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Beatles (1st appearance) / Oliver Broadway cast
Episode 19 - 2-09-1964
1h 0m
Guests include:
--The Beatles (first appearance): All My Lovin,'Til There Was You, She Loves You, I Saw Her Standing There and I Wanna Hold Your Hand.
--Davy Jones (pre-Monkees, appearing with Georgia Brown & the Broadway cast of 'Oliver'): I'd Do Anything
--Georgia Brown: As Long As He Needs Me (with 2 children from the Broadway cast of 'Oliver')
--Frank Gorshin (comedian)
--Tessie O'Shea (singer, from Broadway's 'The Girl Who Came To Supper') - medley of show tunes
--Mitzi McCall & Charlie Brill (comedy team)
9.1/10Haven't Seen
Elvis Presley (3rd appearance) / Carol Burnett / Sugar Ray Robinson
Episode 16 - 1-06-1957
1h 0m
Elvis Presley (Hound Dog, Heartbreak Hotel, Love Me Tender, Don't Be Cruel, Too Much, When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again and Peace in the Valley.)
Carol Burnett (stand-up comedy)
Sugar Ray Robinson (interviewed by Sullivan after losing title fight, in jest Ed shows him how to box)
Arthur Worlsey (British ventriloquist) Lonnie Satin (I Believe)
Leny Eversong (El Cumbanchero, Cante Afre Cubano)
Nancy Crompton (ballet dancer)
The Six Gutis (Clowns & Men In Gorillas Suits)
Bory & Bor (sight gag - a man is wearing a costume which makes him looks like two people dancing)
Audience bows: Don Budge; Jackie Robinson (newly retired); Gene Ward; Jimmy Lanno
8.9/10Haven't Seen
Richard Burton / Morecombe & Wise / Arthur Worsley
Episode 6 - 11-03-1963
1h 0m
Guests: --Richard Burton - recites Dylan Thomas & does bar bit with drunken observations. --Arthur Worsley (British ventriloquist, his dummy does all the talking) --Dave Madden (comedian) --Morecombe And Wise (comedy team) --The Calicoats - ""Blues Away,"" ""Somebody Loves You,"" and ""Have A Happy Day"" --Topo Gigio --Cinco Brutos (comedy-singing group) - ""Little Darling"" & ""Addio"" --The Augsberg (Augspurg?) Jungle Wonders (monkey/baboon act with trainer doing a tea party bit)
8.7/10Haven't Seen
Judy Garland / Tom Jones / Peter Sellers
Episode 4 - 10-03-1965
1h 0m
Guests (from Hollywood):
--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
8.5/10Haven't Seen
The Swinging, Soulful Sixties - Diana Ross & the Supremes, etc.
Episode 13 - 12-21-1969
1h 0m
""The Swinging, Soulful Sixties"" – Ed Sullivan reviews the decade in entertainment. Taped segments (many from Ed's shows): (1) Broadway/Theater songs: --Richard Burton - Soliloquy from Shakespeare's ""Hamlet"" --Robert Goulet - song from ""Camelot"" and ""Happy Face"" --Gwen Verdon - ""If My Friends Could See Me Now"" (from ""Sweet Charity"") (2) Beatlemania: --Beatles At Shea Stadium August 15, 1965 (3) British acts: --Petula Clark - ""Downtown"" (excerpt) & interview --Clips of Dave Clark Five, Animals, Herman's Hermits, Rolling Stones, Petula Clark (4) David Frost - looks at '60's headlines and movies (5) Diana Ross & the Supremes --Ed Sullivan talks to Diana Ross about trends of popular music in the 1960s. --The Supremes - medley (""Baby Love;"" ""Stop! In The Name Of Love;"" ""Come See About Me;"" ""My World Is Empty Without You,"" ""You Can't Hurry Love,"" ""The Happening,"" ""Keep Me Hangin' On,"" ""Reflections,"" ""Love Child"" and ""I Hear A Symphony"") --The Supremes - ""So
8.4/10Haven't Seen
