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The Ed Sullivan Show: Season 18

40 episodes Premiered Sep 27, 1964 Updated Sep 30, 2026
Previously on The Ed Sullivan Show

Season 18 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 17.
  • ⚡ 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.
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Season 18 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 18: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (37): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S18·E1 Mytharc

Beach Boys / Alan King / Robert Goulet

Sep 27, 1964 · 60 min

Guests: --The Beach Boys - ""I Get Around"" and ""Wendy"" --Robert Goulet - ""Let There be Love,"" ""Quiet Nights,"" ""This is All I Ask"" and ""My Love Forgive Me (Amore Scus

S18·E2 Core

Louis Armstrong / Sid Caesar / Abbe Lane / Pat Boone

Oct 4, 1964 · 60 min

Guests: --Louis Armstrong – ""Hello Dolly"" & ""So Long Dearie"" --Sid Caesar (comedian) - 2 skits: (1) Japanese baseball player sketch (2) 1964 election news report sketch

S18·E3 Core

Roy Orbison / Connie Francis / Harlem Globetrotters

Oct 11, 1964 · 60 min

Guests: --Roy Orbison - ""Oh, Pretty Woman"" --Connie Francis - (1) baseball medley: ""Take Me Out to the Ballgame"" (& other baseball songs), ""Meet Me In St. Louis"" (& a so

S18·E4 Core

The Animals / Van Johnson / Jackie Mason

Oct 18, 1964 · 60 min

Guests: --The Animals – ""I'm Crying"" & ""House of the Rising Sun"" --Jackie Mason (stand-up comedian) - routine includes imitation of news reporter Marvin Kalb commenting

S18·E5 Core

Rolling Stones / Jack Jones / Stiller & Meara

Oct 25, 1964 · 60 min

The Rolling Stones - ""Around and Around"" and ""Time is on My Side"" Other guests: --Stiller & Meara (comedy team) --Jack Jones - ""Travel On"" & ""Bewitched"" --London

S18·E6 Core

Dave Clark Five / Rex Harrison / Alan King

Nov 1, 1964 · 60 min

The Dave Clark Five - ""Anyway You Want It"" Other guests: --Rex Harrison (on film?) --Leon Bibb (folk singer) --Alan King (comedian) --Marilyn Michaels (singer-impressio

S18·E7 Core

Jimmy Durante / Jean Paul Vignon / Nipsey Russell

Nov 8, 1964 · 60 min

Guests: --Jimmy Durante - ""Old Man Time,"" ""Fascination"" & ""Count Your Blessings"" --Sonny King and Jimmy Durante - ""Hey, Look Me Over"" & ""I Ain't Down Yet"" --Eddie

S18·E8 Core

Peter and Gordon / Sammy Davis Jr. / Kaye Stevens

Nov 15, 1964 · 60 min

Peter and Gordon – ""I Don't Want to See You Again"" & ""500 Miles"" Other guests: --Sammy Davis Jr. - ""Don't Shut Me Out"" --Kaye Stevens - ""I'll Tell Them All"" --The

S18·E11 Core

scheduled: Piccola Pupa; Mitchell Trio; Sid Caesar

Dec 6, 1964 · 60 min

Guests: --Sid Caesar --Gary Lewis and the Playboys   --Piccola Pupa --The Mitchell Trio (folk singers) --Sophie Tucker --Allen and Rossi (comedy team) --Betsy Palmer

S18·E13 Core

Jack Jones / Allen & Rossi / Charlie Manna

Dec 20, 1964 · 60 min

Guests: --Jack Jones - Christmas medley & ""My Favorite Things."" --Jack Jones (later in show) - ""Somebody Loves Me"" & ""You're Nobody"" medley --Allen & Rossi (comedy t

S18·E14 Core

The Supremes / Serendipity Singers / Leslie Uggams

Dec 27, 1964 · 60 min

Guests: --The Supremes - ""Come See About Me"" --The Serendipity Singers - ""Every Time I Feel the Spirit"" --Leslie Uggams - ""Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo"" & ""Cockeyed Optimist"" -

S18·E20 Core

Dave Clark Five / Rowan & Martin / Steve Lawrence

Feb 14, 1965 · 60 min

Guests: --The Dave Clark Five - ""Everybody Knows,"" ""Because"" & ""Anyway You Want It"" --Steve Lawrence - ""Hello, Dolly!"" ""People"" & ""Where Can I Go"" --Victor Borge

S18·E26 Core

Little Anthony and the Imperials / Bobby Vinton

Mar 28, 1965 · 60 min

Guests: --Little Anthony and the Imperials - ""Hurts So Bad"" --Bobby Vinton - ""Long Lonely Nights"" + medley of hits & tribute to Broadway songwriters --Bob King (comedian

S18·E29 Core

John Huston / Sam Snead / Soupy Sales

Apr 18, 1965 · 60 min

Easter Show: --John Huston - scene from ""The Bible"" (might be on film) --The McGuire Sisters - Medley (""Heart Beat For Me,"" ""Easter Parade,"" ""Try A Little Tenderness"" &

S18·E31 Core

Rolling Stones / Dusty Springfield / Tom Jones

May 2, 1965 · 60 min

--The Rolling Stones - ""The Last Time,"" Little Red Rooster"" and ""Someone to Love"" --Dusty Springfield - ""All Cried Out"" --Tom Jones - ""It's Not Unusual"" --Audience b

S18·E33 Core

Petula Clark / Rudolf Nureyev / Alan King

May 16, 1965 · 60 min

Guests: --Petula Clark - ""I Know a Place"" & ""Heart"" --Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn (ballet dancers) - perform three excerpts from ""Swan Lake"" --Alan King (stand-

S18·E36 Core

Herman's Hermits / scheduled: Tommy Steele; Trini Lopez

Jun 6, 1965 · 60 min

--Herman's Hermits – ""Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter,"" ""I'm Henry The VIII, I Am"" and ""Wonderful World"" Other guests (scheduled to appear): --Tommy Steele (musi

S18·E37 Core

Tom Jones / The Seekers / Dee Dee Sharp / Sid Caesar

Jun 13, 1965 · 60 min

Guests: --Tom Jones - ""It's Not Unusual"" & ""Watcha You Gonna Do"" --The Seekers - ""A World of Our Own"" --Dee Dee Sharp - ""Steady, Steady"" --Sid Caesar --London Le

S18·E39 Mytharc

Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas / Tony Bennett

Jun 27, 1965 · 60 min

Guests (June 27, 1965): --Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas - ""From a Window"" & ""Bad to Me"" --Tony Bennett - ""San Francisco,"" ""One for My Baby,"" ""It Had to be You"" and "

S18·E40 Mytharc

Gerry & the Pacemakers / Jerry Vale / The Womenfolk

Aug 29, 1965 · 60 min

Guests: --Gerry and the Pacemakers - ""I Like It,"" ""You'll Never Walk Alone"" & ""I'm the One"" --Jerry Vale - ""I Feel a Song Coming On,"" ""I'm Always Chasing Rainbows"" &

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