The Ed Sullivan Show(1948–1971)

Premiere Show with Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis

Irving Berlin, The Ink Spots, Peter Lind Hayes, Nan Wynn, Paul Winchell & Jerry Mahoney

Joe DiMaggio, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson

Lena Horne, Joey Adams, Joe Howard, Jr., Tony Canzoneri

Guests unknown

Guests unknown

Cab Calloway

Peggy Lee, Harry Hershfield, The Howard Brothers, The DeMarco Sisters

Irving Berlin, Nancy Donovan, Russ Morgan Orchestra, Vincent Lopez Orchestra

Jan August

Lon Chaney, Jr., Count Basie and His Orchestra

Sarah Vaughan, Gali-Gali Luxor

Louis Jordan, Benny Rubin

Bob Hope, Al Bernie

Betty Reilly, Les Compagnons de la Chanson

Joey Adams, Marc Platt, Tony Canzoneri, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson

Frances Faye, Don Marcus, Les Compagnons de la Chanson

Benny Goodman, The Ink Spots

Dorothy Sarnoff

Monica Lewis, The Three Dunhills, Richard Buckley, Rachel & Bebe

Paula Bane, Dewey Marchand, Elsa & Waldo

The Blackburn Twins, Pat C. Flick, Pat Henning, Betty Jane Watson, Dollinoff and the Reya Sisters

Ray Morgan, Margaret Phelan, Virginia Austin, The Temperton Family, the Baltimore Colts Majorettes

Al Bernie, Dave Barry, Irra Petina

Nanette Fabray, Ezzard Charles, Hope Emerson, Bunny Briggs, Dolonoff, The Reyes Sisters, The Temperton Family

John Garfield, Dorothy Sarnoff, Frank Fontaine, Pat C. Flick, Tommy Farrell

Guests unknown

Rudy Vallee, George M. Cohan, Jr., Sidney Blackmer, Pat C. Flick, The Ravens

Luise Rainer

Rudy Vallee, Nanette Fabray, Wally Boag, Jean Carroll, Bob Evans, Pat C. Flick

Jule Stein & Sammy Cahn, The Holloway Sisters, Byron Palmer & Doretta Morrow, Al Kelly

Tony Martin, Carol Bruce

Jackie Gleason, Rudy Vallee, Luise Rainer, Johnny Coy, W.C. Handy, Pat Henning

Rudy Vallee, Diana Barrymore

Faye Emerson, Donald Richards

Larry Storch, Patricia Morison, Don Cummings

Charles Laughton

Humphrey Bogart, Anne Jeffreys, Buddy Baer

Connie Haines, Rolland Tap

Nat King Cole Trio, Hal LeRoy, The DeMarco Sisters

John Carridine, The Costello Twins

Patricia Morison, Gali Gali

Jack Leonard, Gali Gali, Notre Dame Singers

Joey Adams, Pat Rooney, Yvonne Adair

Harvey Stone, Al Schacht, Gill Dorian

Charles Laughton

Jamila Novotna, Sigmund Romberg

Paul Winchell, Jane Kean, Ladd Lyon

Zero Mostel, Kitty Kallen

Harold Lloyd, Vincent Richards

Toni Harper, Sam Levenson

Richard Rodgers, Juanita Hall, Harvey Stone

Sarah Vaughan, Elaine Street, Ken Carr

Toni Harper, Tony Lavelli

Joan Merrill, Bill Tabbert, Illinois Jacquet, Brooklyn Dodgers team members

Cab Calloway, Jackie Robinson, Stan Musial

Buddy Rogers, Duke Alden, Sunny Howard, The Accordion Aces

Edward Everett Horton, David Powell, Marino Sisters, The Colstons

Eddie Albert, George Connolly, the Margo, Paul and Paulette Trio

Sonny Tufts, Hazel Scott

Bill Tabbert, Phil Foster, Lee Marks, Marie Gambarelli

Toni Arden, Sunny Skylar, Harold Lang, Billy Vine

Jack Williams, Annabelle Hill, Jose Toledano, Sebastian Castros

Louis Prima, Buddy Lester, Ruby Hill, Sonny Howard, Prince Mendez, Loretta & Klemis, The Wong Sisters

Gloria Swanson, Pat O'Brien, Hedy Lamarr, Mimi Benzell, Gordon Jenkins, Jean Carroll

Gloria Swanson, Rudy Vallee, Anna Maria Alberghetti

Jackie Robinson (cameo), Bert Lahr, Betty Kean

Ethel Waters, Julie Harris, Brandon DeWilde, Reginald Gardiner

Sarah Churchill, John O'Hare, Myron Cohen

Peggy Lee, Dave Barbour, Jerome Hines, Flora Robson

Margaret Truman, Victor Borge, Smith & Dale, Cornelia Otis Skinner

King Cole Trio, Nanette Fabray, Buster Keaton, Milton Berle

Buster Keaton, Arthur Lake, Jimmy Nelson, Mayor VIncent Impellitteri

Victor Borge, Jerome Hines, Victor Moore

Teresa Brewer, Nancy Walker, Eddie Mayehoff, Leonard Warren

Roberta Peters, Jean Carroll, Ana Ricardo, Ben Wrigley

Buster Keaton, Mimi Benzell, Jack E. Leonard

Victor Borge, Phil Rizzuto, Nancy Walker, Eleanor Steber

David Niven, Ted Mack, Lauritz Melchior

Mimi Benzell, Ben Wrigley, George Johnstone

James Melton, Ruth Casey

Anna Maria Alberghetti, James Melton, Sam Snead

Margaret Truman, Jan Murray, Roland Young, Jimmy Wakeley

Gloria Swanson, Roberta Peters, Vaughn Monroe

Nancy Walker, Margot Fonteyn, Russell Nype

Dick Haymes, Judith Anderson, Smith & Dale, The Maxwells

Sugar Ray Robinson, Ray McKinley, Molly Picon

Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn, Alan Young, Bobby Van

Helen Forrest, James Melton, Byron Nelson, Trini Reyes

Rise Stevens, Victor Borge, Byron Nelson, Eva Le Gallienne

Nancy Walker, Roberta Peters, Lucienne Boyer

Terry Thomas, Byron Nelson, Phil Spitalny Orchestra, Paul and Grace Hartman

Les Paul & Mary Ford, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Phil Spitalny

