggams - "Unchained Medley"
--Gertrude Berg
--Jack Carter (comedian)
--Turk Murphy & his Band - "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home"
--UC Berkeley Marching Band
--Incredible Martys (acrobats)
--Komazuru Tsukushi (balancing act)
b: 26-Sep-1965
846. Judy Garland / Tom Jones / Peter Sellers
gs: Judy Garland (Guest) Tom Jones (Guest) Peter Sellers (an Italian
director) Sophie Tucker (Guest) Jackie Vernon (Guest)
Guests:
--Judy Garland - "Come Rain or Shine," "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby" & "By
Myself"
--Peter Sellers (on film, plays a Felliniesque director interviewed
by Sullivan)
--Tom Jones - "With These Hands"
--Sophie Tucker (medley: "When My Baby Smiles At Me," "My Man,"
"Give My Regards To Broadway," "Louise," "If You Knew Susie (Like I
Know Susie)" & "Some Of These Days")
--Jackie Vernon (stand-up comedian)
--The Swingin' Lads (barbershop quartet)
--Topo Gigio
These segments were repeated on 7-Aug-66: Tom Jones, Judy Garland,
Peter Sellers, the Swingin' Lads, Topo Gigio; and Jackie Vernon.
b: 03-Oct-1965
847. Supremes / Petula Clark / Woody Allen / Wayne Newton
gs: Petula Clark (Guest) Diana Ross (Guest) The Supremes (Guests)
Woody Allen (Guest) Wayne Newton (Guest) Kate Smith (Guest) The Step
Brothers (Guests)
Guests:
--Petula Clark - "Round Every Corner" and "A Foggy Day in London
Town"
--Diana Ross & the Supremes - "You're Nobody" (probably "You're
Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You")
--Woody Allen (stand-up comedy)
--Wayne Newton - "Remember When" & medley: "Alabamy Bound," "Mammy,"
"Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye," "Shuffle Along" & "Waiting For The
Robert E. Lee"
--Kate Smith - "More" and "The Lord's Prayer"
--The Step Brothers (acrobatic dancers)
--Lilly Yokoi (Japanese acrobat)
--Topo Gigio
b: 10-Oct-1965
848. The Animals / scheduled: Sean Connery; Sid Caesar
gs: The Animals (Guests) Sean Connery (scheduled guest) Sid Caesar
(scheduled guest) The McGuire Sisters (scheduled guests) Totie
Fields (scheduled guest) Guy Marks (scheduled guest)
--The Animals - "Bright Lights, Big City" & "Bring It On Home to Me"
Other guests (scheduled to appear):
--Sean Connery
--Sid Caesar
--The McGuire Sisters
--Guy Marks
--Totie Fields
b: 17-Oct-1965
849. Marvin Gaye / Herman's Hermits / Duke Ellington
gs: Marvin Gaye (Guest) Peter Noone (Guests) Herman's Hermits
(Guests) Duke Ellington (Guest) Richard Pryor (Guest) Helen Hayes
(Guest) The Smothers Brothers (Guests)
Guests:
--Herman's Hermits - "Just A Little Bit Better" and "Jezebel" (and
possibly "Wonderful World")
--Marvin Gaye - sings "Take This Heart of Mine" (live singing over
pre-recorded music track)
--Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - medley ("Cat Opener," "Do
Nothing till You Hear From Me," "Don't Get Around Much Anymore,"
Caravan," "Satin Doll.") and "Take the 'A' Train"
--Helen Hayes (actress) - Harriet Beecher Stowe sketch
--Richard Pryor (stand-up comedy) - imitates the Ali vs. Liston
fight, school plays, etc.
--The Smothers Brothers - comedy routine: "Lonesome Traveler,"
"Church Bell Song," childhood memories.
