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* CoolOldGuy: Ed himself. He was already in his sixties when Music/TheBeatles first appeared on his program in February 1964. He also gave national exposure to the likes of Creator/RichardPryor and Creator/GeorgeCarlin and featured youth-friendly artists such as Music/TheRollingStones, Music/TheMamasAndThePapas, Music/JeffersonAirplane and Music/TheDoors (even if the Doors were never invited back after Jim Morrison defied the censors' request not to sing "Girl, we couldn't get much higher" while performing "Light My Fire"). And even though Creator/JoanRivers and Music/BarbraStreisand aren't exactly considered "youthful" these days, they got a big help by appearing on Sullivan's show when they were young (or young'''er''' in Rivers's case) upstarts in TheSixties.
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* CoolOldGuy: Ed himself. He was already in his sixties when Music/TheBeatles first appeared on his program in February 1964. He also gave national exposure to the likes of Creator/RichardPryor and Creator/GeorgeCarlin and featured youth-friendly musical artists such as Music/TheRollingStones, Music/TheMamasAndThePapas, Music/JeffersonAirplane Music/JeffersonAirplane, and Music/TheDoors (even if the Doors were latter band was never invited back after Jim Morrison defied the censors' request not to sing "Girl, we couldn't get much higher" while performing "Light My Fire"). And even though Creator/JoanRivers and Music/BarbraStreisand aren't exactly considered "youthful" these days, they got a big help by appearing on Sullivan's show when they were young (or young'''er''' in Rivers's case) upstarts in TheSixties.
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* CoolOldGuy: Ed himself. He was already in his sixties when Music/TheBeatles first appeared on his program in February 1964. He also gave national exposure to the likes of Creator/RichardPryor and Creator/GeorgeCarlin and featured youth-friendly artists such as Music/TheRollingStones, Music/TheMamasAndThePapas, and Music/TheDoors (even if the Doors were never invited back after Jim Morrison defied the censors' request not to sing "Girl, we couldn't get much higher" while performing "Light My Fire"). And even though Creator/JoanRivers and Music/BarbraStreisand aren't exactly considered "youthful" these days, they got a big help by appearing on Sullivan's show when they were young (or young'''er''' in Rivers's case) upstarts in TheSixties.
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* CoolOldGuy: Ed himself. He was already in his sixties when Music/TheBeatles first appeared on his program in February 1964. He also gave national exposure to the likes of Creator/RichardPryor and Creator/GeorgeCarlin and featured youth-friendly artists such as Music/TheRollingStones, Music/TheMamasAndThePapas, Music/JeffersonAirplane and Music/TheDoors (even if the Doors were never invited back after Jim Morrison defied the censors' request not to sing "Girl, we couldn't get much higher" while performing "Light My Fire"). And even though Creator/JoanRivers and Music/BarbraStreisand aren't exactly considered "youthful" these days, they got a big help by appearing on Sullivan's show when they were young (or young'''er''' in Rivers's case) upstarts in TheSixties.
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* {{Muppet}}: Creator/JimHenson made several appearances in the show's later years.
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* {{Muppet}}: Creator/JimHenson made several appearances in the show's later years. years, and one of Henson's first full-length Muppet productions, ''[[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/The_Great_Santa_Claus_Switch The Great Santa Claus Switch]]'', was produced as a SomethingCompletelyDifferent episode of the Sullivan show in 1970.
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* {{Malaproper}}: Particularly with first time guests, Ed was known to mangle the introductions. For example, the first time the Muppets appeared, he introduced them as "Jim Newsom's Puppets".
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* BroadcastLive: With the exception of the occasional film clip or short subject, it was all live every Sunday at 8.
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* CatchPhrase: Ed had a few phrases he would commonly use, such as "For all you youngsters out there...", "And now, right here on our stage...", and of course "a really big show", with "show" pronounced as "shew".
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* SelfDeprecation: Ed Sullivan encouraged comedians who appeared on his show to imitate his stiff posture, nasal voice and catch phrases.
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A long-running VarietyShow, hosted by ''New York Daily News'' theater columnist Ed Sullivan, that was required Sunday-night viewing on American television for decades. It aired on Creator/{{CBS}} as ''Toast of the Town'' from June 1948 to September 1955, and as ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' until June 1971.
It is best remembered for the numerous rock music acts it featured, particularly Music/ElvisPresley and Music/TheBeatles, as well as its comedy and novelty acts. And it played a key role in the early history of Franchise/TheMuppets.