1950-51 Drama Critics Circle Awards, Claude Rains

Jane Froman, Harvey Stone, Bill Tabbert, Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy

Jane Froman, Jan Peerce, Jean Babilee, Nathalie Philippart

Ralph Bellamy, Vaughn Monroe, Marc Connelly

Billy De Wolfe, Pinky Lee, Marcia Van Dyke, Johnny Johnston, Eddie Arcaro

Robert Alda, Robert Shaw Chorale, Isabel Bigley, Menasha Skulnik

Johnny Desmond, Mimi Benzell, Ken Murray, Billy De Wolfe

Bunny Briggs, Anita Arros, Gino Bechi

Frankie Laine, Roberta Peters, Pinky Lee, Tucson Boys Chorus

Jan Peerce, Walter Abel, Bil Baird, Joyce Bryant

Arthur Godfrey, Pinky Lee, Pat Flick, Blanche Thebom

Pinky Lee, William Crawford, Smith & Dale

Robert Merrill, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Pat Rooney Sr.

Joan Halloway, Monica Moore, Georgie Kaye, Cass Franklin

Louis Prima, Lauritz Melchior, Bobby Sargent, The Dunhills

Robert Merrill, Jane Morgan, Jersey Joe Walcott

Yul Brynner, Cab Calloway, Rose Marie, Pinky Lee, Tony Fontane

Jeannette MacDonald, Gene Raymond, Peg Leg Bates

Johnny Johnston, Marcia Van Dyke, Will Masters Trio

Victor Borge, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Francis X. Bushman

Robert Alda, Isabel Bigley, Bobby Sargent, Eddie Mayehoff

The Oscar Hammerstein Story featuring Lena Horne, Wally Cox, Mimi Benzell, Robert Merrill, Charles Winninger

Carmen Miranda

Gene Autry / John Raitt & Dolores Gray

Phil Silvers, Toni Arden, Walter Darewahl, Lou Willis, Jr.

Edith Piaf / Pat O'Brien / Joe E. Lewis / Van Velts

ASCAP Story, Part 1

ASCAP Story, Part 2

A Night At Sophie Tucker's House

Pearl Bailey; Bill Bailey; Hilde Gueden; Nanci Crompton

Joe E. Lewis; Connie Russell; Harry Mimmo

Frankie Laine / Sugar Ray Robinson / Barry Fitzgerald / Alec Templeton / the Szonys

Bert Lahr / Art Carney / Delta Rhythm Boys / Mimi Benzell

Henry Fonda / Edith Piaf / Mario Del Monico / Harrison & Fisher

Les Paul & Mary Ford / Paul Lynde / Johnny Mize / "My Darling Aida" cast

Roberta Peters; Ronny Graham; Leslie Randall

Samuel Goldwyn Story Part 1 with Bob Hope; Danny Kaye; Eddie Cantor

"The Samuel Goldwyn Story" Part 2 w/ Frank Loesser

Hume Cronyn & Jessica Tandy; Sonja Henie

Gloria DeHaven; Bobby Clark; Ronny Graham; Phil Jones

Billy Eckstine; Bill Sears; Maria Riva; Mickey Deems.

Robert Taylor; Eleanor Parker; Margaret Sullavan; Guy Mitchell

Ed Wynn; Joni James; Margaret Brown

Ed Wynn / Patachou / Patricia Moran & Jack Cassidy / Mercedes McCambridge

Gary Cooper; Ted Lewis; The Harmonicats

The Life Story of Walt Disney

Bing Crosby; Gene Autry; Jimmy Boyd; Roberta Peters

John Forsythe; Debbie Reynolds; Donald O'Connor

Humphrey Bogart; June Allyson; Johnnie Ray ; Helen Gallagher

Richard Widmark; Victor Moore; Sam Levenson; Patachou

Harry James; Helen Kane; Gracie Fields; Paul Ritts; Mary Halliday

Debbie Reynolds; Rex Harrison; Lilli Palmer

The Harlem Globetrotters; Rise Stevens; Gertrude Lawrence (on film)

