Sun, Aug 9, 1959
Jane Russell sings "Say It Isn't So". Jane Russell and her brother Kevin sing a duet. Toni Arden sings "Non Dimenticar". Toni Arden and her brother Jan Arden sing"Ain't She Sweet," "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" and "Pigalle". Keefe Brasselle plays a song and does impressions of Al Jolson, Jimmy Durante, and Eddie Cantor. Shecky Greene performs a comedy routine and jokes with Ed Sullivan (who appears on stage throughout most of the routine). Shecky then impersonates a German coed. Sabicas performs on the flamenco guitar. Helene and Howard add slapstick comedy to their dance routine. The Martin Brothers perform their flaming club routine with the lights out. Miss Mara (trapeze artist) and the Shaller Brothers (jugglers on a trampoline), perform on stage.
Sun, Sep 20, 1959
Special 90-minute episode (live from New York and Chicago with a taped sequence from Las Vegas). Louis Armstrong with his band perform "When the Saints Go Marching In," "Sleepy Time Down South," "Back Home in Indiana" and "Now You Has Jazz". Eileen Farrell (opera singer) sings "S Wonderful" (with Armstrong and band). Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) perform a Shakespeare Baseball Sketch. Performances by Rosemary Clooney (singer); The Kim Sisters (vocal-instrumental trio from Korea); Ford and Hines (comedy team); The Joe Slack Trio (comedy team); The Great Gogia Pasha (magician from India); appearances by the Chicago White Sox baseball stars Luis Aparicio, Nelson Fox, Jim Landis, Sherman Lollar, Bob Shaw and Early Wynn.
Sun, Sep 27, 1959
Special 90-minute episode taped in and around Moscow with guest stars Marge and Gower Champion (dancers); Rise Stevens (mezzo-soprano opera singer) sings "Getting to Know You"; The Barry Sisters (vocal group) sing "Dark Eyes"; Charles K. L. Davis (Hawaiian tenor) sings "He Ono"; Margaret Tynes (gospel singer) sings "Every Time I Feel the Spirit" and "Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child"; Dick Contino (accordion player) performs "Hucklebuck"; Eddy Manson (harmonica player) performs a Stephen Foster medley; performances by Conrad Buckner (tap dancer); Nora Kaye and Scott Douglas (ballet dancers); Marvin Roy (magician); John and Bonnie Shirley (balloon act); Hubert Castle (tight-wire aerialist); Eric Brenn (plate spinner). Russian performers: The Red Army Dance Ensemble; the Obratsov Puppets; a trained bear from the Moscow State Circus.
Sun, Oct 4, 1959
Jane Morgan, Julius LaRosa and Eartha Kitt perform an "Ode to Autumn" medley of "September in the Rain," "Autumn Leaves" and "September Song". Eartha Kitt sings "Torah Dance (Ki M'Tzion)"and "In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down." Jane Morgan sings "I'm in Love (recitation) and "C'est La Vie." Julius LaRosa sings "A Fine Romance" and "The Way You Look Tonight." Danny Thomas (remote from Chicago) sings "The Glory of Love." and performs a stand-up comedy routine including jokes about maids, bellboys, Lebanese jokes (being of Lebanese decent), and Dean Martin. Joe E. Lewis (comedian) tells jokes about gambling, money, insurance policies, President Eisenhower, Senator Kennedy, Vice-president Nixon, etc. Bernie Berns does a spoof of operas. The Marquis Chimps (trained animal act) dress up as Ed Sullivan and perform on bicycles, unicycles and small motorbike. Also appearing: Harvest Moon dancers (winners from different categories of waltz, rock 'n' roll, tango, polka). The Trio Rayros (acrobats from Europe) use luggage as props.
Sun, Oct 11, 1959
Ethel Merman sings "I'm Glad There Is You" (from "Gypsy") and "There'll Be Some Changes Made". On film: Ed Sullivan interviews Mario Lanza. Sheila MacRae sings "Plaza-0 Double 4 Double 3" (from "Bells Are Ringing"). Gordon MacRae sings "I Met A Girl". Sheila and Gordon MacRae sing "Just In Time" (from "Bells Are Ringing") and the married couple do some celebrity impersonations. Larry Blyden appears in a scene from the live TV drama "What Makes Sammy Run?" and, later in show, sings "Carolina in The Morning" (from "The Flower Drum Song"). Performances from Shelley Berman (stand-up comedian); Margi Lee (ice skating routine); Les Marrottes (French puppet act with snail and worm); The Lucky Latinos (comedy dance acrobatics); Antone and Curtis (comedy: Ed Sullivan impersonation; drunken airline pilot sketch; they sing "Whole World In His Hands").
Sun, Oct 18, 1959
Harry Belafonte (on film) sings "Jamaica Farewell," and is interviewed by Ed Sullivan on a movie set. The Ames Brothers sing "Rag Mop," "Melody D'amour," "You, You," "Sentimental Me," "It Only Hurts for a Little While" and "Naughty Lady from Shady Lane.". Joe Ames sings "Toreador."; Vic and Gene Ames sing "By the Light of the Silvery Moon"; Ed Ames - "You and Night Music." The Ames Brothers sing "Take Me Along." Jean Carrol (stand-up comedienne) tells jokes about her husband and family life. The Harlem Globetrotters vs. the Ames Brothers in a basketball game. Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain participates and baseball great Duke Snyder is the referee. Performances by The Konyats (comedy dance team); Gretchen Wyler (musical-comedy performer); Chaim Fershko (Israeli concert pianist, playing with one arm); Brascia and Tybee (dancers, doing a modern ballet 'Pas De Deux').
