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"The Ed Sullivan Show"
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CBS Sundays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern
Season 19
885. Rolling Stones / scheduled: Red Skelton; Robert Goulet; Joan Rivers
gs: The Rolling Stones (Guests) Red Skelton (scheduled guest) Robert
Goulet (scheduled guest) Joan Rivers (scheduled guest)
--The Rolling Stones - "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In
the Shadow?" "Paint It Black" & "Lady Jane"
Other guests (scheduled):
--Red Skelton
--Robert Goulet
--Joan Rivers
--"Holiday on Ice" highlights
b: 11-Sep-1966
886. Herman's Hermits / scheduled: Red Buttons; Jackie Mason; Nancy
Ames
gs: Peter Noone (Guest) Herman's Hermits (Guests) Jackie Mason
(scheduled guest) Red Buttons (scheduled guest) Nancy Ames
(scheduled guest) Franco Corelli (scheduled guest) Renata Tebaldi
(scheduled guest)
--Herman's Hermits - "My Reservation's Been Confirmed"
Other guests (scheduled):
--Red Buttons
--Jackie Mason
--Nancy Ames
--Renata Tebaldi and Franco Corolli (from the Metropolitan Opera) -
scheduled to sing a duet from "Andrea Chénier" by Umberto Giordano.
--The Muppets
--Polynesian Festival highlights (on film?) - featuring 167 natives
from the South Pacific islands.
b: 18-Sep-1966
887. Supremes / Nipsey Russell / Ethel Merman
gs: Dina Ross (Guest) The Supremes (Guests) Ethel Merman (Guest)
Nipsey Russell (Guest) Frank Fontaine (Guest) Steve Rossi (Guest)
--The Supremes - "You Can't Hurry Love" & medley ("I Hear A
Symphony," "Stranger In Paradise," "Wonderful, Wonderful," "Without
A Song" & "Yes I Do")
--Ethel Merman - Irving Berlin medley ("All By Myself," "All Alone,"
"Table And Chair") and "I've Got Sunshine In The Morning" from
"Annie Get Your Gun"
Other guests:
--Nipsey Russell (stand-up comedy)
--Steve Rossi ("Dommage")
--Frank Fontaine (stand-up comedy & sings "Little Man You've Had A
Busy Day")
--Uncalled for Three (stand-up comedy)
b: 25-Sep-1966
888. Four Seasons / Connie Francis / Gwen Verdon
gs: Frankie Valli (Guest) The Four Seasons (Guests) Jimmy Durante
(Guest) Connie Francis (Guest) Gwen Verdon (Guest) Alan King (Guest)
Arthur Worsley (Guest)
Guests:
--Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons - "I've Got You Under My Skin"
--Jimmy Durante (comedian) - sings "It's Kinda Hard to Put Into
Words" and a song about hats (hat routine with chorus girls)
--Connie Francis - Gershwin medley ("Love Walked In," "Let's Call
The Whole Thing Off," "Somebody Loves Me," "A Foggy Day," "Swanee,"
"They Can't Take That Away From Me," "Our Love Is Here To Stay" and
"But Not For Me")
--Gwen Verdon (singer-dancer) - "I'm A Brass Band" & "Sweet Charity"
--Alan King (stand-up comedian, making his 31st appearance) - talks
about his wife's pregnancy.
--Arthur Worsley (English ventriloquist) - dummy does all the
talking & sings "When You're Smiling."
--Jim Henson's Muppets - Kermit and another muppet talk about visual
(and abstract) thinking (with moving images superimposed on screen).
--Fiesta Italiana (dance group does a Sicilian bullwhip dance)
--The 1966 winners of the Harvest Moon Ball dance contest
CBS repeated this episode on 20-Aug-67.
b: 02-Oct-1966
NOTE: Gwen Verdon does not appear in the 30-minute PBS repeat
(although she is mentioned by Shirley Jones in the intro).
