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9/5/54Scheduled guests (broadcast from Atlantic City's Convention Hall):
--John Harris' "Ice Capades of 1955" (40-minute segment planned) - starring Donna Atwood and Bobby Specht, with a cast of 110 skaters.
Also scheduled:
--Roberta Peters (opera singer)
--Sonny Howard (impressionist)
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8/29/54Scheduled:
--Eddie Fisher (singer, appearing as guest host)
--The American Legion's Jackson Zouaves drill team
--Serenade of Strings (violinists)
--Alice Riley and Raleigh Isaacs (winners of the Chicago Tribune's Chicagoland Musical Festival)
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8/22/54Episode originally in color.
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--Eartha Kitt sings "Mink, Schmink" and "Monotonous."
--John Raitt - "Hey There" (from "The Pajama Game") & "My Boy Bill" (soliloquy from "Carousel").
--Janis Paige - "Hernando's Hideaway" (from "The Pajama Game").
Also appearing:
--Celeste Holm with Hollywood director Michael Curtiz.
--The Andrea Dancers (formal dancing, with double jointed girl).
--Nanci Crompton (dancer)
--The Bogdadis (four brothers, acrobatic-juggling act).
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8/15/54Scheduled:
--Victor Borge (humorist & pianist, appearing as guest host)
--Janis Paige (star of Broadway's "The Pajama Game")
--The Four Lads (singing quartette)
--Golden Mermaid (novelty act from the Latin Quarter, New York)
--Mata & Hari (dance team)
--Jeanne Volk (soprano, female winner of a singing contest)
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8/8/54Guests: --Victor Borge (pianist-composer) - appears as guest host --The Four Lads (vocal group) --Mata & Hari (dancers) --Roy Benson (comic magician) --Lita & Pepe (acrobats) --Jeanne Volk (singer) - winner of talent competition Other guests (scheduled to appear): --Audrey Meadows & Jack Whiting --Mary Small (singer) --Les Charlivels (acrobatic musicians)moreless -
8/1/54Scheduled guests: --Polly Bergen (singer-actress) --Ames Brothers (singing group) --Lee Allen (singer-comedian) --Smith and Dale (comedians) --The Szonys (dancers) -
7/25/54"Tops in Blues" - Air force talent show, broadcast from Mitchel Field (in Uniondale, New York), with performers selected from U.S. Air Force bases throughout the world.
Scheduled performers:
--Air Four (quartet)
--A/1c Roy Bolla (guitarist)
--S/S Carl Gould (dancer)
--A/2e Doris Johnson (singer)
--A/3c Marlene Pisoni (singer)
--Sandy Valley Boys (vocal group)moreless -
7/18/54Broadcast from the Westchester Country Club in Rye, N.Y. Scheduled guests: --Vaughn Monroe (Singer-bandleader) --Carol Haney (dancer from "The Pajama Game" who will dance to "Steam Heat," one of the show's production numbers) --Doretta Morrow (singer from "Kismet") --Rafael Mendez & sons (trumpet player with his 17-year-old twin sons, Ralph and Robert) --The Gautier Steeplechasers (with ponies, dogs and a monkey) --Stan Kramer (billed as a "pantomimist")moreless -
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7/4/54Guests (show broadcast from the USS Iowa docked at the Hudson River):
--Dolores Gray (musical comedy star) - "Yankee Doodle Dandy" & "Harrigan" (dances with the Toastettes chorus girls)
--Bill Kenny (from the Ink Spots) - "Mary" and a medley of hits: "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall," "To Each His Own," "If I Didn't Care" & "September Song"
--The Step Brothers (tap dancers) - dance to "Give My Regards To Broadway"
--Dolores Gray - "Grand Old Flag" (with the Marine Drill Team)
--Les Marcellis (gymnasts, acrobat act) - acrobats using one table & two chairs in their performance.
--Jay Marshall (stand-up comedy)
--Eileen O'Dare (acrobatic dancer surrounded by Navy audience)
--Jackie (acrobat)
--Dolores Gray - "I Ought To Know More About You" & "Just One Of Those Things" (surrounded by sailors)
--Navy Captain Wayne Loud - talks to Ed about his life and career. Then presents Ed with an Ed charactature drawn by Herb Hazelton, who also appears.
