The Ed Sullivan Show Season 18 Episodes

Episode 1

The Beach Boys, Alan King, Robert Goulet, Leslie Uggams, Vonda Kay Van Dyke, Topo Gigio

Sun, Sep 27, 196460 mins

Episode 2

Louis Armstrong, Sid Caesar, Pat Boone, Abbe Lane, Topo Gigio, Yogi Berra, Jim Bouton, the Radugas

Sun, Oct 4, 196460 mins

Headliners include Louis Armstrong, Sid Caesar and singers Pat Boone and Abbe Lane. Ed also introduces the Radugas, Russian folk dancers.

Episode 3

Juliet Prowse, Connie Francis, Alan & Rossi, the Harlem Globetrotters, Jean-Paul Vignon, George Kirby, Roy Orbison, Jean Carroll, Joe Pepitone, Roger Maris, Elston Howard, Tom Tresh, Tony Kubek

Sun, Oct 11, 196460 mins

Dancer Juliet Prowse and singer Connie Francis headline this show, and are joined by comics Alan and Rossi; the Harlem Globetrotters; French pop singer Jean Paul Vignon; impressionist George Kirby; Country and Western singer Roy Orbison; and comedienne Jean Carroll. Ed introduces New York Yankees Joe Pepitone, Roger Maris, Elston Howard, Tom Tresh and Tony Kubek.

Episode 4

Joan Sutherland, Van Johnson, Totie Fields, Jackie Mason, John Byner, Rita Pavone, the Animals

Sun, Oct 18, 196460 mins

Music is the show's keynote, with Met opera star Joan Sutherland, actor-singer Van Johnson, Italian recording star Rita Pavone and Britain's rock 'n' rolling Animals on hand. Comedy impressionist John Byner pokes fun at Ed, comedienne Totie Fields presents a monologue and comic Jackie Mason makes the first of six scheduled appearances. Ed presents Antonio Gades and his Spanish ballet, which recently completed a summer engagement at the World's Fair.

Episode 5

Episode #18.5

Sun, Oct 25, 196460 mins

Episode 6

The Dave Clark Five, Rex Harrison, Alan King, Dolores Gray, Leon Bibb, Marilyn Michaels, Richard Hearne, Pat Buttram

Sun, Nov 1, 196460 mins

Episode 7

Jimmy Durante, Nipsey Russell, Jean-Paul Vignon, Ginny Tiu, Al Kelly, Mr. Pastry, Hendra & Ullett, the Del Ray Brothers, the Bachelors, Brizio the Clown

Sun, Nov 8, 196460 mins

Episode 8

Episode #18.8

Sun, Nov 15, 196460 mins

Episode 9

Episode #18.9

Sun, Nov 22, 196460 mins

Ed's guests include Victor Borge, singers Tony Bennett and Leslie Uggams, actor Pat O'Brien, the folk singing Women-folk and the clowning Cairoli and Company. A group of Irish boy singers from County Wexfort, John F. Kennedy's ancestral home, pay tribute to the late President by singing two of his favorite songs: "The Boys of Wexford" and "Kelly, the Boy from Killane." Ray Bloch conducts the orchestra.

Episode 10

Episode #18.10

Sun, Nov 29, 196460 mins

Episode 11

Jerry Lewis, Sid Caesar, Sophie Tucker, Bob Lewis, Piccolo Pupa, Betsy Palmer, Allen & Rossi, Gary Lewis & The Playboys

Sun, Dec 6, 196460 mins

Episode 12

Episode #18.12

Sun, Dec 13, 196460 mins

Episode 13

Episode #18.13

Sun, Dec 20, 196460 mins

Episode 14

Diana Ross & The Supremes, Leslie Uggams, The Serendipity Singers, Rip Taylor, Frank Gorshin, Davis & Reese, Jean Carrol

