The Ed Sullivan Show

Episode 1

Louis Prima, Buddy Lester, Ruby Hill, Sonny Howard, Prince Mendez, Loretta & Klemis, The Wong Sisters

Sun, Sep 18, 1949 60 mins

Louis Prima - "I Don't Wanna Marry the Girl from Napoli" and "I'll be Seeing You" --Buddy Lester (comedian) --Ruby Hill - "One More for the Road" and "The One I Love Belongs to Someone Else" --Sonny Howard (vocal impressionist, sings "Sunny Side Of The Street" and does impressions of popular singers) --Prince Mendez - magician doing newspaper and card tricks, gets celebrities to assist him in charming a snake (Rocky Graziano, Charlie Fuseri, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Robert Stack) --Audience bows: Bobby Lane, Johnny Rausch, Gracie Barrie.

Episode 2

Victor Borge, George Kirby, Billy Vine, Dickenson Eastham

Sun, Sep 25, 1949 60 mins

Episode 3

Ethel Waters, Frank Parker, John Golden, The Blackburn Twins, Harold Lang, Paul Drake, Manuel & Marika Viera

Sun, Oct 2, 1949 60 mins

Ethel Waters - "Little Joe" (the piano player is jazz legend Fletcher Henderson - believed to be the only known footage of him). --Ethel Waters - "Stormy Weather" --John Golden (Tin Pan Alley song writer) - plays piano and sings "Goodbye Girls," "I'm Through," "Poor Butterfly" and "Venus" --The Blackburn Twins (tap dancing and singing twin brothers) - brothers perform mirror act (as if they are one person) --Frank Parker - "Nothing Like A Dame" (song from "South Pacific") and "Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie" --Harold Lang - "The Trolley Song" --Paul Drake (stand-up comedian, tells jokes and sings "When I'm Calling You" as MacDonald and Eddy) --Manuel and Marika Viera (trained animal act) - Professor Tippy and Cobina dressed as baseball players; monkeys playing piano and guitar; monkey eats and plays organ. --Audience bows: Joe Page (N. Y. Yankee Relief Pitcher); Joey Adams (comedian); Peter Lawford (actor); William Wilder; Ben Alexander (NYC fireman, decorated 4 times).

Episode 4

Episode #3.4

Sun, Oct 9, 1949 60 mins

Episode 5

Mary McCarty, Jack E. Leonard, Eddie Arcaro

Sun, Oct 16, 1949 60 mins

Episode 6

Episode #3.6

Sun, Oct 23, 1949 60 mins

Episode 7

Episode #3.7

Sun, Oct 30, 1949 60 mins

Episode 8

Episode #3.8

Sun, Nov 6, 1949 60 mins

Episode 9

Vaughn Monroe, Fran Warren, Leo Fuchs, Denise Darcel

Sun, Nov 13, 1949 60 mins

Episode 10

Episode #3.10

Sun, Nov 20, 1949 60 mins

Episode 11

Episode #3.11

Sun, Nov 27, 1949 60 mins

Episode 12

Allyn Ann McLerie, Adolph Green, Sarah Vaughn, KInko, Parks & Clifford, Johnny Lander, Maria Neglia

Sun, Dec 4, 1949 60 mins

Episode 13

Sigmund Romberg, Jarmila Novotna, Luba Malina, "Table" Davis, Dolinoff & Raya, Sara Berner

Sun, Dec 11, 1949 60 mins

Episode 14

W.C, Handy, Harry Armstrong, Maude Nugent, Lee Benedict, Lenny Kent, Tommy Trent, William Talbert; Howard & Wanda Bell

Sun, Dec 18, 1949 60 mins

Episode 15

Larry Storch, Rosemary Clooney, Mimi Benzell, Martez & Lucia, Jimmy Jimaine, The Tattlers

Sun, Dec 25, 1949 60 mins

Episode 16

Charles Laughton, Joan Barton, Mary McCarty, the Baird Puppets, the Tong Brothers

Sun, Jan 1, 1950 60 mins

Episode 17

Frankie Laine, Betty & Jane Kean, The Pelletiers, Dick Drake, Randy Brown, Kate Murtagh, Fred & Fay

Sun, Jan 8, 1950 60 mins

Episode 18

Lillian Roth, Frankie Laine, Virginia Lee, Anita Alvarez, Gene Jermai, The Pelletiers

Sun, Jan 15, 1950 60 mins

Frankie Laine sings "My Desire" and "Sunnyside of the Street". Dancer Anita Alvarez performs an impressionistic Latin dance. Lillian Roth sings a medley of tunes she helped popularize in her early career on stage, movies and radio. Two kickers from Ohio State University and California University, the two teams that had just clashed in The Rose Bowl, conduct an exhibition on place-kicking for Ed Sullivan.

Episode 19

Joey Adams, Paul Draper, Les Compagnons de Chanson

Sun, Jan 22, 1950 60 mins

Episode 20

Dinah Shore, Vic Damone, Alice Pearce, Joan Holloway

Sun, Jan 29, 1950 60 mins

Episode 21

Teresa Brewer, Luise Rainer, Mickey Shaughnessy

Sun, Feb 5, 1950 60 mins

Johnny Heldy's trained pair of bears ride bicycles & roll barrels. Teresa Brewer makes her second appearance on the show. Ed introduces her as the girl who "made history" with her recent recording of "Old Man Mose", which she then sings. Then after another chat and hug from Ed she sings and dances to her new hit Music Music Music, with the June Taylor dancers and Ray Bloch on piano. Rosita Serrano sings. Walter B. Long tap-dances. Walter Nelson rides a tall unicycle.