--Myron Cohen (comedian)
--The Manuela Vargas Ballet Troupe (Spanish dancers)
--Audience bows: Samuel W. Gordon (Los Angeles Mayor), Dave Chasen
Other guest (scheduled to appear):
--Ginny Tiu (singer-pianist)
b: 24-Oct-1965
NOTE: This episode was repeated 19-Jun-66
850. Barry McGuire / scheduled: Liza Minnelli
gs: Barry McGuire (Guest) Liza Minnelli (scheduled guest) Allan
Sherman (scheduled guest) The Harlem Globetrotters (scheduled
guests) London Lee (scheduled guest) Peter Gennaro (scheduled guest)
--Barry McGuire - "Eve of Destruction"
Other guests (scheduled):
--Liza Minnelli
--Allan Sherman
--The Harlem Globetrotters
--London Lee (comedian)
--Jarru Seacombe
--Peter Gennaro and the Budapest Children's Choir
b: 31-Oct-1965
851. Righteous Brothers / Peggy Lee / Herb Alpert & the Tijuana
Brass
gs: Herb Alpert (Guest) Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (Guests)
Peggy Lee (Guest) The Righteous Brothers (Guests) Alan King (Guest)
Anna Moffo (Guest)
Guests:
--Righteous Brothers - "Turn On Your Love Light" and "You'll Never
Walk Alone"
--Righteous Brothers with Petty Lee - "Yes, Indeed"
--Herb Albert & the Tijuana Brass - "Taste of Honey" & "Zorba's
Dance"
--Peggy Lee - medley: "Falling In Love" & "How Long Has This Been
Going On?"
--Alan King (comedian)
--Anna Moffo - "La Ballatella"
--Les Double Faces (pantomime act with umbrellas)
--Baby Opal (elephant act with trainers)
b: 07-Nov-1965
852. Dave Clark Five / scheduled: Woody Allen; Bert Lahr
gs: The Dave Clark Five (Guests) Woody Allen (scheduled guest) Bert
Lahr (scheduled guest) Jerry Vale (scheduled guest) The Barry
Sisters (scheduled guests)
Dave Clark Five - "Over And Over" & "Catch Us If You Can"
Other guests (scheduled):
--Woody Allen
--Bert Lahr
--Jerry Vale (singer)
--Barry Sisters (singers)
--The Harvest Moon Ball dance contest winners
b: 14-Nov-1965
853. scheduled: Johnny Mathis; Mort Sahl; Peter Nero
gs: Johnny Mathis (scheduled guest) Mort Sahl (scheduled guest)
Peter Nero (scheduled guest) Jean Carroll (scheduled guest) Ginny
Tiu (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Johnny Mathis
--Mort Sahl
--Peter Nero
--Jean Carroll (comedian)
--Killer Joe Piro and his Discotheque Dancers
--Ginny Tiu (singer-pianist appearing with her family)
--The Monterey Singing Boys' Choir
b: 21-Nov-1965
854. Petula Clark / Glenn Yarbrough / Sammy Kaye
gs: Glenn Yarbrough (Guest) Victor Borge (scheduled guest) Sammy
Kaye (scheduled guest) Sally Ann Howes (scheduled guest)
Guests:
--Petula Clark - "My Love" & "Mademoiselle de Paris"
--Glenn Yarbrough - "Baby, the Rain Must Fall" & "900 Miles"
--Sammy Kaye - "The Hucklebuck," "Harbor Lights" (vocal trio with
steel guitar), "Baby Face," "It Isn't Fair" "Hey Daddy"
--All-American Football team including Bob Griese and Bubba Smith.
--Victor Borge (comedy routine)
--The Little Angels of Korea (dancers)
--Ed introduces Korean Ambassador
--Rudi Schweitzer (juggler)
--Sally Ann Howes - "All of a Sudden My Heart Sings"
--Jackie Vernon (stand-up comedian) - jokes about his childhood, odd
jobs
b: 28-Nov-1965
855. Martha & the Vandellas / Tom Jones
gs: Martha and the Vandellas (Guests) Tom Jones (Guest) Robert
Goulet (Guest) Jane Powell (Guest) Shelley Berman (Guest) Bobby
Ramsen (scheduled guest)
Guests:
--Martha and the Vandellas - "Dancin' in the Streets"
--Tom Jones - "Thunderball"
--Robert Goulet and Jane Powell - medley including "I Remember It
Well" (from "Gigi"), "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love
You When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life? (from "Royal
Wedding") and "When I'm Calling You."
--Wayne Newton - "Swanee" (performance might be from another
episode).
--Shelley Berman (stand-up comedian) - a very troubled man phones
his therapist but keeps forgetting who he's taking to.
--Bobby Ramsen (stand-up comedian) - tells jokes about the (then)
current TV programs.
--Chong & Mana (plate spinners, man jumps through flaming hoop;
etc.)
Other guests (scheduled to appear):
--The Idla Girls (Swedish gymnasts)
b: 05-Dec-1965
NOTE: The 30-minute PBS repeat includes:
--Woody Herman and his Orchestra - "Northwest Passage" (this clip
might originally be from another episode).