Susan Hayward & Charlton Heston; Gracie Fields

Lilli Palmer & Rex Harrison; Jane Powell

Jane Powell & Farley Granger; Nanette Fabray; Senor Wences

Clark Gable & Gene Tierney; Roberta Peters & Jan Peerce

Joe Louis / Mercedes McCambridge / Dany Dauberson / Joe Termini

Dorothy Lamour, Byron Nelson, The Goofers

The Josh Logan Story with Jimmy Stewart; Paul Newman; and others

Harry James, Millard Hopper, The Zippy Monkeys

Tony Martin; Myron Cohen; Joey Forman; Jose Greco

The Story of Marge and Gower Champion

The cast of "Arthur Godfrey & Friends"; Julius LaRosa; McGuire Sisters

Gracie Fields (guest host); Kay Starr; Jan Pierce; Jimmy Nelson

Tony Martin (guest host); Roberta Peters; Joey Forman

Victor Borge (guest host); Monica Lewis; Miss Universe contestants

Gordon MacRae (guest host); Jack Carter

Ralph Meeker (guest host); Ted Lewis; Connie Russell; Helen Gallagher

Van Heflin; Farley Granger; Joan McCracken; Rosemary Clooney

Henry Fonda; Joey Forman; the Zippy monkeys

Burt Lancaster; Jay Lawrence; Brucie Weil

Frankie Laine / Gene Nelson / Betty Dodd / Jimmy Boyd

Roberta Peters; the DeMarco Sisters; Landray and Vernon; Larry Lynn

Nanette Fabray / Wally Boag / Brooklyn Dodgers

David Seville & the Chipmunks (puppets) / Red Buttons / Patachou

Guests: --David Seville & the Chipmunks (The Bunin Puppets as the Chipmunks) - ""Comin' Round The Mountain"" & ""The Witch Doctor"" --Red Buttons - Thank Heaven For Little Girls"" --Patachou - ""Manege"" (in French) & ""All The Way"" --Dick Roman - ""Wagon Wheels"" & ""The Sound Of Music"" and, later in show, a medley of French songs: ""C'est Si Bon,"" ""April In Paris,"" ""Rigalle,"" ""Aupres De Ma Blonde"" & ""Poor People Of Paris"" --Jan Peerce - ""Vesti La Giubbia"" --The Ardrey Sisters (singers/dancers) - while seated, they tap dance as if they are typing and, later in show, they sing & tape dance to ""Mountain Music."" --Bob Hammond's Birds (cockatoos) - sketch where birds attack a fort --Rex William's Elephants (animal act, one elephant stands on backs of two others) --Rickie Layne & Velvel (ventriloquist doing variation of the ""Who's On First"" routine using band members instead of ball players) --Milbourne Christopher (magician) - does rope trick, then makes 10 people appear from a bo

Bob Newhart / Mickey Rooney / Danny Thomas / McGuire Sisters

Guests: --Bob Newhart (comedian) - does a monologue about an employee who releases all of his pent-up resentment at his retirement party. --Mickey Rooney & Joey Foreman (comedy sketch) - Rooney plays a drunken, inept Senator interviewed by reporter Forman. --Danny Thomas (stand-up routine: sings a little & tells jokes about marriage) --The McGuire Sisters - ""I Love You"" --The McGuire Sisters & the Kane Triplets - ""Kids"" (from ""Bye Bye Birdie""); ""Hound Dog"" excerpt, ""When the Saints Go Marching In"" & ""That Old Soft Shoe"" --Earl Grant (singer-organist) - ""Old Man River"" and ""El Cumbanchero"" --Harvest Moon Dancers (perform various dances: the rhumba, waltz, polka, jitterbug, and the fox trot) Audience bows: Roger Maris, Elston Howard, Whitey Ford; Bill ""Moose"" Skowron (of the New York Yankees); Wilma Rudolph (Olympic track star who won 3 gold metals); Marjorie Lord; Andy Griffith; Al Mingert (Mingert bows from stage). This episode was repeated 16-Jul-61.

scheduled: Johnny Mathis; Peggy Lee; the Dave Brubeck Quartet; Mort Sahl

Broadcast from San Francisco (the 1st in Sullivan's ""See America"" series): --Peggy Lee - ""I Love Being Here with You,"" ""Yes Indeed"" & ""Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)"" --Johnny Mathis --the Dave Brubeck Quartet --Mort Sahl --Dorothy Kirsten --The Limelighters Other guests (scheduled to appear): --Little Ginny Tiu --The San Francisco Boys Chorus

scheduled: Jack Carter; Gordon & Sheila MacRae; Crosby Bros.; Erroll Garner

Scheduled guests: --Jack Carter (comedian) --Gordon and Sheila MacRae (husband and wife musical-comedy duo) --The Crosby Brothers --Erroll Garner (jazz musician) --Eileen Farrell (soprano) --The Five Williams (juggling act)

From Chicago: Charlton Heston; Benny Goodman; Mahalia Jackson; Bob Newhart

Filmed in Chicago (the 2nd in Sullivan's ""See America"" series) Guests (from various Chicago sites): --Charlton Heston at Northwestern University. Ed talks with Heston about his days at Northwestern. Heston recites the Carl Sandburg poem ""Chicago."" --Mahalia Jackson (gospel singer) sings ""How Great Thou Art"" to group of children. --Benny Goodman (clarinetist) - ""Running Wild"" and, at the Art Institute, plays with Chicago's Fine Arts String Quartet. --Bob Newhart (stand-up comedy routine: school for bus drivers, Chicago) Segment probably filmed at Loyola University. --Edgar Bergen (ventriloquist, with Charlie McCarthy) - Bergen wears a Viking helmet while they tell a story about the Vikings. --Delores Gray (musical-comedy star) - ""Alexander's Ragtime Band"" --The Swe-Danes (vocal-instrumental trio) - ""The Swe-Dane Shuffle"" and ""Cukoo Bird"" -- Medinan Black Horse Troop (Black Horse Guards) - equestrian troupe ride in a formation parade. Throughout the program Sullivan vi

Dick Van Dyke / Chita Rivera / Shirley Bassey

Scenes from ""Bye Bye Birdie"" (Broadway cast): --Trio of teenage girls sing ""We Love You Conrad"" (joined by Dick Van Dyke) --Dick Van Dyke sings ""Put on A Happy Face"" (song & dance number with teenage girl) --Chita Rivera - ""Spanish Rose"" (song and dance number) Other guests: --Walter Pidgeon (actor) and Beatrice Lillie - ""Bored"" (""Bored People"") --Beatrice Lillie - ""Little White Bull"" --John Wayne - promotes the film ""The Alamo"" --Shirley Bassey (British singer) - ""S'wonderful"" & ""The Party's Over"" --Rowan & Martin (comedy team) - routine where an alcoholic tries to stop drinking --Sam Levenson (stand-up comedian) - routine about a school teacher --The Le Bully Trio (German novelty act) - German clown act