--Ed reads telegram from Robert Carney, Chief Of Naval Operations.
--Arthur Connell (Commander Of American Legion) - leads the "Pledge Of Allegiance"
--The Step Brothers (tap dancers) - appear again at end of show, the two take turns tap dancing solo.moreless -
6/27/54Scheduled guests (live from New York): --Bert Lahr (comedian) --Joni James (singer) --Ben Hogan (golfer) --Pat Henning (comedian) --The Dancing SzonysOn film: --European acts, including chanteuse Patachou, pay tribute to Sullivan. --Ed interviews Genevieve de Galard-Terraube, the French flight nurse known as the "Angel of Dien Bien Phu."
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6/20/546th Anniversary Show --Jackie Gleason sketch: "The Poor Soul Visits a Cafeteria" (with Art Carney) --Rocky Marciano (Sullivan interview, the two compare muscles) --Ezra Charles (boxer) & Ed Fergolt (golfer) join Rocky & Ed onstage. --Rise Stevens - "Stars In My Eyes" --Harold Arlen - composer doing a medley of his hits ("Get Happy," "Let's Fall In Love," "I've Got The World On A String," "Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea," "One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)," "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive," "Come Rain Or Come Shine (w/Rise Stevens)," "Stormy Weather," "Somewhere Over The Rainbow," "That Old Black Magic" & "The Man That Got Away.") --Hal Leroy & Peg Leg Bates (tap dancers) - tap dance challenge between the two. --Darvas and Julia (dance team) --Will Jordan (comedian, does impersonations) --Eight beauty queens from Florida (present gifts to Ed on behalf of Florida civic groups.)Audience bows: Debbie Reynolds (actress); Ray Jablonski (baseball player)moreless
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6/13/54--Janis Paige and John Raitt - "There Was A Man" (from "The Pajama Game") --John Raitt - "If I Loved You" (from "Carousel") --Victor Borge - plays music of famous composers, then does his interpretations of how they would play "Happy Birthday." --The Goofers (instrumental quartet, sing "When The Saints Go Marching In" & do celebrity impressions) --The Wichita Orphans (barbershop quartet) - "Wait 'Til The Sun Shines Nellie" --Mata And Hari (dance stylists doing a Carnegie Hall sketch) --Yokoi Trio (3 female cyclists from Japan)moreless -
6/6/54Scheduled guests:
--Victor Borge (guest host) and 12 finalists from the Army Talent Championship. The finalists include Ezio D. Flagello, Emmanuel Lipman, Charles Malluzza, and Robert Brandstatter, all of the Bronx, Michael Domenico of North Collins, N.Y., Bernard Horowitz, of Brooklyn, Charles Reed, of Newark, and Cephus McGirt.
--The 12 GI finalists were selected from among 75,000 men who auditioned from 12 worldwide Army command centers.
--Victor Borge entertains while the judges (made up of prominent celebrities) tally their scores.moreless -
5/30/54Scheduled: --Patti Page --Red Buttons (comedian) --Liberace with Hermione Gingold (Liberace plays "The Warsaw Concerto" as Hermione Gingold accompanies him on the cello.) --Liberace, later in show, appears as a hillbilly. --George Liberace (Liberace's brother) conducts the orchestra. --Richard "Mr. Pastry" Hearne (English comic dances and does pantomime). --Johnny Farrell (golf pro, discusses the coming National Open which takes place at his course) --Bacone Choir (30 American-Indian singers from Muskogee, Oklahoma, appear in costume to sing choral songs.)moreless -
5/23/54Scheduled: On film: Producer David O. Selznick discusses the re-issue of "Gone With the Wind." Also: a "GWTW" film clip.Other scheduled guests: --Betty and Jane Kean (comedy team) --Mindy Carson (singer) --Richard "Mr. Pastry" Hearne (English comedian) --Page and Bray (dancers) --Dickie Valentine (English singing star)
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5/16/54Scheduled: --Nat "King" Cole (singer) --David Wayne (plays the Japanese interpreter Sakini in a scene from John Patrick's Pulitzer prize-winning play "Teahouse of the August Moon.") --Ted Lewis (entertainer known as the "Is Everybody Happy?" man) --Stan Musial (St. Louis Cardinal outfielder) --Byron Nelson (golfer) --Dick Contino (accordionist) --Richard "Mr. Pastry" Hearne (English comedian) --Scheduled audience bows: General Claire Chennault and members of his "Flying Tiger" division.moreless -
