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The Ed Sullivan Show: Season 21

39 episodes Premiered Sep 10, 1967 Updated Sep 30, 2026
Previously on The Ed Sullivan Show

Season 21 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 20.
  • ⚡ 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 21 Episodes

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S21·E1 Mytharc

Young Rascals / Petula Clark / Red Skelton

Sep 10, 1967 · 60 min

Guests: --The Young Rascals - ""Groovin',"" ""A Girl Like You"" & ""How Can I Be Sure?"" --Petula Clark - ""I'll be Loving You Eternally"" & medley: ""Who Am I?"" ""Don't Sle

S21·E2 Core

The Doors / Yul Brynner / Rodney Dangerfield

Sep 17, 1967 · 60 min

Guests: --The Doors - ""People are Strange"" & ""Light My Fire"" --Yul Brynner (actor, appearing with a musician) - perform ""Two Guitars"" (from Brynner's album) --Flip Wils

S21·E3 Core

Mamas & the Papas / Florence Henderson / John Byner

Sep 24, 1967 · 60 min

--The Mamas and the Papas - ""Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)"" --The Mamas and the Papas (later in show) - medley: ""Monday, Monday,"" ""I Call Your Name""

S21·E4 Core

Nancy Sinatra / Peggy Lee / George Carlin

Oct 1, 1967 · 60 min

Nancy Sinatra - ""Until It's Time for You to Go"" --Nancy Sinatra, Peggy Lee, & Sergio Franchi - medley including ""Just One of Those Days,"" ""Why Don't You Do Right,"" ""These B

S21·E5 Core

Jimmy Dean / Wayne & Shuster / Joan Rivers

Oct 8, 1967 · 60 min

Guests: --Jimmy Dean - country medley: ""Any Time,"" ""Born To Lose,"" ""Oh Lonesome Me,"" ""I Can't Stop Loving You"" and ""Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"" --Jimmy Dean & Rowlf -

S21·E6 Core

Lovin' Spoonful / Ethel Merman / David Frye

Oct 15, 1967 · 60 min

Lovin' Spoonful - ""She's Still a Mystery"" & ""Only Pretty"" Other guests: --Ethel Merman - ""Riding High"" & ""This Is All I Ask"" --Sandler & Young (duo sings medley: ""Ca

S21·E7 Core

Lulu / Eddie Fisher / McGuire Sisters / Norm Crosby

Oct 22, 1967 · 60 min

Guests: --Lulu - ""To Sir With Love"" --Eddie Fisher - ""Let Me Sing And I'll Be Happy"" & ""If She Walked Into My Life"" --Stiller And Meara (sketch: man tries to tell hi

S21·E8 Core

The Cowsills / Polly Bergen / Don Ameche

Oct 29, 1967 · 60 min

--The Cowsills - ""The Rain, the Park & Other Things"" & medley (""Monday, Monday,"" ""Sweet Taking Guy,"" ""Lonesome Me,"" ""Please Mr. Postman"" & ""Reach Out"") --Polly Berge

S21·E10 Core

The Turtles / Johnny Mathis / Joan Rivers

Nov 12, 1967 · 60 min

--The Turtles - ""Happy Together"" & ""She's My Girl"" Complete show: --Lana Cantrell - ""Yes Sir, That's My Baby"" --Joan Rivers (stand-up comedian) - tells jokes about bein

S21·E11 Core

The Supremes / The Temptations / Flip Wilson

Nov 19, 1967 · 60 min

--The Supremes - ""In & Out of Love,"" ""Thou Swell"" & ""Greensleeves"" --The Temptations - ""Hello Young Lovers"" & ""Don't Look Back"" --The Temptations & the Supremes (med

S21·E12 Core

The Beatles (on film) / Connie Francis / Al Hirt

Nov 26, 1967 · 60 min

Guests: --The Beatles (on film) - ""Hello Goodbye"" promo --Connie Francis - ""Going Out Of My Head,"" ""Sunny"" & ""Impossible Dream"" --Al Hirt - ""Young Man with a Horn,

S21·E13 Core

Ray Charles & Billy Preston / Bill Dana

Dec 3, 1967 · 60 min

--Start of show --Ray Charles & Billy Preston - ""Double-O-Soul"" Commercials: Hai Karate; Pacquin Hand Cream --Ray Charles with Billy Preston (on organ) and the Raelettes

