The Ed Sullivan Show: Season 12

Tommy Edwards / West Side Story Broadway cast / Mickey Rooney

Sep 14, 1958 · 60 min

Guests: --Tommy Edwards - ""It's All In the Game"" --Mickey Rooney and Joey Forman - appear together in a ""Candid Camera"" parody. --Mickey Rooney - talks about the film ""

scheduled: The stars of the upcoming TV season

Sep 21, 1958 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Wayne & Shuster (comedy team) --Alan King (comedian) Also, these stars of CBS's programs for the upcoming season were scheduled: --Steve McQueen (""

Shecky Green / Mickey Mantle / Yogi Berra / Sacha Distel

Sep 28, 1958 · 60 min

Guests: --Julie Wilson - ""It's Great To Be Alive."" --Bobby Van (dancer) And Robert Maxwell (harpist) --Shecky Greene (Las Vegas comedian) - jokes about boxers, intellectua

scheduled: Danny Thomas; Frankie Laine; Milwaukee Braves players

Oct 5, 1958 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Danny Thomas --Frankie Laine (singer) --Patachou (French singer) --Tina Robin (singer) --Little Buck (dancer) --Bambi Linn and Rod Alexander (d

scheduled: Carol Channing; Genevieve; Line Renaud

Oct 12, 1958 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Carol Channing (musical comedy star) --Genevieve (French singer) --Line Renaud (French singer) --The Talbot Brothers (vocal-insturmental trio from B

Tony Martin / Roger Williams / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane

Oct 19, 1958 · 60 min

Guests: --Tony Martin (singer) - ""Gigi"" & ""Fire Down Below"" --Benny Fields, Blossom Seeley, Tony Martin - ""My Blushin' Rosie"" (Note: Benny Fields & Blossom Seeley wer

Esther Williams (guest host) / Johnny Mathis / Janet Blair

Oct 26, 1958 · 60 min

Guests: --Esther Williams (guest host) --Lisa Kirk - ""Anything Goes"" --Bob Hammond's Birds --Johnny Mathis - ""The Lady Is A Tramp"" & ""Call Me"" --The Martin Brothe

Itzhak Perlman / Carol Lawrence & Larry Kert / Film: Ed Sullivan Visits Jerusalem

Nov 2, 1958 · 60 min

Guests: --Itzhak Perlman (violinist, then a 13-year old child prodigy) - plays ""Polonaise Brilliante"" --Carol Lawrence (as Maria) and Larry Kert (as Tony) sing ""Tonight"" (

Friar's Club roasts Ed Sullivan w/Walter Cronkite; Maury Amsterdam; Joey Bishop

Nov 9, 1958 · 60 min

""The Friar's Club"" roasts Ed Sullivan Guests: --Joe E. Lewis - roasts Ed --Jack Carter (host / master of ceremonies, appears throughout the show) --Walter Cronkite (newsma

scheduled: William Shatner; Lou Costello; Dody Goodman

Nov 16, 1958 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --William Shatner and France Nuyen (from the Broadway musical ""The World of Suzie Wong"") - appear in scenes from ""...Suzie Wong"" --William Shatner and F

Kathryn Grayson / Herb Shriner / The Four Coins

Nov 23, 1958 · 60 min

Guests: --Beryozka Dance Company (Russian folk dancers in peasant costumes) --The Four Coins (vocal group) - ""World Outside"" --Pat Stanley & Russell Nype - ""All for Lov

scheduled: Teresa Brewer; Hal March; Jean Carroll

Nov 30, 1958 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Teresa Brewer (singer) --Jean Carroll (comedian) --Hal March (comedian) --Monique Van Vooren (singer) - ""Thank Heaven"" --Rickie Layne (ventriloq

From Alaska: Dody Goodman; Jill Corey; Dick Lord Buckley

Dec 7, 1958 · 60 min

Show filmed in Alaska (when Ed was in Alaska a few weeks earlier): Guests: --Dody Goodman (comedian) --Jill Corey (singer) - ""Sitting on Top of the World"" --Dick ""Lo

scheduled: Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Flower Drum Song cast