Jerry Lewis / Connie Francis / Sophie Tucker

Guests: --Jerry Lewis (comedian) - stand-up comedy segment includes a bit with Ed. (Jerry is trying to teach Ed more lively ways to host the show and introduce the guests.) --Connie Francis - ""Many Tears Ago"" & ""Mamala"" (Jewish song, might not be the correct spelling) --Sophie Tucker --The Kim Sisters (a vocal-instrumental trio from Korea) --Ford and Reynolds (comedy team) --The Carere (Caesar?) Brothers

scheduled: Tony Martin; Anna Maria Alberghetti; Shecky Greene

Scheduled guests: --Tony Martin --Anna Maria Alberghetti --Shecky Greene (comedian) --Birgit Nilsson (opera singer) --Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) --The 1960 All-America Football Team (selected by the American Football Coaches Association)

Jackie Wilson / Mort Sahl / Jane Morgan

Guests: --Jackie Wilson - ""To Be Loved,"" ""Lonely Teardrops"" & ""Alone At Last"" --Mort Sahl (stand-up comedian) - makes comments about JFK; U.S. foreign policy; the Korean War, time spent in a Veterans clinic; NYC police; and Charles Van Doren --Jane Morgan - ""I Gave My Love a Cherry"" & ""Kisses Sweeter Than Wine"" (and possibly ""Riddle Song"" & ""It Takes Love"") --Joyce Flissler - ""Melodie"" (classical violinist plays Tchaikovsky) --Joselito (10 year old Spanish singer) - ""Alegrias"" & ""Violino Tzgana"" (correct song titles?) --Barney Lee (Hawaiian fire dancer / juggler) --Rickie Layne & Velvel (ventriloquist act, doing Sinclair Lewis & ""Mutiny On the Bounty"" bit) --Rod Alexander and Carmen G. (dance team) - couple dances to records: ""Hoedown,"" ""Theme From 'The Apartment'"" & ""Hucklebuck."" Audience bows: Colleen Dewhurst (star of Broadway's ""All the Way Home""); Ailene MacMahon

scheduled: Teresa Brewer; Myron Cohen; Billy Eckstine; Guy Marks

Scheduled guests: --Teresa Brewer (singer) --Myron Cohen (comedian) --Guy Marks (comedian) --Billy Eckstine (singer) --Brascia and Tybee (dance team) --Pompoff Thedy and family (clown trio) --The Swe-Danes (a vocal and instrumental trio from Scandinavia)

Mahalia Jackson / Roger Williams / Jack Carter / Hal March / Limeliters

Guests: --Roger Williams (pianist) - ""Flight Of the Bumblebee"" & ""O Come All Ye Faithful"" --Mahalia Jackson - ""Sweet Little Jesus Boy"" and ""By His Word"" --Hal March & Tom D' Andrea - Army skit: two pals discuss their life in the service --Jack Carter (stand-up comedy routine: show biz & social criticism) --The Limeliters - ""There's A Meeting Here Tonight"" & When I Came To This Land"" (with solo by Glenn Yarborough) --Trude Adams - ""Look Where You're Going"" (sings to a puppet) --Coco The Chimp (Chimp act) - Chimp in army uniform performs military stances. --Phil Ford & Mimi Hines (husband & wife comedy team) - play a British couple, Reggie & Cynthia, they sing ""Wherever We Go"" Finale: Roger Williams, other guests, & Ed sing ""Santa Claus Is Coming To Town""

Desi Arnaz, The Sound of Music Cast

scheduled: Tammy Grimes; Earl Grant; George Jessel

Scheduled guests: --Tammy Grimes (musical-comedy performer, from Broadway's ""The Unsinkable Molly Brown"") --Dick Haymes and Fran Jeffries (husband-and-wife entertainers) --George Jessel (comedian) --Earl Grant (singer-organist)

Bob Newhart / Bob & Ray / Sal Mineo / Damita Jo

--show opening --Gogi Grant - sings a medley of songs from ""Gypsy"" --Dewey Pigmeat Martin (comedian) - does a lemon under the table routine --Robert Goulet - ""By Myself"" (or possibly ""C'est Moi"") from ""Camelot"" (Goulet not in costume.) --Bob and Ray (comedy team) - talk about old radio days, man on the street routine, Bob interviews Ray in audience. --Damita Jo - ""It's Too Soon to Know"" --Bob Newhart (comedian) - classic submarine routine --Iran Janbez (acrobatic duo) --Sullivan introduces Sal Mineo by giving background information on the actor, mentions Israel and the movie ""Exodus"" --Sal Mineo - reads from Exodus Chapter 15 --Robert Goulet - ""If Ever I Would Leave You"" from ""Camelot"" --Audience bow: Joe Pasternak --closing titles

scheduled: Belafonte Folk Singers; Edgar Bergen; Don Adams

Scheduled guests: --The Belafonte Folk Singers --Edgar Bergen (vertriloquist) --The McGuire Sisters (singers) - ""Run, Run, Run"" --Don Adams (comedian) - does a magic act --Sam Levene (actor) - reads ""How Tevya Became a Dairyman,"" a Sholom Aleichem story. --Joselito (13-year-old Spanish singer) - ""Little Carousel"" & ""Ave Maria"" (Joselito's 2nd Sullivan appearance) --Augie and Margo (dancers) --Princess Trajana (trapeze performer)

Carmen McRae / scheduled: Carol Channing; Nat King Cole

--Carmen McRae (singer) - performs ""Isn't It Romantic"" and ""Comes Love"" Other guests (scheduled to appear): --Nat King Cole (singer) --Carol Channing (musical-comedy star) --Ferrante and Teicher (piano duo) --Hank and David (teenage singing duo) --Guy Marks (comedian) --Wally Boag (comedian) --Roberto Iglesias (dancer with his company of Spanish dancers)