Sun, Dec 27, 196460 mins

Episode 15

Episode #18.15

Sun, Jan 3, 196560 mins

Episode 16

Episode #18.16

Sun, Jan 10, 196560 mins

Episode 17

Episode #18.17

Sun, Jan 17, 196560 mins

Episode 18

Episode #18.18

Sun, Jan 24, 196560 mins

Episode 19

Episode #18.19

Sun, Feb 7, 196560 mins

Episode 20

Episode #18.20

Sun, Feb 14, 196560 mins

Highlights include two numbers by the Dave Clark Five, Rowan and Martin do a skit about a stupid game show contestant and another about trench-coated spies. Steve Lawrence sings some Streisand tunes, Topo Gigio has a motorcycle and some school experience to tell, and Victor Borge relates a story using his "Inflated Words" vocabulary.

Episode 21

Episode #18.21

Sun, Feb 21, 196560 mins

Episode 22

Episode #18.22

Sun, Feb 28, 196560 mins

Episode 23

Episode #18.23

Sun, Mar 7, 196560 mins

Episode 24

Episode #18.24

Sun, Mar 14, 196560 mins

Episode 25

Episode #18.25

Sun, Mar 21, 196560 mins

Episode 26

Episode #18.26

Sun, Mar 28, 196560 mins

Episode 27

Episode #18.27

Sun, Apr 4, 196560 mins

Episode 28

Episode #18.28

Sun, Apr 11, 196560 mins

Episode 29

Episode #18.29

Sun, Apr 18, 196560 mins

Episode 30

Episode #18.30

Sun, Apr 25, 196560 mins

Episode 31

Episode #18.31

Sun, May 2, 196560 mins

Episode 32

Episode #18.32

Sun, May 9, 196560 mins

Richard Pryor does a stand-up monologue. The Three Stooges perform their famous "Niagara Falls" slapstick routine. Della Reese sings "Once Upon a Time." Juliet Prowse sings and dances to a "Minstrel Melody" (production number with dancers). The Kim Sisters sing "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Vaughn Monroe sings "Queen of the Senior Prom" and a medley of hits. Byron Janis (concert pianist) performs "Toccata." Antoinette Sibley and Anthony Dowell (from London's Royal Ballet) dance the pas de deux from "The Dream." Les Doubles Faces (pantomime artists) give a pantomime performance as a man appears to be throwing around a disembodied head. Ed Sullivan interviews actors Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, with movie clip from "The Great Race".

Episode 33

Episode #18.33

Sun, May 16, 196560 mins

Petula Clark sings "I Know a Place" and "Heart." Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn (ballet dancers) dance the pas de deux from "Swan Lake." Alan King (stand-up comedian) - performs a routine about little league baseball players and their parents. Sue Carson (comedienne) sings a parody of "King of the Road" and impersonates a female folk singer. The West Point Glee Club sings a medley of Civil War songs ('When Johnny Comes Marching Home," "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (The Boys Are Marching)," "Yellow Rose of Texas," "Tenting Tonight," "Dixie" and "The Battle Hymn of the Republic") and Irving Berlin's "This Is the Army Mr. Jones."

Episode 34

Episode #18.34

Sun, May 23, 196560 mins

Episode 35

Episode #18.35

Sun, May 30, 196560 mins

Episode 36

Herman's Hermits, Tommy Steele, Trini Lopez, Roberta Peters, John Byner, Georgie Kaye, Stiller & Meara, Mr. Cox, The Malmo Girls

Sun, Jun 6, 196560 mins

Episode 37

Episode #18.37

Sun, Jun 13, 196560 mins

Episode 38

The Dave Clark Five, Cab Calloway, Soupy Sales, Juliet Prowse, Totie Fields, Arthur Haynes, The Malmo Girls, Elizabeth & Collins

Sun, Jun 20, 196560 mins

Episode 39

Episode #18.39

Sun, Jun 27, 196560 mins

Episode 40

Episode #18.40

Sun, Aug 29, 196560 mins