Didn’t he introduce the BEE Gees to the world?
Had a new babysitter the night the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan. She spent the whole time screaming!
I thought my parents were crazy for hiring her!
Another show Hollywood Squares: Just a few statements.
The show ran 15 years from 1966 to 1981.
These great questions and answers are from the days when the “Hollywood Squares” game show responses were spontaneous and clever.
Peter Marshall was the host asking the questions, of course.
Q. If you’re going to make a parachute jump, at least how high should you be?
A. Charley Weaver: Three days of steady drinking should do it.
Q. True or False, a pea can last as long as 5,000 years.
A. George Gobel: Boy, it sure seems that way sometimes.
Q. According to Cosmopolitan, if you meet a stranger at a party and you think that he is attractive, is it okay to come out and ask him if he’s married?
A. Rose Marie: No; wait until morning.
Someone once said: “As long as other people have talent, Ed Sullivan will always have a job.”
I watched it yesterday and do recommend it.
“By 1955, at the age of 20, Elvis Presley was emerging as a regional star in the south, touring and playing shows from Tennessee to Texas. Known for his lively performances and on stage gyrations, Elvis played a unique blend of R&B, country, gospel and rock ‘n’ roll....Elvis was recording for producers Sam Phillips and his Sun label. Parker got RCA to buy Elvis’ contract for an outrageous sum at the time — $35,000.”
“Sullivan and Colonel Parker agreed to have Elvis appear three times for the then mind boggling sum of $50,000....before Elvis had appeared nationally on television, Sullivan had turned down the opportunity to book Elvis on his show for $5,000.”
https://www.edsullivan.com/artists/elvis-presley/
You lost me at “To Netflix.”
Sullivan not only promoted black entertainers, he also aided in the activities of a fellow named Fidel Castro.