Dorothy Dandridge / George Jessel / Pete Fountain / Barry Sisters / Errol Garner

Guests: --Dorothy Dandrige (actress-singer) - ""Lonely Little Lady In The Dark,"" ""Everytime"" & ""Somebody"" --George Jessel - tells jokes & sings ""Toot Toot Tootsie"" (Al Jolsen style) --Pete Fountain (clarinet player with his jazz quartet) - ""I Got Rhythm"" --Errol Garner (jazz pianist w/combo) - ""Solitaire"" & ""It's All Right With Me"" --Tommy Noonan and Peter Marshall (comedy team) - bar sketch with a hung over man with the shakes. (Peter Marshall from the ""Hollywood Squares"") --Cesare Siepi (opera singer) - singes from the Neapolitan Festival --The Barry Sisters (singers) - ""Ciao, Ciao"" & ""Bambino"" (in Italian & English) --Mira Brassfield & Doris Fuchs (olympic gymnasts doing a parallel bar routine) --Boy Scouts recite oath --Hugh Lambert Dancers (regulars doing a modern dance number) --Audience bows: Joey Ray, Abe Lasgow, Gene Delmont --On film: scenes from the movie ""The Misfits"" with Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift.

Henry Fonda / Peggy Lee / Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks / Paul Anka

Guests include: --Paul Anka (singer) - ""The Story of My Love,"" ""Somebody Loves Me"" and ""Each Day is Valentine's Day"" --Henry Fonda (actor) - reads two Abraham Lincoln speeches --The Wanderers (doo wop vocal quartet) - sings ""Shad Rack"" and an Israeli song ""Where Can I Go"" --Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks (comedians) --Claude Thompson and Carmen de Lavallade (dancers) - perform John Butler's conception of ""Willow Weep for Me"" --Peggy Lee (singer) - ""Winter Weather,"" ""Why Don't You Do Right"" and 1 more song (title unknown) --Myron Cohen (stand-up comedian) --Audience bows: Jimmy Durante & his wife Margie Little.

Lucille Ball / Rowan & Martin / Wayne & Shuster / Jack Carter

--Lucille Ball and Paula Steward sing ""Hey, Look Me Over,"" a song they performed together in the Broadway play ""Wildcat."" --Wayne And Schuster (comedy team, doing their ""Dead Eye"" routine set in saloon. Ed Sullivan plays Dead Eye). --Rowan and Martin (comedy team doing a diet doctor routine) --Jack Carter (comedian, sings ""Sing You Sinners"" and does beatnik jokes & a flamingo dance) --Leon Bib (folk singer) - ""The Ox Driver"" and ""Maria"" --The Bill Black Combo (instrumental group, former back-up group to Elvis) - instrumental medley: ""Don't Be Cruel,"" ""Cherry Pink"" & ""Hearts Of Stone"" --Lisa Carroll - ""Language Of Love"" --Sondra Lee & Buzz Miller (dancers) - modern jazz routine (with back-up dancers) --Justin Wilson (Cajun storyteller)

scheduled: Spike Jones; Henny Youngman; Frank Gorshin; Shari Lewis

Scheduled guests: --Frank Gorshin (comedian) --Dolores Gray (musical-comedy star) --Spike Jones (bandleader-comedian) --Shari Lewis (puppeteer) --The Piero Brothers (jugglers) --Blossom Seeley --Henny Youngman (comedian)

Louis Armstrong, Bob Newhart

The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem

Salute to Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe: Julie Andrews; Richard Burton

Salute to Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe. Guests: --Lerner & Lowe - perform a medley of their tunes including ""How to Handle a Woman"" --Julie Andrews - ""Wouldn't It Be Loverly"" (production number with cast from ""My Fair Lady"") --Julie Andrews - ""I Could Have Danced All Night"" --Charles Victor - ""With a Little Bit of Luck"" --Julie Andrews & Richard Burton - ""What Do the Simple Folk Do?"" (from ""Camelot"") --Richard Burton - ""Camelot"" --Julie Andrews & Robert Goulet - ""Almost Like Being in Love"" (from ""Brigadoon"") --Robert Goulet - ""Gigi"" and ""They Call the Wind Maria"" --Manolo Fabregas - ""Por Que No Aprenden?"" (Spanish version of ""Why Can't the English?"") --On film: Maurice Chevalier and Hermione Gingold - ""I Remember It Well"" (clip from the movie ""Gigi"")

scheduled: Della Reese; Johnny Carson; Alfred Drake

Scheduled guests: --Della Reese (singer) --Johnny Carson (comedian) --Erroll Garner (jazz pianist) --Alfred Drake (musical-comedy star) --Joan Holloway (dancer) --Tony Pastor with sons Tony Jr. and Guy (vocal and instrumental group)

Charlton Heston / Roger Williams / Anita Bryant / Dick Roman

Guests: --Charlton Heston (actor) - dramatic Biblical reading: ""Passion Of Our Lord"" --Roger Williams (pianist) - ""Abide with Me."" Later in show, ""I Love You Truly"" & ""Sweethearts"" medley. --Dick Roman (singer) - ""April In Paris"" --Leontyne Price - Lord's Prayer"" and ""Vissi D'arte"" (second song in Italian) --Anita Bryant (singer) - Spring medley --The Baird Puppets with puppeteer Bill Baird - Puppet playing ""Easter Parade"" on piano. --Evana Lein (from the ""Sound of Music"" play) - ""Finding the Magic Easter Egg"" production number. --Russ Burgess Birds (performing birds) - Birds doing tricks: riding on mini Ferris wheel & railroad train.

scheduled: Jan Peerce; Corbett Monica; Smith & Dale

Scheduled guests: --Jan Peerce (tenor) --Corbett Monica (comedian) --Julie Wilson (singer) --Smith and Dale (comedy team) --The First Percussion Sextet --Kimo Lee and the Modernasians --Rickie Layne (ventriloquist act)

