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"The Ed Sullivan Show"
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Season 20
932. Young Rascals / Petula Clark / Red Skelton
gs: The Young Rascals (Guests) Petula Clark (Guest) Red Skelton
(Guest) Eddie Fisher (Guest) Buddy Hackett (Guest)
Guests:
--The Young Rascals - "Groovin'," "A Girl Like You" & "How Can I Be
Sure?"
--Petula Clark - "I'll be Loving You Eternally" & medley: "Who Am
I?" "Don't Sleep in the Subway" & "Cat in the Window"
--Red Skelton (stand-up routine)
--Eddie Fisher - "Mame" & "That Face" (Buddy Hackett cameo on 2nd
song)
--Buddy Hackett (comedian) - does a Chinese waiter routine
--The Great Carazini (comedian)
Audience bows: Walter Winchell; Jerry Vale
b: 10-Sep-1967
NOTE: The PBS repeat includes this clip (probably taken from another
episode):
--The Wychwoods (magic act) - man and woman magicians with puppies.
933. The Doors / Yul Brynner / Rodney Dangerfield
gs: The Doors (Guests) Yul Brynner (Guest) Flip Wilson (Guest)
Rodney Dangerfield (Guest) Steve Lawrence (Guest) Eydie Gorme
(Guest) The Kessler Twins (Guests) The Skating Bredos (Guests)
Guests:
--The Doors - "People are Strange" & "Light My Fire"
--Yul Brynner (sings songs from his album) - "Two Guitars"
--Flip Wilson (stand-up comedian)
--Rodney Dangerfield (stand-up comedy)
--Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme - "That's Love," "Come Back to Me" &
medley: "Anything Goes," "Love For Sale," "I Get A Kick Out Of You,"
"You Do Something To Me," "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My
Hair," "Getting To Know You," "Happy Talk" & "I've Got You Under My
Skin"
--Eydie Gorme (song from "Mame")
--Steve Lawrence - "Too Fast, Too Soon"
--The Kessler Twins - medley of Maurice Chevalier songs: "Thank
Heaven For Little Girls" and "Louise" (A salute To Maurice Chevalier
on his 79th birthday)
--The Skating Bredos (from Sweeden) - man & woman speed skate in 6
ft. circle
b: 17-Sep-1967
934. Mamas & the Papas / Florence Henderson / John Byner
gs: The Mamas and the Papas (Guests) Florence Henderson (Guest) Ed
Ames (Guest) John Byner (Guest) Jack Carter (Guest)
Guests:
--Mamas & the Papas - "Twelve Thirty" and medley: "Monday Monday,"
"I Call Your Name" & "California Dreaming"
--Florence Henderson (actress-singer) - medley from "Sound of
Music": "My Favorite Things," "Climb Every Mountain," "Do Ra Mi" &
"The Sound of Music"
--John Byner (comedian) - imitates Ed singing "Georgie Girl"
--Ed Ames - sings "My Cup Runneth Over" & "The Snow Is on the Roses"
--Jack Carter (stand-up comedian) - salutes Ed's 20th anniversary,
tells jokes about NYC, cabs, Hippies/Beatniks, Camelot.
--Jorgen and Conny (balancers) - pole balancers
--Jean Claude (balancing act) - balances dolls and balls on his
feet.
--Topo Gigio (mouse puppet) - Topo looks at art work, Ed plays Mona
Lisa.
--Audience bows: Ralph Pearl; Charlie McAdams; Roberto Rossellini;
Duane Hackney
Scheduled guests (not mentioned on transcript):
--Betty Grable
--Bobbie Gentry
--Jerry Vale (singer)
b: 24-Sep-1967
NOTE: Repeated 14-Jul-68.
935. Nancy Sinatra / Peggy Lee / George Carlin
gs: Nancy Sinatra (Guest) Peggy Lee (Guest) George Carlin (Guest)
Sergio Franchi (Guest) London Lee (Guest) The Gimma Brothers
(Guests) Richardi (Guest)
Nancy Sinatra - "Until It's Time for You to Go"
--Nancy Sinatra, Peggy Lee, & Sergio Franchi - medley including
"Just One of Those Days," "Why Don't You Do Right," "These Boots are
Made for Walkin'," "Falling Leaves" & "M'Lord"
--Peggy Lee - "I Feel It" & "The More I See You"
--Sergio Franchi - "By Myself" & "Time Will Tell" (in English &
Italian)
Other guests:
--George Carlin (stand-up comedy: going to the movies, coming
attractions)
--Winners Of The 33rd Harvest Moon Ball
--Gimma Brothers (comic acrobats, do tumbling wearing suits)
--London Lee (stand-up comedian, tells jokes about show business)
--Richiardi (magician)
Audience bows: Ladies Auxiliary of the Polish Legion of Pine Island
b: 01-Oct-1967
936. Jimmy Dean / Wayne & Shuster / Joan Rivers
gs: Jimmy Dean (Guest) Joan Rivers (Guest) Wayne and Shuster
(Guests) Lana Cantrell (Guest) Jack E. Leonard (Guest) The Young
Americans (Guests)
Guests:
--Jimmy Dean - country medley: "Any Time," "Born To Lose," "Oh
Lonesome Me," "I Can't Stop Loving You" and "Jambalaya (On the
Bayou)"
--Jimmy Dean & Rowlf - Jimmy jokes with Muppet Rowlf (dog puppet)
--Joan Rivers (stand-up comedy: A pregnant Joan jokes about what her
mother did & didn't tell her & finding & renovating housing in New
York)
--The Muppets (hairy monster eats technical talking machine) Jim
Hensen cameo
--Lana Cantrell - "Stairway to Paradise" & "When You Wish Upon A
Star"
--Jack E. Leonard (insult comedian: bashes Ed, insults Japanese
pianist, dancers, etc.)
