Sun, Jan 3, 1960
Bobby Darin sings "That's How It Goes" and "Beyond The Sea". Connie Francis and Bobby Darin duet "You Make Me Feel So Young" and "You're The Top". Connie Francis sings "Comm'e Bella A Stagione" and "Mama." Toni Fisher sings "The Big Hurt". Noel Harrison (son of Rex Harrison) sings "I'm On My Way" and "Yellow Bird". Carol Haney and Larry Blyden (husband and wife) performs "Side by Side" and "Beginning to See the Light". Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, with dummy Mortimer Snerd, perform comic routine. Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham performs comic routine about looking for buried treasure in a haunted house. Also appearing on stage are Gene Krupa and Sal Mineo introducing a clip from the movie "The Gene Krupa Story". Also, performances from the Gimma Brothers (5 brothers in suits do flips and handstands) and Bert Holt (juggles while hanging by his teeth).
Sun, Jan 10, 1960
Comedy Team of Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster are guest hosts substituting for Ed Sullivan while Ed was recuperating from an ulcer. Wayne and Shuster perform a comedy sketch interview with Professor Vain Gartner, Arctic expert. Frankie Avalon sings "Look What One Kiss Can Do" and "Why?". Peter Palmer (star of Broadway stage and the motion picture "Li'l Abner") sings "They Call the Wind Mariah" and "Shadrack, Meshack, Abednigo." Birgit Nilsson (Swedish opera star) sings "Visi D'Arte" (aria from "Tosca") and "When I Was 14" (Swedish folk song). Susan Barrett sings "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" and does impressions of Hermione Gingold, Patti Page, and Eartha Kitt. Earl Grant (singer and organist) performs "The Birth of the Blues" (with drummer, trumpeter and orchestra). Calamac (illusionist-magician) - does levitation trick. Later in show does "woman in box" trick and makes car disappear. Norwegian Festival Dancers perform "The Haling Dance."
Sun, Jan 17, 1960
Jackie Gleason is the guest host substituting for Ed Sullivan while Ed is still recuperating from an ulcer. Gene Krupa plays the drums while Little Buck tap dances. Rosemary Clooney sings "Don't Take Your Love from Me" and "Tenderly." Alan Dale sings "All the Things You Are." The Ames Brothers impersonate other singers. Jean Carroll (comedienne) relates the difficulties of shopping for a new dress. Ricky Lane (ventriloquist) tutors his dummy on the art of bullfighting. Jackie Gleason talks with young actor Kevin Corcoran, star of the Walt Disney film "Toby Tyler." On tape: Jerome Robbins' Ballet: USA performs "Opus Jazz," accompanied by music by Robert Prince. Also, performances by Gil Dova (juggler) and The Trio Aristons (European acrobatic act).
Sun, Jan 24, 1960
The Takarazuka Dance Theater of Japan (female dance troupe) perform traditional "Mask Dance" and "The Lion and the Butterfly" dances, and a modern baseball number. Ginny Tiu (five-year-old pianist and singer) - plays "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" on piano, and sings "Sugar in the Morning" and imitates Jimmy Durante with "Inka Dinka Doo." Also performing are The Kim Sisters (singers from Korea) and Ford and Hines (comedy team).
Sun, Feb 7, 1960
Teresa Brewer sings "Lucky in Love". Carol Lawrence sings "I Got Rhythm". Roberta Peters (opera star) sings "Cara Noma". The Wanderers (vocal quartet) sing "I Love You Much Too Much" and "Daybreak." Rowan and Martin (comedy team) do a Charades routine with Ed Sullivan. Jan Murray (comedian) plays a suave private investigator. Also appearing Bob Lewis (comedian): Holger and Dolores (dance team); Rudy Horn (acrobat).
Sun, Feb 14, 1960
Dorothy Dandridge sings "Love" and "Smooth Operator (I Like It Like That)." Charles Laughton reads from the Book of Daniel "Shadrach Meshach Abednegro". Harry James performs "You Made Me Love You" and "Lester Leaps.". Wayne and Schuster (comedy team) spoof Ed Sullivan as Cupid in a drawing and. later in show, do a routine about the Burning of Rome. Birgit Nilsson sings "Norwegian Aria" and "Pace Pace Mio Dio". Jane Morgan sings "Valentine Song" and "My Love Loves." Peter Gennaro and Lisa D'orso (dancers) perform a Valentine dance and, later in show, dance to "The Peanut Vendor".
Sun, Feb 21, 1960
Earl Grant sings "House of Bamboo" and "Under Paris Skies." Jerome Robbins' "Ballets: U.S.A." in a pre-recorded segment, the dancers present a portion of a ballet titled "The Concert." The Barry Sisters sing "Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey?" Giulietta Simionato (mezzo soprano) sings the aria "Una Voca Poca Fa." Performances by Jack Carter (comedian); Myron Cohen (comedian); Richiardi (illusionist / magician); Lee Lawrence (singer).
Sun, Feb 28, 1960
Bobby Darin sings "Oh My Darling, Clementine"; "By Myself"; "When Your Lover Has Gone". Connie Francis sings a medley of Al Jolson tunes, with updated lyrics: "You Made Me Love You"; Swanee"; "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody"; "Mammy"; "Toot, Toot Tootsie Goodbye". Della Reese sings "Blue Skies" and "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)." Noelle Adam (dancer) - does a "Modeling for Artists" routine. Senior Wences (ventriloquist) performs a "Turn the Page" routine using big book as prop. Corbett Monica (comedian) does a monologue about married life. Ken Murray and Marie Wilson do a few jokes about Ed Sullivan, then sing a humorous song. Later in the show, they lip-synch to a Louis Prima and Keely Smith record, with Ken as Keely and Marie playing Louis. Antone and Curtis (comedy team) do song impressions. This episode ends with a spoof of International TV with the guests singing songs in different languages: "Mack the Knife" (sung in French by Bobbby Darin), Della Reese singing a song in Italian, and "Who's Sorry Now" (by Connie Francis in Swedish). Finale ends with Connie Francis, Bobby Darin, Della Reese, Ken Murray, and Marie Wilson singing "International Show."
Sun, Apr 17, 1960
Mahalia Jackson - "Old Rugged Cross" and "Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?" --Roberta Sherwood and sons - "Easter Parade" medley. --Charles K.L. Davis (Hawaiian musician) - "Ave Maria." --Patricia Neway and Regina Sarfaty - "To This We've Come" (scene from the musical "The Consul"). --Mahalia Jackson - "I Found The Answer" (with Willie Webb on organ and Mildred Falls on piano). --The University Of Rochester Men's Glee Club - "Salvation Cometh To Our God" and "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child." Comedy: --Wayne And Shuster (comedy team) - an Ad agency is hired by the IRS to make people WANT to pay their taxes. Also appearing: --Phil Jones Troupe - children dance to "It's Easter Time," "Peter Cottontail" and "Whisker On The Easter Bunny's Nose." --Cameo: Bill Moose Skowron (of the New York Yankees) appears on stage. --David Seville and The Chipmunks - sing along, followed by Alvin giving David an exploding Easter basket.
Sun, Nov 6, 1960
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 visits different Chicago sites: Ed walks through O'Hare Airport and shows footage of Butch O'Hare in Navy plane; Hull House; Colorado Cowboys at Stock Yard; footage of Johnny Weismuller at swimming pool; the Chicago water tower shown; Ed talks about the 1871 Chicago fire; aerial footage of stock yards; livestock auction; and the Chicago Art Institute.