5/9/54"The ASCAP Story" Part 2 Composers scheduled to appear: --Jack Norworth - composer of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" --Joe E. Howard - composer of "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" --Rudolf Frimi - composer of "Rose Marie" and "Firefly" --Harry Tierney, composer of "Alice Blue Gown"
Other scheduled guests: --Julius LaRosa sings "Young At Heart." --Richard Whiting's daughters Barbara and Margaret Whiting do a medley of their dad's songs. --Benny Fields sings "My Melancholy Baby." --Nanci Crompton dances "The Bridal Veil Dance." Audience bow: Liberacemoreless -
"The ASCAP Story" Part 1 with scheduled guests: --W.C. Handy (composer) --Lionel Hampton and his sextet perform "St. Louis Blues" (composed by W.C. Handy)
--Bert Lahr (comedian) --Lillian Roth (singer) --Julius LaRosa (singer) --Otto Harbach (ASCAP president) --Maude Nugent Jerone --Geoffrey O'Hara (composer of "K-K-K-Katy") --Roy Smeck (banjo player) -
4/25/54Scheduled: --Chester Gould ("Dick Tracy" creator and artist) --Victoria de Los Angeles (Metropolitan Opera star) --Korean Children's Choir (sent to the U.S. by South Korean president Syngman Rhee, under the patronage of the White House) --Moore and Lessey (comedy team) --Mata and Hari (dancers) --Joe Jackson, Jr. (circus clown) --Tom Packs and his elephant actmoreless -
4/18/54Guests: --Audience bow: The Georgesceau family (family who refused to spy) --The Notre Dame Glee Club (making its 6th annual Easter appearance) - "Celestial Concepts" --On film: clip from "Roman Holiday" with Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn and Eddie Albert. --Eddie Albert appears on stage with Ed. --Eddie Albert (with wife Margo) - "Man is For the Woman" --Eddie Albert and Margo - "Never Marry an Actor" --Eddie Albert - "May to December" (from "Nickerbocker Holiday") --Eddie Albert and Margo - "Vaudeville," Tea for Two" and "That's Entertainment" --Sam Snead (golfer) - demonstrates a golf swing --The Marquis Chimps (trained animal act) - chimps perform tricks --Eddie Albert narrates an adaptation of "One God," a children's book about the various religious faiths practiced in America. Albert and three children visit Protestant, Jewish and Catholic services. --Audience bow: Florence Mary Fitts (author of "One God") --Audience bows: Bill Fulton, Pier Angeli and Terry Brennen. --The Notre Dame Glee Club - "Notre Dame Fight Song (Onward to Victory)"Scheduled guests (not mentioned on transcript): --Columbia University students (sixty performers and a chorus from the university) --Joe Jackson, Jr. (clown)moreless
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4/11/54Scheduled: --On film: Ed visits with Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster. The three are in a projection room viewing scenes from the new movie "Vera Cruz" starring Cooper and Lancaster.Other scheduled guests: --Leonard Warren (Metropolitan Opera star) --The First Piano Quartet (composed of Adam Garner, Edward Edson, Frank Mittler, and Glauco D'Attili) --Pat D'Or (English juggler) --The Dancing Szonys --Patti Bross (singer, winner of a Frankie Laine contest)moreless
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--Eartha Kitt - "Somebody Bad Stole The Wedding Bell" (with the Bil Baird Puppets) and "Lovin' Spree."
--Roberta Peters and the "Three Musketeers" of the Metropolitan Opera, Cesare Siepi, Cesare Valletti, and Fernando Corena, perform "Viva De Compagnie," "The Barber Of Seville (Figero)" and "We Are The Musketeers."
Comedy:
--Hermione Gingold and Billy DeWolf play two old ladies getting drunk in the train sketch from John Murray Anderson's "Almanac."
Also appearing:
--In a remote from Miami, Sophie Tucker recites "My Fifty Golden Years" and "Success."
--In a remote from Atlanta, golfer Ben Hogan demonstrates a golf stroke, does his impression of Ed playing golf, and a fake slow-motion swing.
