June 20, 1948 - May 30, 1971
Guest: Don Rickles interacting at first with Ed Sullivan and then satirizing him and his wife, Sylvia, in his "caustic" stand-up routine.
An interesting rerun of Rickles' only appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show as a performer (he took a few bows on other shows). The original broadcast aired on January 12th, 1969. However, at the end of this re-run program a new ending was added with Ed Sullivan introducing his next week's show headlining Gordon MacRea, July 6, 1969.
Also, there are bows to be taken in Ed's audience including those by Buddy Hackett, Abbe Lane, Myron Cohen, Ella Fitzgerald, and Jack Carter...each getting plugs where they are appearing in clubs. Also, at the conclusion of the broadcasts Sullivan plugs Don Rickles entertaining on July 4th at the Concord Hotel.
In addition, during closing credits, Jack Lord promotes the next broadcast of his Hawaii Five O program, "Along Came Joey."
We hear CBS announcer reminding all to tune in on Tuesday for CBS News Investiture of Prince Charles, and a reminder that up next on CBS TV, HEE HAW on most of these CBS stations.
Commercials:
American Railroads, Tareyton Cigarettes and Coca Cola.
Final 13 minutes of the program.
ED SULLIVAN SHOW, THE, (TOAST OF THE TOWN)
Television's longest running variety series. Originally, titled, TOAST OF THE TOWN, the name of the series changed on September 18, 1955, to THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW. Most remembered for introducing many stand-up comedians, and musical acts, including The Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, The Beatles.
Most of the 1,087 broadcasts, encompassing 10,000 performers, have been archived. The major exceptions are the first half year of shows circa 1948 of which a few kinescope excerpts survive.
The ED SULLIVAN SHOW was a spectacular showcase that for twenty-three years entertained the American family. In its prime, more than thirty million viewers, young and old, tuned in at the same time to view popular culture. 