-- Wayne & Shuster (comedy team)
--Young Americans - "Let In The Sunshine" (filmed at playground)
--Young Americans - medley of Meridith Wilson's best works: "May The
Good Lord Bless & Keep You," "Pick A Little, Talk A Little," "Gary
Indiana," "'til There Was You" & "Trouble In River City"
--Audience bows: Israeli Soccer team; Nobel Sisel & Harold Arlen
b: 08-Oct-1967
937. Lovin' Spoonful / Ethel Merman / David Frye
gs: The Lovin' Spoonful (Guests) Ethel Merman (Guest) Tony Sandler
(Guest) Ralph Young (Guest) David Frye (Guest) Corbett Monica
(Guest)
Lovin' Spoonful - "She's Still a Mystery" & "Only Pretty"
Other guests:
--Ethel Merman - "Riding High" & "This Is All I Ask"
--Sandler & Young (duo sings medley: "Cabaret," "76 Trombones," "And
The Band Played On...")
--David Frye (comedian doing impressions & political humor)
--Tommy Cooper (comedian doing a bumbling magician act)
--Corbett Monica (stand-up comedian)
--Lado Dance Group (Traditional Yugoslav dance troupe doing the
"Bachelor's Dance")
Audience bows: Mrs. Lanza & Gov. Paul Laxalt; Lucera Tena (Flamenco
dancer)
Cameos: On stage at beginning of show: Lew Brock, Bob Gibson and
Carl Yastremski (World Series Cardinals & Red Sox baseball players)
b: 15-Oct-1967
938. Lulu / Eddie Fisher / McGuire Sisters
gs: Lulu (Guest) Eddie Fisher (Guest) Jerry Stiller (Guest) Anne
Meara (Guest) Mike Douglas (Guest) Norm Crosby (Guest) The McGuire
Sisters (Guests) Tommy Cooper (Guest)
Lulu - "To Sir With Love"
Other guests:
--Eddie Fisher - "Let Me Sing And I'll Be Happy" & "If She Walked
Into My Life"
--Stiller And Meara (sketch: man tries to tell his mother he's
getting married)
--Mike Douglas
--The McGuire Sisters - "One Kiss" and French medley: "Under Paris
Skies," "Summer In Bordeaux," "What Now My Love" & "Lucky Me"
--Norm Crosby (stand-up comedy, routine: conservative youths vs.
hippies)
--Tommy Cooper (British comedian pretends to be a fumbling magician)
--Ballet America (10 Couples In farm garb, not actually ballet)
--Baby Opal (trained Elephant Act)
--Audience bows: Fran Tarkenton; Hugh Lipsey; Josh Logan; Eli
Wallach; Prince Mike Romonoff
b: 22-Oct-1967
939. The Cowsills / Polly Bergen / Don Ameche
gs: The Cowsills (Guests) Polly Bergen (Guest) Don Ameche (Guest)
Senor Wences (Guest) Myron Cohen (Guest) Peter Gennaro (Guest) Lou
Alexander (Guest)
--The Cowsills - "The Rain, the Park & Other Things" & medley
("Monday, Monday," "Sweet Taking Guy," "Lonesome Me," "Please Mr.
Postman" & "Reach Out")
--Polly Bergen ("Once In A Lifetime" & "What The World Needs Now")
--Senor Wences (ventriloquist, various puppets)
--Peter Nero (pianist with orchestra, "Fiddler On The Roof")
--Myron Cohen (stand-up comedy)
--Lou Alexander (stand-up routine: violence in fairy tales, contact
lenses)
--Noucha Doina (violinist with trio)
--Peter Gennaro (dance segment, Halloween dance).
