The Ed Sullivan Show is an American television variety show that ran on CBS from June 20, 1948, to March 28, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan . It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie .
84-737: Marilyn Grace Bell Di Lascio OOnt (born October 19, 1937) is a Canadian retired long distance swimmer . She was the first person to swim across Lake Ontario and later swam the English Channel and Strait of Juan de Fuca . Bell was born in Toronto, Ontario, to parents Sydney and Grace Bell. The family moved to North Bay, Ontario, then Halifax, Nova Scotia, before returning to Toronto in 1946. After her swimming career, Marilyn married Joe Di Lascio and moved to New Jersey , United States. They raised four children, Lisa, Michael, Jodi, and Janet, who were unaware of their mother's fame. Bell earned
168-619: A "classic '50s style" to one that did not put as much strain on her spine. Bell first took up swimming lessons in 1946 at Oakwood Pool, joining the Dolphinette Club coached by Alex Duff. In 1947, Bell entered her first long-distance race: a one-mile swim at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in Lake Ontario. It was at that first race that Bell first met her future coach Gus Ryder, who was coach of
252-483: A BA, became an American citizen and was a teacher for over twenty years. Joe Di Lascio died in September 2007. Bell later moved to New Paltz, New York . Due to a back injury and scoliosis , Bell gave up swimming in the early 2000s and used a motorized chair to get around. She was able to return to swimming in 2016 at her retirement home when swimming instructor Terry Laughlin helped her change her swimming style from
336-593: A Member of the Order of Ontario. The lieutenant governor, ex officio a member and the Chancellor of the Order of Ontario, then makes all appointments into the fellowship's single grade of membership by an Order in Council that bears the viceroyal sign-manual ; thereafter, the new members are entitled to use the post-nominal letters OOnt . Upon admission into the Order of Ontario, new members are presented with
420-465: A complete version of " For Sentimental Reasons ". Cooke had been cut off four weeks earlier during a live performance of " You Send Me " as the show's allotted time expired, causing an outrage among television audiences. Sullivan rebooked Cooke for the December 1 show to overwhelming success. Between 1966 and 1971, Jim Henson performed some of his Muppet characters on the show. The characters made
504-513: A demanding rider . In late 1963, Sullivan and his entourage happened also to be passing through Heathrow and witnessed how the Beatles ' fans greeted the group on their return from Stockholm, where they had performed a television show as warmup band to local stars Suzie and Lill Babs . Sullivan was intrigued, telling his entourage it was the same thing as Elvis all over again. He initially offered Beatles manager Brian Epstein top dollar for
588-469: A former RKO movie theater at 2248 Broadway (81st Street). One Ed Sullivan Show was broadcast on August 22, 1954, from the new studio, but it was mostly used for one-time-only specials such as Rodgers and Hammerstein 's March 31, 1957 Cinderella . (The facility was later acquired by TeleTape Productions and became the first studio where the PBS children's program Sesame Street was produced.) CBS Studio 72
672-415: A leisurely ten minutes or so. Now they do two or three minutes. And in those early days I talked too much. Watching these kines I cringe. I look up at me talking away and I say "You fool! Keep quiet!" But I just keep on talking. I've learned how to keep my mouth shut. The show enjoyed phenomenal popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. As it had occurred with the annual telecasts of The Wizard of Oz in
756-441: A note which the host read live on air. The group's last appearance on Sullivan's program was via prerecorded promotional clips of their songs " Two of Us " and " Let It Be ", broadcast on the show on the first day of March in 1970. Although both videos were recorded in late January 1969, the delay was due to the band's dissatisfaction with the tedious Let It Be album sessions and the group's impending break-up . In all probability,
840-472: A season, such as his "Little Italian Mouse" puppet sidekick Topo Gigio , who debuted December 9, 1962, and ventriloquist Señor Wences debuted December 31, 1950. While most of the episodes aired live from New York City, the show also aired live on occasion from other nations, such as the United Kingdom, Australia, and Japan. For many years, Ed Sullivan was a national event each Sunday evening and
924-486: A single show but the Beatles manager had a better idea – he wanted exposure for his clients: the Beatles would instead appear three times on the show, for only a minimal fee, but receive top billing and two spots (opening and closing) on each show. The Beatles appeared on three consecutive Sundays in February 1964 to great anticipation and fanfare as " I Want to Hold Your Hand " had swiftly risen to No. 1 in
