The Ed Sullivan Show
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The Ed Sullivan Show

6.8/10 1948 24 Seasons 1068 Episodes Ended

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

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Season 18 Episodes

E1
Beach Boys / Alan King / Robert Goulet
60 min 1964

Guests: --The Beach Boys - ""I Get Around"" and ""Wendy"" --Robert Goulet - ""Let There be Love,"" ""Quiet Nights,"…

E2
Louis Armstrong / Sid Caesar / Abbe Lane / Pat Boone
60 min 1964

Guests: --Louis Armstrong – ""Hello Dolly"" & ""So Long Dearie"" --Sid Caesar (comedian) - 2 skits: (1) Japanese…

E3
Roy Orbison / Connie Francis / Harlem Globetrotters
60 min 1964

Guests: --Roy Orbison - ""Oh, Pretty Woman"" --Connie Francis - (1) baseball medley: ""Take Me Out to the Ballgame"…

E4
The Animals / Van Johnson / Jackie Mason
60 min 1964

Guests: --The Animals – ""I'm Crying"" & ""House of the Rising Sun"" --Jackie Mason (stand-up comedian) - routine…

E5
Rolling Stones / Jack Jones / Stiller & Meara
60 min 1964

The Rolling Stones - ""Around and Around"" and ""Time is on My Side"" Other guests: --Stiller & Meara (comedy team…

E6
Dave Clark Five / Rex Harrison / Alan King
60 min 1964

The Dave Clark Five - ""Anyway You Want It"" Other guests: --Rex Harrison (on film?) --Leon Bibb (folk singer) -…

E7
Jimmy Durante / Jean Paul Vignon / Nipsey Russell
60 min 1964

Guests: --Jimmy Durante - ""Old Man Time,"" ""Fascination"" & ""Count Your Blessings"" --Sonny King and Jimmy Duran…

E8
Peter and Gordon / Sammy Davis Jr. / Kaye Stevens
60 min 1964

Peter and Gordon – ""I Don't Want to See You Again"" & ""500 Miles"" Other guests: --Sammy Davis Jr. - ""Don't Shu…

E9
scheduled: Tony Bennett; Leslie Uggams; Victor Borge
60 min 1964

Scheduled guests: --Tony Bennett --Leslie Uggams --Victor Borge --The Womenfolk (folk singers) - ""Sail Away"" …

E10
scheduled: Ella Fitzgerald; Gordon and Sheila MacRae
60 min 1964

Scheduled guests: --Ella Fitzgerald --Gordon and Sheila MacRae --Myron Cohen --Corps De Ballet --Obernkirchen…

E11
scheduled: Piccola Pupa; Mitchell Trio; Sid Caesar
60 min 1964

Guests: --Sid Caesar --Gary Lewis and the Playboys   --Piccola Pupa --The Mitchell Trio (folk singers) --Soph…

E12
Julie Harris / Stiller & Meara / Alan King / Robert Preston
60 min 1964

Guests: --Robert Preston - sings ""Half the Battle is Learning How to Smile"" (in a scene from ""Ben Franklin In Pari…

E13
Jack Jones / Allen & Rossi / Charlie Manna
60 min 1964

Guests: --Jack Jones - Christmas medley & ""My Favorite Things."" --Jack Jones (later in show) - ""Somebody Loves …

E14
The Supremes / Serendipity Singers / Leslie Uggams
60 min 1964

Guests: --The Supremes - ""Come See About Me"" --The Serendipity Singers - ""Every Time I Feel the Spirit"" --Le…

E15
scheduled: Liza Minnelli, Jean Paul Vignon, Totie Fields
60 min 1965

Scheduled guests: --Liza Minnelli --Jean Paul Vignon --Totie Fields --Marc London (comedian) --Carmen Sevilla…

E16
scheduled: Sid Caesar; Wayne Newton; Betsy Palmer; Shari Lewis
60 min 1965

Scheduled guests: --Sid Caesar --Wayne Newton --Betsy Palmer --Shari Lewis (puppeteer) --London Lee (comedian…

E17
Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn
60 min 1965
E18
Lesley Gore / Burt Lancaster / Mickey Rooney / Miriam Makeba
60 min 1965

Guests: --Lesley Gore - ""The Look of Love"" & ""Hello Young Lovers"" --Burt Lancaster (chats with Ed & film clips)…

E19
Jimmy Durante / scheduled: Leslie Uggams; Stiller & Meara; Jean Carroll
60 min 1965

Guests (confirmed): --Jimmy Durante (entertainer, celebrating his 72nd birthday) --Sonny King Additional guests …

E20
Dave Clark Five / Rowan & Martin / Steve Lawrence
60 min 1965

Guests: --The Dave Clark Five - ""Everybody Knows,"" ""Because"" & ""Anyway You Want It"" --Steve Lawrence - ""Hello…

