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"The Ed Sullivan Show"
Season 23 (CBS)(1970-71) ############# The Ed Sullivan Show ###########
############## season 23 1970-71 #############
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CBS Sundays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern
1051. The Georgie Awards: Barbra Streisand / Blood Sweat & Tears /
Tom Jones
gs: Barbra Streisand (Guest) Lucille Ball (Guest) Tom Jones (Guest)
Blood, Sweat and Tears (Guests) Bob Hope (Guest) Milton Berle
(Guest) Danny Thomas (Guest) Melba Moore (Guest) Carol Burnett
(Guest) Tom Smothers (Guest)
The Georgie Award (Entertainer of the Year Award Show - from Caesars
Palace)
Performers:
--Barbra Streisand - "On A Clear Day"
--Blood Sweat & Tears - "Lucretia McEvil"
--Tom Jones - "Cabaret"
--Melba Moore - "I Got Love"
--Peter Gennaro Dancers (production number)
--The Flying Alexanders (trapeze act)
Awards:
--Lucille Ball presents award to Carol Burnett.
--Marc Copage & Michael Ling present Outstanding Animal Act trophy
to Tanya The Elephant.
--Tom Smothers presents award to Flip Wilson.
--Milton Berle presents award to Radio City Music Hall.
--Milton Berle Presents award To James Gould, President Of Radio
City Music Hall.
--Danny Thomas & Jack Haley, Sr. presents Golden Award to Jimmy
Durante (who's not there to accept award.)
--Sullivan presents award to Bob Hope.
b: 20-Sep-1970
1052. Bobby Vinton / Rare Earth / Holiday on Ice
gs: Bobby Vinton (Guest) Rare Earth (Guests) Karen Wyman (Guest) Joe
Jackson (II) (Guest)
Guests (live from the Baltimore Civic Center):
--Bobby Vinton - "It's a Long Way to Tipperary," "The Old Bamboo" &
"For Me and My Gal"
--Rare Earth - "I'm Losing You" & "Let the Sunshine In" (on ice w/
skaters)
--Karen Wyman - Edith Piaf medley: "Milord," "If You Love Me," "Love
Is Like Champagne" & "La Vie En Rose"
--Joe Jackson (hobo clown rides a bike which falls apart)
"Holiday on Ice" segments (1970 edition of show):
--Tommy Allen & Juanita Percelly (ice skating pair) (1) skate in a
Russian production number (2) skate to "Raindrops Keep Falling On My
Head" & "I'll Never Fall In Love Again"
--Marei Langenbein and Ray Balmer (skaters doing classical and
modern ballets)
--John LaDue & Alfredo Mendoza - skaters in a "Ferdinand the Bull"
story
--In a production number, the Holiday on Ice Corps de Ballet do a
tribute to Sonja Henie.
--Skaters in a slapstick cop & drunk routine (pie in the face
slapstick, etc.)
--A Cinderella production number
--Tommy Curtain (juggles while skating)
--Tommy Holiday (trained animal act with chimps on ice skates, dogs
also)
b: 27-Sep-1970
NOTE: This episode was repeated 02-May-71.
1053. Melanie / Engelbert Humperdinck / Tiny Tim
gs: Melanie (Guest) Engelbert Humperdinck (Guest) Tiny Tim (Guest)
David Steinberg (Guest) The Blossoms (Guests) William Daniels
(Guest) Skiles & Henderson (Guests) Ron Poole (Guest) John Cullum
(Guest)
Guests:
--Melanie - "Peace Will Come"
--Englebert Humperdinck - "The Good Life," "Sweetheart" and "My Way"
--The Blossoms - "Get Ready"
--Tiny Tim - (medley of children's songs): "On the Good Ship
Lollipop," "Water That's Hot, Water That's Cold" & "Two Times A Day
I Always Brush My Teeth"
--David Steinberg (stand-up comedian)
--Skiles & Henderson (comedy team)
--A scene from play "1776" (With William Daniels, John Cullum, Ron
Poole)
b: 04-Oct-1970
1054. scheduled: Arthur Godfrey; Loretta Lynn
gs: Arthur Godfrey (scheduled guest) Loretta Lynn (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Arthur Godfrey
--S. James
--L. Lynn
--Archie Campbell
--Stony Mt. Cloggers
--Judi Ford (Miss America '69)
b: 11-Oct-1970
1055. Carpenters / B.B. King / Tony Bennett
gs: B.B. King (Guest) Karen Carpenter (Herself) Richard Lynn
Carpenter (Himself) The Carpenters (Guests) Tony Bennett (Guest)
George Burns (Guest)
Guests:
--The Carpenters - "Close to You" & "We've Only Just Begun"
--B.B. King - "Just A Little Bit of Love," "How Blue Can You Get" &
"The Thrill Is Gone"
--Tony Bennett - "Something" (Beatles song), "Get Happy" & "I'll
Begin Again" (song from the movie "Scrooge").