856. The Byrds / Dave Clark Five
gs: The Byrds (Guests) The Dave Clark Five (Guests) Al Hirt
(scheduled guest) Alan King (scheduled guest) Wayne Newton
(scheduled guest) Barbara McNair (scheduled guest) The Swingle
Singers (scheduled guests)
Guests:
--The Byrds - "Mr. Tambourine Man" & "Turn, Turn, Turn"
--The Dave Clark Five - "Catch Us If You Can"
Other guests (scheduled to appear):
--Al Hirt
--Alan King
--Barbara McNair
--Wayne Newton
--The Gomberts (clown troupe)
--The Swingle Singers
--The Bratislova slovakian Folkloric Company (Czech dance troupe)
b: 12-Dec-1965
857. Stars of the Circus World (from Munich, Germany)
Stars of the Circus World (from Munich, Germany)
Russian Cossacks (stunt trick horseback riding act featuring an 8
year-old girl); Ruppert's Bears (3 bears perform handstands and ride
bicycles); Katarina (high wire act); Sembach Elephants (7 elephants
form pyramid, line up on hind legs); Kroplins Chimps (trained animal
act); Sam And Sammy (man foot juggles his son then spins and flips
him with his feet); Rogana (female acrobat); the Schickler Sisters
(3 Equestriennes); the Gaonas (4 aerialists from Mexico).
Repeated 28-Aug-66
b: 19-Dec-1965
858. The Remains / Stiller & Meara / Jack Carter
gs: The Remains (Guests) Jerry Stiller (Guest) Anne Meara (Guest)
Sergio Franchi (Guest) Jack Carter (Guest) Leontyne Price (Guest)
Peter Gennaro (Guest) George Carl (Guest)
Guests:
--The Remains - "Let Me Through"
--Stiller & Meara
--Sergio Franchi - "The Lord's Prayer" & medley: "Mimi," "Maria"
"Everything"
--Peter Gennaro
--Topo Gigio (Christmas sketch with Ed)
--Jack Carter (comedian)
--Leontyne Price - "Vissi d'Arte"
--George Carl
--Komazuro Tsukushi (Japanese top spinner)
b: 26-Dec-1965
859. Four Seasons / Leslie Uggams / King Family / Brigitte Bardot
(on film)
gs: Frankie Valli (Guest) The Four Seasons (Guests) Brigitte Bardot
(Guest) Leslie Uggams (Guest) Alan King (Guest) The King Family
(Guests) Wayne and Shuster (Guests) London Lee (scheduled guest)
Jimmy Roselli (scheduled guest)
Guests:
--Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - "Let's Hang On"
--Brigitte Bardot - conversation with Ed Sullivan (probably on film)
& film clip of Bardot's first Sullivan appearance from 1958.
--Wayne & Shuster (comedy team) - portray two inept bank robbers
--Leslie Uggams
--Alan King (stand-up monologue)
--King Family - (scheduled songs: "When the Saints Go Marching In" &
"It's a Grand Night for Singing")
--Bel Caron Trio (adagio dancers)
Other guests (scheduled to appear):
--London Lee (comedian)
--Jimmy Roselli - "There's No Tomorrow" & "Time After Time"
This episode was repeated 31-Jul-66.
b: 02-Jan-1966
NOTE: The next week (9-Jan-66), "Ed Sullivan" was pre-empted for the
movie "The Wizard of Oz"
860. scheduled: The Lettermen, Stiller & Meara; Mike Douglas
gs: The Lettermen (scheduled guests) Jerry Stiller (scheduled guest)
Anne Meara (scheduled guest) Mike Douglas (scheduled guest) Frank
Gorshin (scheduled guest) Barbara McNair (scheduled guest) Phil Ford
(scheduled guest) Mimi Hines (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Stiller & Meara
--Mike Douglas
--The Lettermen
--Barbara McNair
--Frank Gorshin (comedian)
--Phil Ford & Mimi Hines
b: 16-Jan-1966
861. Rick Nelson / Duke Ellington / Maria Cole
gs: Rick Nelson (Guest) Duke Ellington (Guest) Maria Cole (Guest)
Eydie Gorme (Guest) Jo Anne Worley (Guest) George Kirby (Guest)
Guests:
--Rick Nelson - "Your Kind of Lovin'" & "Fire Breathin' Dragon"
--Duke Ellington - medley of hits
--Maria Cole (widow of Nat King Cole) with the Duke Ellington
Orchestra - "There'll Never Be Another You" (Note: Maria was a
singer with the Duke Ellington Orchestra before marrying Nat King
Cole in 1948.)