--Scenes from "Henry Sweet Henry": Don Ameche playing a scene &
Alice Playton singing "Poor Little Person"
Audience Bows: Paul Ford (Broadway star); Camille Bonano ("Miss
By-Line")
b: 29-Oct-1967
940. scheduled: Tony Bennett; Shirley Bassey / Rodney Dangerfield
gs: Tony Bennett (scheduled guest) Shirley Bassey (scheduled guest)
Rodney Dangerfield (scheduled guest) Woody Herman (scheduled guest)
Totie Fields (scheduled guest) Allen and Rossi (scheduled guests)
Scheduled guests:
--Tony Bennett
--Shirley Bassey
--Rodney Dangerfield
--Woody Herman
--Totie Fields
--Allen & Rossi
b: 05-Nov-1967
941. The Turtles / Johnny Mathis / Joan Rivers
gs: The Turtles (Guests) Johnny Mathis (Guest) Joan Rivers (Guest)
Lana Cantrell (Guest)
Guests:
--The Turtles - "She's My Girl"
--Johnny Mathis - "Sleigh Ride" & "Up-Up, and Away"
--Joan Rivers (stand-up comedy) - tell pregnant jokes
--Lana Cantrell - "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" and "Love Is Stronger
Far Than Me."
--Shelley Berman (comedian) - tells jokes about embarrassing moments
--Richard Hearne (British comedian) - dances and mimes
--NY Harkness Ballet Co. - Spanish theme ballet
--Gustafsons (magic act) - man & woman doing a magic act using
candles and scarves, make things disappear.
--Victor Lunberg - reads open letter to Americas' youth regarding
war in Vietnam
--Audience bows: Johnny weissmuller & Buster Crabbe
Scheduled guest:
--Stu Gilliam
b: 12-Nov-1967
942. The Supremes / The Temptations / Flip Wilson
gs: Diana Ross (Guest) The Supremes (Guests) The Temptations
(Guests) Flip Wilson (Guest) The Kessler Twins (Guests)
--The Supremes - "In & Out of Love," "Thou Swell" & "Greensleeves"
--The Temptations - "Hello Young Lovers" & "Don't Look Back"
--The Temptations & the Supremes (medley of each other's hits:
Supremes – "Get Ready," Temptations – "Stop in the Name of Love,"
The Supremes – "My Girl" & Temptations – "Baby Love")
--The Supremes & the Temptations - "I Know I'm Losing You"
Other guests:
--Flip Wilson (stand-up)
--Kessler Twins (dressed as dance hall girls) - "The Band Played On"
& "Covers of the Police Gazette"
--Fernando Pasqualone (trumpet player)
--Lewis & Christy (stand-up comedians)
--Ivan & Astor (dance team) - apache dancers throw each other around
--Audience bows: George Hamilton; William E. Galbraith
--On film: a clip from the movie "Dr. Doolittle" with Rex Harrison
singing "Talk to the Animals"
b: 19-Nov-1967
NOTE: This episode was repeated on 18-Aug-68.
943. The Beatles (on film) / Connie Francis / Al Hirt
gs: Beatles (Guests, on film) Connie Francis (Guest) Al Hirt (Guest)
New Doodletown Pipers (Themselves) John Byner (Guest) Jane Morgan
(Guest) Morecambe and Wise (Guests) The Doodletown Pipers (Guests)
Guests:
--The Beatles (on film) - "Hello Goodbye" promo
--Connie Francis - "Going Out Of My Head," "Sunny" & "Impossible
Dream"
--Al Hirt - "Young Man with a Horn," "The Happening" & "I Can't Get
Started"
--Jane Morgan, Al Hirt, Doodletown Pipers - "It Takes All Kinds Of
Music," "What'd I Say?" & "South Rampart Street Parade"
--John Byner (stand-up comedy)
--Jane Morgan (singer) - "Meditation" & a medley of Edith Piaf songs
--Doodletown Pipers (singers) - "Rhythm of Life" & a medley of rock
'n' roll songs
--Morecambe & Wise (comedy team, trying to learn ventriloquism)
Audience bows: Billy Rowe; Father Payton
b: 26-Nov-1967
NOTE: This episode was repeated 11-Aug-68.
944. Ray Charles & Billy Preston / Bill Dana
gs: Ray Charles (Guest) Billy Preston (Guest) The Blue Comets
(Guests) Bill Dana (Guest) Ron Yarey (Guest) O.J. Simpson (Guest)
Larry Czonka (Guest) Ted Hendricks (Guest)
Guests:
--Ray Charles - "Yesterday" & "What'd I Say? (2nd song with the
Rayettes & Billy Preston)
--Billy Preston & Ray Charles - "Double Oh Soul"
--The Blue Comets - "Gagaku" & "Blue Chateau" (Japanese Surf/psych
band)
--Film clip: "I Do, I Do" (with Carol Lawrence & Gordon McCrea)
--Bill Dana (as Jose Jimenez, plays an Olympic athlete)
--Jackie Kahane (stand-up, jokes about NYC, bus & air travel)
--Frankie Fanneli - "All I Ask"
--Mecners (balancing trio act from Poland)
--Grand Music Hall of Israel (boys play flutes & drums)
--1967 All American Offensive Football Team (including Ron Yarey, O.
