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42 Episodes 1963 - 1964
Episode 1
Sun, Sep 29, 196360 mins
Episode 2
Sun, Oct 6, 196360 mins
Episode 3
Sun, Oct 13, 196360 mins
Episode 4
Sun, Oct 20, 196360 mins
Episode 5
Sun, Oct 27, 196360 mins
Episode 6
Sun, Nov 3, 196360 mins
Episode 7
Sun, Nov 10, 196360 mins
Miss Teenage America pageant contestant Karen Valentine makes her debut with her goofy lip sync performance to the hit song "Blame It On The Bossa Nova," by Eydie Gormé, among other performances.
Episode 8
Sun, Nov 17, 196360 mins
Episode 9
Sun, Dec 1, 196360 mins
Episode 10
Sun, Dec 8, 196360 mins
Episode 11
Sun, Dec 15, 196360 mins
Episode 12
Sun, Dec 22, 196360 mins
Episode 13
Sun, Dec 29, 196360 mins
Episode 14
Sun, Jan 5, 196460 mins
Episode 15
Sun, Jan 12, 196460 mins
Episode 16
Sun, Jan 19, 196460 mins
Episode 17
Sun, Jan 26, 196460 mins
Heflin and Blackmer appear in a scene from their Broadway play A Case of Libel.
Episode 18
Sun, Feb 2, 196460 mins
Episode 19
Sun, Feb 9, 196460 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
Sun, Feb 16, 196460 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
Sun, Feb 23, 196460 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
Sun, Mar 1, 196460 mins
Episode 23
Sun, Mar 8, 196460 mins
Episode 24
Sun, Mar 15, 196460 mins
Episode 25
Sun, Mar 22, 196460 mins
Episode 26
Sun, Mar 29, 196460 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
Sun, Apr 5, 196460 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
Sun, Apr 12, 196460 mins
A videotaped broadcast of the Moscow State Circus performing in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Episode 29
Sun, Apr 26, 196460 mins
Episode 30
Sun, May 3, 196460 mins
Episode 31
Sun, May 10, 196460 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
Sun, May 17, 196460 mins
Episode 33
Sun, May 24, 196460 mins
Episode 34
Sun, May 31, 196460 mins
Episode 35
Sun, Jun 7, 196460 mins
Episode 36
Sun, Jun 14, 196460 mins
Episode 37
Sun, Jun 21, 196460 mins
Episode 38
Sun, Jun 28, 196460 mins

Episode 39
Sun, Jul 5, 196460 mins
Episode 40
Sun, Jul 26, 196460 mins
Episode 41
Sun, Aug 16, 196460 mins
Episode 42
Sun, Sep 6, 196460 mins