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#17327945764821008-456: A total of 25 appearances. Henson's Muppets were introduced on The Ed Sullivan Show on September 18, 1966. Sullivan introduced the characters as "Jim, uh ... Newsom's puppets." The act featured a small ball of fur growing into the Rock and Roll Monster (performed by Jim Henson , Jerry Nelson , and Frank Oz ) with three heads and six arms lip-syncing to the unreleased song "Rock It to Me" by
1092-643: Is administered by the Lieutenant Governor-in-Council and is intended to honour current or former Ontario residents for conspicuous achievements in any field. The Order of Ontario is intended to honour any current or former longtime resident of Ontario who has demonstrated a high level of individual excellence and achievement in any field, demonstrating "the best of Ontario's caring and diverse society and [whose] lives have benefited society in Ontario and elsewhere." Canadian citizenship
1176-487: Is not a requirement and elected or appointed members of a governmental body are ineligible as long as they hold office. There are no limits on how many can belong to the order or be invested at one time, though the average number of new members stands at 24 per year. The process of finding qualified individuals begins with submissions from the public to the Ontario Honours and Awards Secretariat, which consists of
1260-851: Is now named Marilyn Bell Park. In 2009, the Lakeshore Swimming Club of Toronto held the first annual Marilyn Bell Swim Classic, a meet sanctioned by Swim Ontario. In 2010, a ferry boat to serve the Toronto Island Airport was named the Marilyn Bell 1 . The name was chosen as the top name in a contest held by the Toronto Port Authority . The story of Bell's historic swim was told in the 2001 made-for-TV film Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story with Caroline Dhavernas portraying Marilyn Bell. An experimental 16 mm film by Brenda Longfellow , Our Marilyn ,
1344-736: The Chief Justice of Ontario (who serves as the chairperson), the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly , the Secretary of the Cabinet, and up to six members of the Order of Ontario. This committee then meets once or twice yearly to make its selected recommendations to the Cabinet and works with that body in narrowing down the potential appointees to a list that will be submitted to the lieutenant governor. Since appointments to
1428-620: The Ed Sullivan Show . Chris remained the lead trumpet player with The Ed Sullivan show from the first show in 1948 to the last show in 1971. Trumpets : Chris Griffin, Bernie Privin, Jimmy Nottingham , and Thad Jones ; Chris's son Paul Griffin was a regular substitute trumpeter Trombones : Roland Dupont, Morton Bullman, Frank Rehak , and Cliff Heather Saxophones : Toots Mondello, Hymie Schertzer, Ed Zuhlke, et al Piano : Hank Jones Drums : Specs Powell /Howard Smith Percussion : Milton Schlesinger, who similarly played from
1512-522: The Telegram tried to "scoop" the story by having a Telegram reporter pose as a nurse. Offered $ 15,000 by the Toronto Telegram newspaper to swim the English Channel , Bell made the crossing in 14 hours, 36 minutes on July 31, 1955. Her crossing started at Cap Gris-Nez and ended at Abbotscliff, between Dover and Folkestone. At 17 years of age, she was the youngest swimmer to succeed in
1596-764: The 1960 musical Bye Bye Birdie . The musical's plot revolves around an ordinary teen girl's chance to kiss a rock star live on the Sullivan show, and in the song "Hymn for a Sunday Evening," her family expresses their regard for the program in worshipful tones. Sullivan appeared as himself in the musical's 1963 film adaptation . In September 1965, CBS started televising the program in compatible color , as all three major networks began to switch to 100 percent color prime time schedules. CBS had once backed its own color system, developed by Peter Goldmark , and resisted using RCA's compatible process until 1954. At that time, it built its first New York City color TV studio, Studio 72, in
1680-405: The 1960s and the 1970s, the family ritual of gathering around the television set to watch Ed Sullivan became almost a U.S. cultural universal. He was regarded as a kingmaker , and performers considered an appearance on his program as a guarantee of stardom, although this sometimes did not turn out to be the case. The show's status at the turn of the decade is illustrated by its use as the backdrop of