889. scheduled: Petula Clark; Richard Pryor; Allan & Rossi
gs: Petula Clark (scheduled guest) Richard Pryor (scheduled guest)
Wayne and Shuster (scheduled guests) Allen and Rossi (scheduled
guests)
Scheduled guests:
--Petula Clark
--Richard Pryor
--Wayne & Shuster
--Allan & Rossi
--Manuela Vargas
--Berosini Chimps
b: 09-Oct-1966
890. scheduled: Eddie Albert; Carroll Baker; Allan Sherman; Stiller
& Meara
gs: Carroll Baker (scheduled guest) Eddie Albert (scheduled guest)
Allan Sherman (scheduled guest) Jerry Stiller (scheduled guest) Anne
Meara (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Eddie Albert
--Carroll Baker
--Allan Sherman
--Stiller & Meara
--S. Franchi
--Kessler Twins
b: 16-Oct-1966
891. scheduled: Peggy Lee; Duke Ellington; Jim Nabors
gs: Peggy Lee (Guest) Duke Ellington (scheduled guest) Jim Nabors
(scheduled guest)
--Peggy Lee - "Nice and Easy" & "Walking Happy"
Other guests (scheduled to appear)
--Duke Ellington
--Jim Nabors
--Mirella Freni & Gianni Raimondi
b: 23-Oct-1966
892. James Brown / Nancy Sinatra / Stan Freberg / Mrs. Miller
gs: James Brown (II) (Guest) Nancy Sinatra (Guest) Stan Freberg
(Guest) Mrs. Miller (Guest) Rich Little (Guest)
--James Brown - medley of hits: "I Got You (I Feel Good)," "Papa's
Got A Brand New Bag," "Prisoner of Love," "Please, Please, Please" &
"Night Train"
--Nancy Sinatra - "Strangers in the Night" & Sugar Town"
Other guests:
--Stan Freberg (satirist) comedy routine: A "Father Of The Year"
award is presented to the father of the H-Bomb & Freberg sings a
folk song about men & women having same hair length.
--Judith Anderson & Donald Davis (actors) - perform a scene from the
play "Elizabeth, the Queen"
--Rich Little (comedian, does impressions of Walter Brennan, Jack
Benny, John Wayne, Art Carney, Jackie Gleason, Jimmy Stewart, Kirk
Douglas, etc.)
--Arthur Haynes (comedian, barbershop visual slapstick)
--Mrs. Miller - medley: "Downtown," "How Gentle is the Rain,"
"Second Hand Rose" & "Bill Bailey"
--U.S. Marine Silent Drill Team (plays with guns)
Audience bows: Mrs. Frank Sinatra, MGM Head Bob Whiteman
b: 30-Oct-1966
NOTE: The 30-minute PBS repeat includes this clip (possibly taken
from another episode):
--Muppets sketch where the Father monster talks to son monster.Big
life size monster (mother) breaks through wall and goes into the
theater's audience.
893. Lou Rawls / Nancy Ames
gs: Lou Rawls (Guest) Nancy Ames (Guest) The Kim Sisters (Guests)
--Lou Rawls - "Love Is A Hurtin' Thing" & "In the Evening"
Other guests:
--Topo Gigio (mouse puppet)
--Nancy Ames ("Be Ready" & "Time After Time")
--The Kim Sisters ("Sound of Music" medley)
--Rudas Dancers
b: 06-Nov-1966
894. scheduled: New Vaudeville Band; Noel Harrison; Johnny Hart;
Joan Sutherland
gs: The New Vaudeville Band (scheduled guests) Noel Harrison
(scheduled guests) Joan Sutherland (scheduled guest) The McGuire
Sisters (scheduled guests) Johnny Hart (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--New Vaudeville Band
--Noel Harrison
--Johnny Hart
--Joan Sutherland
--McGuire Sisters
b: 13-Nov-1966
895. scheduled: Dave Clark Five; Bobby Vinton; Barbara McNair
gs: The Dave Clark Five (Guests) Bobby Vinton (scheduled guest)
Nancy Walker (scheduled guest) Charles Nelson Reilly (scheduled
guest) Henny Youngman (scheduled guest) Barbara McNair (scheduled
guest) Franco Corelli (scheduled guest) Peter Gennaro (scheduled
guest)
--Dave Clark Five - "Sitting Here Baby" (live) and "19 Days" promo
Other guests (scheduled to appear):
--Barbara McNair
--Bobby Vinton
--Henny Youngman
--Nancy Walker
--Charles Nelson Reilly
--Peter Gennaro
--Franco Corelli
b: 20-Nov-1966
896. scheduled: Richard Pryor; Leslie Uggams; Wayne & Shuster;
Muppets
gs: Richard Pryor (scheduled guest) Leslie Uggams (scheduled guest)
Wayne and Shuster (scheduled guests)
Scheduled:
--Richard Pryor
--Leslie Uggams
--G. Yarborough
--Wayne & Shuster
--Muppets
--Kovin & Wilder
b: 27-Nov-1966
897. Supremes / Gary Lewis & the Playboys / Wayne & Shuster
gs: Diana Ross (Guest) The Supremes (Guests) Gary Lewis and the
Playboys (Guests) Gary Lewis (Guest) Red Buttons (Guest) Lainie
Kazan (Guest) The Harlem Globetrotters (Guests) Wayne and Shuster
(Guests) Robert Merrill (Guest) Jan Peerce (Guest)
Guests:
--Diana Ross and the Supremes - "My Favorite Things" and medley of
hits: "Come See About Me," "Stop! In the Name of Love," "You Can't
Hurry Love," "You Keep Me Hanging On" & "I Hear a Symphony"
--Gary Lewis and the Playboys - medley of hits ("This Diamond Ring,"
"Green Grass," "She's Just My Style" & "Where Will the Words Come
From")
--Gary Lewis - "One Last Kiss" (Gary sings song to girl. His last
appearance before going into the Army.)
