The Ed Sullivan Show

Episode 1

Episode #7.1

Sun, Sep 13, 1953 60 mins

Episode 2

Salute to Gene Autry

Sun, Sep 20, 1953 60 mins

Gene Autry appears on stage on horseback with his famous horse, Champion, and sings a Mexican song. Gene Autry, along with the entire audience, sing "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer". At a campfire setting Gene sings "Your Cheatin' Heart". On horseback, Gene sings "I'm Back in the Saddle Again". Dolores Gray sings "I've Got the World on a String". Anna Russell performs a comedy skit as a hostess at a Ladies Club Meeting and a comedic piano player. John Raitt and Dolores Gray sing a duet in a carnival backdrop "It's a Lovely Day" and "Till the Clouds Roll By". John Raitt sings "You'll Never Walk Alone".

Episode 3

Episode #7.3

Sun, Sep 27, 1953 60 mins

Episode 4

Lauren Bacall, Sam Levenson, Guy Mitchell, Helen Wood, the Baird Puppets

Sun, Oct 4, 1953 60 mins

Episode 5

Episode #7.5

Sun, Oct 11, 1953 60 mins

Episode 6

Episode #7.6

Sun, Oct 18, 1953 60 mins

Episode 7

Episode #7.7

Sun, Oct 25, 1953 60 mins

Episode 8

Episode #7.8

Sun, Nov 1, 1953 60 mins

Episode 9

Episode #7.9

Sun, Nov 8, 1953 60 mins

Episode 10

Episode #7.10

Sun, Nov 15, 1953 60 mins

Episode 11

Episode #7.11

Sun, Nov 22, 1953 60 mins

Episode 12

Episode #7.12

Sun, Nov 29, 1953 60 mins

Episode 13

Episode #7.13

Sun, Dec 6, 1953 60 mins

Ed Sullivan presents Charles Boyer in "Don Juan in Hell"; Sam Levenson, Julius La Rosa, Roberta Peters, the Jack Cole dancers from "Kismet", and members of the Princeton Triangle Club.

Episode 14

Episode #7.14

Sun, Dec 13, 1953 60 mins

Episode 15

Episode #7.15

Sun, Dec 20, 1953 60 mins

Episode 16

Episode #7.16

Sun, Dec 27, 1953 60 mins

Episode 17

Ice Capades of '54, Jose Greco, Richard Haydn, Robert Lamaret, Les Compagnons de la Chanson

Sun, Jan 3, 1954 60 mins

Episode 18

Johnnie Ray, David Wayne, John Forsythe, Eddie Hodges

Sun, Jan 10, 1954 60 mins

Episode 19

Roberta Peters, Senor Wences, Harry Belafonte, Tony Bennett, Franchot Tone, Gig Young, Ming the Magician

Sun, Jan 17, 1954 60 mins

Episode 20

The Ames Brothers, Margot Fonteyn, Sam Levenson, Michael Somes, Cesare Siepi, Sadler's Wells corps de ballet

Sun, Jan 24, 1954 60 mins

Episode 21

Patti Page, Richard Tucker, Judith Anderson, West Point Glee Club, Rudy Horn, The Three Rudells

Sun, Jan 31, 1954 60 mins

Episode 22

Dorothy Lamour, Merle Oberon, Orson Bean, Ruth Draper, Yehudi Menuhin, The Oklahoma University Glee Club

Sun, Feb 7, 1954 60 mins

Episode 23

MGM's 30th Anniversary Tribute

Sun, Feb 14, 1954 60 mins

For MGM's 30th Anniversary, Ed Sullivan broadcasts from Television City in Hollywood featuring some of MGM's biggest stars. The program includes clips of their most popular films, as well as recreated scenes and songs from their films.

Episode 24

Tony Martin, Senior Wences, Myron Cohen

Sun, Feb 21, 1954 60 mins

Episode 25

Red Skelton, Betty & Jane Kean, Colette Marchand, Orson Bean, David Rose, Les Compagnons de la Chanson. Hilda Guden, Eileen O'Dare, the Mayo Brothers

Sun, Feb 28, 1954 60 mins

Episode 26

Janet Blair, Frank Fontaine, The Novellos, Channing Pollack, the Laine Brothers, Nat King Cole, Hurd Hatfield

Sun, Mar 7, 1954 60 mins

Episode 27

Montgomery Clift, Victor Borge, Julius LaRosa, Hal LeRoy, Peg Leg Bates, the Gaudsmith Brothers(

Sun, Mar 14, 1954 60 mins

Episode 28

Eddie Fisher, Betty and Jane Kean, The Harmonicats, Richard Hearne, Gautier's Steeplechase animal act

Sun, Mar 21, 1954 60 mins

Episode 29

Eartha Kitt, Teresa Brewer, Sophie Tucker, Ben Hogan, Billy De Wolfe, Hermione Gingold, Roberta Peters, the Baird Puppets

Sun, Apr 4, 1954 60 mins

"Toast of the Town" celebrates its fifth year with its current sponsor. Host Ed Sullivan welcomes celebrities who made their first TV appearance on the program. The guest list features "Red Hot Mama" Sophie Tucker in a pickup from Miami; golfer Ben Hogan in a pickup from Atlanta; opera star Roberta Peters and the "Three Musketeers" of the Metropolitan Opera-Cesare Siepi, Cesare Valletta and Fernando Corena; song stylist Eartha Kitt; comedian Billy De Wolfe; and songstress Teresa Brewer. Noted opera soprano of former times, Mary Garden, makes her first TV appearance on this show tonight. Comedienne Hermione Gingold joins Mr. DeWolfe in the "Train Scene" from "Almanac."

