The Ed Sullivan Show

Episode 1

Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra Jr., The Pied Pipers and others

Sun, Sep 29, 1963 60 mins

Episode 2

The Three Stooges, Totie Fields, Kate Smith, Dick Dale, Eileen Brennan, Sonny Liston, Stiller & Meara, The Angels, Page Cavanaugh

Sun, Oct 6, 1963 60 mins

Episode 3

Episode #17.3

Sun, Oct 13, 1963 60 mins

Episode 4

Episode #17.4

Sun, Oct 20, 1963 60 mins

Episode 5

Episode #17.5

Sun, Oct 27, 1963 60 mins

Episode 6

Richard Burton, Morecombe & Wise , Arthur Worsley and more

Sun, Nov 3, 1963 60 mins

Episode 7

The Jane Russell, Connie Haines and Beryl Davis trio, Allen & Rossi and other performers

Sun, Nov 10, 1963 60 mins

For this episode, Jane Russell, Connie Haines and Beryl Davis sing together in a short-lived musical trio, and often perform solo as well. The comedy duet of Allen and Rossi, is followed by Shelley Berman, The West Point Glee Club performs four songs for the night. Dick Contino plays three polka songs on his accordion. Trained elephants Baby Opal and Baby Kay serve as tonight's animal act. Dennis Spicer returns with one of his puppets. Teri Thornton sings again. We are introduced to Karen Valentine, a 16-year-old talent award winner in the Miss Teenage America Pageant, who performs her own goofy lip sync and dance routine imitating Eydie Gorme's hit "Blame It on the Bossa Nova." Ed Wynn also appears. The show closes out with a film of the last known press interview with South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem, who was assassinated on November 2, 1963.

Episode 8

Tommy Sands & Nancy Sinatra, Robert Horton, The Kim Sisters & The Kim Brothers, Bob Lewis, Davis & Reese, The Nieman Brothers, The New Sounds

Sun, Nov 17, 1963 60 mins

Episode 9

The Obrastov Russian Puppet Theatre

Sun, Dec 1, 1963 60 mins

Episode 10

Episode #17.10

Sun, Dec 8, 1963 60 mins

Episode 11

Milton Berle, Jackie Wilson, Al Hirt, Burt Lancaster, Eddie Albert, Georgia Brown, Allan Sherman, Frank Robinson, Frank Ifield, the Four Tops

Sun, Dec 15, 1963 60 mins

Jackie Wilson performs Lonely Teardrops and Forever and a Day. Georgia Brown sings I Got Plenty of Nothing. Milton Berle and ensemble do a silent skit, Shipping Clerk.Austrailian Frank Ifield sings Daybreak, Amin Brothers do their acrobatic act and Al Hirt plays his trumpet, performing his Grammy winning song Java.

Episode 12

Buster Keaton, Teresa Brewer, Tessie O'Shea, George Kirby, Frank Ifield, John Huston, Paul Dooley & Richard Libertini, The Burke Family, Rene Lavand, Hugh Forgie, Topo Gigio

Sun, Dec 22, 1963 60 mins

Episode 13

Hank Williams, Jr., Janet Blair, Jerry Vale, The Kim Sisters

Sun, Dec 29, 1963 60 mins

Episode 14

Episode #17.14

Sun, Jan 5, 1964 60 mins

Episode 15

Episode #17.15

Sun, Jan 12, 1964 60 mins

Episode 16

Episode #17.16

Sun, Jan 19, 1964 60 mins

Episode 17

Episode #17.17

Sun, Jan 26, 1964 60 mins

Heflin and Blackmer appear in a scene from their Broadway play A Case of Libel.

Episode 18

Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr. The Two Carmenas, Mr. Pastry, Cliff Richard, Rip Taylor

Sun, Feb 2, 1964 60 mins

Episode 19

Meet The Beatles

Sun, Feb 9, 1964 60 mins

Ed Sullivan welcomes The Beatles as his guests in their first appearance on American television. The British rock group sings five of their current hit songs. Dutch comic magician Fred Kaps performs card tricks and a salt shaker stunt, the cast of the Broadway musical "Oliver" performs several numbers and Frank Gorshin does his impression of an imagined committee meeting of the U.S. Senate with its members all famous movie actors. British singer Tessie O'Shea performs three songs, including her hit, "Two-Ton Tessie from Tennessee", the comic team of Mitzi McCall and Charley Brill perform a comic sketch concerning the travails of a Hollywood producer trying to find the right woman for a part in a major motion picture and the comic acrobat team of Wells and the Four Fays perform a number of tumbling stunts.

Episode 20

The Beatles' Second Appearance

Sun, Feb 16, 1964 60 mins

The Beatles return to program for the second consecutive week, this time performing in Miami Beach, Florida. In the first set, the group performs "She Loves You", "This Boy", and "All My Loving". After Ed Sullivan introduces current heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston and former champ Joe Louis, comedians Marty Allen and Steve Rossi perform a sketch where an unlikely boxing contender (Allen) is quizzed by a persistent interviewer. Mitzi Gaynor performs "It's Too Darn Hot" and a series of blues numbers. Sway Bar Acrobats 'The Nerveless Nocks' perform aerial feats in a segment taped at Hialeh Race Track, followed by Myron Cohen's stand-up comic routine concerning two old ladies who enter the race track by accident. The Beatles wrap up the show with a second set, singing "I Saw Her Standing There", "From Me to You" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand".