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--Eddie Fisher sings a medley of hits including "Any Time," "Maybe," "Wish You Were Here" and "Bring Back the Thrill."
--Betty and Jane Kean (comedians) - act includes impressions of Lena Home and Sophie Tucker.
--The Harmonicats (novelty music act)
--Richard Hearne (English comedian)
--Gautier's Steeplechase animal act
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3/14/54Guests (St. Patrick's Day Show): --Dorothy Hayden's Irish Steppers (step dance) - dance to "Rickett's Hornpipe" & a St. Patrick's Day jig --Robert Maxwell (harp soloist) - medley: Irish Jig, Carey Dancers & Londonderry Air --Julius LaRosa (singer) - "Christmas In Killarney" & "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral" (That's An Irish Lullaby) --Victor Borge (pianist-comedian) - takes requests from audience & combines them into a medley ("You're In Love," "I Love Paris," "National Emblem March" & "Tea For Two") --Audience bow: Oswald Helmut (introduced by Victor Borge) --Hal Leroy (tap dancer) - dances to "Sunny Side of the Street" --Peg Leg Bates (one-legged tap dancer) - dances to "Sheik of Araby" --Hal Leroy and Peg Leg Bates - perform a Bojangles tribute tap dance --Julius LaRosa - "Foggy Day In London Town" & "El Compari" --Ed starts to sing "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" --On film: Clip from "Lili" with Leslie Caron singing "Hi Lili, Hi Lo" with puppet . --Audience bow: Leslie Caron (follows clip) --On film: "From Hee to Eternity" clip with Montgomery Cliff. --Audience bow: Montgomery Cliff (follows clip) --On-stage bow: Holy Cross Baseball Team with managers Tom McGovern, John Regan, Bob Cooney, Jack Carroll --Gaudsmith Brothers (acrobats with dogs) - two brother acrobats with poodles.moreless -
3/7/54Music:
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--Janet Blair - "Our Fathers Played the Palace" (production number).
--Nat King Cole sings a medley of hits ("Mona Lisa," "Too Young," "Pretend," "Nature Boy" and "Lover Come Back to Me").
--Nat King Cole - "Answer Me, My Love."
Comedy:
--Frank Fontaine (comedian) - does an impression of Ed Sullivan, then goes into his "Crazy Guggenheim" character.
--Lane Brothers - sight gag, two men in big suit
Also appearing:
--Hurd Hatfield (actor) - presents a dramatic scene from the off-Broadway play "Bullfight" in which the matador is brought to shame.
--Novellas (acrobats) - man balances on ladder, juggles and does tricks with a dog.
--Channing Pollock (magician)
--Ed introduces college basketball stars
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2/21/54Scheduled guests:
--Tony Martin (singer)
--Maurice Evans (actor) - appears a scene from his Broaway play "Dial 'M' for Murder"
--Mattiwilda Dobbs (opera singer)
--Senor Wences (ventriloquist)
--Myron Cohen (comedian-humorist)
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2/14/54Ed salutes the 30th Anniversary of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (broadcast from CBS's Television City in Hollywood).
Guests include:
--Fred Astaire (in his 1st TV appearance)
Additional guests (scheduled to appear):
Desi Arnaz, Pier Angeli, Lucille Ball, Lionel Barrymore, Ann Blyth, Louis Calhern, Cyd Charisse, Vera Ellen, Greer Garson, Van Johnson, Howard Keel, Gene Kelly, Ann Miller, Walter Pidgeon, Jane Powell, Edmund Purdom, Debbie Reynolds, Dore Schary (film producer & writer), Lana Turner, Esther Williams and Keenan Wynn.