J. Simpson, Larry Czonka, Ted Hendricks)
Audience bows: David Merrick; John R. Strong (Post Master); Jane
Keane
b: 03-Dec-1967
945. 20th Anniversary Show: Gwen Verdon; Pearl Bailey; Robert
Merrill
gs: Gwen Verdon (Guest) Pearl Bailey (Guest) Robert Merrill (Guest)
Alan King (Guest) Wayne and Shuster (Guests)
Guests (20th Year Anniversary Show):
--Pearl Bailey - "Before The Parade Passes By" with the "Hello
Dolly" cast
--Gwen Verdon - "Nothing Can Stop Me Now"
--Alan King (stand-up)
--Wayne & Shuster (comedy team)
--Robert Merrill - "Di Provenza"
--Los Ninos Contores De Murialdo - "Glory, Glory Hallelujah"
b: 10-Dec-1967
946. Spanky & Our Gang / Richard Pryor / Patti Page
gs: Spanky and Our Gang (Guests) Richard Pryor (Guest) Patti Page
(Guest) Joel Grey (Guest) Jerry Stiller (Guest) Anne Meara (Guest)
David Frye (Guest) The Kim Sisters (Guests)
Guests:
--Spanky and Our Gang - "Lazy Day" & "Sunday Morning"
--Patti Page - sings "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" & recites
"Child's Christmas Prayer"
--Richard Pryor
--Joel Grey (railroad song medley)
--Stiller & Meara (comedy team)
--Topo Gigio
--David Frye (comedian)
--The Kim Sisters - "Thoroughly Modern Millie"
--The Berlin Mozart Choir (thirty singers perform)
b: 17-Dec-1967
947. The Cowsills / Bobbie Gentry / George Carlin / Arthur Godfrey
gs: The Cowsills (Guests) Bobbie Gentry (Guest) Arthur Godfrey
(Guest) George Carlin (Guest) Peter Gennaro (Guest) The Muppets
(Guests) Gilbert Price (Guest)
Guests:
--The Cowsills - "We Can Fly" & Christmas song medley
--Bobbie Gentry - "Niki Hookey" & "I Wonder as I Wonder"
--George Carlin (stand-up comedy)
--Arthur Godfrey & the Muppets - "It's Christmas Tomorrow"
--Arthur Godfrey - "The Secret Of Christmas"
--Peter Gennaro - "What The World Needs Now"
--Gilbert Price - "For Once In My Lifetime"
--The Little Angels Of Korea (play drums and dance with ribbons)
b: 24-Dec-1967
948. scheduled: Jay & the Techniques; Buddy Rich; Rodney Dangerfield
gs: Jay and the Techniques (Guests) Miriam Makeba (scheduled guest)
Buddy Rich (scheduled guest) Vikki Carr (scheduled guest) Rodney
Dangerfield (scheduled guest) George Kirby (scheduled guest)
Scheduled: Jay and the Techniques - "Keep the Ball Rolling"
Other guests (scheduled to appear):
--Miriam Makeba (singer) - "Pata Pata"
--Buddy Rich (drummer)
--Rodney Dangerfield
--Vikki Carr (singer) - "It Must Be Him"
--George Kirby
b: 31-Dec-1967
949. Dionne Warwick / Norm Crosby / Morecambe & Wise
gs: Dionne Warwick (Guest) Norm Crosby (Guest) Morecambe and Wise
(Guests) Julia Meade (Guest) Tony Sandler (Guest) Ralph Young
(Guest)
Guests:
--Dionne Warwick - "I Say a Little Prayer" & "Battle Hymn of the
Republic"
--The Young Americans - American medley ("Spoonful Of Sugar," "Back
In the Old Routine," "Green Sleeves" & "Raindrops")
--Norm Crosby (stand-up comedy)
--Julia Mead - "Come Back To Me"
--Morecambe and Wise (British comedy team)
--Sandler and Young - sing "Boom Boom," "Sunshine Days" &
"Harmonize"
--Rasha And Tiby (dancers, Apache ballroom duo)
--Ninon (clown, tightrope act).
--Audience bows: Elsa Lanchester; Earl Wilson Jr.
b: 07-Jan-1968
950. Vanilla Fudge / scheduled: Duke Ellington; Flip Wilson
gs: Vanilla Fudge (Guests) Duke Ellington (scheduled guest) Flip
Wilson (scheduled guest) Tammy Grimes (scheduled guest)
Vanilla Fudge - "You Keep Me Hangin' On"
Other guests (scheduled):
--Duke Ellington
--Tammy Grimes
--Buddy Greco
--Flip Wilson
--Davis & Reese
b: 14-Jan-1968
951. Johnny Mathis / Melvyn Douglas / Pert Kelton
gs: The Buckinghams (Guests) Johnny Mathis (Guest) Jack E. Leonard
(Guest) Lana Cantrell (Guest) John Byner (Guest) The Pickle Brothers
(Guests) Melvyn Douglas (Guest) Pert Kelton (Guest) Edward Villella
(Guest) Patricia McBride (I) (Guest)
Guests:
--Johnny Mathis - "Get Out of Town" & "At the Crossroads"
--Melvyn Douglas and Pert Kelton (actors) - appear in a comic scene
from the Broadway play "Spofford."
