19611960s TV SHOWS
ED SULLIVAN SHOW, REEL#581 (2/26/61)
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Show opens. Guests standing on stage announced by unseen announcer
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| 21:00:35 39.34 |
Colgate Palmolive sponsor show.
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| 21:01:01 65.07 |
Host Ed Sullivan comes out and introduces performers, The Peiro Brothers from Argentina.
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| 21:01:21 85.58 |
Juggling act, the Peiro Brothers perform using batons and clown hats
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| 21:02:05 129.6 |
Performance ends in applause and Host Ed introduces Bess Myerson.
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| 21:02:14 138.53 |
Myerson promotes and demonstrates Colgate Palmolive's Florient Room Deodorant Spray. She grates a clove of garlic with with a vegetable grater then sprays grater with Florient Unscented room deodorant then asks Ed to sniff it. No smell!
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| 21:03:05 189.19 |
Puppeteer Shari Lewis - Host Ed Introduction
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| 21:03:40 224.69 |
Shari Lewis makes a rabbit puppet and dancing puppet with handkerchief
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| 21:04:42 286.28 |
Audience applause. End of Skit
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| 21:04:46 290.71 |
Host Ed holding whats left of the dancing puppet introduces Swiss German Pantomime Dance stars, Mata and Hari
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| 21:05:16 320.41 |
Mata and Hari, perform a pantomime and dance act
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| 21:09:05 549.12 |
End of skit
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| 21:09:07 550.79 |
Host Ed encourages audience to donate to Clem McCarthy, a radio announcer who needs help. He then introduces Actor Impressionist, Frank Gorshin.
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| 21:10:26 630.13 |
Frank Gorshin performs impressionist act. He does impressions of Marlon Brando, Boris Karloff, Broderick Crawford, Dean Martin, Steve McQueen, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas
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| 21:16:40 1003.81 |
End of skit. Gorshin shakes hands with Host Ed.
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| 21:16:56 1020.22 |
Ed introduces commercial break
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| 21:17:06 1030.04 |
Commercial for Colgate Toothpaste
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| 21:18:03 1087.29 |
Host Ed introduces musical comedy star, Dolores Gray
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| 21:18:20 1104.2 |
Dolores Ray
How Deep is the Ocean
(live)
Actress and singer, Dolores Ray, performs song written by Irving Berlin, How Deep is the Ocean
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| 21:20:54 1258.09 |
Performance ends in applause
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| 21:21:00 1264.59 |
Host Ed introduces Henny Youngman
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| 21:21:17 1281.49 |
British-American Comedian Henny Youngman performs comedy routine holding a violin but never plays it.
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| 21:24:09 1453.3 |
Youngman comedy routine ends in applause. He shakes hands with Sullivan
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| 21:24:15 1459.05 |
Host Ed introduces the Peiro Brothers.
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| 21:24:23 1467.66 |
The Argentine Peiro Brothers perform juggling act using long sticks and bricks.
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| 21:26:27 1591.42 |
Performance ends.
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| 21:26:58 1622.77 |
Ed introduces two little boys who enthusiastically throw chocolate pies at a bedspread, for a live Fab Laundry Detergent commercial. CU bedspread spinning around in washing machine and comes out clean. Ed holding large box of Fab promotes the product.
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| 21:28:07 1691.4 |
Host Ed still holding the box of Fab re-introduces Broadway star, Dolores Ray. Unseen producer informs Ed that Dolores is not yet ready to perform. He goes on to announce that March is Red Cross month and honors 18 members in the audience who have each saved a life.
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| 21:29:41 1785.15 |
WS as the 18 Red Cross members stand up in the studio audience. Audience applauds.
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| 21:29:53 1797.02 |
Dolores Ray - Ed introduction
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| 21:30:04 1807.94 |
Song and Dance performance, "Hip School for Cool Cats" by Dolores Ray and her dance group.
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| 21:35:22 2125.94 |
Performance ends in applause.
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| 21:35:23 2126.76 |
Host Ed clapping for Dolores and performers. He introduces musician and bandleader, Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones
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| 21:36:07 2170.75 |
Comedy skit by Spike Jones, spoofs and jokes about classical music and dance
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| 21:42:51 2575.21 |
Skit ends in applause. Jones shakes hands with Ed.
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| 21:43:10 2594.32 |
Ed Introduction Shari Lewis with Lambpchop
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| 21:43:31 2615.74 |
Lewis performs with adorable puppets, Lambchop and "Charlie Horse"
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| 21:49:46 2989.77 |
End of Skit
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| 21:49:49 2993.28 |
Host Ed cuts to commercial for Palmolive Soap (Facials)
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| 21:51:14 3078.6 |
Ed returns and cuts to commercial with Actress Shirley Jones for Liquid Lustre-Creme Shampoo.
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| 21:51:50 3113.8 |
Host Ed talks to audience about a conversation he had in Lisbon with Actor, Maurice Chevalier about the great singer, Blossom Seeley. He then introduces Blossom.
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| 21:53:09 3193.08 |
Blossom Seeley
Toddling the Todalo
(live)
Legendary vaudeville star, Blossom Seeley performs her classic signature song, Toddling the Todalo with dancers.
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| 21:55:32 3335.87 |
Performance ends in applause.
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| 21:55:34 3338.54 |
Host Ed applauds Seeley and welcomes her onto the stage with him and also brings out Julia Mead and they cut to a commercial.
Film jumps then goes to commercial. |
| 21:56:07 3371.69 |
Commercial for Kodak film
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| 21:57:37 3460.96 |
Ed returns, arm around Blossom, and thanks her for being on the show. Audience applause.
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| 21:58:02 3485.75 |
Ed announces guests for next week's show and sponsors for tonight's show, Colgate. He holds up a box of Colgate Dental Creme and then says Goodnight.
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| 21:58:35 3519.73 |
Show credits scroll over silhouettes of tonight's guests standing on stage
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Reel End.
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