The Best Episodes of The Ed Sullivan Show Season 14

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

   S14:E19/25/1960

   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

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   #2 - Bob Newhart / Mickey Rooney / Danny Thomas / McGuire Sisters

   S14:E210/2/1960

   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.

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

   S14:E310/16/1960

   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

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

   S14:E410/23/1960

   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)

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

   S14:E511/6/1960

   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

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   #6 - Dick Van Dyke / Chita Rivera / Shirley Bassey

   S14:E611/13/1960

   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

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   #7 - Jerry Lewis / Connie Francis / Sophie Tucker

   S14:E711/20/1960

   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

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   #8 - scheduled: Tony Martin; Anna Maria Alberghetti; Shecky Greene

   S14:E811/27/1960

   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)

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   #9 - Jackie Wilson / Mort Sahl / Jane Morgan

   S14:E912/4/1960

   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

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    #10 - scheduled: Teresa Brewer; Myron Cohen; Billy Eckstine; Guy Marks

    S14:E1012/11/1960

    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)

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    #11 - Mahalia Jackson / Roger Williams / Jack Carter / Hal March / Limeliters

    S14:E1112/18/1960

    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""

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    #12 - Desi Arnaz, The Sound of Music Cast

    S14:E1212/24/1960

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    #13 - scheduled: Tammy Grimes; Earl Grant; George Jessel

    S14:E131/1/1961

    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)

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    #14 - Bob Newhart / Bob & Ray / Sal Mineo / Damita Jo

    S14:E141/8/1961

    --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

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    #15 - scheduled: Belafonte Folk Singers; Edgar Bergen; Don Adams

    S14:E151/22/1961

    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)

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    #16 - Carmen McRae / scheduled: Carol Channing; Nat King Cole

    S14:E161/29/1961

    --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)

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    #17 - Dorothy Dandridge / George Jessel / Pete Fountain / Barry Sisters / Errol Garner

    S14:E172/5/1961

    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.

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

    S14:E182/12/1961

    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.

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    #19 - Lucille Ball / Rowan & Martin / Wayne & Shuster / Jack Carter

    S14:E192/19/1961

    --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)

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    #20 - scheduled: Spike Jones; Henny Youngman; Frank Gorshin; Shari Lewis

    S14:E202/26/1961

    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)

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    #21 - Louis Armstrong, Bob Newhart

    S14:E213/2/1961

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    #22 - The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem

    S14:E223/9/1961

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

    S14:E233/19/1961

    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"")

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    #24 - scheduled: Della Reese; Johnny Carson; Alfred Drake

    S14:E243/26/1961

    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)

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    #25 - Charlton Heston / Roger Williams / Anita Bryant / Dick Roman

    S14:E254/2/1961

    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.

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