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The very best of the Ed Sullivan Show.

Title: The very best of the Ed Sullivan Show. Volume two, The greatest entertainers [videorecording] / Sofa Entertainment.
Publication: Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, [1992].

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Description

1 videocassette (97 min.) : sd., col. & b&w; 1/2 in.

Summary

In its 23-year-run, The Ed Sullivan Show presented an array of over 10,000 performers, including the biggest names in comedy, Broadway, variety, rock, and pop. This volume includes The Beatles in their U.S. television debut, Roy Orbison's "Oh, pretty woman," The Byrds' "Mr. Tambourine Man," The Fifth Dimension's "Aquarius," musical numbers featuring the original Broadway casts from My Fair Lady, Oliver!, Sweet Charity, and a very rare Camelot performance featuring Julie Andrews and Richard Burton. Also included, stand-up comic Phyllis Diller and impressionist Rich Little, and a feature of Ed Sullivan travelling the world in search of talent for his Sunday night showcase.

Uniform Title

Ed Sullivan show (Television program)

Alternative Title

Greatest entertainers

Subjects

Note

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Not rated.
"New footage and extended performances"--on videocassette box.

Credits (note)

Producer, Susan F. Walker ; director of photography, Ralf Bode ; writers, Peter Elbling, Andrew Solt ; director, Andrew Solt.

Event (note)

Originally broadcast 1949-1971.

System Details (note)

VHS, NTSC.

Contents

It's not unusual (Tom Jones, 1968) -- Comedy routine about being overweight (Jackie Vernon, 1965) -- Peiro Brothers [jugglers] (1965) -- O luce di quest' anima / Donizetti [excerpt] (Beverly Sills, 1969) -- Topo Gigio (1969) -- Jack Benny (1967) -- Paint it black (Rolling Stones, 1966) -- Walkin' my baby back home (Nat "King" Cole, 1955) -- Lipstick on your collar (Connie Francis, 1959) -- Misty [excerpt] (Johnny Mathis, 1959) -- My love [excerpt] (Petula Clark, 1966) -- Love is a hurtin' thing (Lou Rawls, 1966) -- Aquarius ; Let the sunshine in (Fifth Dimension, 1970) -- Gene Kelly (1957) -- Rich Little (1966) -- John Byner impersonating Ed Sullivan (1967) -- Frank Gorshin (1964) -- David Frye impersonating Richard Nixon (1966) -- Various jugglers and acrobats (The Marsilli's, Trio Houganis, Bobby Winter, Montego, Joe Slack Trio) -- Goody goody (Frankie Lymon, 1957) -- Bye bye love (Everly Brothers, 1957) -- Oh, pretty woman (Roy Orbison, 1965) -- Lonely teardrops (Jackie Wilson, 1962) -- Pompoff & Thedy (1966) -- Various comedians (Alan King, 1959 ; Jean Carroll, 1959 ; Henny Youngman, 1966 ; Totie Fields, 1967 ; Phyllis Diller, 1969) -- As long as he needs me, from Oliver (Georgia Brown, 1964) -- With a little bit of luck, from My fair lady (Stanley Holloway, Gordon Dillworth, Rodney McLennan) -- Camelot [title song], from Camelot (Richard Burton & Julie Andrews, 1964) -- Pas de deux [excerpt] (Jacques D'Amboise & Karel Shimoff, 1970) -- Various ventriloquists (Rickie Layne & Velvel, 1959 ; Señor Wences, 1960 ; Arthur Worsley, 1957 ; Albert Brooks & Danny, 1971) -- Photo stills from the 1st show (1948), then called "Toast of the Town" (Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis).
Jamaica farewell (Harry Belafonte, 1956) -- Your cheatin' heart (Hank Williams, Jr., 1963) -- David Crosby -- She loves you (Beatles, 1964) -- Marvyn Roy (1969) -- Elizabeth & Collins [knife thrower], 1965) -- Ottini & Co. [acrobats] (1970) -- Clyde Beatty [lion tamer] (1957) -- Phil Silvers (1956) -- Charles Laughton (1956) -- Hound dog (Elvis Presley, 1956) -- Syncopated clock (Steve Allen, 1962) -- Victor the Bear (1969) -- Photo stills of various sports figures (Sam Sneed, Jack Dempsey, Willie Mays, Wilt Chamberlain, Rocky Marciano, Mickey Mantle, Lou Alcindor, Joe Louis, Joe Di Maggio) -- Jackie Robinson demonstrating batting technique (1962) -- Arnold Palmer demonstrating golfing technique (1961) -- Muhammad Ali (1963) -- Sugar Ray Robinson (1951) -- Bill "Bojangles" Robinson [including footage of his funeral (1949)] -- Thou swell (Gene Krupa, drums ; Conrad Buckner, tap dancer, 1960) -- After supper (Augie & Margo Rodriguez, dancers, 1959) -- If my friends could see me now, from Sweet Charity (Gwen Verdon, 1967) -- Pas de deux [excerpt] from Swan Lake (Margot Fonteyn & Rudolf Nureyev, 1965) -- When Irish eyes are smiling (Peter O'Toole & Ed Sullivan, 1963) -- Do you believe in magic (Lovin' Spoonful, 1967) -- Smothers Brothers (1966) -- Mr. Tambourine Man (Byrds, 1965) -- Comedy skit about cigarettes (Richard Pryor, 1966) -- Fortunate son (Creedence Clearwater Revival, 1969) -- Comedy skit about weather forecasting (George Carlin, 1967) -- Proud Mary (Ike & Tina Turner Revue, 1970) -- Soft-shoe dance routine (Bob Hope, 1955) -- Carl Ballantine [magician] (1961) -- Tributes to Ed Sullivan by Gwen Verdon, Phyllis Diller, Steve Allen, Señor Wences, Burt Reynolds, ... [et al.] -- That's entertainment (Sammy Davis, Jr., 1955) -- Jerry Lewis (1962) -- Trailer for vol. 1 -- Excerpts from "Sullivan's travels" (Interview with Fidel Castro in Cuba, 1959 [excerpt] ; Interview with Gian Carlo Menotti during the Festival of Two Worlds, Spoleto, Italy [excerpt] ; Visit to Japan ; Kissing the Blarney Stone, Blarney Castle, County Cork, Ireland).