--John Byner (comedian)
--Lana Cantrell - "On the Good Ship Lollipop" & "Shadows of Our
Love"
--Jack E. Leonard (comedian)
--The Pickle Brothers (comedians)
--Edward Villella and Patricia McBride (of the New York City Ballet)
- perform a pas de deux from Asafieff's "Flames of Paris"
Scheduled guest (need to verify airdate):
--The Buckinghams - "Susan" & "What Is Love"
CBS repeated this episode on 01-Sep-1968. The Buckinghams were not
listed on the repeat.
b: 21-Jan-1968
952. scheduled: Fifth Dimension; Al Martino; Nancy Ames
gs: 5th Dimension (scheduled guests) Al Martino (scheduled guest)
Nancy Ames (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--The Fifth Dimension
--Al Martino
--Nancy Ames
--C. Lawrence
--C. Monica
b: 28-Jan-1968
953. scheduled: Michele Lee; Stiller & Meara; Morecombe & Wise; Stu
Gilliam
gs: Michele Lee (scheduled guest) Jerry Stiller (scheduled guest)
Anne Meara (scheduled guest) Jackie Vernon (scheduled guest) Stu
Gilliam (scheduled guest) Morecambe and Wise (scheduled guests)
Peter Gennaro (scheduled guest) Gil and Freddie Lavedo (scheduled
guests)
Scheduled guests:
--Michele Lee (singer-actress)
--Stiller & Meara (comedy team)
--Jackie Vernon (comedian)
--Morecombe & Wise (comedy team)
--Stu Gilliam (comedian)
--Peter Gennaro (dancer)
--Gil and Freddie Lavedo (acrobats)
b: 04-Feb-1968
954. scheduled: Eddie Albert; Roberta Peters; Lennon Sisters
gs: Eddie Albert (scheduled guest) Morey Amsterdam (scheduled guest)
Roberta Peters (scheduled guest) The Lennon Sisters (scheduled
guests) Totie Fields (scheduled guest) Hendra and Ullett (scheduled
guests)
Scheduled guests:
--Eddie Albert
--Roberta Peters
--Lennon Sisters
--Morey Amsterdam
--Totie Fields
--Hendra & Ullott
b: 11-Feb-1968
955. scheduled: Bobbie Gentry; George Chakiris; Jane Powell; Paul
Mauriat
gs: Bobbie Gentry (scheduled guest) Jane Powell (scheduled guest)
George Chakiris (scheduled guest) Rodney Dangerfield (scheduled
guest) Will Jordan (scheduled guest) Paul Mauriat (scheduled guest)
Franco Corelli (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Jane Powell
--Bobbie Gentry
--George Chakiris - "West Side Story" medley
--Rodney Dangerfield
--Paul Mauriat (pianist) - "Love Is Blue"
--Will Jordan (comedian)
--Franco Corelli (singer)
--Jim Henson's Muppets
b: 18-Feb-1968
956. Gladys Knight & the Pips / Jackie Mason / Dinah Shore
gs: Gladys Knight and the Pips (Guests) Jackie Mason (Guest) Dinah
Shore (Guest) Ed Ames (Guest)
--Gladys Knight & the Pips - medley ("The End of Our Road," "And So
Is Love" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine")
--Dinah Shore - "Oh, Lonesome Me," "It's Over," "Trains, Boats And
Planes," and "Oh, Lonesome Me" (reprise).
--Ed Ames - "I Want To Be Free" & "Who Will Answer"
--Ed Ames and Dinah Shore - "Sunrise, Sunset"
--Jackie Mason (stand-up comedy)
--Ballet America (dancers perform to "Mule Train")
--Andy Stewart (Scottish comedian wearing kilt - sings and does
impression of Dean Martin)
--The Bruskis (balancing act from Poland)
Audience bows: Governor Stan Hathaway; Jane Morgan; Tony Bennett;
Sheila Davis
b: 25-Feb-1968
957. scheduled: Lou Rawls; Alan King; Morecambe & Wise
gs: Lou Rawls (scheduled guest) Alan King (scheduled guest) Jack E.
Leonard (scheduled guest) Morecambe and Wise (scheduled guests)
Sergio Franchi (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Lou Rawls
--Alan King
--Morecambe & Wise
--Jack E. Leonard
--J. Rivers
--Sergio Franchi
--D. Valery
b: 03-Mar-1968
NOTE: Unknown air date:
Kenny Rogers and the First Edition - "Just Dropped In (to See What
Condition My Condition Was In)." Song was released around 4-Feb-68
which must be close to their Sullivan appearance.