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2/7/54Scheduled: --Dorothy Lamour --Orson Bean (comedian, from "John Murray Anderson's Almanac") --Ruth Draper (had a one-woman show on Broadway at the time of this broadcast) --Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) --The Oklahoma University Glee Club -
1/31/54Guests: --Patti Page - "Crossover the Bridge," "Changing Partners" & "The Whole World Is Singing My Song" --West Point Glee Club - "Onward Christian Soldiers" (military men's choir) --Judith Anderson (actress) - comedy sketch set in psychiatrist's office --Andre (Andres?) Segovia - classical guitarist, plays 2 songs --Richard Tucker (tenor) - "Shere Pa Mach" (Israeli marching song) & an Italian Aria --Rudy Horn (juggler) --The Three Rudells (acrobats performing on trampoline)On film: St. Paul Winter Carnival (7 minute film narrated by Ed Sullivan).moreless
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Episode 191/17/54Scheduled guests:
--Harry Belafonte (singer)
--Tony Bennett (singer)
--Franchot Tone, Betsy Von Furstenberg, and Gig Young (actors) - perform a scene from their Broadway comedy "Oh, Men! Oh, Women!"
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1/10/54Guests:
--Andy Griffith (comedian, listed as "Deacon Andy Griffith").
--Dolores Gray sings "I Got The Sun In The Morning (And The Moon At Night)," "Shrimp Boats" and "The Big Mamou."
--Harry Mimmo (nightclub comedian)
--Larry Best (comedian)
--Willy, West and McGinty (comedy team)
--The Copacabana Dancers (chorus girls)
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12/20/53Scheduled guests:
--Julius LaRosa (singer)
--Nanci Crompton (dancer)
--The Columbia University Glee Club
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12/13/53Guests: --The Nicholas Brothers, who tap dance to "Alligator Crawl" with six female dancers (Harlem Club set) --Frankie Laine - medley ("My Desire," "Wild Goose," "Sunny Side of the Street," "Jezebel," "High Noon" & "I Believe") --Jimmy Boyd - "Santa Came Down the Chimney" & "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" (later in show Boyd does a stand-up routine) --Manu (juggler who twirls knives to native drum beat) --Rabovsky & Kovach (ballet duo wearing Hungarian peasant costumes) --Pauline Di Maura (whistles "Beautiful Dreamer") --Ann Marsden (archery demonstration) --Eric Badicton (balancing act)
Also: --Ed appears outside on Broadway showing onlookers a tank which was converted from an English car. A Czech family used the tank to escape from the Russians. Dorothy Haughton, a U.S. diplomat who helped the family escape, appears. --Frankie Laine introduces Patty Bross of Union City, New Jersey, winner of the Columbia Records-Wurlitzer-Franki Laine national disk jocky contest. Patty, a singer, triumphed over 5,000 other aspiring vocalists. Frankie awards a check to Patty.Audience bows: Terry Moore; Robert Wagner; Pamela Martin; Aldo Ray; Al Rosen (baseball player, later appears on stage).moreless
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12/6/53Scheduled: --Charles Boyer (in a scene from "Don Juan in Hell") --Roberta Peters --Julius LaRosa --Sam Levenson --members of the Princeton Triangle ClubRegulars: The Jack Cole Dancers
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11/29/53Scheduled guests: --Sophie Tucker --Julius LaRosa --Joe E. Lewis --The Harmonicats --Dr. Ralph Bunche --"Colliers" All-American football team --The Six Frielanis -
11/22/53Scheduled guests:
--Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer (actors) - perform a scene from S.N. Behrman's "No Time for Comedy"
--Charles Boyer (actor) - appears in a scene from the Broadway play "Don Juan in Hell"
--Nora Kovach & Istan Rabovsky (husband-and-wife ballet team)
--Norman Evans (British comedian)
--Vigo Jahn (novelty act)moreless -
11/15/53Scheduled guests:
--Gordon MacRae
--Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healey
--Zizi Jeanmarie (ballet dancer who appeared in the film "Hans Christian Andersen")
--Gayla Peevey (child star) sings "Are My Ears On Straight"
--Rudy Horn (juggler)
--Mask and Wig Club of the University of Pennsylvania
--Minneapolis Lakers (champion pro basketball team)
--Mrs. Alice Thompson (editor and publisher of Seventeen Magazine)
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"Toast to the Met" - broadcast live from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House in celebration of the Metropolitan Opera's 70th anniversary.