Episode 30

Rocky Marciano, Ezzard Charles, Leonard Warren, 1st Piano Quartet, The Szonys, Patricia D'Or, Patti Bross

Sun, Apr 11, 1954 60 mins

Tonight: boxers Rocky Marciano and Ezzard Charles' record-breaking Navy fliers; singers Leonard Warren and Patti Bross; 1st Piano Quartet; the dancing Szonys; juggler Patricia D'Or; clips from 'Vera Cruz' with Burt Lancaster, Gary Cooper.

Episode 31

The Notre Dame Glee Club, Joe Jackson, Jr., the Marquis Chimpanzees, Eddie Albert, Sam Snead, Pier Angeli

Sun, Apr 18, 1954 60 mins

Ed Sullivan presents the sixth annual Easter Sunday appearance of the Notre Dame Glee Club; clown Joe Jackson, Jr.; and the Marcus Chimpanzees. Eddie Albert will narrate an adaptation of One God, a book for children about the religious faiths practiced in the U.S.

Episode 32

Ed Wynn, Victoria De Los Angeles, Chester Gould, Korean Children's Choir, Mata & Hari, Patty Moore & Ben Lessy, Joe Jackson, Jr., Tom Pack's Elephants

Sun, Apr 25, 1954 60 mins

Episode 33

ASCAP Story - Part I

Sun, May 2, 1954 60 mins

Episode 34

Dolores Gray, Margaret Whiting, Barbara Whiting, Julius LaRosa, Liberace, Roy Smeck, Nnaci Crompton, Grace Kahn, Joe Howard, Ernie Burnett, Harold Tierney, Jack Norworth

Sun, May 9, 1954 60 mins

Episode 35

Nat King Cole, Ted Lewis, Dick Contino, Mr. Pastry, Stan Musial, Byron Nelson, Scene from 'The Teahouse of the August Moon' with David Wayne, John Forsythe, & Larry Gates

Sun, May 16, 1954 60 mins

Episode 36

Mindy Carson. Richard Hearne. Page & Bray, Dickie Valentine, The Ghezzi Brothers, Betty & Jane Kean

Sun, May 23, 1954 60 mins

Episode 37

Liberace, Hermione Gingold, Patti Page, Red Buttons, Richard Hearne

Sun, May 30, 1954 60 mins

Episode 38

G.I. Talent Contest

Sun, Jun 6, 1954 60 mins

Finals of the world-wide Army talent contest consisting of 24 G.I. soldiers introduced individually by Ed Sullivan.

Episode 39

Bert Lahr, Victor Borge, John Raitt, Janice Paige, Mata & Hari, the Yokoi Trio, the Goofers, International Barber Shop Quartet

Sun, Jun 13, 1954 60 mins

Singers John Raitt and Janice Paige in a scene from the Broadway musical "The Pajama Game".

Episode 40

Jackie Gleason, Art Carmey, Rise Stevens, Darvas & Julia, Will Jordan, Hal LeRoy, Peg Leg Bates

Sun, Jun 20, 1954 60 mins

Episode 41

Genevieve de Galard-Terraube, Patachou, Richard Hearne, Bert Lahr, Pat Henning, the Szonys

Sun, Jun 27, 1954 60 mins

On film appearance by Genevieve de Galard-Terraube (nurse of Dien Bien Phu); on-stage singer Patachou and comedian Richard Hearne; live performances in New York City by comedians Bert Lahr and Pat Henning, and dancing group the Szonys.

Episode 42

Live from the USS Iowa at New York's Summer Festival

Sun, Jul 4, 1954 60 mins

Episode 43

Rosemary Clooney, The Four Aces, Joan Holloway, Stanley Kramer

Sun, Jul 11, 1954 60 mins

Episode 44

25th Anniversary of the Westchester Country Club

Sun, Jul 18, 1954 60 mins

Broadcast live from the Westchester Country Club in New York State,

Episode 45

Episode #7.45

Sun, Jul 25, 1954 60 mins

Episode 46

Episode #7.46

Sun, Aug 1, 1954 60 mins

Episode 47

Episode #7.47

Sun, Aug 8, 1954 60 mins

Episode 48

Episode #7.48

Sun, Aug 15, 1954 60 mins

Episode 49

Earlha Kitt, Nanci Crompton, John Raitt, Janis Paige, Miss Malta and Company. the Bogdattis, the Andreas

Sun, Aug 22, 1954 60 mins

Episode 50

Guest Host: Eddie Fisher

Sun, Aug 29, 1954 60 mins

Episode 51

Episode #7.51

Sun, Sep 5, 1954 60 mins