Alan King as Self

Episodes 22

--Judy Holliday (actress) - sings ""I'm Going Back"" (from her Broadway musical ""Bells Are Ringing"") and ""Full of Life,"" the title song from her 1957 movie. Other guests (scheduled to appear):

--Henry Fonda introduces film clips from his new movie ""Twelve Angry Men""

--Alan King (comedian) --Kay Thompson (actress, whose current movie was ""Funny Face"") - sings ""Quelle Joie"" and ""Bozazz.""

--Alma Cogan (English singer & pianist) - performs a song from the TV musical ""Cinderella""

--Roy Campanella (catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers) --Smith and Dale (comedy team doing an income-tax sketch) --Jack Harris (radio singer) - sings ""Sweet and Lovely"" and ""Maybe It's Because I Love Too Much""

--Linon (comedy wire-walker) --Paul Anderson (1956 Olympic weight lifting champion) - shown lifting 20 people (in a remote from Reno, Nevada)

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Scheduled guests:

--Joni James (singer) --Alan King (comedian) --On film: Harry Belafonte is shown singing ""Lead Man Holler"" in a clip from his movie, ""Island in the Sun."" --Judge Dewy ""Pigmeat"" Markham and Company (comedians) --The Malagon Sisters (vocal group) --Frances Faye (singer-pianist) - possible songs: ""Too-ra-loo-ra-loor-al (That's an Irish Lullaby)"" and ""Darktown Strutters Ball"" --Lou Nelson (comedian) --Joyce's camels, llamas and zebra

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Scheduled: --Eva Marie Saint (actress) --The Everly Brothers - ""Wake Up Little Susie"" --Danny Thomas (comedian) --Bob and Ray (comedy team) --Alan King (comedian) --Kate Smith (singer) --The Mambo Aces (dancers) --The Harvest Moon Ball contest winners (dancers) --The Dancing Gordons (ballroom dancers) --Edoardo Raspino (juggler)

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Scheduled guests: --Frankie Lymon (singer) --Alan King (comedian) --Hermione Gingold (actress-comedian) --Allan Drake (comedian) --Althea Gibson (tennis star, making her TV singing debut) --Zizi Jeanmaire and Roland Petit (husband & wife ballet performers from France)

--The Three Edwards (Canadian balancing act) --The Theda Sisters (European trapeze performers)

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Scheduled guests: --Della Reese --Hugh O'Brian (star of ""Wyatt Earp"") --Alan King (comedian) --Carol Haney and Peter Gennaro (dancers) --Jack E. Leonard (comedian) --Roberta Sherwood (singer, accompanied by her three sons, who play guitar, drums and trumpet.) --Noelle Adam (dancer, star of Francoise Sagan's ballet ""The Broken Date"") ""King's Castle"" sketch performed by Alan King and his comedy troupe.

Cast: --Alan King (as the husband) --Georgann Johnson (as the wife) --Ruth McDevitt (as the mother-in-law) --Bernie West (as the brother-in-law) --Chris Snell (as the boy)

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scheduled: The stars of the upcoming TV season

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September 21, 19581h
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Scheduled guests: --Wayne & Shuster (comedy team) --Alan King (comedian) Also, these stars of CBS's programs for the upcoming season were scheduled: --Steve McQueen (""Wanted-Dead or Alive"") --Jackie Gleason (""Jackie Gleason Show"") --Art Carney (DuPont Show of the Month's ""Harvey"") Gleason and Carney appear together in a filmed sequence. --Raymond Burr (""Perry Mason"") --Edward R. Murrow (""Person to Person"" and ""Small World"") --Phil Silvers (""Phil Silvers Show"") --Red Skelton (""Red Skelton Show"") --Gale Storm (""Gale Storm Show"") --Ronald Reagan (""GE Theater"") --Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray and Lauren Chapin (from ""Father Knows Best""). --Arthur Godfrey (Arthur Godfrey Show,"" appearing on tape) --Dorothy Collins and Johnny Desmond (""Your Hit Parade"") --Spring Byington (""December Bride,"" appearing on tape) --Richard Boone (""Have Gun Will Travel"") --Warner Anderson (""The Lineup"") --Robert Culp (""Trackdown"")

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Guests: --Julie Wilson - ""It's Great To Be Alive."" --Bobby Van (dancer) And Robert Maxwell (harpist) --Shecky Greene (Las Vegas comedian) - jokes about boxers, intellectual comics, Danny Thomas. Shecky then sings ""Autumn Leaves"" and lampoons band singers. --Los Chavales with Trini Reyes (Flamenco-style Spanish dancing)

--On film: ""Early Morning Mist."" - A sight-seeing movie of New York narrated by Ed (runs approx 2.5 minutes). --Wayne and Shuster (Canadian comedy team) - do a baseball parody sketch: The New York Yankees vs. The Liverpool Whitespats.

--Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra and Mickey Mantle appear with Ed. --Sacha Distel (French actor engaged to Brigitte Bardot - they never married) - following film of Ed interviewing Brigitte Bardot, Sacha Distel sings ""Please Don't Tell Bridget."" --Ballet Español (bullfighting ballet) --Julie Wilson - ""I Could Write A Book"" --Audience bows: Gregory Peck and wife. ""The Big Country"" is plugged. --Jim O'Toole is introduced (O

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--On film: Fidel Castro - 25 second clip at beginning of show. Later in show, a 6-minute film is shown: Ed introduces Castro, calls Castro and his soldiers ""Revolutionary Youngsters."" Film includes appearance by Che Guevara. Ed wishes Castro luck in his revolution. Other guests (live): --Jason Robards & George Grizzard - perform scene from the Broadway play ""The Disenchanted."" --Alan King (comedian, talks about house party directions) --Little Gaelic Singers (from Ireland) - ""The Faughan Side"" --Professor Backwards (comedian, talks about Texas, psychiatrists.) --Victor Julian (animal act) - man with two poodles. After the commercial break the dogs appear in clothing for a ""Poodle Fashion Show""

--Helen Halpin - does impressions of Della Reese, Sarah Vaughan, Judy Garland. --Francis Brunn (juggler) (listed on transcript as Francis Burn)

--The Gutis (acrobatic-comedy act) - 4-man act (2 of them are wearing ape costumes) --Tina Louise (cameo, appears with Ed at end of s

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Scheduled guests: --The Ames Brothers (vocal group) - medley (""Too Young,"" ""Paper Doll,"" ""Everything I Have is Yours,"" ""Seems Like Old Times,"" ""If I Didn't Care"" and the Lawrence Welk theme). --Patachou (French singer) - ""Time After Time""

--Alan King (comedian) --Ford and Hines (comedy team) --Helen Halpin (vocal impressionist) --Ivry Gitlis (Israeli violinist) - ""Paganini Violin Concerto"" --Pinky and Perky (puppeteers)

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Scheduled guests: --Luise Rainer (actress, filmed interview) --Alan King (comedian) --Dolores Wilson (Metropolitan opera singer) --Johnny Haymer (comedian) --Turk Murphy and his band --Althea Gibson (singer, tennis champion) --Ben Bennett and Dick Patterson (comedy team) --The Smyth Brothers (Irish singing group) --John Gilpin and Marilyn Burr (English dance team, ballet)

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--singer Chris Connor performs ""Come Rain or Come Shine""

Other guests (scheduled to appear): --Dick Van Dyke (comedian) --Alan King (comedian)

--The Xavier Cugat Orchestra - ""Mack the Knife"" & ""Tequila"" --Abbe Lane (singer with the Xavier Cugat orchestra) - ""My Man"" & ""Taking a Chance on Love"" --Edgar Bergen (ventriloquist) --Peg Leg Bates (dancer) --Dick Contino (accordian player) - ""Lady of Spain"" & ""Dick's Blues"" --Val Valenti (singer) - ""Core Ingrato""

--Teddy Randazzo (singer)

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Beach Boys / Alan King / Robert Goulet

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September 27, 19641h
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Guests: --The Beach Boys - ""I Get Around"" and ""Wendy"" --Robert Goulet - ""Let There be Love,"" ""Quiet Nights,"" ""This is All I Ask"" and ""My Love Forgive Me (Amore Scusami)"" --Leslie Uggams - ""I Feel Pretty"" & ""The Man I Love"" --Topo Gigio (mouse puppet) - routine might include ""Let's Call The Whole Thing Off"" --Vonda Kay Van Dyke & Curley - ""Wherever We Go, It's Together"" (""There She Is Miss America"" is played as they walk on stage.)

--Alan King (stand-up comedian) - routine about ""Dr. Sam,"" Dr. Sam Roth, a doctor in his neighborhood (when he was a kid in the lower East Side of Manhattan) and other medical observances.