--Eydie Gorme - "I Feel So Spanish" and "What Did I Have."
--Eydie Gorme and the Trio Los Contos - perform a Spanish song
(unknown title).
--"The Mad Show" (skits from the stage show, cast includes Jo Anne
Worley)
--George Kirby (comedian, does impressions of celebrities)
--Robert Bob King (comedian)
--The Hungarian National Ballet (men in military uniforms, women in
peasant dresses)
b: 23-Jan-1966
862. Four Tops / SSgt. Barry Sadler / Dinah Shore
gs: Four Tops (Guests) Barry Sadler (Guest) Dinah Shore (Guest) Jose
Feliciano (Guest)
Guests:
--Four Tops - "Nice and Easy" & medley ("The Whole World Sings With
You," "Same Old Song," "Something About You" & "Sugar Pie Honey
Bunch")
--SSgt. Barry Sadler - "Ballad of the Green Berets"
--Jose Feliciano - "Flight of the Bumble Bee"
--Dinah Shore - "Chim-Chim-Cheree," "Something Wonderful" & blues
medley (including "Bye Bye Blues")
--Dick Capri (stand-up comedy, makes faces as he wonders how a mask
maker does his job)
--Jackie Vernon (comedian)
--Topo Gigio (plays violin)
--Les Faux Follets (wooden clog dance)
--Markworth & Mayana (precision archery)
--Audience bow: Jean Drapeau (Montreal Mayor)
b: 30-Jan-1966
NOTE: Note: A new segment, Simon and Garfunkel ("I Am A Rock"), was
inserted into this episode when it was repeated on July 12, 1966.
The recent, 30-minute PBS repeat of this episode includes Jim Nabors
("Swanee") which was probably taken from a different episode.
863. The Animals / Simon & Garfunkel ("Sounds of Silence")
gs: The Animals (Guests) Simon and Garfunkel (Guests) Rosemary
Clooney (Guest) Nancy Walker (Guest)
Guests:
--The Animals - "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" & "Inside Looking
Out"
--Simon and Garfunkel - "Sounds of Silence"
--Rosemary Clooney - "After The Ball" & "All Alone"
--Nancy Walker & Charles Nelson Reilley (deli skit)
--Allen King (comedian)
--Tony Lama (golfer, giving Ed golf tips)
--On film: Ann Margret in a clip from "Made In Paris" with Louis
Jordan
--Peter Gennaro - "I Got Rhythm"
--Gino Tonetti - "Al Di La"
--Pompoff & Thedy (comedy duo)
b: 06-Feb-1966
864. Rolling Stones ("Satisfaction," etc.) / Hal Holbrook / Ethel
Merman
gs: The Rolling Stones (Guests) Hal Holbrook (Guest) Wayne Newton
(Guest) Ethel Merman (Guest)
Guests:
--The Rolling Stones - "Satisfaction," "As Tears Go By," & "19th
Nervous Breakdown"
--Wayne Newton - "April Showers"
--Ethel Merman - "Annie Get Your Gun" medley & "No Business Like
Show Business"
--Hal Holbrook (playing Abraham Lincoln, reciting 2nd Inaugural
Speech, anti slave speech)
--Sandy Baron (comedian)
--Eddie Schaeffer (comedian)
--Romanian (Rumanian?) Folk ballet
CBS repeated this show on 10-Jul-66
b: 13-Feb-1966
NOTE: The 30-minute PBS repeat includes these 2 clips (possibly from
27-Mar-66):
--Debbie Reynolds - "It's a Miracle"
--Ed Ames - "They Call the Wind Mariah"
865. Dave Clark Five / Diana Ross & the Supremes
gs: The Dave Clark Five (Guests) Diana Ross (Guest) The Supremes
(Guests) Richard Kiley (Guest) Jerry Stiller (Guest) Anne Meara
(Guest) Allan Sherman (Guest) Ugo Garrido (Guest)
--Dave Clark Five - "Over and Over" & "At the Scene"
--Diana Ross and the Supremes - "My World is Empty Without You" &
"Somewhere"
--Richard Kiley and Joan Diener (actors) - appear in a scene from
the musical "Man of La Mancha"
--Allan Sherman (comedian-satirist)
--Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara (comedy team)
--Menasha Skulnik (actor-comedian)
--Ken Venturi (golf pro)
--Ugo Garrido (foot juggler)
This episode was repeated 24-Jul-66.