--George Burns (stand-up comedy) - comments on nudity in show
business (current movies, night clubs)
--Robert Klein (stand-up comedy) - comments on the World Series
(interviews with athletes, school bands in half-time show)
--New York City Stickball Team (comedy routine)
--Albert Almonimo (Almoznino?) - makes shadow puppets on wall
--1970 Harvest Moon Ball Dance Champions (winners from different
categories: polka, rhumba, etc. )
b: 18-Oct-1970
1056. U.N. 25th Anniversary: The New Seekers / Ravi Shankar
gs: New Seekers (Guests) Ravi Shankar (Guest) Astrud Gilberto
(Guest) The Young Americans (Guests) Vladmir Krainev (Guest) Les
Ballet Africains (Guests)
25th Anniversary of United Nations celebration (with performers from
all around the world).
Guests:
--Ravi Shankar - "Raga" (classic Sitar selection)
--The New Seekers (from Australia) - "Look What They've Done to My
Song, Ma"
--Astrud Gilberto (from Brazil) - medley of Bossa-nova songs
including "The Girl from Ipanema"
--Vladmir Krainev (Russian pianist) - Chopin Etude # 3 "Winter
Winds"
--The Young Americans - "Through Children's Eyes" & "What the World
Needs Now Is Love"
--Tokyo Kid Brothers (dancers)
--Ballet Africains (African ceremonial songs & dances)
--The Lado Dancers (Yugoslavian folk dancers)
--Raphael (from Spain) - "Hallelujah" & "Hava Nagila"
--The Idla Girls (gymnastic drill team from Sweeden)
b: 25-Oct-1970
NOTE: This episode was repeated 11-Apr-71.
1057. Bobbie Gentry / Melba Moore / Roy Clark
gs: Bobbie Gentry (Guest) Melba Moore (Guest) Roy Clark (Guest)
Richard Pryor (Guest) Fenella Fielding (Guest) Stanley Myron
Handleman (Guest)
Guests:
--Bobbie Gentry - "I Want You Back" & "Benjamin"
--Richard Pryor (comedian)
--Melba Moore - "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
--Roy Clark - "Malaguena" & "Thank God and Greyhound"
--Fenella Fielding (singer-comedian) - "Don't Let Me Down"
--Stanley Myron Handleman (comedian)
b: 01-Nov-1970
NOTE: This episode was repeated on 25-Apr-71.