--Harlem Globetrotters (comic basketball stunts)
--Red Buttons (stand-up comedy about the Holiday season)
--Lainie Kazan - "What Now My Love"
--Wayne And Shuster (comedy team, does a "Swan Lake Murder Case"
sketch)
--Robert Merrill and Jan Peerce (opera stars) - "La Forza Del
Destino"
--Miss Mara (Spanish trapeze artist)
Audience Bows: Lt. Col. Felix Blanchard & Lt. Col. Arnold Tucker
(both men were on the 1945 West Point football team)
--Cameo: Steve Spurrier (University Of Florida Heisman Trophy
Winner)
b: 04-Dec-1966
898. Mamas & the Papas / Joan Rivers / Morey Amsterdam
gs: The Mamas and the Papas (Guests) Harry James (Guest) Joan Rivers
(Guest) Morey Amsterdam (Guest) Lana Cantrell (Guest) David Frye
(Guest) Patricia McBride (I) (Guest) Edward Villella (Guest)
Guests:
--Mamas & the Papas - "Monday, Monday," "California Dreamin'," &
"Words of Love"
--Harry James - "Taste Of Honey"
--Joan Rivers (stand-up comedy)
--Morey Amsterdam (stand-up comedy)
--Lana Cantrell - "Let Yourself Go" & "Stay"
--David Frye (stand-up, impressions of celebrities)
--Patricia McBride & Edward Villella (ballet, pas de deux from "Don
Quixote")
--Obernkirchen Choir
--Topo Gigio
b: 11-Dec-1966
899. scheduled: Count Basie; Dianne Carroll; Totie Fields; P.
Gennaro
gs: Count Basie (scheduled guest) Diahann Carroll (scheduled guest)
Totie Fields (scheduled guest) Peter Gennaro (scheduled guest) Tony
Sandler (scheduled guest) Ralph Young (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Count Basie
--Diahann Carroll
--Totie Fields
--Peter Gennaro
--Sandler & Young
b: 18-Dec-1966
900. scheduled: European Circus Acts (Krone Circus Arena, Munich)
Scheduled: European Circus Acts (from the Krone Circus Arena,
Munich)
b: 25-Dec-1966
901. The New Vaudeville Band / Peter Nero / Joan Rivers
gs: The New Vaudeville Band (Guests) Joan Rivers (Guest) Peter Nero
(Guest) Lana Cantrell (Guest) Georgie Kaye (Guest) Hendra and Ullett
(Guests)
--The New Vaudeville Band - "Winchester Cathedral," "Whispering" &
"Shine"
Other guests:
--Joan Rivers (comedian)
--Peter Nero - "Summertime" & "It Ain't Necessarily So"
--Lana Cantrell - "You'd Better Love Me" & "I Will Wait For You"
--Georgie Kaye (stand-up comedy)
--The Castro Brothers - sing "Tonight" in Spanish
--Les Ballets Africains (dance troupe)
--Sandra Balesti (ballet solo to Rodgers & Hammerstein medley)
--The Three Haucs (jugglers)
--Hendra & Ullet (comedy team)
--The Tovarich Troupe (balancing troupe)
b: 01-Jan-1967
902. Ethel Merman / Gordon MacRae / Flip Wilson / Serendipity
Singers
gs: Flip Wilson (Guest) Ethel Merman (Guest) The Serendipity Singers
(Guests) Gordon MacRae (Guest) Jose Greco (Guest) Myron Cohen
(Guest)
Guests:
--Ethel Merman - "Some People"
--Ethel Merman and Gordon MacRae - "You're Not Sick, You're in Love"
--Gordon MacRae - Soliloqy from "Carousel"
--Flip Wilson (stand-up comedy)
--Serendipity Singers - "If I Were a Carpenter" & medley
--Jose Greco (dancer with troupe) - flamenco dancers
--Myron Cohen (comedian) - toll booth routine
--Malmo Girls (Sweedish girls juggle balls in synch)
--Ross and Hunt (comedy team) - accordion duet routine
--clown act
Scheduled act:
--The Muppets
b: 08-Jan-1967
903. Rolling Stones / Petula Clark / Allan Sherman
gs: The Rolling Stones (Guests) Petula Clark (Guest) Allan Sherman
(Guest) Alan King (Guest)
--The Rolling Stones - "Ruby Tuesday" & "Let's Spend Some Time
Together" (censored version of "Let's Spend the Night Together").