Episode 21

Something New From The Beatles

Sun, Feb 23, 1964 60 mins

The Beatles return for their third straight show and perform "Twist and Shout" and "Please Please Me" in their opening set. Cute blonde Gloria Bleezarde trills the comic song "Safety in Numbers", followed by Pinky and Perky's marionettes performing "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" and "Speedy Gonzalez". Morecambe & Wise perform a comedy sketch concerning fragile antique brandy glasses and are succeeded by clarinetist Acker Bilk and the Ed Sullivan Dancers performing "Acker's Lacquer". Gordon and Sheila MacRae spoof 'The Garry Moore Show' with Gordon and Shiela performing "The Sweetest Sounds", followed by Gordon's impressions of Moore and Frank Fontaine and then singing "If Ever I would Leave You". Sandwiched around comedy routines by Dave Barry and Morty Gunty, Cab Calloway sings "St. James Infirmary" and "Ol' Man River". The episode concludes with The Beatles singing "I Want to Hold Your Hand" for the third consecutive week.

Episode 22

George Raft, Jack Carter, Rickie Layne & Velvel, John Byner, The Alcettys, Hines, Hines & Brown

Sun, Mar 1, 1964 60 mins

Episode 23

Ira Gershwin, Phil Silvers, Florence Henderson, Juliet Prowse, Jerry Vale, Steve Lawrence, Saul Chaplin, Harry Ruby, Sammy Fain, Arthur Freed, Jimmy McHugh, Blossum Seely, The Dave Clark Five

Sun, Mar 8, 1964 60 mins

Episode 24

The Dave Clark Five, Peter O'Toole, Jack Jones, Jackie Vernon, Pat O'Brian, Carmel Quinn

Sun, Mar 15, 1964 60 mins

Episode 25

Bobby Vinton, Van Johnson, The Ladybugs (Sheila James, Jeannine Riley, Pat Woodell & Linda Henning), Totie Fields, George Kirby, The Brooks Sisters, Topo Gigio

Sun, Mar 22, 1964 60 mins

Episode 26

Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers, and more

Sun, Mar 29, 1964 60 mins

Harry Belafonte is joined by the Belafonte Folk Singers. Other performers include the Kessler Twins, comedian Jack Carter, British ventriloquist Dennis Spicer, and the return of Karen Valentine among others.

Episode 27

The Searchers, Rowan & Martin, Theresa Brewer, Topo Gigio, Señor Wences, and more

Sun, Apr 5, 1964 60 mins

The Searchers sang "Needles and Pins" and "Ain't That Just Like Me". Teresa Brewer sang Bye Bye Blackbird, followed by an audience bow of her two daughters Katherine and Susan. Senor Wences did his ventriloquist act. The Little Singers of Tokyo sang "Sakura" and "Swanee".

Episode 28

Moscow State Circus (taped in Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Sun, Apr 12, 1964 60 mins

A videotaped broadcast of the Moscow State Circus performing in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Episode 29

Episode #17.29

Sun, Apr 26, 1964 60 mins

Episode 30

Patti Page, Bill Dana, Vaughn Meader, Gerry and the Pacemakers, cast of The America Be Seated Musical Ft. Lola Falana, Mae Barnes & Louis Gossett, Jr.

Sun, May 3, 1964 60 mins

Episode 31

Dusty Springfield, Gerry and the Pacemakers. Itzhak Perlman, and more

Sun, May 10, 1964 60 mins

Straight out of West Hampstead, London, Dusty Springfield brings her hit singles "Stay Awhile," and "I Only Want to Be With You" to the US, while Gerry and the Pacemakers continue the British Invasion with songs such as "I Like It," and "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying." Bobby Rydel covers the Peter and Gordon hit "A World Without Live," Los Cincos Latinos sing "El Relicario," Denton, Texas pre-teen girls known as The Brooks Sisters do a partial instrumental version of "When the Saints Go Marching In," and Itzhak Pearlman performs on the violin. Jackie Mason, Phyllis Diller and Sid Gary perform their standard comedy routines, and tightrope walker Doug Hart shows his skills.

Episode 32

Paul Anka, Totie Fields, Jackie Vernon, Rowan & Martin, Big Tiny Little, The McGuire Sisters

Sun, May 17, 1964 60 mins

Episode 33

Liza Minnelli, Duke Ellington, Jean-Paul Vignon, Professor Backwards, The Lipizzaner Stallions

Sun, May 24, 1964 60 mins

Episode 34

Helen Hayes, Bill Cosby, Abbe Lane, Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy, The Dave Clark Five

Sun, May 31, 1964 60 mins

Episode 35

Alec Guinness, Tessie O'Shea, Robert Horton, Nipsey Russell, Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas

Sun, Jun 7, 1964 60 mins

Episode 36

Sammy Davis, Jr., Stiller & Meara, The Vagabonds

Sun, Jun 14, 1964 60 mins

Episode 37

Episode #17.37

Sun, Jun 21, 1964 60 mins

Episode 38

Episode #17.38

Sun, Jun 28, 1964 60 mins

Episode 39

Episode #17.39

Sun, Jul 5, 1964 60 mins

Episode 40

Episode #17.40

Sun, Jul 26, 1964 60 mins

Episode 41

Episode #17.41

Sun, Aug 16, 1964 60 mins

Episode 42

Bert Lahr, Rita Pavone, The Kim Sisters and more

Sun, Sep 6, 1964 60 mins