958. Fifth Dimension / Liza Minnelli / Allen & Rossi
gs: 5th Dimension (Guests) Liza Minnelli (Guest) Theodore Bikel
(Guest) Allen and Rossi (Guests) The McGuire Sisters (Guests) Jack
Carter (Guest)
Guests (broadcast from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas):
--5th Dimension - "Up-Up and Away" & "Monday, Monday"
--Liza Minnelli - "You'd Better Sit Down, Kids," "Certain Girl" &
"Life of the Party"
--McGuire Sisters - "Big Spender," "Sound of Money" & "Here We Are
in Las Vegas"
--Allen & Rossi (comedy team)
--Theodore Bikel (actor & folk singer performing a scene from
"Fiddler on the Roof") - "If I Were a Rich Man"
--Jack Carter (comedian)
--The Canestrellis (trampoline act)
b: 10-Mar-1968
NOTE: This episode was repeated September 22, 1968.
959. The Bee Gees / Lucille Ball / George Hamilton
gs: Anne Meara (Guest) George Hamilton (Guest) Jerry Stiller (Guest)
Lucille Ball (Guest) The Bee Gees (Guests) Fran Jeffries (Guest)
Tony Sandler (Guest) Ralph Young (Guest)
Guests:
--The Bee Gees - "Words"
--Lucille Ball guest appearance: (1) Lucy (onstage) chats with Ed;
(2) On film: "Yours, Mine & Ours" film clip with Henry Fonda; (3)
Lucy introduces 18 children from " Yours, Mine & Ours" who sing.
--George Hamilton - "At The Crossroads" & "Dock Of The Bay"
--Stiller & Meara (comedy team)
--Tony Sandler & Ralph Young - "Cotton Fields"
--Fran Jeffries - "Sunny" medley
--Fran Jeffries, Sandler & Young - "Duet For Three"
--Jackie Kahane (stand-up comedian)
--The Five Bearded Irishmen from Dublin (traditional Irish
musicians)
--Audience bows: Ross Hunter; Marine Congressional Medal of Honor
Recipients (Vietnam)
b: 17-Mar-1968
960. Spanky & Our Gang / Supremes / Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
gs: Nancy Sinatra (Guest) Lee Hazelwood (Guest) Diana Ross (Guest)
The Supremes (Guests) Spanky and Our Gang (Guests) George Carlin
(Guest) Jimmy Dean (Guest)
Guests:
--Spanky & Our Gang - "I'd Like to Get to Know You"
--Diana Ross and the Supremes - "Forever Came Today" & Fats Waller
medley ("Honeysuckle Rose," "Ain't Misbehavin'" & "Keepin' Out of
Mischief Now")
--Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood - "Story Book Children"
--Nancy Sinatra - "100 Years"
--Jimmy Dean - "Little Thing Called Love" & "Sleeping Beauty"
--George Carlin (stand-up comedian)
--Louis & Christy (comedy duo)
--Charlie & Cairoli (comedy team, both play clarinets)
--Dominique (illusionist)
Audience bow: Franco Corelli, Del Insco, Jean Drapeau
b: 24-Mar-1968
NOTE: This episode was repeated 30-Jun-68
961. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles / Frankie Laine / Charlton
Heston
gs: Smokey Robinson (Guest) The Miracles (Guests) Charlton Heston
(Guest) Frankie Laine (Guest) Wayne and Shuster (Guests)
Guests:
--Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - medley ("I Second That Emotion,"
"If You Can Want," "Going To A Go-Go" & "Yesterday")
--Frankie Laine - "To Each His Own" & "I Found You"
--Charlton Heston (1) reads from Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural
Address (2) Later in show talks about "Planet of the Apes" with film
clip.
--Wayne & Shuster (comedians) - skit: parent-teacher meeting about
violence on TV
--Myron Cohan (stand-up comedian)
--The Young Americans - "Oklahoma" medley
--Peter Gennaro (dancer) - "If I Were A Rich Man" w/dancers
--Baranton Sisters (foot jugglers who balance & spin tables)
Audience bows: Richard Rodgers; Jerome Hines; Pearl Mesta & Earl
Blackwell; Samuel Defalco
This episode (31-Mar-68) was repeated July 28, 1968.
b: 31-Mar-1968
NOTE: Next week (7-Apr-68), "Ed Sullivan" was pre-empted for a Dick
Van Dyke special (with M. Legrand).
962. scheduled: Eddie Albert, Norm Crosby, Joan Rivers
gs: Eddie Albert (scheduled guest) Joan Rivers (scheduled guest)
Norm Crosby (scheduled guest) Sergio Franchi (scheduled guest)
Shirley Verrett (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Eddie Albert
--Norm Crosby
--Joan Rivers
--Sergio Franchi
--Shirley Verrett
--Montford Mission
b: 14-Apr-1968
963. Tom Jones / Patty Duke / Totie Fields / The Muppets
gs: Tom Jones (Guest) Patty Duke (Guest) Totie Fields (Guest) Your
Father's Moustache (Guests)
Guests:
--Tom Jones - "It's Not Unusual," "Danny Boy" & "Delilah"
--Patty Duke - "Dona, Dona" (with dancers) & "And We Were Strangers"
--The Muppets - female frog (Kermit wearing a wig) sings "I've Grown
Accustomed To Your Face"
--Your Fathers Moustache (Dixie Land song)
--Totie Fields (comedian) - sings "I'm Perfect" and pokes fun at
audience members.