--Petula Clark - "Elusive Butterfly" & "Color My World"
--Allan Sherman (stand-up comedian)
--The Muppets (Kermit plays the piano & sings)
--Allan King (stand-up comedian)
--Sisters '67 (Nuns from Erie, Pennsylvania) - sing a show tune
medley: "It's A Lovely Day," "Consider Yourself" & "Kumbaya"
--The Michael Bennett Dancers (clog dancers)
--The Monroes (balancing act)
--Audience bow (cameo): Miriam Colon (Puerto Rican star)
b: 15-Jan-1967
NOTE: The edited PBS repeat (aired Oct. 2002 in NYC) featured these
clips (taken from other episodes):
--Joel Gray - 'Yankee Doodle Dandy" + 1 other song
--Ricky McCormick (pre-teen doing water skiing stunts)
--The PBS repeat is missing Petula Clark - "Color My World"
904. Lovin' Spoonful / Johnny Mathis / Ginger Rogers
gs: The Lovin' Spoonful (Guests) Ginger Rogers (Guest) Johnny Mathis
(Guest) Jerry Stiller (Guest) Anne Meara (Guest) Abbe Lane (Guest)
Bob King (Guest) The Three Kims (Guests)
Guests:
--The Lovin' Spoonful - "Nashville Cats" & "Darlin' Be Home Soon"
--Johnny Mathis - medley of hits: "It's Not For Me To Say," "Twelfth
Of Never," "Wild Is The Wind," "Chances Are," "Wonderful Wonderful!"
--Johnny Mathis and Our Young Generation - "I'm Ready For Love"
--Ginger Rogers - "Before The Parade Passes By" (production number
from "Hello Dolly")
--Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara (comedy team)
--Abbe Lane (singer) - Spanish medley including "Call Me," "Spanish
Flea," "La Bamba"
--Bob King (stand-up comedian)
--Topo Gigio (puppet)
--Bergergs Chimps (might be Berosini Chimps) - trained animal act
--The Three Kims (acrobats / tumblers)
Audience bows: Ruby Keeler; Billy Reed
b: 22-Jan-1967
NOTE: This show was repeated 16-Jul-67.
905. Mel Torme & the Woody Herman orchestra / George Carlin / Nipsy
Russell
gs: Mel Torme (Guest) George Carlin (Guest) Woody Herman (Guest,
with orchestra) George Carlin (Guest) The Smothers Brothers (Guests)
Nipsey Russell (Guest) Gail Martin (Guest) Your Father's Moustache
(Guests) Enzo Stuarti (Guest)
Guests:
--Mel Torme & the Woody Herman orchestra - "Bring Back Bands"
--Gail Martin (Dean Martin's daughter) - "He Loves Me" & "Rose of
Washington Square"
--The Smothers Brothers (comedy team)
--Nipsy Russell (comedian)
--George Carlin (comedian)
--Enzo Stuarti (singer) - "Vesti la giubba"
--Your Father's Mustache (banjo-playing band)
--The Seven Staneks (a balancing act)
b: 29-Jan-1967
NOTE: The episode was repeated on 03-Sep-67.
906. Woody Allen / Lainie Kazan / Wayne & Shuster
gs: Woody Allen (Guest) Lainie Kazan (Guest) Wayne and Shuster
(Guests) New Doodletown Pipers (Themselves) Stu Gilliam (Guest) Gene
Barry (Guest) The Doodletown Pipers (Guests) Ugo Garrido (Guest)
Guests:
--Woody Allen (stand-up)
--Lainie Kazan ("My Man's Gone Now")
--Wayne And Shuster (stand-up comedians)
--Stu Gilliam (stand-up comedian)
--The Muppets (female frog sings "I've Grown Accustomed to His
Face")
--The Doodletown Pipers (singers) - "Rhythm Of Life" & medley: "Hang
On Sloopy," "Georgie Girl," "Hard Days Night," "California
Dreamin'," "Barefootin'"
--Gene Barry - "To Life L'chaim" & reads from Charles Lownesbury's
will
--Ugo Garrido (foot juggler)
--Audience bows (cameos): Captain Linda Bawnan; Xavier Cugat & Charo
b: 05-Feb-1967
907. Young Rascals / Joan Rivers / Lola Falana / Nancy Walker
gs: The Young Rascals (Guests) Joan Rivers (Guest) Nancy Walker
(Guest) Lola Falana (Guest) Joey Lauren Adams (Guest) Sally Ann
Howes (Guest) Jack Gilford (Guest) Peter Gennaro (Guest) Ravic and
Babs (Guests)
Guests:
--Young Rascals - "Lonely Too Long" & "Come On Up"
--Joan Rivers (stand-up comedy)
--Lola Falana - "On Broadway"