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A long-running VarietyShow, hosted by ''New York Daily News'' theater columnist Ed Sullivan, that was required Sunday-night viewing on American television for decades. It aired on Creator/{{CBS}} as ''Toast of the Town'' from June 1948 to September 1955, and as ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' until June
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* CoolOldGuy: Ed himself. He was already in his sixties when Music/TheBeatles first appeared on his program in February 1964. He also gave national exposure to the likes of Creator/RichardPryor and Creator/GeorgeCarlin and featured youth-friendly artists such as Music/TheRollingStones, Music/TheMamasAndThePapas, and Music/TheDoors (even if the Doors were never invited back after Jim Morrison defied the censors' request not to sing "Girl, we couldn't get much higher" while performing "Light My Fire"). And even though Creator/JoanRivers and Music/BarbraStreisand aren't exactly considered "youthful" these days, they got a big help by appearing on Sullivan's show when they were young (or youngER in Rivers's case) upstarts in TheSixties.
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BroadcastLive: With the exception of the occasional film clip or short subject, it was all live every Sundays at 8.
* CoolOldGuy: Ed himself. He was already in his sixties when Music/TheBeatles first appeared on his program in February 1964. He also gave national exposure to the likes of Creator/RichardPryor and Creator/GeorgeCarlin and featured youth-friendly artists such as Music/TheRollingStones, Music/TheMamasAndThePapas, and Music/TheDoors (even if the Doors were never invited back after Jim Morrison defied the censors' request not to sing "Girl, we couldn't get much higher" while performing "Light My Fire"). And even though Creator/JoanRivers and Music/BarbraStreisand aren't exactly considered "youthful" these days, they got a big help by appearing on Sullivan's show when they were young (oryoungER young'''er''' in Rivers's case) upstarts in TheSixties.
*TheEponymousShowTheEponymousShow: The show was referred to as "The Ed Sullivan Show" even back when it was called "Toast of the Town".
* CoolOldGuy: Ed himself. He was already in his sixties when Music/TheBeatles first appeared on his program in February 1964. He also gave national exposure to the likes of Creator/RichardPryor and Creator/GeorgeCarlin and featured youth-friendly artists such as Music/TheRollingStones, Music/TheMamasAndThePapas, and Music/TheDoors (even if the Doors were never invited back after Jim Morrison defied the censors' request not to sing "Girl, we couldn't get much higher" while performing "Light My Fire"). And even though Creator/JoanRivers and Music/BarbraStreisand aren't exactly considered "youthful" these days, they got a big help by appearing on Sullivan's show when they were young (or
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* VarietyShowVarietyShow: Arguably the most successful one ever.
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** He also gave national exposure to the likes of Creator/RichardPryor and Creator/GeorgeCarlin and featured youth-friendly artists such as Music/TheRollingStones, Music/TheMamasAndThePapas, and Music/TheDoors (even if The Doors were never invited back). And even though Creator/{{Joan Rivers}} and Music/BarbraStreisand aren't exactly considered "youthful" these days, they got a big help by appearing on Sullivan's show when they were young (or youngER in Rivers's case) upstarts in {{The Sixties}}.
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A long-running musical VarietyShow, hosted by ''New York Daily News'' theater columnist Ed Sullivan, that was required Sunday-night viewing on American television for decades. It aired on Creator/{{CBS}} as ''Toast of the Town'' from June 1948 to September 1955, and as ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' until June 1971.
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* FlippingTheBird: Comedian Jackie Mason nearly saw his career destroyed after being accused of having done this during a 1964 appearance. Sullivan banned him from appearing on the show again for nearly two years, and only relented after Mason (who vociferously denied having made the gesture, or even being aware of its meaning) initiated a libel suit.
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A long-running musical VarietyShow, hosted by ''New York Daily News'' theater columnist Ed Sullivan, that was required Sunday-night viewing on American television for decades. It aired on Creator/{{CBS}} as ''Toast of the Town'' from June 1948 to September 1955, and as ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' from June 1971.
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A long-running musical VarietyShow, hosted by ''New York Daily News'' theater columnist Ed Sullivan, that was required Sunday-night viewing on American television for decades. It aired on Creator/{{CBS}} as ''Toast of the Town'' from June 1948 to September 1955, and as ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' from until June 1971.