--Richard Hearn (English comedian, a.k.a. "Mr. Pastry")
--Pavel (magic act)
Audience bows: Capain Geoff Mitchell & other Captains; Major General
William J. Sutton; Kevin Robinson
b: 21-Apr-1968
964. Richard Harris / Ella Fitzgerald / Stiller & Meara
gs: Richard Harris (Guest) Ella Fitzgerald (Guest) George Carlin
(Guest) Jerry Stiller (Guest) Anne Meara (Guest) Milt Kamen (Guest)
Guests:
--Ella Fitzgerald - "Can't Buy Me Love" & "Mr. Paganini" (with 3 man
combo)
--Richard Harris - "Camelot" & "Didn't We"
--George Carlin (comedy sketch) - Carlin plays a politician
interviewed on "Meet the Candidate."
--Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara (stand-up comedy) - do a routine about
a high school reunion
--Milt Kamen (stand-up comedian) - tells jokes about living in New
York
--Doodletown Pipers (singers) - "With A Little Help From My Friends"
& medley (" What The World Need Now" & "For What Its Worth")
--Ma Chung (violin playing prodigy)
Audience bows: Joel Grey (then appearing on Broadway's "George M.
Cohan"); Cheryl Ann Patton (Miss USA from Florida); Clifton Daniel &
sons
b: 28-Apr-1968
NOTE: The PBS repeat includes these clips:
--The Temptations - "Don't Look Back" (from November 19, 1967)
--Richiardi (magician) - does a trick with razor blades and string
in mouth (clip probably taken from another episode)
965. 80th Birthday salute to Irving Berlin: Diana Ross & Supremes;
Bing Crosby
gs: Irving Berlin (Guest) Bing Crosby (Guest) Bob Hope (Guest) Diana
Ross (Guest) The Supremes (Guests) Ethel Merman (Guest) Harry James
(Guest) Robert Goulet (Guest) Fred Waring (Guest) Morecambe and Wise
(Guests)
80th Birthday salute to Irving Berlin
Guests:
--Diana Ross & the Supremes - "Always"
--Diana Ross & the Supremes with Ethel Merman - Irving Berlin medley
("Say It With Music," "It's A Lovely Day Today," "Heat Wave" "Say It
Isn't So")
--Bing Crosby - spoken tribute to Irving Berlin & sings medley of
Berlin songs ("Sweet Marie from Sunny Italy," "Call Me Up Some Rainy
Afternoon," "The International Rag," & "Alexander's Ragtime Band") &
"I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas" (film clip & live on stage).
--Bob Hope (stand-up, Bob salutes Irving Berlin)
--Ethel Merman - Berlin medley ("Sunshine," "I Got Lost In His
Arms," "Anything You Can Do," "They Say It's Wonderful")
--President Johnson (on tape, wishes Irving Berlin a Happy 80th
birthday)
--Harry James (medley of dance tunes)
--Robert Goulet & Harry James - "Marie"
--Fred Waring & The Pennsylvanians - "Give Me Your Tired"
--Robert Goulet, Fred Waring & the Pennsylvanians - "I Used To Play
It By Ear"
--Robert Goulet - Berlin medley: "The Song Is Ended (But the Melody
Lingers On)" & "All by Myself."
--Morecambe And Wise (British comedy team) - "Puttin' on the Ritz"
--Peter Gennaro (dancer & troupe dance to "This Is The Army" &
"Alexander's Ragtime Band")
--Finale: Irving Berlin (on stage with boy & girl scouts) - "God
Bless America."
b: 05-May-1968
966. Gary Puckett and the Union Gap / Richard Pryor / Rodney
Dangerfield
gs: Gary Puckett and the Union Gap (Guests) Richard Pryor (Guest)
Rodney Dangerfield (Guest) Diahann Carroll (Guest) David Frye
(Guest) Shani Wallis (Guest) Jay Marshall (Guest) The Young
Americans (Guests)
--Gary Puckett and the Union Gap - "Lady Willpower" & "Young Girl"
Other guests:
--Richard Pryor (stand-up, jokes about Mother's Day, etc.)
--Rodney Dangerfield (stand-up, doing his "No Respect" routine)
--Diahann Carroll - "At The Crossroads" & "Elusive Butterfly"
--David Frye (comedy, impressions of William F. Buckley, Presidents
Nixon, Johnson, RFK.)
--Shani Wallis - "Alfie" & "High"
--Jay Marshall (ventriloquist)
--Young Americans - "Happiness" & medley ("A Spoonful of Sugar,"
"Back In the Old Routine Minute Waltz," "Green Sleeves," and
"Raindrops")
--Audience bows: Leonard Sillman, Imogene Coca, Capt. Robert F.