--Nancy Walker & Jack Gilford (comedians appearing together in a
sketch)
--Joey Adams (stand-up comedian)
--Sally Ann Howes - "Someone To Light Up My Life" & "If He Walked
Into My Life"
--Peter Gennaro (dances to "Baubles, Bangles, & Beads")
--Los Indio Tabajaros (South American Indian guitar duo)
--Ravic and Babs (rollerskating couple)
--Audience Bow: Phil Kaplan (boxer)
b: 12-Feb-1967
908. Four Tops / scheduled: Pearl Bailey; Jackie Mason
gs: Four Tops (Guests) Pearl Bailey (scheduled guest) Pat Boone
(scheduled guest) Jackie Mason (scheduled guest) Boots Randolph
(scheduled guest) Joe E. Lewis (scheduled guest)
Four Tops - "Reach Out, I'll Be There," "I Can't Help Myself" &
"Bernadette"
Other guests (scheduled):
--Pearl Bailey
--Jackie Mason
--Pat Boone
--Boots Randolph
--Joe E. Lewis
--Gianna D'Angelo
b: 19-Feb-1967
909. Nancy Sinatra / Henny Youngman / Xavier Cugat
gs: Nancy Sinatra (Guest) Barbara McNair (Guest) Xavier Cugat
(Guest) Charo (Guest) Corbett Monica (Guest)
Nancy Sinatra - "My Buddy" & "Sweet Georgia Brown"
Other guests:
--Henny Youngman (joined onstage by 10 violinists)
--Xavier Cugat Orchestra - "Tequila"
--Xavier Cugat and Charo - "Shalom Aleichem" (Charo plays guitar and
sings)
--Barbara McNair - "I Feel A Song Coming On" & "Somewhere Over The
Rainbow" medley
--Corbett Monica - stand up comedian
--The Romeros - Four Flamenco guitarists play
--George Campo (Vaudeville style routine)
--The Steel Bandits - "Georgie Girl," "Spanish Flea" & " Colonial
Bogey March" (played by young boys on steel drums)
--Pinky And Perky (frog puppet act)
--Clair & McMahon (stand-up comedy, how commercials can ruin a
marriage)
Audience bows: Mrs. Marvin Shields (Navy hero's widow); Kathleen
Nolan
b: 26-Feb-1967
910. Dionne Warwick / Gwen Verdon / Rodney Dangerfield
gs: Dionne Warwick (Guest) Gwen Verdon (Guest) Rodney Dangerfield
(Guest) Alan King (Guest) Robert Horton (Guest) Norman Wisdom
(Guest)
Guests:
--Dionne Warwick - "The Way You Look Tonight"
--Gwen Verdon - "If My Friends Could See Me Now"
--Rodney Dangerfield (stand-up comedy, jokes about name, girls,
driving, NYC, lawyers, wife)
--Alan King (stand-up comedy, jokes about airlines, Miami Beach,
doctors, kids)
--Robert Horton - "The Impossible Dream"
--Chris Kirby (British ventriloquist, assorted tongue twisters,
sings "Old MacDonald")
--Norman Wisdom (stand-up comedy, plays clarinet, drums, sings)
--Galla Shawn (trapeze artist)
--Wychwoods (Poodle Act)
Audience bows: Sergio Franci; Bob Thomas
b: 05-Mar-1967
911. Lou Rawls / Nancy Ames / The Kessler Twins
gs: Lou Rawls (Guest) Nancy Ames (Guest) Jack Carter (Guest) The
Kessler Twins (Guests) Smith and Dale (Guests) Jimmy Joyce (Guest)
Guests:
--Lou Rawls - "Yesterday"
--Nancy Ames - "Cherish" & "They Can't Take That Away From Me"
--Jack Carter (stand-up, jokes about California, politics,
fatherhood, hippies, 1960's music)
--The Kessler Twins - "Moulin Rouge" (with dancers)
--Smith And Dale (comedians, tax lawyer routine)
--Jimmy Joyce (stand-up comedy, topics: flying & priests)
--Dick Albers (comic trampoline act)
--Grainne Yeats (harpist, sings Irish folk song)
--Emerald Society Pipe Band (bag pipe & drum music)
--Feller Brothers & Dodo (tight wire act with springboard)
Audience bows: John Tio Hagan; Jack Dempsey, Jesse Owens
b: 12-Mar-1967
912. Lovin' Spoonful / Johnny Rivers / Cab Calloway
gs: The Lovin' Spoonful (Guests) Johnny Rivers (Guest) Cab Calloway
(scheduled guest) Chris Calloway (scheduled guest) Jane Powell
(scheduled guest) Jerry Stiller (scheduled guest) Anne Meara
(scheduled guest) George Carlin (scheduled guest) Dave Allen
(scheduled guest) Jackie Kahane (scheduled guest)
Guests:
--The Lovin' Spoonful - "Do You Believe in Magic?" & "Daydream" (and