1058. Four Tops / Carpenters / Freda Payne
gs: Karen Carpenter (Herself) Richard Lynn Carpenter (Himself) Four
Tops (Guests) The Carpenters (Guests) Freda Payne (Guest) Hank
Williams Jr. (Guest) Rodney Dangerfield (Guest) Ron Carey (Guest)
Dick Ryan (Guest)
Ed & guests entertain wounded GI's at Walter Reed Army Hospital
--Four Tops - "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" & "It's All in the
Game"
--Carpenters - (medley of Burt Bacharach songs): "Close to You,"
"Easier on Yourself," "Always Something There to Remind Me," "Never
Fall in Love Again," "Walk on By" & "Do You Know the Way to San
Jose"
--Freida Payne - "Band of Gold," "Deeper and Deeper" "Getting to
Know You"
--Hank Williams, Jr. - "All For The Love Of Sunshine"
--Rodney Dangerfield (stand-up comedy)
--Ron Carey (stand-up, Sargeant Monk Bit)
--Dick Ryan (magic act & card tricks)
b: 08-Nov-1970
1059. Tommy Roe / Billy Joe Royal / Joe South
gs: Tommy Roe (Guest) Billy Joe Royal (Guest) Joe South (Guest) Dick
Gregory (Guest) Abbe Lane (Guest) Jeremy Vernon (Guest) Natalya
Makarova (Guest)
Guests:
--Tommy Roe - "Dizzy" & "Oh Heather Honey"
--Billy Joe Royal - "Cherry Hill Park" & "I Knew You When"
--Joe South - "Don't It Made You Want to Go Home" & "Walk A Mile in
my Shoes"
--Joe South, Billy Joe Royal & Tommy Roe - "Games People Play"
--Dick Gregory (comedian)
--Abbe Lane (Gospel medley)
--Tony Fayne (comedian)
--Jeremy Vernon (comedian)
--Natalya Makarova (pas de deux from "Swan Lake")
b: 15-Nov-1970
1060. Richard Rogers Tribute: Shirley Jones; Cass Elliott
gs: Shirley Jones (Guest) Danny Kaye (Guest) 'Mama' Cass Elliot
(Guest) Johnny Mathis (Guest) Jeannie C. Riley (Guest) The Lennon
Sisters (Guests) John Davidson (Guest) Herschel Bernardi (Guest)
Minnie Pearl (Guest)
A Salute to Richard Rodgers (broadcast from the Hollywood Bowl):
--Johnny Mathis - "My Funny Valentine"
--Johnny Mathis & the Lennon Sisters - "Johnny One Note"
--'Mama' Cass Elliott - "The Girlfriend"
--Johnny Mathis - "The Lady Is A Tramp"
--The Lennon Sisters - "Where or When"
"Oklahoma" songs:
--John Davidson - "Oh, What A Beautiful Morning"
--John Davidson - "Surrey With A Fringe On Top" (Davidson singing to
Jeanie C. Riley & Minnie Pearl)
--John Davidson & Jeannie C. Riley - "People Will Say We're In Love"
--Oklahoma (Broadway cast) - "The Farmer & The Rancher Can't Be
Found" & "Oklahoma"
"The King and I" songs:
--Shirley Jones - "Whistle a Happy Tune"
--Herschel Bernadi and Shirley Jones dialogue from play
--Shirley Jones & Herschel Bernadi - "Shall We Dance?"
--Danny Kaye - (1) Ed Sullivan interviews Kaye (2) Kaye sings "Two
By Two"
"Sound of Music" medley:
--Johnny Mathis, Cass Elliott, John Davidson, Lennon Sisters,
Shirley Jones, Herschel Bernadi, Minnie Pearl, Jeannnie C. Riley -
"My Favorite Things" (and other songs from the play: "Do-Re-Mi" &
"Climb Every Mountain")
b: 22-Nov-1970
1061. scheduled: Buck Owens; Joan Rivers; Norm Crosby
gs: Buck Owens (scheduled guest) Joan Rivers (scheduled guest) Norm
Crosby (scheduled guest) Jim Bailey (scheduled guest) Dick Jensen
(scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Buck Owens
--Joan Rivers
--Norm Crosby
--Doug Previn
--Jim Bailey
--Dick Jensen
--Lahman & Barkley
--Albert Lucas (magician)
b: 29-Nov-1970
1062. Grass Roots / Joey Heatherton / Pat Cooper
gs: The Grass Roots (Guests) Joey Heatherton (scheduled guest) Pat
Cooper (scheduled guest) The Three Degrees (scheduled guests) Peter
Gennaro (scheduled guest)
--The Grass Roots - "Wait A Million Years" & medley: "Midnight
Confessions," "Live for Today" & "Temptation Eyes"
Other guests (scheduled):
--Joey Heatherton
--Pat Cooper
--The Three Degrees - "Can't Be Determined"
--Peter Gennaro
--S. Mitchell
Plus: NFL Holiday Halftime
b: 06-Dec-1970
1063. scheduled: Bobby Sherman; New Seekers
gs: Bobby Sherman (scheduled guest) New Seekers (scheduled guests)
Robert Merrill (scheduled guest) Marilyn Michaels (scheduled guest)
Guy Marks (scheduled guest) Les Ballet Africains (scheduled guests)
Scheduled guests:
--Bobby Sherman - "Going Home" & "Song of Joy"
--The New Seekers - "Your Song"
--Robert Merrill - "If I Were a Rich Man"
--Marilyn Michaels
--Guy Marks
--Les Ballets Africains (troupe that performs traditional African
dances)
b: 13-Dec-1970
1064. "The Great Santa Claus Switch" with Art Carney and the Muppets
gs: Art Carney (Guest)
Christmas special with Art Carney and the Muppets
Art Carney plays two roles: Santa Claus and Cosmo, the King of Evil.