1764-658: The 30th anniversary of the first investiture of the Order of Ontario, a collar featuring the insignia of the order and symbols of Canada and Ontario was unveiled for the use of the Lieutenant Governor as Chancellor of the Order of Ontario. The Ed Sullivan Show In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked No. 15 on TV Guide ' s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time . In 2013, the series finished No. 31 in TV Guide Magazine's 60 Best Series of All Time. From 1948 until its cancellation in 1971,
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#17327945764821848-794: The 5th Dimension , Ella Fitzgerald , the Four Tops , Dick Gregory , W. C. Handy , Lena Horne , the Jackson 5 , Mahalia Jackson , Louis Jordan , Bill Kenny , B. B. King , George Kirby , Eartha Kitt , Gladys Knight & the Pips , Little Anthony and the Imperials , Moms Mabley , Johnny Mathis , the Miracles , Melba Moore , the Platters , Leontyne Price , Richard Pryor , Lou Rawls , Della Reese , Nipsey Russell , Nina Simone , Sly and
1932-1011: The Beatles , the Supremes , the Dave Clark Five , the Animals , Creedence Clearwater Revival , Dusty Springfield , the Beach Boys , the Jackson 5 , Stevie Wonder , Buddy Holly , Janis Joplin , the Rolling Stones , the Mamas and the Papas , the Lovin' Spoonful , Herman's Hermits , the Doors , Dionne Warwick , Barbra Streisand , Petula Clark , Vanilla Fudge , and the Band . The Canadian comedy duo Wayne and Shuster appeared on
2016-473: The Bruthers. After the act was done, the Rock and Roll Monster shrunk back into the ball of fur which is then eaten by Sour Bird (who was previously used in a commercial for Royal Crown Cola ). The show is also noteworthy for showcasing performances from numerous classic Broadway musicals of the era, often featuring members of the original Broadway casts. These include: Most of these artists performed in
2100-450: The CNE to hold a marathon race. Because of the criticism, the CNE decided to allow other swimmers, at first as part of a relay race, but Bell decided to try the whole swim herself. According to Bell, she "did it for Canada." Bell took on the challenge without pay with the encouragement of Alexandrine Gibb , a Toronto Daily Star reporter. A third swimmer, Torontonian Winnie Roach, who had swum
2184-509: The Ed Sullivan Show , Ed Sullivan's Rock 'n Roll Classics , and 115 half-hour The Best of The Ed Sullivan Show specials, among others. Performances of this show are also available as video and audio downloads and as an app on iTunes ." In 2021, MeTV began airing on Sunday nights half hour packages of performances from the show. In the early years of television, both CBS and NBC networks had their own symphony orchestras. NBC's
2268-554: The Ed Sullivan Show Orchestra was a specialist and more than capable of covering the complete spectrum of music. The lead trumpet player is the "concert master" of a studio orchestra. Chris Griffin (formerly with the trumpet section of Harry James , Ziggy Elman and the Benny Goodman Band) was Ray Bloch 's lead trumpet player for the many radio and television shows that he conducted, including
2352-612: The English Channel, also decided to swim the lake. After several hours, Chadwick was forced to give up with stomach pains and vomiting at 6 am. Roach quit at about three-quarters distance, due to cramps. Bell swam for 20 hours and 59 minutes before she finally reached a breakwater near the Boulevard Club, west of the CNE grounds. The planned route straight across the lake was 51.5 kilometres (32.0 mi), but she actually had to swim much further because of strong winds and
2436-578: The Family Stone , The Talbot Brothers , the Temptations , Martha and the Vandellas , Ike & Tina Turner , Leslie Uggams , Sarah Vaughan , William Warfield , Dionne Warwick , Dinah Washington , Ethel Waters , Flip Wilson , Jackie Wilson , Nancy Wilson , and Stevie Wonder . Before his death in a plane crash in December 1967, soul singer Otis Redding had been booked to appear on
2520-557: The Lakeshore Swimming Club. Bell soon joined the Lakeshore Club and started practising at the indoor pool of Humberside Collegiate in Toronto. In July 1954, Bell swam in the Centennial Marathon at Atlantic City , New Jersey. Bell finished first among the women's competitors, seventh overall, winning US$ 1,150 . Fellow Lakeshore Swimming Club members Tom Park and Cliff Lumsden finished first and second. The course
2604-481: The Metropolitan Opera and the staff orchestra would accompany divas such as Eileen Farrell , Maria Callas or Joan Sutherland . The musicians needed to be prepared to switch gears for Ella Fitzgerald , Diahann Carroll or Sammy Davis Jr. . and then onto The Jackson Five , Stevie Wonder or Tom Jones or Itzhak Perlman . They also needed to perform with some of the greatest dancers and ballerinas of
