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40 Episodes 1960 - 1961
Episode 1
Sun, Sep 25, 196060 mins
Episode 2
Sun, Oct 2, 196060 mins
Highlights include Rooney as a wacky senator interviewed by Foreman, Bob Newhart acting out an office retirement party.
Episode 3
Sun, Oct 16, 196060 mins
Episode 4
Sun, Oct 23, 196060 mins
Episode 5
Sun, Nov 6, 196060 mins
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.
Episode 6
Sun, Nov 13, 196060 mins
Episode 7
Sun, Nov 20, 196060 mins

Episode 8
Sun, Nov 27, 196060 mins
Episode 9
Sun, Dec 4, 196060 mins
Episode 10
Sun, Dec 11, 196060 mins
Episode 11
Sun, Dec 18, 196060 mins
Episode 12
Sun, Dec 25, 196060 mins
Episode 13
Sun, Jan 1, 196160 mins
Episode 14
Sun, Jan 8, 196160 mins
Episode 15
Sun, Jan 22, 196160 mins
Episode 16
Sun, Jan 29, 196160 mins
Episode 17
Sun, Feb 5, 196160 mins
Episode 18
Sun, Feb 12, 196160 mins
Episode 19
Sun, Feb 19, 196160 mins
Episode 20
Sun, Feb 26, 196160 mins
Episode 21
Sun, Feb 26, 196160 mins

Episode 22
Sun, Mar 5, 196160 mins
Episode 23
Sun, Mar 19, 196160 mins
Episode 24
Sun, Mar 26, 196160 mins
Episode 25
Sun, Apr 2, 196160 mins
Episode 26
Sun, Apr 9, 196160 mins
Episode 27
Sun, Apr 16, 196160 mins
Episode 28
Sun, Apr 23, 196160 mins
Episode 29
Sun, Apr 30, 196160 mins
Episode 30
Sun, May 7, 196160 mins
Episode 31
Sun, May 14, 196160 mins
Gene Barry and Teresa Brewer sang "Hills of Old Kentucky". Teresa sang "Milord", her current single hit, and "I Wouldn't Trade the Silver in My Mother's Hair". Metropolitan opera tenor Richard Tucker performs "Nessun Dorma" from Puccini's "Turandot". Dixieland clarinetist Pete Fountain with jazz group perform "Tiger Rag." The Idlers (US Coast Guard vocal group, stationed at New London, CT) perform "Sea Chanties." The Three Stooges perform a slapstick routine about a motion picture stand-in.

Episode 32
Sun, May 21, 196160 mins
Episode 33
Sun, May 28, 196160 mins
Episode 34
Sun, Jun 4, 196160 mins
Episode 35
Sun, Jun 11, 196160 mins
Episode 36
Sun, Jun 18, 196160 mins
13th anniversary celebration of The Ed Sullivan Show
Episode 37
Sun, Jun 25, 196160 mins
Episode 38
Sun, Jul 2, 196160 mins
Rowan and Martin do a hotel skit. Teresa Brewer does a World War I medley of "Smile, Smile, Smile", "Till We Meet Again", "Over There", "My Buddy" and "How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm". Later she also sings Bidin' My Time, from her recent album. Louis Armstrong performs with his band.
Episode 39
Sun, Jul 9, 196160 mins
Episode 40
Sun, Jul 30, 196160 mins