The Ed Sullivan Show: Season 16
Season 16 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Ed Sullivan Show Season 15.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
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Eddie Fisher / Al Hirt / Mickey Mantle & Whitney Ford
Sep 30, 1962 · 60 min
Guests (15th Season Opener): --Eddie Fisher --Al Hirt and his combo --Mickey Mantle and Whitney Ford (of the New York Yankees) - give tips for young baseball players --Bill
scheduled: Paul Anka; Vaughn Meader; Yolanda White
Oct 7, 1962 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Paul Anka - ""The Longest Day"" & ""Eso Beso"" --Dennis Spicer (ventriloquist) --Yolanda White (singer) --Peter Duchin (pianist) --Maury Wills (sh
scheduled: Connie Francis; Louis Prima; Jerry Van Dyke
Oct 14, 1962 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Connie Francis --Louis Prima (with Sam Butera & the Witnesses) --Jerry Van Dyke (comedian) --Sergio Franchi (tenor) --Lee Allen (pantomimist) --Th
scheduled: Cliff Richard, Kate Smith; Wayne & Schuster; Rip Taylor
Oct 21, 1962 · 60 min
Guests (confirmed): --Kate Smith --Rip Taylor (comedian) Additional guests (scheduled to appear): --Cliff Richard (British singer) --Wayne & Schuster (comedy team) -
Louis Prima / Jackie Mason / Steve Allen
Oct 28, 1962 · 60 min
Guests: --Louis Prima, Gia Maione & Sam Butera - ""Oh Marie"" & ""I Want You To Be My Baby"" --Gia Maione - ""How High The Moon"" Other guests: --Helen Shapiro - ""I Don't
Tribute to Richard Rodgers with Peggy Lee; Diahann Carroll; Roberta Peters
Nov 4, 1962 · 60 min
Tribute to Richard Rodgers (broadcast from Carnegie Hall): Rodgers & Hart songs: --Peggy Lee - ""Mountain Greenery"" (with 50 piece orchestra) --Peggy Lee & Steve Lawrence
scheduled: Robert Goulet; Phyllis McGuire; Rowan & Martin
Nov 11, 1962 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Robert Goulet - ""You Stepped Out of a Dream"" & ""Don't Be Afraid of Romance"" --Phyllis McGuire (of the McGuire Sisters) and Robert Goulet - ""Darn It,
Van Johnson / Kaye Stevens / Paul Lynde / Bob Lewis
Nov 18, 1962 · 60 min
Guests: --Van Johnson - ""Nice Work If You Can Get It"" --Kaye Stevens - ""Hey, Look Me Over"" and ""My Man"" --Kaye Stevens, Paul Lynde & Dick Contino - sing comedic song
Tony Bennett / Rosemary Clooney / Jackie Mason / Jack Carter
Nov 25, 1962 · 60 min
Guests: --Rosemary Clooney - ""Limehouse Blues"" and ""Sleepytime Gal"" --Tony Bennett - medley: ""Just In Time,"" ""I Left My Heart in San Francisco"" & ""Sing You Sinners""
Pearl Bailey / Al Hirt / Phil Foster / Pat Henry
Dec 2, 1962 · 60 min
Guests (confirmed): --Pearl Bailey --Al Hirt and his combo --Phil Foster --Bill Dana (comedian) --Pat Henry (comedian) Additional guests (scheduled to appear): --Je
Four Seasons / Peggy Lee / Anthony Newley / Jose Greco
Dec 9, 1962 · 60 min
Guests (info taken from various sources): --The Four Seasons - ""Big Girls Don't Cry"" --Peggy Lee - ""The Best Is Yet to Come,"" ""Nice and Easy,"" ""Close Your Eyes,"" ""Li
Barbra Streisand / Liberace / Clancy Brothers
Dec 16, 1962 · 60 min
Guests: --Barbra Streisand - ""My Coloring Book"" and ""Lover Come Back to Me"" --Liberace - ""Moon River"" and ""Mack the Knife"" --The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem (Ir
From Guantanamo Naval Base: Connie Francis / Louis Armstrong
Dec 23, 1962 · 60 min
From Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba: --Connie Francis - ""Who's Sorry Now,"" ""Bye Bye Love,"" ""Your Cheating Heart"" and ""Someday You'll Want Me to Want You"" --Louis Armstro
Italy's Podrecca's Piccoli Theater (puppets)