Ed Sullivan narrates the show.
b: 20-Dec-1970
1065. scheduled: Bobbie Gentry; Friends of Distinction; Peter Nero
gs: Bobbie Gentry (scheduled guest) Friends of Distinction
(scheduled guest) Peter Nero (scheduled guest) Slappy White
(scheduled guest) Steve Rossi (scheduled guest) Pat Cooper
(scheduled guest) Billy Baxter (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Bobbie Gentry
--Friends of Distinction - possible song: "Grazing In The Grass"
--Peter Nero
--Steve Rossi
--Slappy White
--Pat Cooper
--Goose Creek Symphony
--Billy Baxter
b: 27-Dec-1970
1066. scheduled: Rodney Dangerfield; Lana Cantrell; O.C. Smith
gs: O.C. Smith (scheduled guest) Rodney Dangerfield (scheduled
guest) Lana Cantrell (scheduled guest) Sergio Franchi (scheduled
guest) John Byner (scheduled guest) Jim Bailey (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--O.C. Smith - "Little Green Apples," "Can't Take My Eyes Off of
You," "What the World Needs Now" & "Friend, Lover, Woman, Wife"
--Rodney Dangerfield (comedian)
--Lana Cantrell - "Being Alive," "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" &
"Reach Out and Touch"
--Sergio Franchi - "Quando, Quando, Quando," "Just Say I Love Her,"
"Jean" & "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"
--Jim Bailey (comedian) - "My Way," "By Myself" & "This is My Life"
--John Byner
--The Bayanihan Philippine Dancers
b: 03-Jan-1971
NOTE: Next week (10-Jan-71), the "Ed Sullivan Show" was pre-empted
for a special titled "The Super Comedy Bowl."
1067. scheduled: Gary Puckett; Tony Bennett; Judy Carne
gs: Gary Puckett and the Union Gap (scheduled guests) Gary Puckett
(scheduled guest) Tony Bennett (scheduled guest) Judy Carne
(scheduled guest) Norm Crosby (scheduled guest) Melina Mercouri
(scheduled guest) Irwin C. Watson (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Gary Puckett - possible song: "Don't Make Promises"
--Tony Bennett
--Norm Crosby
--Judy Carne
--The Muppets
--Melina Mercouri
--Irwin C. Watson (comedian)
b: 17-Jan-1971
1068. B.J. Thomas / Nancy Ames / Sergio Franchi
gs: B.J. Thomas (Guest) Nancy Ames (Guest) Sergio Franchi (Guest)
Peter Gennaro (Guest) Rahsaan Roland Kirk (Guest) Godfrey Cambridge
(Guest)
Guests:
--B.J. Thomas - "No Love At All" & medley of songs ("Raindrops Keep
Fallin' on My Head," "Most of All" & "I Just Can't Help Believin'")
--B.J. Thomas & Nancy Ames - "Your Song"
--Nancy Ames - "Lady Love" & "Heaven Help Us All"
--Rahsaan Roland Kirk (jazz musician) - "True Black Jazz" (correct
song?)