Foley
b: 12-May-1968
967. Fifth Dimension / Joel Gray / Joan Rivers / Morey Amsterdam
gs: 5th Dimension (Guests) Joel Grey (Guest) Joan Rivers (Guest)
Morey Amsterdam (Guest) Jane Morgan (Guest) London Lee (Guest) The
West Point Glee Club (Guests)
Fifth Dimension - "On Broadway" & "Stoned Soul Picnic"
Other guests:
--Joel Grey - scene from "George M"
--Joan Rivers (stand-up comedian, topics: marriage, weight, the
beach)
--Morey Amsterdam (stand-up comedy)
--Jane Morgan - "What Now My Love"
--London Lee (stand-up comedian: plays the trumpet badly)
--The West Point Glee Club - "Sons Of A Different Time"
Audience bows: Major General Donald Bennett; Angel Cordero, Jr.;
President Marcos' Children Ferdinand & Maria Marcos
b: 19-May-1968
968. Spanky & Our Gang / Nancy Sinatra / Mike Douglas
gs: Spanky and Our Gang (Guests) Nancy Sinatra (Guest) Mike Douglas
(Guest) Scoey Mitchell (Guest) Henra and Ullett (Guests)
Guests:
--Nancy Sinatra - "Sock It To Me Sunshine" & "This Girl's In Love
With You"
--Spanky & Our Gang - "Three Ways from Tomorrow"
--Mike Douglas - "Talk To the Animals" & "Why Did I Choose You"
--Scoey Mitchell (stand-up comedian, topics: taxes, races,
relations)
--The Muppets (one worm gets another to dance, Jim Henson cameo)
--Henra & Ullett (stand-up comedy; routine set at the UN)
--Bobby Remson (Ransen?) - stand-up comedy routine
--Lucero Tena (Flamenco dancers from Madrid)
--Trio Rennos (three acrobats from Italy)
Audience bows: Tony Bennett. Plus, a group of wounded Vietnam
Veterans.
b: 26-May-1968
969. 20th Anniversary Part 1 - scheduled: Alan King; Jerry Vale;
Lana Cantrell
gs: Alan King (scheduled guest) Jerry Vale (scheduled guest) Lana
Cantrell (scheduled guest) Sue Carson (scheduled guest) Norm Neilson
(scheduled guest)
20th Anniversary Part One
Scheduled guests:
--Alan King
--Jerry Vale - "My Love, Forgive Me"
--Lana Cantrell - "Honey" & "How Can I Be Sure?
--Sue Carson (comedian)
--Norm Neilson (magician)
--Mr. Jiggs (trained monkey)
b: 02-Jun-1968
970. 20th Anniversary Part 2 - Dionne Warwick; Duke Ellington ;
Charlton Heston
gs: Dionne Warwick (Guest) New Doodletown Pipers (Themselves)
Richard Harris (Guest) Charlton Heston (Guest) Duke Ellington
(Guest) Ed Ames (Guest) Kate Smith (Guest) Robert Goulet (Guest)
Sergio Franchi (Guest) The West Point Glee Club (Guests) Shirley
Verrett (Guest) The Doodletown Pipers (Guests)
Tribute Show - National Day Of Mourning for Robert F. Kennedy
--Dionne Warwick - "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"
--Duke Ellington - "David Dance Before the Lord" (tap dancer Bunny
Briggs plays David)
--Charlton Heston - reads Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
--Richard Harris - "Camelot"
--Ed Ames - "Who Will Answer?"
--Kate Smith - "Lord's Prayer"
--Robert Goulet - "The Impossible Dream"
--Sergio Franci - "You'll Never Walk Alone" (with Welsh Choir)
--West Point Glee Club - "America the Beautiful" (poem)
--Shirley Verrett - "Oh, Glory"
--Doodletown Pipers - "What The World Needs Now Is Love" & "For What
It's Worth"
--McNiff Irish Dancers (dancers perform traditional Irish Step
Dance)
b: 09-Jun-1968
NOTE: Next 15 weeks:
16-Jun-68 - repeat from 25-Jun-67
23-Jun-68 - unknown
30-Jun-68 - repeat from 24-Mar-68 (Supremes; Nancy & Lee)
07-Jul-68 - unknown
14-Jul-68 - repeat from 24-Sep-67 (Florence Henderson, Mamas &
Papas)
21-Jul-68 - unknown
28-Jul-68 - repeat from 31-Mar-68 (Charlton Heston; S. Robinson &
Miracles)
04-Aug-68 - unknown
11-Aug-68 - repeat from 26-Nov-67 (Beatles on film; Connie Francis)
18-Aug-68 - repeat from 19-Nov-67 (Supremes; Temptations)
25-Aug-68 - unknown
01-Sep-68 - repeat from 21-Jan-68 (Johnny Mathis; Melvyn Douglas;
Pert Kelton)
08-Sep-68 - unknown
15-Sep-68 - unknown
22-Sep-68 - repeat from 10-Mar-68 (5th Dimension; Liza Minnelli)