The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show
"The Ed Sullivan Show” had a 23-year-long run on CBS, was a fixture on Sunday evenings, and featured a wide variety of acts that would appeal to all members of the family. Ed’s guests could range from the stars of current Broadway shows, ballet dancers, singers performing their hit singles, acrobats, comedians, animal acts, and even the puppet Topo Gigio. Sullivan, a newspaperman who had gained experience putting vaudeville-type shows together, was the weekly host. Stiff, often looking awkward, he nonetheless knew how to get the hottest acts in show business. Famously, The Beatles made their first appearance on American television on this show.
“The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show” is a 6-disc collection of appearances by some of show business’ biggest names, including Barbra Streisand, Marlon Brando, Carol Burnett, Milton Berle, Jackie Gleason, The Smothers Brothers, Flip Wilson, Lucille Ball, Janis Joplin, Phyllis Diller, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Rich Little, Johnny Mathis, Smokey Robinson, and Bob Hope. Perennial Sullivan guest star Senor Wences is also included.