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Dave Clark Five / Rex Harrison / Alan King

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November 1, 19641h
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The Dave Clark Five - ""Anyway You Want It""

Other guests: --Rex Harrison (on film?) --Leon Bibb (folk singer) --Alan King (comedian) --Marilyn Michaels (singer-impressionist) --Dolores Gray (singer) --Richard Hearne (British comedian, a.k.a. ""Mr. Pastry"") --Rolando (a balancing artist)

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Guests: --Righteous Brothers - ""Turn On Your Love Light"" and ""You'll Never Walk Alone"" --Righteous Brothers with Petty Lee - ""Yes, Indeed"" --Herb Albert & the Tijuana Brass - ""Taste of Honey"" & ""Zorba's Dance"" --Peggy Lee - ""It's A Grand Night for Singing"" --Peggy Lee - medley: ""Falling In Love"" & ""How Long Has This Been Going On?"" --Alan King (stand-up comedian) - He does his routine and introduces his wife and two sons, Bobby and Andy, in audience. --Anna Moffo - ""La Balletella"" --Les Doubles Faces (pantomime act with umbrellas) --Baby Opal (elephant act with trainers)

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Guests: --The Byrds - ""Mr. Tambourine Man"" & ""Turn, Turn, Turn"" --Al Hirt (trumpeter) - appears twice during show --Alan King (stand-up comedian) --Barbara McNair - ""Just in Time"" and ""For Once In My Life"" --Tony and Nick (British comedy team) --Wayne Newton - ""Swanee""

--The Bratislova slovakian Folkloric Company (Czech dance troupe)

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Guests: --Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - ""Let's Hang On"" and ""Don't Think Twice"" --Brigitte Bardot (on film?) - talks with Ed about her impressions of the U.S. and her film ""Viva Maria."" Ed shows a film clip of Bardot's first Sullivan appearance from 1958. --Wayne & Shuster (comedy team) - portray two inept bank robbers --Leslie Uggams - ""What the World Needs Now,"" ""Yesterdays"" and ""Yesterday"" --Alan King (stand-up monologue) --Jimmy Roselli - ""Give My Regards to Broadway"" and ""Torna"" --The King Family - ""When the Saints Go Marching In,"" ""It's a Grand Night for Singing"" and a George M. Cohan medley. --Bel Caron Trio (adagio dancers) CBS repeated this show on July 31, 1966.

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Guests: --The Animals - ""We Gotta Get Out of This Place"" & ""Inside Looking Out""

--Rosemary Clooney - ""Baby, The Ball Is Over"" & ""All Alone"" --Deli skit with Nancy Walker, Charles Nelson Reilly and Julia Meade (another source lists 'Joy Nichols' in the cast).

--Alan King (comedian) - routine about his insurance company --Tony Lema (golf pro) - gives Ed some golf tips --Peter Gennaro - ""I Got Rhythm"" --Gino Tonetti (singer) - ""Al Di La"" --Pompoff Thedy and family (clowns, listed on transcript as 'Pompoff & Thedy') --Audience Bow: Jack Adams (Canada's Mr. Hockey, former? Detroit Red Wings coach) --On film: Ann Margret in a clip from ""Made In Paris"" with Louis Jordan

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Guests: --Nancy Sinatra - ""These Boots are Made for Walkin'"" --Gary Lewis and the Playboys - ""She's Just My Style"" & ""Sure Gonna Miss Her"" --Petula Clark - ""A Sign of the Times,"" ""My Love"" and ""I Want to Hold Your Hand"" --Richard Pryor (comedian) - talks about a school bully, Leroy --Alan King (comedian) - routine about when he got married --Blossom Seely - ""San Francisco"" & ""My Kind Of Town"" --Blossom Seely - ""Shine On, Harvest Moon"" --The Tokyo Happy Coats (5 member female band, vocal-instrumental group) - ""Bye Bye, Blues"" & ""Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?"" --The Trio Rennos (aerialists) --The Berosini Chimps --Audience Bows: NY Knickerbocker coach Dick Maguire and Marquette University coach Al Maguire (brothers) Other guest (scheduled to appear): --Jerry Vale

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Scheduled guests: --Alan King --Kate Smith --The Bachelors --Peter Gennaro --D'aldo Romano

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Guests (20th Year Anniversary Show): --Pearl Bailey - ""Before The Parade Passes By"" with the ""Hello Dolly"" cast --Gwen Verdon - ""Nothing Can Stop Me Now"" --Alan King (stand-up comedian) --John V. Lindsay (NYC mayor) --Wayne & Shuster (comedy team) --Robert Merrill - ""Di Provenza"" --Los Ninos Contores De Murialdo (Cantores?) - ""Glory, Glory Hallelujah"" --The Emerald City pipe band of NYC's Police & Fire Dept. On this show, CBS renamed the theater ""The Ed Sullivan Theater."" NYC mayor John V. Lindsay officiated the unveiling of the theater's new marquee.

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Scheduled guests: --Lou Rawls --Alan King --Morecambe & Wise --Jack E. Leonard --J. Rivers --Sergio Franchi --D. Valery

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20th Anniversary Show

Scheduled guests: --Alan King --Jerry Vale - ""My Love, Forgive Me"" --Lana Cantrell - ""Honey"" & ""How Can I Be Sure? --Sue Carson (comedian) --Norm Neilson (magician) --Mr. Jiggs (trained monkey)

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