Pearl Bailey / Jerry Orbach / Anna Maria Alberghetti / George Kirby

Guests: --Pearl Bailey - ""New Shoes"" (more comedy than singing) & ""I Can't Give You Anything But Love"" --Pearl Bailey & Carmen De Lavallade - ""Two Ladies In De Shade Of De Banana Tree"" --Anna Maria Alberghetti - ""Yes My Heart"" (from the Broadway musical ""Carnival"") --Anna Maria Alberghetti - ""Come Back To Sorrento"" (in Italian) --Jerry Orbach - ""Her Face"" (from the Broadway musical ""Carnival"") --Jack Carter (stand-up comedian) --George Kirby (comedian) - does impressions of Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Gary Cooper, Pearl Bailey, and Ed Sullivan --Sandy Stewart (singer) - ""After You've Gone"" --Hugh Lambert Dancers (6 Male Jazz Dancers On Gymnasium set) --The Dandy Brothers (two clowns from Italy) --Audience bows: Mrs. Babe Ruth & Clair Ruth

Harpo Marx; Allen & Rossi; Dick Haymes & Fran Jeffries

Scheduled guests: --Harpo Marx --Steve Rossi and Marty Allen (comedy team) --Buddy Greco (singer) --Dick Haymes and Fran Jeffries (husband & wife musical comedy team) --Brascia and Tybee (dance team) --Richardi (magician) --Timmie Rogers (comedian) --Marisol (15-year-old singer)

scheduled: Dizzy Gillespie; Rowan & Martin; McGuire Sisters; Eileen Farrell

Scheduled guests: --Dizzy Gillespie --Rowan & Martin --The McGuire Sisters --Eileen Farrell

scheduled: Al Hirt; Rosemary Clooney; Earl Grant

Guests: --Al Hirt (jazz musician) --Rosemary Clooney (singer) --Myron Cohen (comedian) --Earl Grant (singer-organist) --The Crosby Brothers (singers) --Wisa O'Orso (dancer) --The Amazing Mr. Ballantine (comic magician) --The Elkin Sisters (balancing act) --The Marquis Chimps CBS repeated this show on Aug. 20, 1961.

scheduled: Teresa Brewer; Gene Barry; Three Stooges

Scheduled guests: --Teresa Brewer - ""Silver in My Mother's Hair"" & ""Milord"" --Gene Barry (from ""Bat Masterson"") --Teresa Brewer & Gene Barry - ""Hills of Old Kentucky"" --The Three Stooges (comedy team) --Richard Tucker (opera singer) - ""Nessun dorma"" --Pete Fountain's jazz group --The Idlers (US Coast Guard vocal group) - ""Sea Chanties"" --Adam Keefe (comedian) --Larry Griswold (acrobatic comedian)

Jerry Lewis / Sandy Stewart / Phil Harris

Guests (broadcast from the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas): --Sandy Stewart sings ""Some of These Days"" --Rudy Cardenas (juggler from Mexico) --Michelle & Michael (high divers / arial artists) - perform a high wire act over a huge pool --Slap Dancers - humorous dance routine with German  ethnic dancers slapping each other while dancing. --Mac Ronay (French mime / magician) - does rope tricks --Japanese cyclist - woman does a balancing act on a bike --Phil Harris sings ""Preacher"" & ""The Bear"" (with the Jubliee Four) --The Jubilee Four (gospel quartet) - ""Old Time Religion"" --Audience bows: the Crosby Brothers; Jack Benny and Jerry Lewis --Jerry Lewis - following his audience bow, Lewis runs on stage and does a stand-up comedy routine: he makes fun of Ed Sullivan; tells jokes about folk singers and rock 'n' roll music (he mentions his son's band ""Gary and the Playboys""); and sings ""Mammy"" (Al Jolson's signature song).

Jackie Wilson / Sophia Loren / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane

Guests: --Jackie Wilson - ""For Me And My Gal"" & ""I'm Coming Back To You"" --Sophia Loren - appears live on stage to promote ""Two Women"" (stills & clip from the film are shown). --Don Adams (comedian, does an umpire routine) --Tammy Grimes - ""I Ain't Down Yet"" & ""Dolce Far Niente"" (both songs from ""The Unsinkable Molly Brown"" --Abbe Lane - ""Never On Sunday "" --Xavier Cugat & Orchestra - ""Jungle Concerto"" (with 2 dancers) --Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane - ""The Pachanga"" --Roberta Peters - Aria From ""Lucia Di Lammermoor"" --Guy Marks - opera sketch --Dick Albershart (acrobat) appears twice in show doing a comic trampoline act --Audience bow: Mrs. Lou Gehrig

scheduled: Roger Williams; Mort Sahl; the Limeliters

Scheduled guests: --Roger Williams (pianist) --Mort Sahl (comedian) --The Limeliters (vocal & instrumental group) --The Amandis (a tumbling act)

Mahalia Jackson / Jack Carter / Delores Gray / Mike Clifford

Guests: --Mahalia Jackson - ""Come On Children Let's Sing"" & ""Rock Of Ages"" --Delores Gray - Summer stock medley: ""C'est Magnifique"" and ""You Can't Get A Man with A Gun"" (with 4 dancers) --Mike Clifford - ""Pretty Little Girl"" & ""At Last"" --Jack Carter (stand-up comedian) --Tito Guizar (singer) - medley of Mexican Songs --Tito & Lilia Guizar - ""Tic Tac"" --Mickey Wright (female golf pro, swings golf club on stage) --Georgio Tozzi (opera singer, spelled ""Georgio Caty"" on transcript) - ""I've Got Plenty Of Nothing"" --Dick Weston (ventriloquist with two dummies) --Rola And Rolan (acrobatic balancing act) --Burger's Animals (trained animal act) - dogs & monkey ride pony, boxing dogs, other dog tricks --Sabor V (huge robot on stage) - robot shakes hands with Ed & says they look alike. --On stage bow: Eleanor Powell

scheduled: Connie Francis; Al Hirt; Robert Goulet

Scheduled guests: --Connie Francis (singer) --Al Hirt (trumpeter, with his combo) --Robert Goulet (musical-comedy star) --Joe E. Lewis (comedian) --Charlie Manna (comedian) --Rosarie and Tony (novelty animal act)

scheduled: Nancy Walker; Nancy Dussault; Earl Grant; Conrad Buckner

Scheduled guests: --Nancy Walker (comedian) --Nancy Dussault (singer) --Earl Grant (singer-organist) --Conrad Buckner (tap dancer) --Sam Levenson (comedian) --Peter Palmer (singer) --Lisa Carroll (singer) --Necker's Dalmations (animal act)