possibly "Bald Headed Lena")
--Johnny Rivers - "Baby I Need Your Lovin'"
Other guests (scheduled):
--Cab Calloway & his daughter Chris
--Jane Powell
--Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara
--George Carlin
--Jackie Kahane (comedian)
--Dave Allen (comedian)
--The Hoganas (balancing act)
b: 19-Mar-1967
913. Dave Clark Five / scheduled: Eddie Albert; Pat Buttram
gs: The Dave Clark Five (Guests)
--Dave Clark Five - "I've Got To Have A Reason" & "You Got What It
Takes"
Other guests (scheduled):
--Eddie Albert
--Pat Buttram
--Muppets
--London Lee (stand-up comedy)
--Sergio Franchi
--Anna Moffo
b: 26-Mar-1967
914. scheduled: Sonny & Cher; Alan King; Henny Youngman; Wayne &
Shuster
gs: Cher (scheduled guest) Sonny Bono (scheduled guest) Alan King
(scheduled guest) Henny Youngman (scheduled guest) Wayne and Shuster
(scheduled guests) Robert Merrill (scheduled guest) The Gospel Jazz
Singers (scheduled guests)
Scheduled guests:
--Sonny & Cher
--Alan King
--Henny Youngman
--Wayne & Shuster
--Robert Merrill
--Gospel Jazz Singers
b: 02-Apr-1967
915. scheduled: Richard Pryor; Ed Ames; Lana Cantrell; Davis & Reese
gs: Richard Pryor (scheduled guest) Ed Ames (scheduled guest) Lana
Cantrell (scheduled guest) Davis & Reese (scheduled guests) Peter
Gennaro (scheduled guest) Shirley Verrett (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Richard Pryor
--Ed Ames
--Lana Cantrell
--Davis & Reese
--Peter Gennaro
--Shirley Verrett
--Douglas & Haig
b: 09-Apr-1967
916. Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood / Count Basie Orchestra
gs: Nancy Sinatra (Guest) Lee Hazlewood (Guest) Count Basie (Guest)
Totie Fields (Guest) Peter Gennaro (Guest) Hendra and Ullett
(Guests)
Guests:
--Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - "Summer Wine"
--Nancy Sinatra - "Love Eyes"
--Tony Bennett and the Count Basie Orchestra - "Sunny Side Of The
Street," "I Left My Heart In San Francisco," "Don't Get Around Much
Any More" & "The Lady's In Love With You"
--Count Basie Orchestra - "Edward Great Saxophone"
--Totie Fields (stand-up comedian) - makes jokes about her weight
--Peter Gennaro (dancer-choreographer with other dancers) -
"Alouette" (Totie Fields makes a cameo)
--Hendra & Ullet (comedy team) - A Mets fan tries to explain
baseball to an Englishman. (The duo performed the same sketch on
7-Aug-66)
--Alan Kogosowski (13 or 14-year-old pianist) - plays Chopin's
Polonaise
--Los Indio Tabajaros - South American Indians play guitars
--The Mecners (or Mechners, acrobats) - girl does mid-air
somersaults on pole held by 2 men
b: 16-Apr-1967
NOTE: This show was repeated on 9-Jul-67.
917. scheduled: Bobby Vinton; Bert Lahr; Jackie Mason; Joan Rivers
gs: Bobby Vinton (scheduled guest) Bert Lahr (scheduled guest)
Jackie Mason (scheduled guest) Joan Rivers (scheduled guest) The
McGuire Sisters (scheduled guests) George Kirby (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Bobby Vinton
--Bert Lahr
--Jackie Mason
--Joan Rivers
--The McGuire Sisters
--George Kirby
b: 23-Apr-1967
918. Paul Revere & the Raiders / Jack Benny / Melina Mercouri
gs: Paul Revere & The Raiders (Guests) Mark Lindsay (Guest) Jack
Benny (Guest) Rich Little (Guest) Gilbert Price (Guest) Patricia
McBride (I) (Guest) Edward Villella (Guest) Melina Mercouri (Guest)
Guests:
--Paul Revere and the Raiders - "Good Thing," "Ups and Downs," "Him
or Me - What's It Gonna Be" & "Kicks"
--Rich Little (impressionist) - imitates Fred MacMurray, Jack
Lemmon, John Wayne, Walter Brennan, etc.
--Melina Mercouri (Broadway star) - performs "Piraeus ,My Love" in a
scene from a Broadway show.
--Jim Henson's Muppets - "How to be Ugly" skit.