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2688-485: The Order of Ontario rely in part on ministerial advice , records of such proceedings are not publicly revealed, as affirmed in court proceedings undertaken in 2002 by an individual who had been mistakenly informed that she had been appointed to the order. Posthumous nominations are not accepted, though an individual who dies after their name was submitted to the Honours and Awards Secretariat can still be retroactively made
2772-577: The South. Never had a bit of trouble. The show included entertainers such as Frankie Lymon , The Supremes , Marian Anderson , Louis Armstrong , Pearl Bailey , LaVern Baker , Harry Belafonte , Brook Benton , James Brown (and the Famous Flames ), Cab Calloway , Godfrey Cambridge , Diahann Carroll , Ray Charles , Nat King Cole , Bill Cosby , Count Basie , Dorothy Dandridge , Sammy Davis Jr. , Bo Diddley , Duke Ellington , Lola Falana ,
2856-705: The air during this period. The Ed Sullivan Show was originally broadcast via live television from CBS-TV Studio 51, the Maxine Elliott Theatre , at Broadway and 39th Street, before moving to its permanent home at CBS-TV Studio 50 in New York City (1697 Broadway, at 53rd Street), which was renamed the Ed Sullivan Theater on the occasion of the program's 20th anniversary in June 1968. The last original Sullivan show telecast (#1068)
2940-567: The charts. Their first appearance on February 9 is considered a milestone in American pop culture, and furthermore the beginning of the British Invasion in music. The broadcast drew an estimated 73 million viewers, a record for US television at the time (broken three years later by the series finale of The Fugitive ). The Beatles followed Ed's show opening intro, performing " All My Loving "; " Till There Was You ", which featured
3024-584: The crossing. She was guided by her coach Gus Ryder and John (Pop) Boswell. She did not beat the existing record for the crossing, hitting a strong current which took her past Dover Harbour. Bell returned to Toronto for a ticker tape parade along Bay Street to City Hall, attended by a crowd of 100,000 on August 19. On August 23, 1956, she swam the Strait of Juan de Fuca off the Pacific coast, swimming from Port Angeles, Washington , to Victoria, British Columbia . It
3108-472: The crowds cheering when she arrived at the waterfront. Bell heard the cheering for the first time when she heard a recording made by a radio station a few days later. Bell's swim was front-page news in Toronto. The Toronto Telegram , The Globe and Mail and the Toronto Daily Star all competed to get her interview. The Star had signed for an exclusive, providing boats to the swim team, but
3192-420: The date of their investiture. The order's ribbon is patterned with vertical stripes in red, green, white, and gold, reflecting the colours within the provincial coat of arms. The insignia is worn suspended from this ribbon at the collar; women may carry theirs on a ribbon bow at the left chest. Members also receive two lapel pins that can be worn during less formal occasions, and an official certificate. To mark
3276-442: The day. At the start, Bell was accompanied by two boats, but a flotilla of boats gathered around her by mid-day. When she finally arrived at about 8:15 p.m., a crowd estimated at over 250,000 was gathered to see her arrive. CNE officials had hoped that Bell would arrive at the CNE waterfront, where a grandstand had been set up, but Ryder guided her to Sunnyside where the amusement park was brightly lit to aid her navigation, and
3360-409: The exclusive rights to the complete library of The Ed Sullivan Show from Ed Sullivan 's daughter Elizabeth and her husband Bob Precht . The collection consists of 1,087 hours of kinescopes and videotapes broadcast by CBS on Sunday nights from 1948 to 1971. Since acquiring the rights to The Ed Sullivan Show library, SOFA Entertainment has catalogued, organized and cleared performance rights for
3444-417: The final time on August 14, 1965. The show was broadcast September 12, 1965, and earned Sullivan a 60-percent share of the nighttime audience for one of the appearances . This time they followed three acts before coming out to perform " I Feel Fine ", " I'm Down ", and " Act Naturally " and then closed the show with " Ticket to Ride ", " Yesterday ", and " Help! " Although this was their final live appearance on
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3528-536: The first to last show. John Serry Sr often augmented the orchestra as the lead accordionist during the 1950s. Unlike NBC's The Tonight Show , which celebrated the notoriety of their musicians in Skitch Henderson 's or Doc Severinsen 's "Tonight Show Band", the CBS producers of The Ed Sullivan Show decided to hide their famed musicians behind a curtain. Occasionally, CBS would broadcast specials and call upon
