ED SULLIVAN SHOW, THE: 15TH ANNIVERSARY, PT. 3 (TV)

Summary

Continued from T77:0294. Part two of two. The fifteenth anniversary of this weekly variety program hosted by Ed Sullivan. This portion includes the following segments from previous programs: a marriage sketch where Carol Lawrence sings "In the Shadows When I Come and Sing To You" as Sid Caesar battles a fly; comedy bits with Jack Carter, Sam Levinson, Danny Thomas, Victor Borge (punctuation routine), Ed Wynn, Bill Dana (as Jose Jimenez the astronaut), Steve Allen, Senor Wenes, Bud Abbott & Lou Costello, and Jerry Lewis; "It's a Grand Night for Singing" from a Carnegie Hall tribute to Richard Rodgers; Maya Plisetskaya dances "The Dying Swan" (music by Camille Saint-Saens); Harry Belafonte sings "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore"; Connie Francis sings "Where the Boys Are" to GI's in West Berlin; Sullivan in Moscow's Red Square, Israel, Ireland, Alaska, and Cuba where he interviews Fidel Castro; and (1963) Sullivan with Topo Gigio (the "Little Italian Mouse"). Includes commercials.

(Series title varies; as above, 1955-1971; as "The Toast of the Town," 1948-1955.)

Details

  • NETWORK: CBS
  • DATE: June 23, 1963 9:00 PM
  • RUNNING TIME: 0:30:00
  • COLOR/B&W: B&W
  • CATALOG ID: T77:0295
  • GENRE: Variety
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Music, popular (songs, etc.); Cuba - Officials - Talk/Interviews; Ballet; Moscow - Description; Comedy; Dance; Berlin Question, 1945-
  • SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1955-1971
  • COMMERCIALS:
    • TV - Commercials - Kent cigarettes
    • TV - Commercials - Pillsbury

CREDITS

  • Bob Precht … Producer
  • Tim Kiley … Director
  • Ray Bloch … Music by
  • Ed Sullivan … Host
  • Harry Belafonte … Guest
  • Carol Lawrence … Guest
  • Sid Caesar … Guest
  • Connie Francis … Guest
  • Fidel Castro … Guest
  • Maya Plisetskaya … Dancer
  • Camille Saint-Saens … Composer