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A long-running musical VarietyShow, hosted by ''New York Daily News'' theater columnist Ed Sullivan, that was required Sunday-night viewing on American Prime Time television for decades. It aired on Creator/{{CBS}} as ''Toast of the Town'' from June 1948 to September 1955, and as ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' from June 1971.
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A long-running musical VarietyShow, hosted by ''New York Daily News'' theater columnist Ed Sullivan, that was required Sunday-night viewing on American Prime Time television for decades. It aired on Creator/{{CBS}} as ''Toast of the Town'' from June 1948 to September 1955, and as ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' from June 1971.
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''The Ed Sullivan Show'' is a long running musical VarietyShow that was a required viewing on American Prime Time television for decades. Lasted from June, 1948 to June, 1971.
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''The Ed Sullivan Show'' is a long running long-running musical VarietyShow that was a required Sunday-night viewing on American Prime Time television for decades. Lasted It aired on Creator/{{CBS}} from June, June 1948 to June, June 1971.
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Briefly revived in the 1990s as ''The Virtual Ed Sullivan Show'', with a CGI recreation of its famous host a la Series/MaxHeadroom.
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Briefly revived in the 1990s as ''The Virtual Ed Sullivan Show'', with a CGI recreation of its famous host a la Series/MaxHeadroom.
''Series/MaxHeadroom''.
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** He also gave national exposure to the likes of {{Richard Pryor}} and {{George Carlin}} and featured youth-friendly artists such as {{The Rolling Stones}}, {{The Mamas and the Papas}}, and {{The Doors}} (even if The Doors were never invited back). And even though {{Joan Rivers}} and {{Barbra Streisand}} aren't exactly considered "youthful" these days, they got a big help by appearing on Sullivan's show when they were young (or youngER in Rivers's case) upstarts in {{The Sixties}}.
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** He also gave national exposure to the likes of {{Richard Pryor}} Creator/RichardPryor and {{George Carlin}} Creator/GeorgeCarlin and featured youth-friendly artists such as {{The Rolling Stones}}, {{The Mamas Music/TheRollingStones, Music/TheMamasAndThePapas, and the Papas}}, and {{The Doors}} Music/TheDoors (even if The Doors were never invited back). And even though {{Joan Rivers}} and {{Barbra Streisand}} Music/BarbraStreisand aren't exactly considered "youthful" these days, they got a big help by appearing on Sullivan's show when they were young (or youngER in Rivers's case) upstarts in {{The Sixties}}.
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* DavidLetterman: Frequently mentioned and showed clips of Sullivan once his show moved to {{CBS}} and the Ed Sullivan Theatre.
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* LongRunners: The show lasted for 23 years (1948-1971) and within the series, the Canadian comedy duo, WayneAndShuster, appeared ''67'' times.
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As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show The Other Wiki]] and at [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040053/ IMDB]].
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''The Ed Sullivan Show'' is a long running musical VarietyShow that was a required viewing on American Prime Time television for decades. Lasted from June, 1948 to June, 1971.
It is best remembered for the numerous rock music acts it featured, particularly Music/ElvisPresley and Music/TheBeatles and the novelty acts. And it played a key role in the early history of Franchise/TheMuppets.
Briefly revived in the 1990s as ''The Virtual Ed Sullivan Show'', with a CGI recreation of its famous host a la Series/MaxHeadroom.
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* BroadcastLive
* CoolOldGuy: Ed himself. He was already in his sixties when Music/TheBeatles [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome first appeared on his program in February 1964]].
* TheEponymousShow
* LongRunners: The show lasted for 23 years (1948-1971) and within the series, the Canadian comedy duo, WayneAndShuster, appeared ''67'' times.
* {{Muppet}}: Creator/JimHenson made several appearances in the show's later years.
* VarietyShow
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It is best remembered for the numerous rock music acts it featured, particularly Music/ElvisPresley and Music/TheBeatles and the novelty acts. And it played a key role in the early history of Franchise/TheMuppets.
Briefly revived in the 1990s as ''The Virtual Ed Sullivan Show'', with a CGI recreation of its famous host a la Series/MaxHeadroom.
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* BroadcastLive
* CoolOldGuy: Ed himself. He was already in his sixties when Music/TheBeatles [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome first appeared on his program in February 1964]].
* TheEponymousShow
* LongRunners: The show lasted for 23 years (1948-1971) and within the series, the Canadian comedy duo, WayneAndShuster, appeared ''67'' times.
* {{Muppet}}: Creator/JimHenson made several appearances in the show's later years.
* VarietyShow
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