3612-446: The host was having an intense Sunday-night rivalry with Steve Allen. Allen had the singer on July 1 and trounced Sullivan in the ratings. When asked to comment, [Sullivan] said that he wouldn't consider presenting Presley before a family audience. Less than two weeks later he changed his mind and signed a contract." At the time, Presley was filming Love Me Tender , so Sullivan's producer, Marlo Lewis , flew to Los Angeles to supervise
3696-506: The lack of modern navigation equipment. Waves that day were almost 5 metres (16 ft) high, water temperature was 21 °C (70 °F) and lamprey eels were attacking her legs and arms. Bell kept up her strength with Pablum , corn syrup, and lemon juice with water, along with heroic encouragement from her boat crew, including fellow swimmer Joan Cooke and her coach, Gus Ryder. Radio stations broadcast hourly reports of her progress and rival newspapers published "extra" editions throughout
3780-562: The lake a National Historic Event in 2005, and a federal plaque was erected in 2008 near the site of her landfall. Another plaque is mounted on the base of a statue of a lion along Lake Shore Boulevard by the CNE Ontario Government Building . A plaque commemorating her Strait of Juan de Fuca achievement is placed at her landing site in Beacon Hill Park. Parkland near the location where Bell arrived
3864-431: The largest single audience in television history. The latter percentage share, remains, to this date, the largest in the history of US television . Sullivan hosted a second appearance by Presley on October 28, 1956. For his first segment, Elvis performed "Don't Be Cruel", then "Love Me Tender". For the second segment, Elvis sang " Love Me ", and for his third, he sang a nearly four-minute-long version of "Hound Dog". For
3948-689: The most popular lineup of Diana Ross , Mary Wilson , and Florence Ballard appeared 7 times from December 1964 through May 1967. The group reappeared on the series in October 1967 as the newly rebilled "Diana Ross & the Supremes", with Ballard replacement Cindy Birdsong and Ross more prominently featured. The Supremes' final appearance on the show, shortly before it ended, served as the platform to introduce America to Ross's replacement, Jean Terrell , in March 1970. In an era when few opportunities existed for black performers on national television, Sullivan
4032-447: The names of the group members superimposed on closeup shots, including the famous " SORRY GIRLS, HE'S MARRIED " caption on John Lennon ; and " She Loves You ". The act that followed the Beatles in the broadcast, magician Fred Kaps , was pre-recorded in order to allow time for an elaborate set change. The group returned later in the program to perform " I Saw Her Standing There " and " I Want to Hold Your Hand ". The following week's show
4116-508: The orchestra to perform. When Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated, music was hastily composed for the orchestra in a special tribute that also featured jazz pianist Bill Evans , who had recently composed an elegy to his father. The Ed Sullivan Show is especially known to the World War II and baby boomer generations for introducing acts and airing breakthrough performances by popular 1950s and 1960s musicians such as Elvis Presley ,
4200-476: The order's insignia. The main badge consists of a gold medallion in the form of a stylized trillium , the official provincial flower. The obverse is white enamel with gold edging, bearing at its centre the escutcheon of the arms of Ontario , all surmounted by a St Edward's Crown symbolizing the Canadian monarch 's role as the fount of honour . The name of the member is engraved on the reverse, along with
4284-475: The original shows. Starting in 1991, SOFA Entertainment has re-introduced The Ed Sullivan Show to the American public by producing numerous network specials, syndicating a half-hour series (that also aired on TV Land, PBS , VH1 and Decades ) and home video compilations. Some of these compilations include The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles , All 6 Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Rolling Stones , Elvis: The Ed Sullivan Shows , Motown Gold from
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#17327945764824368-491: The program 67 times, a record for any performer. Bill Haley & His Comets performed their hit " Rock Around the Clock " in early August 1955, later recognized as the first rock and roll song broadcast on a national television program. The American public's first exposure to Itzhak Perlman was on the show in 1958, when he was 13. This performance was a breakthrough not only for classical music, but also for Perlman, who rode
4452-432: The program was ready for color transmission. In the late 1960s, Sullivan remarked that his program was waning as the decade went on. He realized that to keep viewers, the best and brightest in entertainment had to be seen, or else the viewers were going to keep on changing the channel. Along with declining viewership, Ed Sullivan attracted a higher median age for the average viewer (which most sponsors found undesirable) as