Louis Armstrong / Teresa Brewer / Myron Cohen / Joan Halloway

Guests: --Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra - ""Sleepy Time Down South,"" ""Up A Lazy River,"" ""Ole Miss"" & ""Bill Bailey"" (last 2 songs with combo on stage, without orchestra). --Teresa Brewer - World War One production number: ""Smile, Smile, Smile,"" ""Till We Meet Again,"" ""Over There,"" ""My Buddy"" & ""How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm?"" --Teresa Brewer (later in show) - ""Bidin' My Time"" --Rowan & Martin (comedy team doing a hotel sketch: Rowan wants to sleep, Martin wants to watch TV) --James Hurst (musical-comedy star) - ""Joey"" --Myron Cohen (stand-up comedian) --Joan Halloway (singer-dancer) - ""The Real American Folk Song"" --Little, Dane & Masou (comedy trio) - ""How Can You Believe Me,"" ""How-De-Doo"" & ""She Used to be My Girl"" --Chop Chop And Charlene (illusion act, magician blows knot out of handkerchief and, later in show, makes a chicken disappear & reappear in flaming pan)

scheduled: Phyllis Diller; the Brothers Four; Joey Adams; Felicia Sanders

Scheduled guests: --Phyllis Diller (comedian) --The Brothers Four (vocal group) - ""My Little John Henry"" --Felicia Sanders - sings a medley from ""My Fair Lady"" --Joey Adams (comedian) --Al Kelly (comedian) --Timmie Rogers (comedian) --Gali Gali (magician) --Gail Horner (baton twirler) --The Domenechs (balancing act) --On film: a clip from the movie ""Goodbye Again""

Eddie Fisher / Al Hirt / Mickey Mantle & Whitney Ford

Guests (15th Season Opener): --Eddie Fisher --Al Hirt and his combo --Mickey Mantle and Whitney Ford (of the New York Yankees) - give tips for young baseball players --Bill Dana (comedian, in character as ""Jose Jimenez"") --Jack Carter --Sonny Liston Additional guests (scheduled to appear): --Joya Sherrill (singer) --Leo Bassi (juggler) --The winners of the Harvest Moon Ball dance contest

scheduled: Paul Anka; Vaughn Meader; Yolanda White

Scheduled guests: --Paul Anka - ""The Longest Day"" & ""Eso Beso"" --Dennis Spicer (ventriloquist) --Yolanda White (singer) --Peter Duchin (pianist) --Maury Wills (shortstop) and Walter Alston (manager) - both from the Los Angeles Dodgers --Denny Willis and his comedy quarter (comedy troupe?) --Dick Albers (trampoline artist)

scheduled: Connie Francis; Louis Prima; Jerry Van Dyke

Scheduled guests: --Connie Francis --Louis Prima (with Sam Butera & the Witnesses) --Jerry Van Dyke (comedian) --Sergio Franchi (tenor) --Lee Allen (pantomimist) --The Kuban Cossacks (dance group) --Maryse Begary (aerialist)

scheduled: Cliff Richard, Kate Smith; Wayne & Schuster; Rip Taylor

Guests (confirmed): --Kate Smith --Rip Taylor (comedian) Additional guests (scheduled to appear): --Cliff Richard (British singer) --Wayne & Schuster (comedy team) --Dave Barry (comedian) --Chan Canasta (magician) --Captain Danion and his sea lions

Louis Prima / Jackie Mason / Steve Allen

Guests: --Louis Prima, Gia Maione & Sam Butera - ""Oh Marie"" & ""I Want You To Be My Baby"" --Gia Maione - ""How High The Moon"" Other guests: --Helen Shapiro - ""I Don't Care"" & ""After You've Gone"" --Steve Allen - comedy sketch: ""You Bet Your Bird"" take off on game shows and, later in show, Steve teaches Ed to how to play the piano. --Acker Bilk (with the Hugh Lambert Dancers) - ""Acker's Lacquer"" --Jackie Mason (comedy monologue about luxury apartments, the incinerator) --Norman And Dean (comedians, lip-synch to Allen Sherman's song ""Sarah Jackman"") --Sergio Franchi - ""Funiculi, Funicula"" & ""What Kind Of Fool Am I"" --Lucho Navvaro (sound impressionist, imitates Cape Canaveral, Indianapolis 500, the World Series, Queen Of England) Audience bows: Joe Kern; Y. A. Tittle; Norm Snead; Byron Gentry