S21·E15 Core

Spanky & Our Gang / Richard Pryor / Patti Page

Dec 17, 1967 · 60 min

Guests: --Spanky and Our Gang - ""Lazy Day"" & ""Sunday Morning"" --Patti Page - sings ""Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You"" & recites ""Child's Christmas Prayer"" --Richard Pr

S21·E17 Core

Jay & the Techniques / Buddy Rich / Miriam Makeba

Dec 31, 1967 · 60 min

--Jay and the Techniques - ""Keep the Ball Rolling"" --Miriam Makeba (singer from South Africa) - ""Pata Pata"" --Buddy Rich and his orchestra - ""Norwegian Wood"" (instrument

S21·E18 Core

Dionne Warwick / Norm Crosby / Morecambe & Wise

Jan 7, 1968 · 60 min

Guests: --Dionne Warwick - ""I Say a Little Prayer"" & ""Battle Hymn of the Republic"" --The Young Americans - American medley (""Spoonful Of Sugar,"" ""Back In the Old Routin

S21·E20 Core

Johnny Mathis / Melvyn Douglas / Pert Kelton

Jan 21, 1968 · 60 min

Guests: --Johnny Mathis - ""Get Out of Town"" & ""At the Crossroads"" --Melvyn Douglas and Pert Kelton (actors) - appear in a comic scene from the Broadway play ""Spofford.""

S21·E21 Core

scheduled: Fifth Dimension; Al Martino; Nancy Ames

Jan 28, 1968 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --The 5th Dimension - ""Up Up and Away,"" ""Carpet Man"" & ""Shake Your Tambourine"" --Al Martino --Nancy Ames - ""Can't Buy Me Love"" & ""What the World

S21·E23 Core

Vincent Price / Eddie Albert / Lennon Sisters

Feb 11, 1968 · 60 min

Guests: --Vincent Price --Eddie Albert (actor, performs a dramatic reading about Abraham Lincoln) --Morey Amsterdam --Totie Fields --Patricia Routledge (actress) - sing

S21·E25 Core

Gladys Knight & the Pips / Jackie Mason / Dinah Shore

Feb 25, 1968 · 60 min

--Gladys Knight & the Pips - medley (""The End of Our Road,"" ""And So Is Love"" and ""I Heard It Through the Grapevine"") --Dinah Shore - ""Oh, Lonesome Me,"" ""It's Over,"" ""

S21·E27 Core

Fifth Dimension / Liza Minnelli / Allen & Rossi

Mar 10, 1968 · 60 min

Guests (broadcast from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas): --5th Dimension - ""Up-Up and Away"" & ""Monday, Monday"" --Liza Minnelli - ""You'd Better Sit Down, Kids,"" ""Certain Gi

S21·E28 Core

The Bee Gees / Lucille Ball / George Hamilton

Mar 17, 1968 · 60 min

Guests: --The Bee Gees - ""Words"" --Lucille Ball guest appearance: (1) Lucy (onstage) chats with Ed; (2) On film: ""Yours, Mine & Ours"" film clip with Henry Fonda; (3) Lucy

S21·E32 Core

Tom Jones / Patty Duke / Totie Fields / The Muppets

Apr 21, 1968 · 60 min

Guests: --Tom Jones - ""It's Not Unusual,"" ""Danny Boy"" & ""Delilah"" --Patty Duke - ""Dona, Dona"" (with dancers) & ""And We Were Strangers"" --The Muppets - female frog

S21·E33 Core

Richard Harris / Ella Fitzgerald / Stiller & Meara

Apr 28, 1968 · 60 min

Guests: --Ella Fitzgerald - ""Can't Buy Me Love"" & ""Mr. Paganini"" (with 3 man combo) --Richard Harris - ""Camelot"" & ""Didn't We"" --George Carlin (comedy sketch) - Car

S21·E37 Core

Spanky & Our Gang / Nancy Sinatra / Mike Douglas

May 26, 1968 · 60 min

Guests: --Nancy Sinatra - ""Sock It To Me Sunshine"" & ""This Girl's In Love With You"" --Spanky & Our Gang - ""Three Ways from Tomorrow"" --Mike Douglas - ""Talk To the Ani

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