4536-509: The same makeup and costumes that they wore in the shows, often providing the only visual recordings of these performances by the original cast members, since there were no network telecasts of the Tony Awards until 1967. Many performances have been compiled and released on DVD as The Best of Broadway Musicals – Original Cast Performances from The Ed Sullivan Show . In a 1958 NEA interview, Sullivan noted his pride about
4620-602: The scheduling of the March 1970 broadcast was to promote the release of the band's upcoming film Let It Be in May of that year. The Supremes were a special act for The Ed Sullivan Show . In addition to 14 appearances, they were a personal favorite of Sullivan, whom he affectionately called "The Girls". Over the five years they performed on the program, the Supremes performed 15 of their hit singles, and numerous Broadway showtunes and other non-Motown songs. The group featuring
4704-636: The seasons went on. Younger viewers were growing to actively dislike the program; in 1970, Sullivan's compilation special Ed Sullivan's Swinging Sixties drew widely negative reviews. These factors were the reason the show was cancelled by CBS on March 16, 1971, as part of a mass cancellation of advertiser-averse programming . While Sullivan's landmark program ended without a proper finale, Sullivan produced one-off specials for CBS until his death in 1974, including an Ed Sullivan Show 25th anniversary special in 1973. In 1990, television documentary producer Andrew Solt formed SOFA Entertainment, Inc. and purchased
4788-531: The show ran on CBS every Sunday night from 8–9 p.m. Eastern Time , and it is one of the few entertainment shows to have run in the same weekly time slot on the same network for more than two decades (during its first season, it ran from 9 to 10 p.m. ET). Virtually every type of entertainment appeared on the show; classical musicians, opera singers, popular recording artists, songwriters, comedians, ballet dancers, dramatic actors performing monologues from plays, and circus acts were regularly featured. The format
4872-460: The show the following year. One telecast included African-American bass-baritone Andrew Frierson singing " Ol' Man River " from Kern and Hammerstein 's Show Boat , a song that, at that time, was usually sung on television by white singers, although it was written for a black character in the musical. However, Sullivan featured "rockers", and gave prominence to black musicians "not without censorship". For instance, he scheduled Fats Domino "at
4956-410: The show with " I Saw Her Standing There ", " From Me to You ", and " I Want to Hold Your Hand ". They were shown on tape February 23 (this appearance had been taped earlier in the day on February 9 before their first live appearance). They followed Ed's intro with " Twist and Shout " and " Please Please Me " and closed the show once again with " I Want to Hold Your Hand ". The Beatles appeared live for
5040-646: The show's June 20, 1948, debut, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis performed along with singer Monica Lewis and Broadway composers Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II previewing the score to their then-new show South Pacific , which opened on Broadway in 1949. From 1948 through 1962, the program's primary sponsor was the Lincoln-Mercury Division of the Ford Motor Company ; Sullivan read many commercials for Mercury vehicles live on
5124-569: The show's end in case he had to cancel a guest". He presented Domino alone at his piano singing as if he were a young Nat 'King' Cole or Fats Waller , as he performed "Blueberry Hill". On March 4, 1962, Sullivan presented Domino and his band, who did " Jambalaya ", Hank Williams' " You Win Again ", and "Let the Four Winds Blow". All seven of Domino's band members were visible to millions of viewers. On December 1, 1957, Sam Cooke performed
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#17327945764825208-407: The show's role in improving the public's understanding of mental illness . Sullivan considered his May 17, 1953, telecast to be the single most important episode in the show's first decade. During that show, a salute to Broadway director Joshua Logan , the two men were watching in the wings, and Sullivan asked Logan how he thought the show was doing. According to Sullivan, Logan told him that the show
5292-404: The show, the group provided filmed promotional clips of songs to air exclusively on Sullivan's program over the next few years, including videos of both " Paperback Writer " and " Rain " from 1966 and three clips from 1967, including " Penny Lane ", " Strawberry Fields Forever ", and " Hello, Goodbye ." In late 1967, the group also sent a telegram to Sullivan in addition to their promotional clips,