Dec 14, 1958 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (appear to promote their new musical ""Flower Drum Song""). --The entire cast of ""Flower Drum Song"" perform sce

scheduled: Jose Ferrer & Lois Smith; David Seville; Rise Stevens

Dec 21, 1958 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Jose Ferrer and Lois Smith - in scenes from their Broadway play ""Edwin Booth"" --Rise Stevens (operatic soprano) --Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) -

Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward / Maurice Gosfield & Joe E. Ross

Dec 28, 1958 · 60 min

Guests (first half of show): --Maurice Gosfield (Private Doberman) and Joe E. Ross (Sgt. Ridzik) from ""The Phil Silvers Show"" (a.k.a. ""You'll Never Get Rich"" & ""Sergeant Bi

Imogene Coca / Shelley Berman / Trude Adams / Phil Ford & Mimi Hines

Jan 4, 1959 · 60 min

Guests: --Imogene Coca plays an opera singer in a comedy routine --Ivry Gitlis (Israeli violinist) --Trude Adams (singer) - ""He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"" & 1 ot

Fidel Castro (on film) / Jason Robards / George Grizzard / Alan King

Jan 11, 1959 · 60 min

--On film: Fidel Castro - 25 second clip at beginning of show. Later in show, a 6-minute film is shown: Ed introduces Castro, calls Castro and his soldiers ""Revolutionary Youngste

Edith Piaf / Celeste Holm / Betty Comden & Adolph Green / Pat Suzuki

Jan 18, 1959 · 60 min

Guests: --Edith Piaf (French singer) - ""Carousel"" and ""Gypsy and the Lady"" --Celeste Holm (actress) - scene from ""Third Best Sport"" (Comical scene with salesman & custom

scheduled: Charlton Heston; Eartha Kitt; Georgia Gibbs

Jan 25, 1959 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Charlton Heston (actor) --Eartha Kitt (actress-singer, star of the movie ""Anna Lucasta"") --Georgia Gibbs (singer) --Wayne and Shuster (comedy team

Johnny Cash / Frankie Laine / Richard Boone

Feb 8, 1959 · 60 min

Guests: --Johnny Cash - ""Don't Take Your Guns to Town"" --Miyoshi Umeki (star of Broadway's ""Flower Drum Song"") - ""Hundred Million Miracles"" and ""In My Own Little Corner"

scheduled: Itzhak Perlman; Dody Goodman; Jack Carter; Jane Morgan

Feb 15, 1959 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Itzhak Perlman (18-year-old violinist from Israel) --Dody Goodman (comedian) --Jack Carter (comedian) --Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) --Jane Morga

scheduled: Dennis Weaver; Roger Williams; Pat Henning

Feb 22, 1959 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Dennis Weaver (actor, played Chester on ""Gunsmoke"") --Roger Williams (pianist) --Roberta Peters (opera singer) --Arnold Stang (comic actor) --T

The Platters / scheduled: Abbe Lane; Xavier Cugat; Carol Lawrence

Mar 1, 1959 · 60 min

The Platters - ""Sound & The Fury"" and ""Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"" Scheduled: --Abbe Lane with Xavier Cugat and his orchestra --Carol Lawrence --Pat Suzuki (musical-comedy

Fred MacMurray / Jane Russell / David Seville / Samuel Goldwyn (on film)

Mar 8, 1959 · 60 min

--Chris Barber's Jazz Band - ""Petit Fleur"" (played while Ed announces guests) and ""Diga, Diga Do"" --Schaller Brothers (comedy trampoline act) --Joe Howard (vaudevillian) an

Edward Mulhare / Myron Cohen / Paul O'Keefe

Mar 15, 1959 · 60 min

Guests (St. Patrick's Day show filmed in Ireland): --Liam DeVally - ""The Gentle Maiden"" (a traditional Irish folk ballad) --Cork Choir (a.k.a. The Corkish Glee Club) - ""Bells