--Sergio Franchi - "Close to You" & "No Man is an Island"
--Peter Gennaro (dancer) - "Impossible Dream"
--Jim O'Brian (football player)
--Godfrey Cambridge (comedian)
b: 24-Jan-1971
1069. Temptations / Connie Stevens / Albert Brooks
gs: The Temptations (Guests) Albert Brooks (Guest) Connie Stevens
(Guest) Jerry Stiller (Guest) Anne Meara (Guest) Peter Gennaro
(Guest) Doug Kershaw (Guest)
Guests:
--The Temptations - "Get Ready," "Just My Imagination" & medley
("Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours," "Ain't No Mountain High
Enough," "I'll Be There" & "My Sweet Lord")
--Albert Brooks
--Connie Stevens - "Tea for Two"
--Connie Stevens & Peter Gennaro (spoof Ginger Rogers & Fred
Astaire)
--Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara (comedy team)
--Doug Kershaw (Cajun fiddler) - "Glinda"
b: 31-Jan-1971
1070. Gladys Knight & the Pips / Sid Caesar & Carol Channing
gs: Gladys Knight and the Pips (Guests) Sid Caesar (Guest) Carol
Channing (Guest) Robert Klein (Guest) Jerry Vale (Guest) Peter Nero
(Guest) Caterina Valente (Guest) Pat Henry (Guest)
Guests:
--Gladys Knight & the Pips - "If I Were Your Woman" & "Bridge Over
Troubled Water"
--Sid Caesar & Carol Channing (do a scene from the play "Four on a
Garden")
--Robert Klein (stand-up comedian, doing a dentist routine)
--Jerry Vale - "I Want To Make It With You," "My Love, Forgive Me,"
& "Peace in the Valley"
--Caterina Valente - "Everybody Gets to go to the Moon," "Mack the
Knife" (in German) & "The Girl from Impanema" (in Portuguese)
--Peter Nero (pianist, theme from "Love Story")
--Pat Henry (comedian)
This episode was repeated on 6-Jun-71.
NOTE: The edited PBS repeat also includes Jackie DeShannon - "Put a
Little Love In Your Heart" (This clip might have been taken from an
earlier Sullivan show).
b: 07-Feb-1971
NOTE: Next week (14-Feb-71), The "Ed Sullivan Show" was pre-empted
for the movie "Ben Hur."
1071. Fifth Dimension / Tiny Tim & Miss Vickie / Connie Stevens
gs: 5th Dimension (Guests) Connie Stevens (Guest) Tiny Tim (Guest)
Rodney Dangerfield (Guest) John Bryner (Guest) Dickie Henderson
(Guest)
Guests:
--The Fifth Dimension - "Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes" & medley:
"Up Up and Away," "One Less Bell to Answer," "Stoned Soul Picnic,"
"Wedding Bell Blues," & "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"
--Connie Stevens and the Fifth Dimension - "Puppet Man"
--Tiny Tim and Miss Vicki - "Why"
--Connie Stevens - medley: "It's a Blue World," "If I Didn't Care,"
"Hey Daddy," "Tell Me Why," "Big Girls Don't Cry" & "You Keep Me
Hanging On"
--Rodney Dangerfield
--Jim Henson's Muppets
--John Bryner (comedian doing celebrity impressions)
--Dickie Henderson - "One for My Baby"
b: 21-Feb-1971
1072. Everly Brothers / George Carlin / Shirley Bassey
gs: The Everly Brothers (Guests) George Carlin (Guest) Shirley
Bassey (Guest) Jerry Butler (Guest) David Brenner (Guest)
Guests:
--Everly Brothers - "Bowling Green," "Mama Tried," "Dream" medley
and "Bye Bye Love"
--Shirley Bassey - "What About Today" & "Yesterday When I was Young"
--George Carlin (comedian)
--Jerry Butler - "Where Are You Going?"