Tribute to Richard Rodgers with Peggy Lee; Diahann Carroll; Roberta Peters

Tribute to Richard Rodgers (broadcast from Carnegie Hall): Rodgers & Hart songs: --Peggy Lee - ""Mountain Greenery"" (with 50 piece orchestra) --Peggy Lee & Steve Lawrence - ""Manhattan"" --Steve Lawrence - ""With a Song in My Heart"" --Diahann Carroll - ""Little Girl Blue"" --Roberta Peters - ""Falling in Love with Love"" --Cesare Siepi - ""Where or When?"" --Peter Nero (piano player) - ""Slaughter on Tenth Avenue"" Songs from Rogers and Hammerstein shows: --Peggy Lee - ""It Might as Well be Spring"" (from ""State Fair"") & ""Younger Than Springtime"" (""South Pacific"") Note: Another source listed Steve Lawrence as singing ""Younger Than Springtime."" --Gordon MacRae - ""If I Loved You"" (from ""Carrousel""), ""Oklahoma,"" ""Surrey with the Fringe on Top"" & ""Beautiful Morning"" (all from ""Oklahoma"") --Gordon MacRae & Roberta Peters - ""Shall We Dance"" (from ""King and I"") --Steve Lawrence, Cesari Siepi & Gordon Macrae - There's Nothing Like A Dame --Roberta Peters - ""Wonderful Guy"" (f

scheduled: Robert Goulet; Phyllis McGuire; Rowan & Martin

Scheduled guests: --Robert Goulet - ""You Stepped Out of a Dream"" & ""Don't Be Afraid of Romance"" --Phyllis McGuire (of the McGuire Sisters) and Robert Goulet - ""Darn It, Baby, That's Love"" --Rowan & Martin (comedy team) --Senor Wences (ventriloquist) --Jerry Shane (comedian) --Charlie Cairoli and Paul (Paul Freedman?) - comedy duo --The Five Olanders (tumblers)

Van Johnson / Kaye Stevens / Paul Lynde / Bob Lewis

Guests: --Van Johnson - ""Nice Work If You Can Get It"" --Kaye Stevens - ""Hey, Look Me Over"" and ""My Man"" --Kaye Stevens, Paul Lynde & Dick Contino - sing comedic song about ""Tune In And You'll See Our Shows On TV"" --Paul Lynde (comedy act, plays Carl Cankerin who has just come back from Africa bruised and broken up). --Barbados Police Band (performs medley) --Vern And Betty (limbo dancers) --Bob Lewis (stand-up routine, plays banjo & tells jokes) --Gabriella Tucci (opera singer) - ""Visi D'arte"" --Dick Contino - ""Exodus"" (on accordion) --Max And Sheri (acrobatic comedy team) On film: Royal Command performance for Women in International Show Business. Scenes of Queen Elizabeth & the Duke Arriving, passing along line of performers, Eartha Kitt, Bob Hope, Sophie Tucker, others. Audience bows: Sophie Tucker (later appears on stage); Alex Webster (from the New York Giants)

Tony Bennett / Rosemary Clooney / Jackie Mason / Jack Carter

Guests: --Rosemary Clooney - ""Limehouse Blues"" and ""Sleepytime Gal"" --Tony Bennett - medley: ""Just In Time,"" ""I Left My Heart in San Francisco"" & ""Sing You Sinners"" --Jackie Mason (stand-up comedian) - Jackie shows Ed how he should do his show. He does a comedy monologue later in the show. --Jack Carter (stand-up comedian, tells stories) --Charlie Cairoli and company (comedy team) - One person (Charlie Cairoli?) is dressed like Charlie Chaplin while another man plays clarinets. --Zoni & Nancy Claire (ballet dancers) --Leonard Sues (trumpet player) - plays an assortment of classic songs by Henry Busey, Clyde Mccoy, Louis Armstrong. --Hugh Lambert Dancers - ""My Pretty Girl"" Roaring 20's production number. --Audience bows: Anthony Quinn; Milt Plum & Gale Cogdill (Detroit Lions football players); Mauro Nino (boxer from Peru) Scheduled to appear: --Bob Lewis

Pearl Bailey / Al Hirt / Phil Foster / Pat Henry

Guests (confirmed): --Pearl Bailey --Al Hirt and his combo --Phil Foster --Bill Dana (comedian) --Pat Henry (comedian) Additional guests (scheduled to appear): --Jerome Hines (bassist) --Maya Plisetskaya (prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet dances ""The Dying Swan"") --Rinat choir of Israel --TV Guide's All-American Football Team

Four Seasons / Peggy Lee / Anthony Newley / Jose Greco

Guests (info taken from various sources): --The Four Seasons - ""Big Girls Don't Cry"" --Peggy Lee - ""The Best Is Yet to Come,"" ""Nice and Easy,"" ""Close Your Eyes,"" ""Like Someone in Love"" & ""I'm a Woman"" --Anthony Newley (musical-comedy star) --Jose Greco (dancer, appearing with his Spanish dance troupe) --Joey Forman (comedian) --George Matson (impressionist - record mimic) --Dominique (French pickpocket expert) --Alan Gale (comedian, scheduled guest)

Barbra Streisand / Liberace / Clancy Brothers

Guests: --Barbra Streisand - ""My Coloring Book"" and ""Lover Come Back to Me"" --Liberace - ""Moon River"" and ""Mack the Knife"" --The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem (Irish folk-singing group) - ""Gypsy Rover"" & ""South Australia"" --Russ Lewis (ventriloquist, with dummy ""Clarence"") - Lewis tries to coach Clarence on how to tell a joke --Linon (Belgian clown, frets over having to walk a tightrope) --Audience bow: YA Tittle of the New York Giants Additional guests (not on PBS repeat, but scheduled to appear): --Xavier Cugat and Abbe Lane --Victor Julian's dog act --The Goans (trampoline act from Mexico)

From Guantanamo Naval Base: Connie Francis / Louis Armstrong

From Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba: --Connie Francis - ""Who's Sorry Now,"" ""Bye Bye Love,"" ""Your Cheating Heart"" and ""Someday You'll Want Me to Want You"" --Louis Armstrong and his band - ""Blueberry Hill,"" ""Mack the Knife,"" ""Indiana,"" ""Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen"" and ""Sleepy Time Gal"" --Carol Lawrence - ""Skaking the Blues Away"" and ""A Bushel and a Peck"" --Jack Carter (comedian) --Frank Fontaine (comedian) --George Carl (comedy pantomimist)