Dec 30, 1962 · 60 min
Italy's Podrecca's Piccoli Theater with puppet ""performers"" (all under 36 inches tall). Puppets: --Prof. Piccolowski (pianist) --Mme. Sinforosa Strangoloni (soprano)
Sammy Davis Jr./ Barry Sisters / Vaughn Meader / Pat Carroll
Jan 6, 1963 · 60 min
Guests: --Sammy Davis Jr. - ""Something Gotta Give,"" ""Hey There,"" ""What Kind of Fool I am"" --Barry Sisters - ""All For You"" --Vaughn Meader (impressionist) --Pat Ca
Brenda Lee / Jackie Mason / Robert Goulet
Jan 13, 1963 · 60 min
Live from the Miami Beach Convention Hall. Guests include: --Brenda Lee - ""Just Because"" & ""Alone Am I"" --Jackie Mason (stand up routine about singing, cops, etc.) -
Neil Sedaka / Wayne & Shuster / Janet Blair / Dave Astor
Jan 27, 1963 · 60 min
Guests: --Neil Sedaka (singer playing the piano) - medley: ""Happy Birthday Sweet 16,"" ""Calendar Girl"" & ""My Yiddish Mama"" --Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) - does a take
International performers: Franco Corelli; Eve Boswell; Hannah Ahroni
Feb 3, 1963 · 60 min
International performers (scheduled to appear): --Franco Corelli (Italian tenor) --Eve Boswell (English vocalist) --Hanna Ahroni (Israeli singer) --Sasha Tormas (Hungaria
Hal Holbrook / Patti Page / Three Stooges / Dave Madden
Feb 10, 1963 · 60 min
Guests (confirmed): --Patti Page (singer) - might have performed ""If I Were a Bell"" --Hal Holbrook (actor) - In a scene from his off-Broadway play ""Abe Lincoln in Illinois
From Las Vegas: Jimmy Durante; Eddie Jackson; Sonny King
Feb 24, 1963 · 60 min
Show broadcast from Las Vegas Guests (confirmed): --Jimmy Durante --Eddie Jackson and Sonny King (appear with Durante in an extended segment which runs over 20 minutes). A
scheduled: Mike Clifford; Kate Smith; Bob Newhart; Nancy Walker
Mar 3, 1963 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Bob Newhart (comedian) --Kate Smith (singer) --Nancy Walker (comedian) --Charles Nelson Reilly (comedian) --Anita Bryant (singer) --Dennis Spicer
Kaye Stevens / Wayne & Shuster / Leon Bibb / Guy Lombardo Orchestra
Mar 10, 1963 · 60 min
Guests: --Kaye Stevens (musical-comedy singer) - ""Somebody Is Keeping Score"" --Jan Murray (stand-up comedian) - tells jokes about TV shows & doctors --Guy Lombardo Orche
Sid Caesar / Paul Anka / Chad Mitchell Trio / McGuire Sisters
Mar 17, 1963 · 60 min
--Morecambe and Wise (British comedy team) - appear twice in show. --The McGuire Sisters (vocal trio) - sing ""Danny Boy"" --Sid Caesar does a scene from the Broadway show ""Li
Barbra Streisand / Chubby Checker / Woody Herman
Mar 24, 1963 · 60 min
Guests: --Barbra Streisand - ""Cry Me a River"" --Chubby Checker - ""Peanut Vendor"" & limbo medley: ""Let's Limbo Some More"" and ""Limbo Rock"" (Chubby does the limbo on sta
Jackie Wilson / The McGuire Sisters
Mar 31, 1963 · 60 min
Guests: --Jackie Wilson - ""Baby Workout"" & ""Night"" --The McGuire Sisters - Biography medley --Lou Wills Jr. (tap dancer) --Tommy Cooper (comic magician, funny hats)
scheduled: Frankie Avalon; Stiller & Meara; Lee Evans Jazz Trio
Apr 7, 1963 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Frankie Avalon (singer) --Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller (comedy team) --Kaye Ballard (comedian) --The Lee Evans Jazz Trio --Bill Dana (comedian, in
From London: Judy Garland / Peter O'Toole / Cliff Richard
Apr 14, 1963 · 60 min
Show taped in London: --Judy Garland - ""Smile (Though Your Heart Is Breaking)"" & ""I Could Go On Singing"" --Peter O'Toole - talks with Ed about ""Lawrence of Arabia"" & si
scheduled: Liza Minnelli; Anthony Quinn; Della Reese
