Ed Sullivan

Edie Adams on her thoughts on people with whom she's worked - Ed Sullivan

Steve Allen on Ed Sullivan panicking when Steve Allen booked Elvis

Larry Auerbach on how the William Morris Agency dealt with the emergence of Rock and Roll music and booking those acts on television

Shelley Berman on his relationship with Ed Sullivan and the encouragement he gave

Shelley Berman on Ed Sullivan off-stage and his style

Shelley Berman on why The Ed Sullivan Show  was so successful

Dann Cahn on doing a movie with Ed Sullivan

Vince Calandra on Ed Sullivan taking a liking to him and going out to eat together

Vince Calandra on Ed Sullivan's use of cue cards on The Ed Sullivan Show

Vince Calandra on Ed Sullivan's use of a teleprompter and cue cards on The Ed Sullivan Show

Vince Calandra on Ed Sullivan's son-in-law Bob Precht taking over production of The Ed Sullivan Show

Vince Calandra on Ed Sullivan selecting talent for The Ed Sullivan Show; on Sullivan's skill set and learning from him 

Vince Calandra on getting African-American talent on The Ed Sullivan Show

Vince Calandra on a typical work week and dress rehearsal on The Ed Sullivan Show

Vince Calandra on determining the order of acts on The Ed Sullivan Show

Vince Calandra on the reason Ed Sullivan continued to bring old Vaudevillian acts on The Ed Sullivan Show

Vince Calandra on Ed Sullivan and Jimmy Durante doing performances for soldiers returning from war

Vince Calandra on Ed Sullivan's contributions to the Civil Rights Movement and putting African-Americans on television

Vince Calandra on how his relationship with Ed Sullivan changed when he became talent coordinator for The Ed Sullivan Show

Vince Calandra on how he booked the Beatles' appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964

Vince Calandra on the Beatles' historic performance on The Ed Sullivan Show

Vince Calandra on the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein not being pleased with a couple things the day of the Beatles' historic first performance on The Ed Sullivan Show (February 9, 1964)

Vince Calandra on Jackie Mason giving Ed Sullivan "the finger" on The Ed Sullivan Show

Vince Calandra on Victor the Bear on The Ed Sullivan Show

Vince Calandra on Ed Sullivan's duet with Peter O'Toole

Vince Calandra on a rehearsal with comic Jackie Leonard for The Ed Sullivan Show

Vince Calandra on the cancellation of The Ed Sullivan Show

Vince Calandra on the cancellation of The Ed Sullivan Show

Vince Calandra on the naming of the Ed Sullivan theater and Sullivan's emotional side; on Mrs. Sullivan

Vince Calandra on Ed Sullivan's routine after a Sunday show and Sullivan's poor business sense

Vince Calandra on his mentors

Vince Calandra on a photo of Ed Sullivan and staff on The Ed Sullivan Show

Dick Cavett on appearing as a stand-up comic on The Ed Sullivan Show

Dick Cavett on the comedy team Wayne and Shuster appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show and Ed Sullivan being hard of hearing

Marge Champion on appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show  with Gower Champion and touring the Soviet Union with Ed Sullivan

Roy Clark on appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show, and on performing with Sullivan

Michael Dann on early television variety shows

Michael Dann on Ed Sullivan

Phyllis Diller on appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show; on Ed Sullivan

Mike Douglas on his appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show

Betty Garrett on various people she's worked with in her career: Ed Sullivan

Mary Lynn Gottfried on Ed Sullivan

Mary Lynn Gottfried on how director Tim Kiley worked with Ed Sullivan 

Mary Lynn Gottfried on Ed Sullivan interacting with guests

Mary Lynn Gottfried on Ed Sullivan interacting with guests

Hal Gurnee on The Jack Paar Program showing footage of The Beatles from England a few weeks before they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show

Florence Henderson on singing in the off-camera chorus on The Ed Sullivan Show

Eartha Kitt on performing on The Ed Sullivan Show

Eartha Kitt on working with Ed Sullivan and working without a manager

Buz Kohan on working on The Beatles at Shea Stadium, to which Ed Sullivan secured the rights

Sid Krofft on appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show

Jerry Lewis on appearing on Ed Sullivan's first show

Frank Liberman on columnist Earl Wilson and on Ed Sullivan

Jackie Mason on his infamous middle finger incident on The Ed Sullivan Show

Jackie Mason on Ed Sullivan being wrong about comedy

Kent McCray on various tasks he undertook at NBC, and on working with Ralph Edwards, Red Skelton, and Ed Sullivan

Jayne Meadows on Ed Sullivan and his problems with Steve Allen, and forming a New York branch of The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara on Ed Sullivan

Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara on Ed Sullivan mispronouncing Anne Meara's name

Emily Meisler on her impressions of Ed Sullivan on The Ed Sullivan Show

John Moffitt on Ed Sullivan

John Moffitt on Ed Sullivan selecting acts for The Ed Sullivan Show

John Moffitt on The Beatles' appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show

John Moffitt on how The Ed Sullivan Show reflected the Civil Rights Movement

John Moffitt on The Ed Sullivan Show going off the air

John Moffitt on a picture of Milton Berle and Ed Sullivan

John Moffitt on a picture of him with Ed Sullivan

John Moffitt on a picture of Ed Sullivan with a Beatles' wig

John Moffitt on promotional photos of Ed Sullivan

Tad Mosel on adapting James Agee's novel "A Death in the Family" to the Pulitzer Prize wining play "All the Way Home," and the show being saved by a plug from Ed Sullivan

Bob Newhart on first appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show

Della Reese on making her television debut on The Soupy Sales Show, and on appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show

Hank Rieger on Ed Sullivan and David Susskind wanting the Television Academy to be solely a New York operation

Joan Rivers on appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show

Caroll Spinney on seeing Jim Henson on The Ed Sullivan Show

Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara on Ed Sullivan

Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara on Ed Sullivan mispronouncing Anne Meara's name

George Sunga on acting as Production Manager for Ed Sullivan's various trips to Los Angeles to do The Ed Sullivan Show and the transition to color

William Tankersley on one of his favorite entertainers, Ed Sullivan, and working with Sullivan's son-in-law, Robert Precht

June Taylor on getting the June Taylor Dancers booked on Toast of the Town (later The Ed Sullivan Show)

June Taylor on working with Ed Sullivan on Toast of the Town (later The Ed Sullivan Show)

Ben Wolf on shooting The Ed Sullivan Show