b: 20-Feb-1966
NOTE: The 30-minute PBS repeat of this episode includes acts taken
from other episodes:
--The Turtles
--The Blue Comets
866. Nancy Sinatra / Gary Lewis & the Playboys / Petula Clark
gs: Nancy Sinatra (Guest) Petula Clark (Guest) Gary Lewis (Guest)
Gary Lewis and the Playboys (Guests) Richard Pryor (Guest) Alan King
(Guest) Blossom Seeley (Guest)
Guests:
--Nancy Sinatra - "These Boots are Made for Walkin'"
--Gary Lewis and the Playboys - "She's Just My Style" & "Sure Gonna
Miss Her"
--Petula Clark - "A Sign of the Times," "My Love" and "I Want to
Hold Your Hand"
--Richard Pryor (comedian)
--Alan King (comedian)
--Blossom Seeley (singer) - "Chicago," "My Kind of Town" & "Shine
On, Harvest Moon"
--The Tokyo Happy Coats (vocal-instrumental group) - "Bye Bye,
Blues" & "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?"
--The Trio Rennos (aerialists)
--The Berosini Chimps
Other guest (scheduled):
--Jerry Vale
b: 27-Feb-1966
NOTE: This episode was repeated 04-Sep-66.
867. Frankie Avalon & Annette Funicello / Tom Jones
gs: Annette Funicello (Guest) Frankie Avalon (Guest) Tom Jones
(Guest) John Byner (Guest) Ray Milland (Guest)
Guests:
--Tom Jones - "More"
--Frankie Avalon & Annette Funicello - medley ("This Land Is Your
Land," "I Left My Heart In San Francisco," "I'll Take Manhattan,"
"Big D," "Meet Me In St. Louis," and a Chicago medley)
--Frankie Avalon - medley ("After You're Gone," "You're Nobody Until
Somebody Loves You" & "Baby Won't You Please Come On Home")
--Annette Funicello - "Nowhere To Go But Up"
--Ray Milland, Melville Cooper, Geoffrey Lomsden, Anthony Campbell
Cooper (actors doing scenes from the Broadway play "Hostile
Witness")
--John Byner (comedian, celebrity impersonations)
--Las Vegas 5 - "Guadalajara & Granada"
--Topo Gigio (puppet)
--Arthur Haynes - sings "Soldier's Dream"
--Elizabeth & Collins (knife throwing act)
b: 06-Mar-1966
868. scheduled: Pearl Bailey; Wayne & Shuster; Clancy Brothers
gs: Pearl Bailey (scheduled guest) Wayne and Shuster (scheduled
guests) The Clancy Brothers (scheduled guests) Tommy Makem
(scheduled guest) Jackie Vernon (scheduled guest) Johnny Hart
(scheduled guest) Topo Gigio (scheduled guest) The Three Kims
(scheduled guests)
St. Patrick's Day salute with scheduled guests:
--Pearl Bailey
--Wayne & Shuster (comedy team)
--Clancy Brothers (Irish folk singers)
--Tommy Makem (Irish singer)
--Jackie Vernon (comedian)
--Johnny Hart (magician)
--Topo Gigio
--Three Kims (Sweedish acrobats)
--The Emerald Society Pilive Pipe Band (of the New York City Police
Department)
--The McNiff Dancers
b: 13-Mar-1966
869. Young Rascals / Brenda Lee / Walter Cronkite
gs: Brenda Lee (Guest) The Young Rascals (Guests) Walter Cronkite
(Guest) Abbe Lane (Guest) Senor Wences (Guest) Peter Gennaro (Guest)
Jean Carroll (Guest) Des O'Connor (Guest) Jack Douglas (Guest) The
Magid Triplets (Guests)
Guests:
--Young Rascals - "Good Lovin'"
--Brenda Lee - "Time and Time Again"
--Walter Cronkite
--Abbe Lane (medley of songs from Brazil)
--Senor Wences (ventriloquist)
--Peter Gennaro (dances to "King Of The Road")
--The cast from "Wait A Minim" (South African dancers)
--Jean Carrol (stand-up comedian)
--Des O'Connor (stand up comedian)
--Des O'Connor & Jack Douglas (British comedians)
--The Magid Triplets (tap dancers)
--The Olympiades (body builders painted gold)
--Audience bow (cameo): Mayor Barr
b: 20-Mar-1966
870. scheduled: Debbie Reynolds; Kirk Douglas; Cilla Black; Ed Ames
gs: Debbie Reynolds (herself) Kirk Douglas (scheduled guest) Cilla
Black (scheduled guest) Ed Ames (scheduled guest) Totie Fields
(scheduled guest) Woody Herman (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Debbie Reynolds
--Kirk Douglas
--Cilla Black
--Ed Ames
--Woody Herman
--Totie Fields
b: 27-Mar-1966
NOTE: This is probably the show where Debbie Reynolds sings
(lip-synchs) "It's a Miracle" and Ed Ames performs "They Call the
Wind Maria."