--Gilbert Price (singer) - "Old Man River"
--Jack Benny (comedian doing a stand-up act)
--Edward Villella and Patricia McBride (ballet team) - dance a pas
de deux
b: 30-Apr-1967
NOTE: The 30-minute PBS repeat includes:
--Fifth Dimension - "Stoned Soul Picnic " from 5/19/68
--Fifth Dimension - "Up Up and Away" from March 10, 1968
919. The Supremes ("The Happening") / Xavier Cugat with Charo
gs: Diana Ross (Guest) The Supremes (Guests) Xavier Cugat (Guest)
Charo (Guest) Roberta Peters (Guest) Frank Ifield (Guest) Corbett
Monica (Guest)
Broadcast from Montreal's Expo '67
--The Supremes - "The Happening"
--The Supremes - medley: "Thoroughly Modern Millie," "Second Hand
Rose" and "Mame." (Supremes are wearing flapper costumes.)
Other guests:
--Xavier Cugat with Charo - Latin medley
--Roberta Peters - "Bell Song"
--Frank Ifield - "You Came Out Of Nowhere" & "She Taught Me How To
Yodel"
--Clair & McMahon (comedy team, computer dating routine)
--Corbet Monica (comedian)
--The Alcettys (balancing act)
Audience bows: Mayor Jean Drapeau; Bill Haughton (harness jockey);
Bob Usury (Kentucky Derby winner); Leslie Uggams
b: 07-May-1967
920. The Turtles / Woody Allen / Leslie Uggams
gs: The Turtles (Guests) Woody Allen (Guest) Leslie Uggams (Guest)
Jerry Stiller (Guest) Anne Meara (Guest) Enzo Stuarti (Guest)
The Turtles - "Happy Together" & "She'd Rather Be with Me"
Other guests:
-- Woody Allen (stand-up comedy routine) - includes jokes about Ed
Sullivan & Ed's show.
--Leslie Uggams - sings "Being Good" & " Hallelujah, Baby!" (both
songs are from the play "Hallelujah, Baby!" in which Leslie played
Georgina Franklin)
--Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara (comedy team) - stand-up jokes about
both mothers coming to dinner for Mother's Day. They sing
"Irish-Jewish Marriage."
--Aliza Kashfi (Kashi?) - "If I Were A Rich Man" (from "Fiddler On
the Roof," sung In English and Hebrew)
--Enzo Stuarti - "Exodus"
--Tanya Solnik (young girl sings in Hebrew)
--The Varadys (teeter board acrobats)
--Audience Bows: Navy Vietnam Veterans
b: 14-May-1967
921. Expo '67: The Seekers; Petula Clark; Alan King
gs: The Seekers (Guests) Petula Clark (Guest) Alan King (Guest)
Birgit Nilsson (Guest) Peter Gennaro (Guest)
Broadcast from Montreal's Expo '67
Guests:
--The Seekers - "Georgy Girl"
--Petula Clark - medley: "I Know A Place," "Je Me Sens Bien," "My
Love," "Downtown," "Don't Sleep in the Subway" and "This is my Song"
(sung partially in French)
--Alan King (comedian)
--Birgit Nilsson and the Montreal Symphony - "In Questa Reggia" (The
Montreal Symphony under the direction of Wilfrid Pelletier.)
--Ronald Turini (plays piano with the Montreal Symphony)
--Claude Leveillee - "Le Rendezvous" (Actor discovered by Edith
Piaf)
--Peter Gennaro (choreographer) dances with female dancers at
various pavilions.
--Les Feux Follets (square dance & clog dancers in traditional
costumes, dancing with brooms)
Audience bows: Jean Drapeau (Montreal mayor) & Pierre Dupuy
(Commissioner General)
b: 21-May-1967
NOTE: This episode (21May67) was repeated 30Jul67.