From Portugal: Maurice Chevalier; The Ames Brothers

Mar 22, 1959 · 60 min

Guests (show filmed in Portugal): --Maurice Chevalier - ""This Is My Lucky Day"" & ""Quai de Bercy"" --The Ames Brothers (vocal group) - ""Petticoats of Portugal"" --Jacqu

scheduled: Shelley Winters; Connie Francis / James Stewart & Lee Remick (on film)

Mar 29, 1959 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Shelley Winters (actress) --Connie Francis (singer) --Luise Rainer (actress) --Richard Boone (from the TV series ""Paladin"") --Wayne and Shuster (c

The Fleetwoods / Billy Williams Quartet / Jean Carroll

Apr 5, 1959 · 60 min

Guests: --The Billy Williams Quartet - ""Goodnight Irene"" --Helene and Howard (comic dancers) --Jean Carroll (comedian) - domestic life humor. --Domenico Modugno (Italia

Johnnie Ray / Brook Benton / Gertrude Berg / Teresa Brewer

Apr 12, 1959 · 60 min

Guests: --Brook Benton - ""It's Just A Matter Of Time"" --Johnnie Ray - ""All Right, OK, You Win"" and ""Here & Now"" --Teresa Brewer - ""Daughter Of Rosie O'Grady"" & ""He

scheduled: Tallulah Bankhead; Della Reese; Betty Comden & Adolph Green

Apr 19, 1959 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Tallulah Bankhead --Della Reese (singer) --Jack Carter (comedian) --Betty Comden and Adolph Green (musical-comedy team) --Rickie Layne (ventriloq

Johnny Mathis / Rod Steiger / Henny Youngman

Apr 26, 1959 · 60 min

Guests include: --Johnny Mathis - ""Lover,"" ""Someone"" & ""From This Moment"" --Rod Steiger - performs a scene from ""Roshomon"" (Samurai sword fight) --On film: Clip fro

scheduled: Lionel Hampton; Gogi Grant; Billy Daniels

May 3, 1959 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Lionel Hampton and his band (jazz musicians) --Gogi Grant (singer) --Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) - present a comedy sketch titled ""Bell, Bag and C

Louis Prima & Keely Smith / Hume Cronyn & Jessica Tandy / Andy Griffith

May 10, 1959 · 60 min

Segment with Louis Prima, Keely Smith, Sam Butera: --Louis Prima sings ""When You're Smiling."" --Prima, Keely Smith & Sam Butera - ""Oh Marie"" medley --Sam Butera – ""Ol

Louis Prima & Keely Smith / Shelly Berman / Jack Carter

May 17, 1959 · 60 min

Segment with Louis Prima, Keely Smith, Sam Butera & the Witnesses: --Louis Prima, Keely Smith, Sam Butera & The Witnesses - ""When You're Smiling,"" ""Just A Gigolo,"" ""I Aint Go

Fabian / Myron Cohen / Ed Wynn / Carol Lawrence

May 24, 1959 · 60 min

Guests: --Fabian - ""Turn Me Loose"" & ""Tiger"" --Carol Lawrence - ""10 Cents A Dance"" (from ""West Side Story) --Ed Wynn - jokes with Ed --Ed Wynn & Carol Lawrence - "

Bobby Darin / Edith Piaf / Wayne & Shuster

May 31, 1959 · 60 min

Guests: --Bobby Darin - ""Mack the Knife"" & ""Dream Lover"" --Edith Piaf - ""Milord""/""M'Lord"" (& possible 2nd song: ""Come On Let's Hear It"") --Peter Fit (magician) - floa

James Cagney tribute / Johnny Horton / Al Martino

Jun 7, 1959 · 60 min

James Cagney segment: --Montage of Cagney movie clips: ""Public Enemy,"" ""Angels With Dirty Faces,"" ""Oklahoma Kid,"" ""The Fighting 69th,"" ""Yankee Doodle Dandy"" & ""Mr. Ro

Connie Francis, Henny Youngman

May 14, 1959 · 60 min

Fabian / Georgia Gibbs / Kirby Stone Four / John Wayne (on tape)