Apr 21, 1963 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Liza Minnelli --Anthony Quinn (actor, scheduled to read poetry) --Della Reese (jazz singer) --Errol Garner (jazz pianist) --Mary Costa (opera sing
Connie Francis / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Wayne & Shuster
Apr 28, 1963 · 60 min
Broadcast from Toronto, Canada: --Connie Francis - ""Days of Wine and Roses,"" ""Exodus,"" ""If My Pillow Could Talk"" & ""Hava Nagila"" --Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane - Latin me
Lucille Ball & Bob Hope / Ella Fitzgerald / Jackie Mason
May 5, 1963 · 60 min
Guests: --Ella Fitzgerald - ""Start Of Something Big,"" ""No Moon At All,"" ""Bill Bailey,"" ""I'm Old Fashioned"" & ""Stompin' At The Savoy"" (Roy Elridge on horn). --Bob Ho
scheduled: Vivien Leigh; Brenda Lee; Ann-Margret; Al Hirt
May 12, 1963 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Vivien Leigh (actress, singing ""Wilkes-Barre, Pa."" from her Broadway show ""Tovarich"") --Brenda Lee - ""Losing You"" --Myron Cohen --Al Hirt --An
Ann-Margret / Steve Lawrence / Kate Smith
May 19, 1963 · 60 min
Guests: --Ann-Margret - ""Bye, Bye, Birdie"" and ""Baby, Won't You Please Come Home"" --Steve Lawrence - ""The Sweetest Sounds,"" ""Misty"" and ""Lazy River"" --Kate Smith -
scheduled: Cab Calloway; Eydie Gorme; Frank Fontaine; Sergio Franchi
May 26, 1963 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Cab Calloway --Eydie Gorme --Frank Fontaine (backed by the Arbors vocal group) --Sergio Franchi (Italian singer) --Pat Buttram (comedian) --Bill Da
scheduled: Sammy Davis, Jr.; Janet Blair; Rowan & Martin; Kim Sisters
Jun 2, 1963 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Sammy Davis, Jr. --Janet Blair --Rowan and Martin (comedy team) --The Kim Sisters --Jesse Pearson (singer) --Sue Carson (comedian)
Barbra Streisand / Stiller & Meara / McGuire Sisters
Jun 9, 1963 · 60 min
Guests: --Barbra Streisand - ""When the Sun Comes Out"" --Stiller & Meara (comedy team; do parodies of popular TV commercials) --The McGuire Sisters - ""Old Devil Moon,"" ""Cor
Eartha Kitt / Jackie Mason / Wayne & Shuster / Kaye Ballard
Jun 16, 1963 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Eartha Kitt --Jackie Mason (comedian) --Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) --Kaye Ballard (comedian) Regulars: --Series regulars: The Hugh Lambert d
15th Anniversary Show with clips from past shows: Elvis Presley, Gary Cooper
Jun 23, 1963 · 60 min
15th Anniversary Show with clips from past shows (special 90-minute episode): --1949: Charles Laughton - soliloquy from Henry V (TV debut) --1951: Gertrude Lawrence, Richard
Al Hirt / Totie Fields / Geula Gill / Alberto Rochi
Jun 30, 1963 · 60 min
Guests: --Al Hirt (trumpet player with combo) - ""Down by the Riverside"" and, later in show, ""Carnival in Venice"" & ""Row Row Row"" --Geula Gill (Israeli singer, with 2 back
On tape: Wayne & Shuster; Kay Stevens; Marion Marlowe; Bill Dana
Jul 14, 1963 · 60 min
Guests, on tape (pre-recorded show): --Wayne & Shuster (comedy team) --Kay Stevens (musical-comedy performer) - ""Make Someone Happy"" & ""I Ain't Down Yet"" --Marion Marlow
On tape: Kate Smith; Jackie Mason; Joya Sherrill
Aug 4, 1963 · 60 min
Guests, on tape (pre-recorded show): --Kate Smith - ""I Wish You Love,"" ""When Your Lover Has Gone"" & ""But Beautiful"" --Jackie Mason (comedian) --Morecombe and Wise (c
Matt Monro / Joan Sutherland / Della Reese
Aug 18, 1963 · 60 min
Guests (taped show): --Joan Sutherland - ""Son vergin vezzosa"" (from Bellini's ""I Puritani"") --Della Reese - ""You Came a Long Way from St. Louis"" & ""Be My Love"" --Mat