922. The Temptations / Robert Goulet / Tessie O' Shea / Pickle
Brothers
gs: The Temptations (Guests) Robert Goulet (Guest) The Pickle
Brothers (Guests) Tessie O' Shea (Guest)
Guests:
--The Temptations - medley: "(I Know) I'm Losing You," "All I Need"
and "My Girl"
--Robert Goulet - "The Impossible Dream", "My Cup Runneth Over",
"Walking Happy"
--The Rosellies (highwire act)
--The Jovers (balancing duo)
--Tessie O' Shea - "2 Ton Tessie"
--Peter Lawford (audience bow)
--The Pickle Brothers (comedy trio, fast-paced vaudeville-style
humor) - Dracula sketch
Other guests (scheduled to appear):
--Jane Morgan
--Topo Gigio
--Doodletown Pipers
--Lee Tully
--Jack De Leon
b: 28-May-1967
923. The Young Rascals / Harry James Orchestra / Rodney Dangerfield
gs: The Young Rascals (Guests) Nancy Ames (Guest) Harry James
(Guest) Rodney Dangerfield (Guest) Georgie Kaye (Guest)
The Young Rascals - "A Girl Like You" & "Groovin'"
Other guests:
--Harry James Orchestra - "Blues/Sail"
--Nancy Ames - "Blow Gabriel Blow" (with Harry James playing
trumpet)
--Nancy Ames - "So What's New" & "Nice Work If You Can Get It"
-- Rodney Dangerfield (stand-up, jokes include shrink, car, brother,
working in tough places, "No Respect" routine)
--Georgie Kaye (stand-up comedy, jokes: florists; N.Y. lottery, Expo
67', income tax forms)
--Topo Gigio (Italian mouse puppet)
--Roger Reyes (stand-up comedian with xylophone)
--Chung & Manna (Chinese circus novelty act using bricks, flowers,
knives, fire)
Audience bow: Paul Anka
b: 04-Jun-1967
924. Mamas and the Papas / Richard Pryor / Alan King
gs: The Mamas and the Papas (Guests) Richard Pryor (Guest) Alan King
(Guest) The Kane Triplets (Guests)
Guests:
--The Mamas and the Papas - "Dedicated to the One I Love,"
Mama Cass thanks Ed for putting pop groups on his show, group sings
"Creeque Alley"
--Richard Pryor (stand-up comedy: being in the army, submarine
warfare)
--Alan King (stand-up comedian, jokes about the contents of his
wife's purse)
--Gospel Jazz Singers - medley of Gospel songs
--Rouvan (opera singer) - "Vesti La Giubba" (dressed in clown suit)
& "On A Clear Day"
--Kane Triplets (singers) - "When Your Eyes Meet Mine," "Pow!" and
"Mutual Admiration Society. They also talk (or sing) about "What
It's Like To Be Triplets"
--Rob Murray (juggler)
--Topo Gigio (mouse puppet)
Audience bows: Jennifer Reinke (spelling bee champ); Rod Laver & Ken
Rosewald (tennis players); Bill Collins (Australian broadcaster)
b: 11-Jun-1967
NOTE: This is the episode where Mama Cass makes the "cue tape"
comment before "Creeque Alley." For some unknown reason, the
re-edited 2002 PBS repeat is missing this comment. This remark was
included in the 1990's edited version.
925. Spanky & Our Gang / scheduled: Norm Crosby; Diahann Carroll
gs: Spanky and Our Gang (Guests) Norm Crosby (scheduled guest)
Diahann Carroll (scheduled guest) Robert Merrill (scheduled guest)
Jack Carter (scheduled guest)
Ed Sullivan's 20th Anniversary show:
Guests:
--Spanky & Our Gang - "Sunday Will Never Be the Same"
Other guests (scheduled to appear):
--Diahann Carroll (singer)
--Norm Crosby (comedian)
--Robert Merrill (Metropolitan Opera baritone)
--Jack Carter (comedian)
b: 18-Jun-1967
926. Connie Francis / Ronnie Dove / Henny Youngman
gs: Connie Francis (Guest) Flip Wilson (Guest) Henny Youngman
(Guest) Flip Wilson (Guest) Ronnie Dove (Guest) The Swingle Singers
(Guests) Jerry Stiller (Guest) Anne Meara (Guest)
Guests:
--Connie Francis – "Born Free," "Winchester Cathedral" and an
Italian medley
--Ronnie Dove and the Swingle Singers – "Cry" (Johnnie Ray
imitation)
--Swingle Singers (French octet use their voices as instruments)
--Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara (comedy team)
--Henny Youngman (stand-up comedian with violin)
--Flip Wilson (stand-up comedian)
--Los Robellos / Dorcan Robles Band (Mariachi band) - "Ceilito Lindo
(Ai Ai)," "Rancho Grande," "La Cucaracha" & "Mexican Hat Dance"
--Los Tonitos (high wire act)
--Augsburg Jungle Wonders (trained animal act with monkey and
baboon)
CBS repeated this show on June 16, 1968.
b: 25-Jun-1967
NOTE: Next few weeks:
02-Jul-67 - unknown
09-Jul-67 - repeat from 16-Apr-67 (Nancy Sinatra; Tony Bennett)
16-Jul-67 - repeat from 22-Jan-67 (Lovin' Spoonful; Ginger Rogers)
23-Jul-67 - unknown
30-Jul-67 - repeat from 21May67 (Petula Clark, Seekers)
06-Aug-67 - unknown
13-Aug-67 - unknown
20-Aug-67 - repeat from 20-Aug-67 (4 Seasons, Jimmy Durante)
27-Aug-67 - unknown
03-Sep-67 - repeat from 29-Jan-67 (Mel Torne; Woody Herman)