5376-464: The show. For his first set, Elvis played " Don't Be Cruel " and " Love Me Tender ". According to writer Elaine Dundy , Presley sang "Love Me Tender" "straight, subdued and tender ... – a very different Elvis from the one on The Steve Allen Show three months before". Elvis's second set consisted of " Ready Teddy " and a shortened version of " Hound Dog ". Popular mythology states that Sullivan censored Presley by shooting him only from
5460-461: The third and final appearance on January 6, 1957, Presley performed a medley of "Hound Dog", "Love Me Tender", and " Heartbreak Hotel ", followed by a full version of "Don't Be Cruel". For a second set later in the show he sang "Too Much" and " When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again ". For his last set he sang " Peace in the Valley ". For this third appearance, it was decided to shoot the singer only from
5544-597: The time, from Gregory Hines , Juliet Prowse , Maria Tallchief or Margo Fonteyn to the Peter Gennaro dancers. In the process, the musicians collaborated with several internationally recognized ballet troupes including: Ruth Page 's Chicago Opera Ballet , the London Festival Ballet , Roland Petit 's Ballets de Paris and Russia's Igor Moiseyev Ballet. Few musicians are capable of crossing over from one genre to another. However, each member of
5628-525: The treatment of the mentally ill and the granting of funds for the construction of new psychiatric hospitals . Occasionally Sullivan would feature a Hollywood actor introducing a clip from a film in which he or she currently starred. Burt Lancaster made an appearance in 1962, speaking about Robert Stroud , the character he portrayed in Birdman of Alcatraz , and introducing a clip from the film. And although Sir Laurence Olivier personally did not appear on
5712-499: The two segments telecast that night from CBS Television City in Hollywood. Sullivan, however, was not able to host his show in New York City because he was recovering from a near fatal automobile accident. Charles Laughton guest-hosted in Sullivan's place, and opened the show. Music journalist Greil Marcus wrote that Sullivan's choice to have Elvis appear after Laughton's introduction was an attempt to make Elvis less prominent in
5796-402: The waist up, but in fact, Presley's whole body was shown in the first and second shows. Although Laughton was the main star and there were seven other acts on the show, Elvis was on camera for more than a quarter of the time allotted to all acts. The show had a 43.7 rating, and was viewed by a record 60,710,000 people which at the time represented an 82.6% share of the television audience, and
5880-609: The waist while he performed. Although much has been made of the fact that Elvis was shown only from the waist up, except for the short section of "Hound Dog", all of the songs on this show were ballads. Although Sullivan praised Elvis at the end of the show, Elvis claimed in a 1969 interview that Sullivan had expressed a very different opinion backstage: "Sullivan's standing over there saying, 'Sumbitch. ' " The second and third appearances drew 57 and 54.6 million viewers, respectively. Years later, Sullivan tried to book Presley again, but declined after Presley's representatives presented
5964-474: The waves of admiration to new heights of fame lasting a generation. On September 9, 1956, Presley made his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show (after earlier appearances on shows hosted by the Dorsey Brothers , Milton Berle , and Steve Allen ), even though Sullivan had vowed never to allow Presley on the show. According to Sullivan biographer Michael David Harris, "Sullivan signed Presley when
6048-513: The waves were smaller. Bell was the first person to swim the 32-mile (51 km) distance. The CNE decided to give Bell the $ 10,000 prize, and she was later given numerous gifts, including a car, television, clothing, and furniture. Bell appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show . In an article, Bell later thanked the Toronto community for the support, especially Alexandrine Gibb, the Toronto Star reporter. Bell later recounted that she did not hear
6132-614: The year. Bell was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1958. In 1993 she entered the Canadian Swimming Hall of Fame and was named one of Canada's top athletes of the century. She was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1997. In 2003, Bell (now Marilyn Bell Di Lascio) was presented with the Order of Ontario . The National Historic Sites and Monuments Board designated Bell's crossing of
6216-529: Was 26 miles around Absecon Island in the Atlantic Ocean . On September 8, 1954, at 11:07 pm, Bell started her swim across Lake Ontario from Youngstown, New York , at virtually the same time as world-famous United States long-distance swimmer Florence Chadwick . The CNE had offered Chadwick CA$ 10,000 to swim the lake as a publicity effort for the annual exhibition. The offer to Chadwick had disappointed Canadian swimmers, Bell included, who had expected