Episode 22

Vaughn Monroe, Ziggy Talent, Dewey Markham, Comedian, Phil Jones Dance Group, Vic & Addio

Sun, Feb 12, 1950 60 mins

Episode 23

Mel Torme, Ted Williams, Diana Wynyard, Mickey Deems, Ethel Smith, the Kanazawa Trio, Martha Stewart, the Blackburn Twins

Sun, Feb 19, 1950 60 mins

Episode 24

Dave Barry, Gordon Jenkins, Sunny Howard

Sun, Feb 26, 1950 60 mins

Episode 25

Margaret O'Brien, Vic Damone, Monica Lewis, Trini Rayes

Sun, Mar 5, 1950 60 mins

Episode 26

The Ink Spots, Jack E. Leonard, Don Cornell

Sun, Mar 12, 1950 60 mins

Episode 27

Mimi Benzell, Frieda Wing, David Burns, Mickey Deems, Herkie Styles, The Dunhills

Sun, Mar 19, 1950 60 mins

Episode 28

Sheila Bond, Eileen Barton, the Continentals, Phil Jones Dance Group, Fane & Foster

Sun, Mar 26, 1950 60 mins

Episode 29

Rose Murphy, Georges Guetary, Harvey Stone, Martha Stewart, the Blackburn Twins, Ken Whitmer, the Spaulding Trio

Sun, Apr 2, 1950 60 mins

Episode 30

Guest Hosts: Milton Berle, Ken Murray, Robert Q. Lewis

Sun, Apr 9, 1950 60 mins

Ken Murray, Robert Q. Lewis, and Milton Berle are guest emcees. "The Story Of Notre Dame", on film, narration by Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, president of Notre Dame University.

Episode 31

Jan August, Connie Mack, Juanita Hall, Phil Baker, Arther Treacher, Ward Wilson, Sheila Bond, Gene Jimae, Jose Bubal, the Merry Mutes

Sun, Apr 16, 1950 60 mins

Episode 32

The DeMarco Sisters, Willie Mosconi, Tony Lavelli, Bobby Sargent, Chai & Sonay, The Will Mastin Trio, Joe Browning, The Marvellos

Sun, Apr 23, 1950 60 mins

Episode 33

Kay Thompson, Woody Herman, Connee Boswell, Bobby Winters

Sun, Apr 30, 1950 60 mins

Episode 34

The Nat King Cole Trio, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Dorothy Jarnac, Paul Kohler & Jini, Larry & Trudy Leung

Sun, May 7, 1950 60 mins

Episode 35

The Ames Brothers, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Jack Marshall, The Three Suns, Bobby Van, Bambi Lynn & Rod Alexander

Sun, May 14, 1950 60 mins

Episode 36

Vic Damone, Katherine Dunham

Sun, May 21, 1950 60 mins

Episode 37

Joey Bishop, Pat C. Flick

Sun, May 28, 1950 60 mins

Episode 38

Patti Page, The Deep River Boys, The Three Suns

Sun, Jun 4, 1950 60 mins

Episode 39

Mindy Carson, Dick Contino, Norman Evans, Pauline Betz, the De Mattiazzi's

Sun, Jun 11, 1950 60 mins

Episode 40

Paul Winchell & Jerry Mahoney, Harold Lang, Ben Hogan

Sun, Jun 18, 1950 60 mins

Episode 41

Mimi Benzell, Sonny Howard, The Rigoletto Brothers

Sun, Jun 25, 1950 60 mins

Episode 42

Guest Host: Edward Arnold; Guest Stars: Joey Bishop, Mary Curtis, the Tu-Tones, the Fontaines, Sherier

Sun, Jul 2, 1950 60 mins

Episode 43

guest host: Perry Como - guests: The Fontane Sisters, John Sebastian, Toni Harper, Chris Nelson, Dick Buckley

Sun, Jul 9, 1950 60 mins

Episode 44

Guest Host: Jane Froman; guest stars: The Carroll Sisters, Danny Crystal

Sun, Jul 16, 1950 60 mins

Episode 45

Guest Host: Ray Middleton; guest stars: Phil Foster, Kathryn Lee

Sun, Jul 23, 1950 60 mins

Episode 46

Guest Host: Johnny Johnston; guest stars: Ade Duval, Gaudsmith Brothers

Sun, Jul 30, 1950 60 mins

Episode 47

Kay Starr, Henny Youngman, The Szonys

Sun, Aug 6, 1950 60 mins

Episode 48

Fran Warren, Alice Pearce, Nip Nelson, Sing Lee Sings

Sun, Aug 13, 1950 60 mins

Episode 49

Eddie Bracken, Linda Lee Jones, Tommy Hanlon, Andy Williams Jr.

Sun, Aug 20, 1950 60 mins

Episode 50

Jean Carroll, Eleanor Steber, Mel Allen

Sun, Aug 27, 1950 60 mins

Episode 51

The Ink Spots, Sam Urzetta, Billy Vine, The Piero Brothers, The Gaudsmith Brothers, Winick & Mae

Sun, Sep 3, 1950 60 mins

Episode 52

Frankie Laine, Patti Page, Victor Borge, Chester Gould, Smith & Dale

Sun, Sep 10, 1950 60 mins