E21
scheduled: Sid Caesar; Roberta Peters; Betsy Palmer; Frank Gorshin
60 min 1965

Scheduled guests: --Sid Caesar --Roberta Peters (Metropolitan Opera soprano) --Jerry Vale (singer) --Betsy Palm…

E22
scheduled: Wayne Newton; Juliet Prowse; Alan King; Bill Dana
60 min 1965

Scheduled guests (from Florida's Miami Beach Auditorium): --Wayne Newton --Juliet Prowse --Alan King --Bill Dana…

E23
Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald / Rita Pavone / Stiller & Meara
60 min 1965

Guests: --Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald (medley of Duke's hits) --Duke Ellington - ""It Don't Mean A Thing"" -…

E24
Petula Clark / Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem / Nancy Walker & Bert Lahr
60 min 1965

Guests: --Petula Clark – ""Downtown"" and ""I Know a Place"" --Pat O'Brien --Nancy Walker & Bert Lahr --Clanc…

E25
Gary Lewis & the Playboys / Connie Francis / Tony Bennett / Melinda Marx
60 min 1965

Guests: --Gary Lewis & the Playboys - ""This Diamond Ring"" & ""Count Me In"" --Tony Bennett (with the Woody Herman…

E26
Little Anthony and the Imperials / Bobby Vinton
60 min 1965

Guests: --Little Anthony and the Imperials - ""Hurts So Bad"" --Bobby Vinton - ""Long Lonely Nights"" + medley of h…

E27
scheduled: Vince Edwards; Cilla Black; Alan King; Abbe Lane; George Kirby
60 min 1965

Scheduled guests: --Vince Edwards (from ""Ben Casey"") --Cilla Black (singer) - ""You're My World"" --Alan King …

E28
Gerry & the Pacemakers / Maurice Chevalier / Soupy Sales
60 min 1965

Guests: --Gerry and the Pacemakers – ""Ferry Across the Mersey,"" ""It's Gonna Be Alright"" & ""Why, Oh Why"" --M…

E29
John Huston / Sam Snead / Soupy Sales
60 min 1965

Easter Show: --John Huston - scene from ""The Bible"" (might be on film) --The McGuire Sisters - Medley (""Heart Bea…

E30
Freddie & the Dreamers / Sean Connery (on film) / Eydie Gormé
60 min 1965

--On film: Ed Sullivan talks with Sean Connery and Claudine Auger on the set of ""Thunderball"" Guests: --Freddie an…

E31
Rolling Stones / Dusty Springfield / Tom Jones
60 min 1965

--The Rolling Stones - ""The Last Time,"" Little Red Rooster"" and ""Someone to Love"" --Dusty Springfield - ""All Cri…

E32
scheduled: Della Reese; the Three Stooges; Richard Pryor; Juliet Prowse
60 min 1965

Scheduled guests: --Della Reese --The Three Stooges --Richard Pryor --Juliet Prowse --Vaughn Monroe (singer) …

E33
Petula Clark / Rudolf Nureyev / Alan King
60 min 1965

Guests: --Petula Clark - ""I Know a Place"" & ""Heart"" --Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn (ballet dancers) - per…

E34
Liza Minnelli / Rudolf Nureyev & Margot Fonteyn / the Bachelors
60 min 1965

Guests: --Guy Lombardo - ""Red Roses for a Blue Lady"" & ""12th Street Rag"" --The Fredianis (acrobatic trio) -…

E35
The Animals / scheduled: Bert Lahr; Connie Francis; Wayne Newton
60 min 1965

--The Animals - ""Bright Lights, Big City"" & ""Bring It On Home to Me"" Other guests (scheduled to appear): --Connie …

E36
Herman's Hermits / scheduled: Tommy Steele; Trini Lopez
60 min 1965

--Herman's Hermits – ""Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter,"" ""I'm Henry The VIII, I Am"" and ""Wonderful World""…

E37
Tom Jones / The Seekers / Dee Dee Sharp / Sid Caesar
60 min 1965

Guests: --Tom Jones - ""It's Not Unusual"" & ""Watcha You Gonna Do"" --The Seekers - ""A World of Our Own"" --Dee…

E38
Dave Clark Five / scheduled: Cab Calloway; Soupy Sales
60 min 1965

--The Dave Clark Five - ""Glad All Over,"" ""Come Home"" & ""I Like It Like That"" Other guests (scheduled): --Cab…

E39
Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas / Tony Bennett
60 min 1965

Guests (June 27, 1965): --Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas - ""From a Window"" & ""Bad to Me"" --Tony Bennett - ""San …

E40
Gerry & the Pacemakers / Jerry Vale / The Womenfolk
60 min 1965

Guests: --Gerry and the Pacemakers - ""I Like It,"" ""You'll Never Walk Alone"" & ""I'm the One"" --Jerry Vale - ""…

Cast

Ed Sullivan
Ed Sullivan
Self - Host

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