6300-617: Was a champion of black talent. He launched the careers of many performers by presenting them to a nationwide TV audience and ignored the criticism. In an NEA interview, Sullivan commented: The most important thing [during the first ten years of the program] is that we've put on everything but bigotry . When the show first started in '48, I had a meeting with the sponsors. There were some Southern dealers present and they asked if I intended to put on Negroes. I said yes. They said I shouldn't, but I convinced them I wasn't going to change my mind. And you know something? We've gone over very well in
6384-402: Was becoming "another one of those and-then-I-wrote shows"; Sullivan asked him what he should do about it, and Logan volunteered to talk about his experiences in a mental institution. Sullivan took him up on the offer, and in retrospect believed that several advances in the treatment of mental illness could be attributed to the resulting publicity, including the repeal of a Pennsylvania law about
6468-526: Was broadcast from Miami Beach where Cassius Clay (later known as Muhammad Ali ) was in training for his first title bout with Sonny Liston . The occasion was used by both camps for publicity. On the evening of the television show (February 16) a crush of people nearly prevented the band from making it onstage. A wedge of policemen were needed and the band began playing " She Loves You " only seconds after reaching their instruments. They continued with " This Boy " and " All My Loving ", then returned later to close
6552-537: Was conducted by Arturo Toscanini and CBS's by Alfredo Antonini . The Ed Sullivan Show (originally presented as: The Toast Of The Town ) was basically a musical variety show, and thus members of the CBS orchestra were folded into the Ed Sullivan Show Orchestra, conducted by Ray Bloch. During the early days of television, the demands on studio musicians were many-tiered. They needed to be proficient in all genres of music, from classical, to jazz and to rock and roll. The Ed Sullivan Show would regularly feature singers from
6636-447: Was demolished in 1986 and replaced by an apartment house. CBS Studio 50 was finally modernized for color broadcasts in 1965. The 1965–66 season premiere starred the Beatles in an episode airing on September 12, which was the last episode to air in black and white. This occurred because the episode was taped at the Beatles' convenience on August 14, the eve of their Shea Stadium performance and a two-week tour of North America, slightly before
6720-450: Was essentially the same as vaudeville and, although vaudeville had undergone a slow demise for a generation, Sullivan presented many ex-vaudevillians on his show. Originally co-created and produced by Marlo Lewis , the show was first titled Toast of the Town , but was widely referred to as The Ed Sullivan Show for years before September 25, 1955, when that became its official name. In
6804-748: Was her second attempt, after giving up after eight kilometres on her first attempt. A cairn by Dallas Road Waterfront Trail, below Beacon Hill Park in Victoria, overlooks the bay where she completed her swim. In 1954, Bell was named the Canadian Newsmaker of the Year by The Canadian Press , awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's athlete of the year and awarded the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as Canadian female athlete of
6888-523: Was made in 1987, and was purchased by the National Gallery of Canada in 1990. Order of Ontario The Order of Ontario ( French : Ordre de l'Ontario ) is the most prestigious official honour in the Canadian province of Ontario . Instituted in 1986 by Lieutenant Governor Lincoln Alexander , on the advice of the Cabinet under Premier David Peterson , the civilian order
6972-625: Was on March 28, 1971, with guests Melanie , Joanna Simon , Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass and Sandler and Young . It was one of many older shows with followings in undesirable key demographics that were purged from the network lineups that summer. The purge led into the Prime Time Access Rule taking effect that fall. Repeats were scheduled through June 6, 1971. Along with the new talent Sullivan booked each week, he also had recurring characters appear many times
7056-488: Was the first exposure for foreign performers to the American public. On the occasion of the show's tenth anniversary telecast, Sullivan commented on how the show had changed during a June 1958 interview syndicated by the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA): The chief difference is mostly one of pace. In those days, we had maybe six acts. Now we have 11 or 12. Then, each of our acts would do
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