January 19, 1958

The Ed Sullivan Show: Season 10: Episode 17

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The Ed Sullivan Show
January 19, 1958

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CBS | Air Date: January 19, 1958
Summary: Music: --The Kirby Stone Quartet - "It's A Really Big Show" (performed with Ed Sullivan at opening of show) --The Kirby Stone Quartet - "S'wonderful" (comic version about two snakes.) --Dario Cassini (operatic tenor) - "Could My Heart Still Be Beating?"--Valerie Clark - "You're The Greatest." --The Coquettes (vocal and instrumentalMusic: --The Kirby Stone Quartet - "It's A Really Big Show" (performed with Ed Sullivan at opening of show) --The Kirby Stone Quartet - "S'wonderful" (comic version about two snakes.) --Dario Cassini (operatic tenor) - "Could My Heart Still Be Beating?"--Valerie Clark - "You're The Greatest." --The Coquettes (vocal and instrumental quartet) - "Yacca Do Ray Do Ray."--Julie Wilson - "I've Got To Sing" and "All The Way." Comedy:--Clifford Guest (ventriloquist) - Dummy trapped in suitcase bit. Clifford Guest re-appears later in show pretending to hold a baby in his arms, making crying noises, belches. Also appearing:--Filmed segment: In Rome, Mario Lanza talks to Ed about the film "7 Hills of Rome." This is followed by a clip of Lanza singing "Arrivaderci Roma." --Marisa Allasio (Italian actress from "7 Hills of Rome") - appears on stage with Ed.--Ballet De Florence & Frederick (3 men and woman dance troupe) - ballet dance. Later in show, wearing primitive costumes, do a "voodoo dance" where natives sacrifice a maiden.--Harrison and Kossi (ice skaters) - skate to "Midnight In Paris." Also, re-appear later in show.--See Hee Family - (family from Formosa, plate spinners) - family spins plates on poles. man spinning plates bends backwards, picks up glass in mouth.--Diro Brothers (two jugglers) - spin and balance sticks, juggle, and spin hats with sticks. --Audience bows: Jimmy Fow (Philadelphia Athletics ball player); Georges Cotari (French actor); Helen Gallagher (actress); Robert Strauss (from "Stalag 17"); Richard Nay ("Stalag 17" producer); Louis Belsen ("Stalag 17" composer); Jean Carter (1958 Maid Of Cotton); Lt. Col. Ruby L. Bradley (Army's most decorated nurse); Donald S. Charles (Chief of Fire Chiefs); and Romy Schneider (actress). Expand
Genre(s): Comedy, Talk & Interview, Music

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