--David Brenner
--The Brockways (acrobatic/bicycle act)
--Tybee & Antonio (exotic dancers)
Also: A French Restaurant skit with Ed Sullivan, Shirley Bassey &
Sid Caesar.
b: 28-Feb-1971
1073. Armed Forces Music Festival: Jeannie C. Riley / Teresa Graves
gs: Jeannie C. Riley (Guest) Teresa Graves (Guest) Roy Clark (Guest)
Louis Nye (Guest) Joe Lewis (Guest) Brian Stewart (Guest) Peter
Gennaro (Guest) General William Westmoreland (Guest, cameo)
Armed Forces Music Festival:
--Jeannie C. Riley - "Oh, Singer" & "Harper Valley PTA" (2nd song on
film)
--Teresa Graves - "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"
--Roy Clark - "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" (on banjo)
--Joe Lewis (boxer, interviewed by Sullivan)
--Louis Nye (stand-up comedian)
--Brian Stewart ("Love Story" theme)
--Peter Gennero ("This is the Army" dance routine)
--General William Westmoreland (cameo, stage bow)
Military talent:
--Major Don Kidder & Sons (barbershop quartet from Clark AFB, the
Phillippines) - "Bring Back Those Good Old Days"
--Staff Sergeant Richard Martin (harmonica player from Kelly AFB,
Texas) - "St. Louis Blues"
--Old Guard Fife and Drum Corp (from Fort Myer)
--The United States Army Drill Team
--Fred (folk trio consisting of Sergeant Cruise, Army Specialist
Hoffman & Bonnie Hoffman) - "That's When I Come Running Into Your
Mind"
Finale: Entire cast sings medley of Service songs: "Anchor's
Aweigh," "Air Force Song, "Marine's Hymn," "America the Beautiful."
This episode was repeated 9-May-71.
b: 07-Mar-1971
NOTE: Next week (14-Mar-71), the "Ed Sullivan Show" was pre-empted
for the movie "Born Free."
1074. Bernadette Peters / George Hamilton / Oliver
gs: Bernadette Peters (Guest) Oliver (Guest) George Hamilton (Guest)
Phil Driscoll Explosion (Guests) Georgie Kaye (Guest) Young Saints
(Guests)
Guests:
--Oliver - "Early Morning Rain" & "Walking Down the Line"
--Bernadette Peters - "Look for the Silver Lining"
--Bernadette Peters & Oliver - "Yes, Yes, Bernadette"
--George Hamilton - "If I Could Read My Mind"
--The Phil Driscoll Explosion - "California Dreamin'"
--Young Saints - "Shout," "Oh, Happy Day" & "Didn't It Rain?"
--Georgie Kaye (comedian)
--Skiles and Henderson (comedy team)
b: 21-Mar-1971
NOTE: This episode was repeated 16-May-71.
1075. scheduled: Melanie; David Frye (final new episode)
gs: Melanie (scheduled guest) David Frye (scheduled guest) Tony
Sandler (scheduled guest) Ralph Young (scheduled guest) Norman
Wisdom (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Melanie - "Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma," "Ruby Tuesday"
and "Alexander Beetle"
--Joanna Simon (mezzo-soprano) - "My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice"
--David Frye (impressionist)
--Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass
--Tony Sandler & Ralph Young (singers)
--Norman Wisdom (comedian)
--Vic Perry (sleight-of-hand artist)
--Tony Fane (comedian)
--Lennie Schultz (comedian)
b: 28-Mar-1971
NOTE: This episode (28-Mar-71) was the final new Ed Sullivan show.
CBS aired Ed Sullivan reruns from 11-Apr-71 until 6-Jun-71.
04-Apr-71 - Sullivan was pre-empted for the Nancy Sinatra special
"Ed Sullivan Presents Movin' with Nancy on Stage."
11-Apr-71 - repeat from 11-Apr-71 (U.N. 25th Anniversary)
18-Apr-71 - unknown
25-Apr-71 - repeat from 01-Nov-71 (Bobbie Gentry, Roy Clark)
02-May-71 - repeat from 27-Sep-70 (Bobby Vinton, Holiday on Ice)
09-May-71 - repeat from 07-Mar-71
16-May-71 - repeat from 21-Mar-71
23-May-71 - unknown
30-May-71 - Sullivan pre-empted for a Jack Jones special.
06-Jun-71 - final repeat, from 7-Feb-71
13-Jun-71 - Ed Sullivan was replaced by Sunday Night Movies.