871. scheduled: Count Basie; Stiller & Meara; Eydie Gorme
gs: Count Basie (scheduled guest) Jerry Stiller (scheduled guest)
Anne Meara (scheduled guest) Eydie Gorme (scheduled guest) Robert
Horton (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Eydie Gorme
--Count Basie
--Stiller & Meara
--Robert Horton
--Arthur Haynes
--Sandy Baron
--Dick Contino
--The cast of "Peanuts" (might be "You're A Good Man, Charlie
Brown.")
b: 03-Apr-1966
872. scheduled: Alan King; Count Basie; Eddie Albert; Richard Pryor
gs: Count Basie (scheduled guest) Richard Pryor (scheduled guest)
Eddie Albert (scheduled guest) Alan King (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Count Basie
--Eddie Albert
--Richard Pryor
--Alan King
--Brusini (magician)
b: 10-Apr-1966
873. The Animals / Petula Clark / Jimmy Durante
gs: Petula Clark (Guest) The Animals (Guests) Jimmy Durante (Guest)
Sonny King (Guest) Myron Cohen (Guest) Franco Corelli (Guest)
Dorothy Kirsten (Guest) Lawrence and Carroll (Guests) Gitta Morelly
(Guest)
Guests:
--The Animals - "Shake" & "Don't Bring Me Down"
--Petula Clark - "Sign of the Times" & "Just Good Bye"
--Jimmy Durante & Sonny King - "We're Going Home"
--Jimmy Durante (playing piano) - "The Piano Player," "When The
Saints Go Marching In" (with Sonny King) & "Inka-Dinka-Doo"
--Myron Cohen (stand-up comedian)
--Dorothy Kirsten & Franco Corelli (Aria from "La Boheme")
--Lawrence and Carroll (dance team)
--Gitta Morelly (contortionist)
b: 17-Apr-1966
NOTE: This episode was repeated 14-Aug-66.
874. Dave Clark Five / Allan Sherman / Roberta Peters
gs: The Dave Clark Five (Guests) Allan Sherman (Guest) Roberta
Peters (Guest) Shelley Berman (Guest)
Guests:
--Dave Clark Five - "Catch Us If You Can" & "Try Too Hard"
--Alan Sherman (comedian) - sings "Second Hand Rose," "Hello Mudda,
Hello Fadda," & "Mononucleosis"
--Roberta Peters - "Una Voce Poca Fa"
--Roberta Peters & Allan Sherman - "Here's To The Crab-Grass"
--Shelly Berman (comedian)
--Topo Gigio (Italian mouse puppet)
--Kessler Twins - "Two By Two"
--Steve Sanders (Gospel singer, father plays piano)
--Jose Greco (Flamenco dancer, with other dancers)
--Brascia & Tybee (modern ballet pas de deux)
--John Moehring (magician)
b: 24-Apr-1966
875. The Supremes / James Brown / 'Shot Of Five' composers
gs: Diana Ross (Guest) The Supremes (Guests) James Brown (II)
(Guest) Burton Lane (Guest) Jimmy McHugh (Guest) Ray Henderson
(Guest) Arthur Schwartz (Guest) Harold Arlen (Guest) Nancy Ames
(Guest) London Lee (Guest) Billy Baxter (Guest)
Guests:
--The Supremes - "Love is Like an Itching In My Heart" & "More"
--James Brown - medley of hits: "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag," "I Got
You (I Feel Good)," "Ain't That A Groove?" & "It's A Man's, Man's,
Man's World" and "Please, Please, Please."