Call Number

*LVH 817 (F) 2 of 2

ISBN

1558903518

OCLC

25637279

Title

The very best of the Ed Sullivan Show. Volume two, The greatest entertainers [videorecording] / Sofa Entertainment.

Imprint

Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, [1992].

Performer

Various performers ; hosted and narated by Burt Reynolds.

Credits

Producer, Susan F. Walker ; director of photography, Ralf Bode ; writers, Peter Elbling, Andrew Solt ; director, Andrew Solt.

Event

Originally broadcast 1949-1971.

System Details

VHS, NTSC.

Added Author

Reynolds, Burt, host.

Jones, Tom, 1940-

Vernon, Jackie.

Sills, Beverly.

Topo Gigio (Fictitious character)

Benny, Jack, 1894-1974.

Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965.

Francis, Connie.

Mathis, Johnny, performer.

Clark, Petula, 1932- performer.

Rawls, Lou.

Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996.

Little, Rich, 1938-

Byner, John.

Gorshin, Frank.

Frye, David.

Winter, Bobby.

Montego.

Lymon, Frankie.

Orbison, Roy.

Wilson, Jackie.

King, Alan, 1927-2004. Performer

Carroll, Jean, comedian.

Youngman, Henny.

Fields, Totie.

Diller, Phyllis.

Brown, Georgia.

Holloway, Stanley.

Dillworth, Gordon.

McLennan, Rodney.

Burton, Richard, 1925-1984. Performer

Andrews, Julie.

D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934-2021.

Shimoff, Karel.

Layne, Rickie.

Wences, Señor.

Worsley, Arthur.

Brooks, Albert, 1947-

Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023.

Williams, Hank, Jr., 1949-

Roy, Marvyn, 1925-

Beatty, Clyde, 1903-1965.

Silvers, Phil, 1911-1985.

Laughton, Charles, 1899-1962.

Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977.

Allen, Steve, 1921-2000.

Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972.

Palmer, Arnold, 1929-

Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016.

Robinson, Sugar Ray, 1920-1989.

Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949.

Buckner, Conrad.

Krupa, Gene, 1909-1973.

Rodrigues, Augie.

Rodrigues, Margo.

Verdon, Gwen.

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993.

Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991.

O'Toole, Peter, 1932-2013.

Pryor, Richard, 1940-2005.

Carlin, George.

Turner, Tina.

Hope, Bob, 1903-2003.

Ballantine, Carl.

Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990.

Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016.

Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007.

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848. Linda di Chamounix. O luce di quest'anima.

Bart, Lionel. Oliver! As long as he needs me.

Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988. My fair lady. With a little bit of luck.

Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988. Camelot. Camelot.

Peiro Brothers.

Rolling Stones.

5th Dimension.

Trio Houganis.

Joe Slack Trio.

Everly Brothers.

Pompoff & Thedy.

Beatles.

Elizabeth & Collins.

Ottini & Co.

Lovin' Spoonful (Musical group)

Smothers Brothers.

Byrds (Musical group)

Creedence Clearwater Revival (Musical group)

Ikettes (Musical group)

Sofa Entertainment.

Added Title

Ed Sullivan show (Television program)

Publisher No.

1351 Buena Vista Home Video

Research Call Number

*LVH 817 (F) 2 of 2 Container on file.

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