Sun, Oct 25, 1959
Wayne and Shuster (comedy duo) - present a "British Western". Also, performances by singers Della Reese, Betty Johnson, comedian Corbett Monica, comedian Jimmy Edmonson (as Professor Backwards), Latona Graham and Chadel (European knockabout act/comic acrobats), and The Phil Jones Group (16 youthful dancers).
Sun, Nov 1, 1959
Paul Anka sings "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" and "It's Time to Cry". The Step Brothers (dance team, tap dancers) do a "challenge dance". The Castle Sisters (vocal trio) perform "Tan Shoes with Pink Shoelaces". Dickie Henderson (English comedian) plays a typical "Wyatt Earp" villain and sings "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" while fighting with the microphone cord. The Trio Barantons (foot jugglers act from France) one member foot juggles basketballs with feet and then three people juggle tables with feet. Legendary actor Melvyn Douglas appears in a scene from his Broadway play "The Gang's All Here". Michael Flanders and Donald Swann (comedians) perform a scene from their Broadway play "At The Drop of a Hat".
Sun, Nov 8, 1959
Johnny Mathis sings "Witchcraft," "The Best Of Everything" and "Misty". The Barry Sisters sing "Who's Sorry Now" and "I'm A Fool to Want You". Jan Murray comedy routine includes a song with conductor Ray Bloch and a bit about hi-fi sets. Gracie Fields sings a comedic version of "Volare," "Donkey" and "Wish Me Luck". Also, performances from Rickie Layne and Velvel (ventriloquist act, uses a Yiddish accent); Lentini Brothers (Italian tap dancers/comedy team doing a Vaudeville routine); The Laszlos (adagio dance team from Sweden, doing lots of rolling and sliding on floor); Princess Tajana (aerialist, circus trapeze act); Baby Opal (elephant act); Mismoune ( Poodle act from France).
Sun, Nov 15, 1959
The cast of the Broadway comedy "The Golden Fleecing" appear in a scene from the play. The cast consisted of Tom Poston; Suzanne Pleshette; Mickey Deems; Robert Carraway, Robert Elston, Constance Ford; and Richard Kendrick. Georgia Gibbs sings "Summertime," "Birth of the Blues" and "Teasin' Rag." Also performances by Earl Grant (singer); Blossom Seeley (entertainer); Sam Levenson (humorist); The Polish State Folk Ballet; The Borjevs (plate-spinning act).
Sun, Nov 22, 1959
Carol Channing sings "A Little Game of Tennis" and "A Hundred Easy Ways". Joe Williams (with Count Basie and his band) sings "Roll 'Em Pete." Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) perform a routine about an "old-age" rock 'n' roller. Performances by Shelley Berman (comedian); Trude Adams singing "In the Still of the Night"; Dick Roman singing "Let There Be Love"; Al Bernie (comedian); Larible and Company (aerialists).
Sun, Nov 29, 1959
Dick Van Dyke and Bess Halliday perform a sketch about a drunken husband coming home to sober wife. Dorothy Collins sings "Baciare Baciare". Marion Marlowe sings "Sound of Music". Jerome Robbins Jazz Ballet USA perform 'Entrances, Statistics, and Improvisation'. Dave Barry (stand-up comedian) jokes about TV, kids, money. Tony Pastor and family perform a "Smile" medley and "Show Me the Way To Go Home". Helene and Howard (comedy dancers) turn a serious ballet in to a comic performance. Ed Sullivan introduces each member of the 1959 College All American Football Team.
Sun, Dec 6, 1959
Teresa Brewer sings "Louisville Lou" and The Naughty Nineties, something she performed in a showgirl outfit in night clubs. (It was included in the 1960 album "Naughty, Naughty, Naughty"). Lionel Hampton and his band perform "Blues In E Flat." Also, performances from Jack Carter (comedian); Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) do their version of "Russian" football; Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) with his sister Hepzibah (pianist) perform Bartok's Roumanian Dances; The Vagabonds (vocal-instrumental group); The Coronados (vocal trio); Atilina Segura (novelty act from Spain); The Willers (roller-skating group); Ed Sillivan introduces the college football coach of the year, Ben Schwartzwalder of Syracuse University.
Sun, Dec 13, 1959
Dorothy Dandridge sings "What Is This Thing Called Love?" and "Baby Baby All the Time". Brook Benton - "This Time of Year". David Seville (with Alvin and The Chipmunks portrayed by the Bunin Puppets) sing "Yankee Doodle," "Chipmunk Song" and "Alvin's Harmonica". The Ames Brothers sing a Christmas medley. Sophie Tucker sings "The Beat Generation" and "Take A Step in The Right Direction". Also appearing are Channing Pollack (magician) does sleight of hand with doves; Tu Shiu Ni (novelty plate spinning act); Antone and Curtis (comedy team doing a Western duelists skit with Ed Sullivan as part of the act).
Sun, Dec 20, 1959
Polly Bergen sings "I've Got Love to Keep Me Warm", "Sleigh Ride" and "Silent Night". Actress Gertrude Berg recites "Christmas Story". Paul O'Keefe, with the Baird Puppets, perform "What Do You Want for Christmas?". The Baird Puppets perform "Christmas in Davey Jones Locker" sketch. Betty Johnson sings "White Christmas," "Winter Wonderland," "Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)" and "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town." The Phil Jones Dance Group dance to a medley of Christmas songs. The Harry Simeone Chorale sing "Little Drummer Boy." 'The Sound of Music' Chorus (dressed as nuns) perform selections from the Broadway play. Actress Patricia Neway, who portrays the Mother Superior from Broadway's "The Sound of Music", sings "Climb Every Mountain." Also appearing are Victor Julian and his Pets (trained dog act). At the closing of the show the entire cast sings "White Christmas".