--Robert Joffrey Ballet (14 dancers) - "Viva Vivaldi"
--Nancy Ames (medley of Latin tunes in Spanish & English)
--London Lee (stand-up, jokes: love, dating)
--Billy Baxter (British comedian with Ed as straight man)
--The Mortale (Polish acrobats doing pyramids and tumbling)
--Mark Reed Jr. (fast draw and quick shooting gun tricks)
Shot Of Five segment (composers at five pianos)
--Burton Lane - composer plays bits of his popular songs including
"How About You" & "What Did I Have That I Don't Have"
--Jimmy McHugh - excerpt from "On The Sunny Side Of The Street"
--Ray Henderson - excerpts from "Button Up Your Overcoat" & "The
Best Things In Life Are Free"
--Arthur Schwartz - composer plays excerpts from "Something To
Remember You By & Dancing In The Dark"
--Harold Arlen - excerpts from "Stormy Weather" & "Over The Rainbow"
b: 01-May-1966
876. The Black Sheep / Harry James / Henny Youngman
gs: The Black Sheep (Guests) Harry James (Guest) Henny Youngman
(Guest) John Byner (Guest) Jean Carroll (Guest) Gordon MacRae
(Guest) Sheila MacRae (Guest) The McGuire Sisters (Guests) The
Serendipity Singers (Guests)
Guests:
--The Black Sheep - "Slow Down"
--Harry James Orchestra - "Sunday Morning"
--The McGuire Sisters with Harry James - "Cherry," "You Made Me Love
You," "One O'Clock Jump"
--The McGuire Sisters - "Matchmaker"
--Henny Youngman (stand-up comedian);
--John Byner (stand-up comedy, celebrity impressions)
--Gordon & Sheila MaCrae (Anthony Newley medley)
--Topo Gigio (Italian mouse puppet)
--Jean Carroll (comedian)
--The Serendipity Singers - "Monday Monday," "The Shadow Of Your
Smile," "What Now My Love"
b: 08-May-1966
NOTE: This show was repeated August 21, 1966
877. scheduled: Alan King; Kate Smith; the Bachelors
gs: Alan King (scheduled guest) Kate Smith (scheduled guest) The
Bachelors (scheduled guests) Peter Gennaro (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Alan King
--Kate Smith
--The Bachelors
--Peter Gennaro
--D'aldo Romano
b: 15-May-1966
878. Nancy Sinatra / Mrs. Miller / Robert Merrill / Stiller & Meara
gs: Nancy Sinatra (Guest) Mrs. Miller (Guest) Joan Rivers (Guest)
Jerry Stiller (Guest) Anne Meara (Guest) Maria Cole (Guest) Robert
Merrill (Guest) Allen and Rossi (Guests) Natalie Wood (Herself, on
film) Jacqueline Susann (Herself, on film)
Guests:
--Nancy Sinatra - "Last of the Secret Agents" & "Let It Be Me"
--Maria Cole (Nat "King" Cole's widow) - sings "Blue Prelude"
--Joan Rivers (stand-up comedian) - jokes about jealousy towards
beautiful girls
--Stiller & Meara (stand-up comedy team) - routine about a Jewish
boy & Irish Catholic girl who want to get married
--Robert Merrill (Metropolitan opera baritone) - "Figaro"
--Mrs. Miller (housewife turned singer Elva Miller) - "These Boots
are Made for Walking," "How Gentle Is Rain," "Hard Day's Night" &
"Downtown" (sings off-key)
--Allan & Rossi (comedy team, re: How to phone women for dates, with
Ed as straight man)
--West Point Glee Club - sing a medley Of WWI songs
--Film clip: March of Dimes' "Man of the Year" dinner honoring Ed
Sullivan. Johnny Carson, Soupy Sales, Henny Youngman, Myron Cohen,
Joey Adams, Alan & Rossi, Alan King, Buddy Hackett all roast Ed.
--Film clip: The premiere of "Last of the Secret Agents" with Allen
& Rossi. Celebrities arriving at premiere: Natalie Wood, Nancy
Sinatra & her mother, Allen & Rossi, James Farley, Steve Lawrence &
Eydie Gorme, Jacqueline Suzanne, Jackie Leonard, Jack Carter.
