January 10, 1960: Wayne & Shuster (guest hosts), Frankie Avalon, Birgit Nilsson, Earl Grant

The Ed Sullivan Show: Season 12: Episode 17

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The Ed Sullivan Show
January 10, 1960: Wayne & Shuster (guest hosts), Frankie Avalon, Birgit Nilsson, Earl Grant

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CBS | Air Date: January 10, 1960
Summary: Comedy:--Wayne And Shuster (comedy team, appearing as guest hosts) - sketch: an interview with "Arctic expert" Professor Vain Gartner.Music: --Frankie Avalon - "Look What One Kiss Can Do" & "Why?"--Peter Palmer (star of movie "Li'l Abner") - "They Call the Wind Mariah" and "Shadrack, Meshack, Abednigo."--Birgit Nilsson (Swedish opera star)Comedy:--Wayne And Shuster (comedy team, appearing as guest hosts) - sketch: an interview with "Arctic expert" Professor Vain Gartner.Music: --Frankie Avalon - "Look What One Kiss Can Do" & "Why?"--Peter Palmer (star of movie "Li'l Abner") - "They Call the Wind Mariah" and "Shadrack, Meshack, Abednigo."--Birgit Nilsson (Swedish opera star) - "Vissi D'arte" and "When I Was 14" (a Swedish folk song).--Susan Barrett sings "The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea" & does impressions of Hermione Gingold, Patti Page, and Eartha Kitt.--Earl Grant (singer & organist) - "The Birth Of The Blues" (with drummer, trumpeter & orchestra).Also appearing: --Kalanag (or Calamac) (illusionist-magician) - does levitation trick. Later in show does "woman in box" trick & makes car disappear.--Norwegian Festival Dancers (Festival Company of Norway) - "The Haling Dance." Expand
Genre(s): Comedy, Talk & Interview, Music

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