Jun 21, 1959 · 60 min

Guests: --Jack Benny cameo: After Ed claims to have found a one-dollar bill in the lobby, Benny comes on stage to claim it. --On tape: John Wayne & Constance Towers wish Ed a h

Duke Ellington / Lloyd Price / Frankie Avalon / Jean Carroll

Jun 28, 1959 · 60 min

12th Anniversary Show with guests: --Lloyd Price - ""Personality"" --Duke Ellington - ""Anatomy of a Murder"" & ""Flirty Bird"" --Otto Preminger - director of the film ""Por

scheduled: Ames Brothers; Patachou; Alan King; Ford & Hines

Jul 5, 1959 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --The Ames Brothers (vocal group) - medley (""Too Young,"" ""Paper Doll,"" ""Everything I Have is Yours,"" ""Seems Like Old Times,"" ""If I Didn't Care"" and t

Carol Channing / Georgia Gibbs / Wayne & Shuster / Bob Lewis

Jul 12, 1959 · 60 min

Guests: --Carol Channing - ""Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend"" (Carol gives a phony diamond to Ed, then throws phony diamonds out to audience members). --Georgia Gibbs - ""A

Spoleto Festival (taped in Italy): Sir John Gielgud; Eileen Farrell

Jul 19, 1959 · 60 min

""Spoleto Festival"" (filmed at various locations in Spoleto, Italy) Guests: --Sir John Gielgud – reads from Shakespeare (filmed at Gian Carlo Menotti's palace) --Eileen

Eartha Kitt / Charlton Heston (on film) / Roger Williams

Jul 26, 1959 · 60 min

Guests: --Eartha Kitt - ""Little White Lies"" & ""What More Is There To Say."" --Eartha Kitt (later in show) - ""Turkish Rendition of CBD"" & ""Hora Ki Mi Tsion"" (in Hebrew)

The Platters / scheduled: Roberta Peters; Shelley Berman

Aug 2, 1959 · 60 min

The Platters - ""Dance With Me, Henry,"" ""Remember When"" and ""Darktown Strutter's Ball"" Scheduled guests: --Roberta Peters (opera star) - ""Laughing Song"" (from the ""Fled

Jane Russell / Sid Kroft / Shecky Greene / Toni Arden

Aug 9, 1959 · 60 min

Guests: --Jane Russell - ""Say It Isn't So"" --Jane Russell and her brother Kevin - perform an unidentified song (possibly titled ""Dearie"") --Toni Arden (singer) - ""Non

scheduled: Lionel Hampton; Teresa Brewer; Jan Murray

Aug 16, 1959 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Lionel Hampton (jazz musician) - ""Ain't Got That Swing"" and ""Lady Be Good"" --Teresa Brewer - ""There'll Be Some Changes Made,"" ""Melancholy Baby"" &

scheduled: Luise Rainer; Alan King; Dolores Wilson

Aug 23, 1959 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Luise Rainer (actress, filmed interview) --Alan King (comedian) --Dolores Wilson (Metropolitan opera singer) --Johnny Haymer (comedian) --Turk Mu

Army Talent Show with Steve Lawrence; Henny Youngman

Aug 30, 1959 · 60 min

The Annual Army Talent Show Civilian talent (scheduled guests): --Henny Youngman (comedian) --Rickie Layne (ventriloquist) --Modern Jazz Dancers (from Italy) - ""Zabandara

Bobby Darin / Frankie Laine / Teresa Brewer

Sep 6, 1959 · 60 min

Broadcast from Madison Square Garden: Guests include: --Bobby Darin - medley: ""Swing Low Sweet Chariot,"" ""Lonesome Road"" and ""When The Saints Go Marching In"" --Frank

scheduled: Edith Piaf; Itzhak Perlman; Jack Carter

Sep 13, 1959 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Edith Piaf (French Chanteuse) - ""You Are My Carousel"" (in French and English) --Jack Carter (comedian) --IItzhak Perlman (Israeli pianist) --Jane M