Guests: --Rise Stevens and Richard Tucker - the finale from "Carmen" --Rise Stevens, Roberta Peters; Robert Merrill, Richard Tucker - Quartet (from "Rigoletto") --Robert Merrill - "Some Enchanted Evening" (from "South Pacific") --Cesare Siepi and Paul Franke - "Death of Boris" (from "Boris Godunov" --Victor Borge - "Dressing down Mozart" routineAdditional guest (scheduled to appear): --Hilda Guedenmoreless
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11/1/53--Julius Larossa - "Tea For Two" (soft shoe routine with two women), "Ebb Tide" & "I'll See You In My Dreams" --Ann Miller - shows Julius a dance step --Bert Lahr & Art Carney - sketch: sports announcer interviews old time football player --Patachou (French chanteuse) --Senor Wences (ventriloquist) - talks with Pedro (head in box) and Johnny (hand puppet); and does a telephone routine. --Bronco Majurski - All American Minnesota football player --Cornelia Otis Skinner - recites monologue titled "Being Presented" --Georgie Tapps - tap dances to "Ravel's Bolero" with other dancersAudience bows: Mrs. Gus Kahn (songwriter's widow); Hank Morino Marino (jockey); Louise Suggs (golfer); Col. John McNutlymoreless
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10/25/53Guests:
--Patti Page sings "Father, Father" & medley ("With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming," "I Went To Your Wedding," "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?," "Tennessee Waltz," and "Would I Love You (Love You, Love You)")
--Julius LaRosa sings "Eh Cumpari" (listed as "El Compari" on transcript), "Rolling Along" & "Anywhere I Roam"
--The Step Brothers (acrobatic tap dancers)
--The Pensacola Naval Aviation Cadet Choir (aka The Pensacola Naval Air Station Cadet Choir) - sing "Anchors Aweigh" (aboard ship)
--Sam Levenson (comedian-humorist) - does a commentary on Schnooks and Schemiels
--The Szonys (dance team) - perform a dance from the film "So This Is Love"
--Elaine Browning (marimba player & puppeteer) - plays xylophone with a doll puppet
--Audience bows: Captain Jack Bergen; Greer Garson (actress, with her mother); Mr. And Mrs. Salvatore Larosa; Otto Grahaml Val Parnell; Joe Louis; Coley Wallace; Maria Veccia (adopted Italian girl); and three members from the USS George Davis.moreless -
10/18/53Scheduled guests:
--Grace Kelly and Ralph Meeker perform "The French Lesson" (from the play "Good News")
--David Wayne and John Forsythe (actors) - appear in a scene from the Broadway play "The Teahouse of the August Moon"
From Carnegie Hall:
--A preview of the Steinway Centennial concert with 34 pianists including Eugene List, and conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos. The musicians are scheduled to perform Chopin's Polonaise in 'A' Major.moreless -
10/11/53Guest:
--Harry Belafonte sings "Matilda"
Additional guests (scheduled to appear):
--Gwen Verdon (dancer)
--Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham (comedian)
--Linon (Clown wire-walker)
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10/4/53Scheduled guests:
--Lauren Bacall (movie actress, in her television debut)
--Teresa Brewer and Guy Mitchell (singers) - perform songs from their new movie "Those Redheads from Seattle." Plus, clips from the film are shown.
--Joe Louis
--Peter Lawford
--Sam Levenson (comedian-humorist)
--Helen Wood
--Toba Mazaroff
--Bil and Cora Baird's Marionettes
--Charlie Dressen (manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers)
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9/27/53Scheduled guests:
--Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy (husband-and-wife TV personalities) - do a routine mixing music with comedy.
--Patachou (French chanteuse)
--Darvas and Julia (dance team)
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--Gene Autry sings "Rancho Grande" (atop his horse Champion), "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer," "Your Cheatin' Heart" & "Back In The Saddle Again."
Also appearing:
--Dolores Gray & John Raitt sing an "Isn't This A Lovely Day (To Be Caught In The Rain)?" and "Till the Clouds Roll By" medley.
--John Raitt - "You'll Never Walk Alone."
--Dolores Gray - "I've Got The World On A String."
--Street carnival scene from the Broadway play "Carnival in Flanders" with three male Flamenco dancers.
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9/13/53Scheduled guests:
--Carmen Miranda (singer & movie star)
--Joe Jackson Jr. (comedian, circus clown)
--Jerry Coleman (of the New York Yankees)
--The Harvest Moon Ball Winners (dance champions)
Also: "The Ice Capades of 1954" in a remote pickup from Madison Square Garden.
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