--Audience bows: Earl Wilson; General Brigadier Richard P. Scott;
Mrs. William Westmoreland
b: 22-May-1966
879. scheduled: Bobby Vinton; Edward Villella & Patricia McBride
gs: Bobby Vinton (scheduled guest) Jane Morgan (scheduled guest)
Wayne and Shuster (scheduled guests) Edward Villella (scheduled
guest) Patricia McBride (I) (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Bobby Vinton
--Jane Morgan
--Wayne & Shuster
--Edward Villella & Patricia McBride (ballet dancers)
--the Thomas Group
--Colvia & Wilder
b: 29-May-1966
880. The Beatles (on film, "Rain" & "Paperback Writer" promos)
gs: Beatles (Guests, on film) Richard Pryor (scheduled guest) Robert
Goulet (scheduled guest) Charlotte Rae (scheduled guest) Totie
Fields (scheduled guest) Bobbie Norris (scheduled guest)
--The Beatles (on film) - "Rain" & "Paperback Writer" promos
Other guests (scheduled to appear):
--Richard Pryor
--Robert Goulet
--Bobbie Norris
--Charlotte Rae
--Totie Fields
b: 05-Jun-1966
881. Dave Clark Five / scheduled: Jerry Lewis; Wayne Newton
gs: The Dave Clark Five (Guests) Jerry Lewis (scheduled guest) Wayne
Newton (scheduled guest) Jackie Vernon (scheduled guest) Peter
Gennaro (scheduled guest) Joey Lauren Adams (scheduled guest)
Guests:
--Dave Clark Five - "Look Before You Leap" & "Please Tell Me Why"
Other guests (scheduled):
--Jerry Lewis
--Wayne Newton
--Jackie Vernon
--Peter Gennaro
--Joey Adams
b: 12-Jun-1966
NOTE: Next week's show (19-Jun-66) was a repeat from 24-Oct-65.
882. scheduled: Jerry Vale; Brigit Nilsson; Swinging Lads; Nancy
Walker
gs: Jerry Vale (scheduled guest) Nancy Walker (scheduled guest)
Birgit Nilsson (scheduled guest) Jerry Stiller (scheduled guest)
Anne Meara (scheduled guest) London Lee (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Jerry Vale (singer) - "The Song Is You" & "It's Magic"
--Birgit Nilsson (Metropolitan Opera soprano) - "Pace, Pace, Mio
Dia" (from Verdi's "La Forze del Destino")
--Nancy Walker (comedian)
--Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara (comedy team)
--London Lee (comdian)
--The Swinging Lads (vocal group)
--Joyce Cuoco (ballerina)
--The Arirang Ballet (Korean dance and instrumental group)
--The Yong Brothers (balancing act)
--The Berosini Chimps (animal act)
b: 26-Jun-1966
NOTE: Next two weeks:
03-Jul-66 - unknown (start of Summer repeats)
10-Jul-66 - repeat from 13-Feb-66 (Rolling Stones, Hal Holbrook)
883. Simon & Garfunkel ("I Am A Rock")
gs: Simon and Garfunkel (Guests) Paul Simon (Guest) Art Garfunkel
(Guest)
--Simon & Garfunkel - "I Am A Rock"
New segment added to repeat of the January 30, 1966 show.
b: 17-Jul-1966
NOTE: Next 2 weeks:
24-Jul-66 - repeat from 20-Feb-66 (Supremes, Dave Clark 5)
31-Jul-66 - repeat from 02-Jan-66 (Four Seasons, Brigitte Bardot)
884. Show Dedicated to U. S. Marines (Guadalcanal anniversary) w/
clips from 3-Oct-65
gs: Hendra and Ullett (Guests) The Marquis Chimps (Guests)
Show Dedicated To the U. S. Marines (Anniversary Of 1942 Landing On
Guadalcanal). New (?) segments added to segments from 3-Oct-65 show.
New Segments:
--Hendra And Ullett (comedy team) - A Met's fan tries to explain
baseball to an Englishman (sketch also performed on 16-Apr-67).
--Marquis Chimps (chimp act)
--The Swingles (vocal choir)
Repeat segments taken from 3-Oct-65:
--Peter Sellers (on film, plays a Felliniesque director interviewed
by Sullivan)
--Judy Garland ("Come Rain or Shine," "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby" & "By
Myself")
--Tom Jones ("With These Hands")
--Jackie Vernon (stand-up comedian)
--The Swingin' Lads (singers who update classic music)
--Topo Gigio (Ed talks with mouse puppet)
--Philippine Dancers (bamboo stick dance)
b: 07-Aug-1966
NOTE: Repeats (next few weeks):
14-Aug-66 - repeat from 17-Apr-66 (The Animals)
21-Aug-66 - repeat from 08-May-66 (Harry James, The Black Sheep)
28-Aug-66 - repeat from 19-Dec-65 (Stars of the Circus World)
04-Sep-66 - repeat from 27-Feb-66 (Nancy Sinatra, Gary Lewis, Petula
Clark)