October 2, 1960: Bob Newhart, Mickey Rooney, Danny Thomas, The McGuire Sisters

The Ed Sullivan Show: Season 13: Episode 2

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The Ed Sullivan Show
October 2, 1960: Bob Newhart, Mickey Rooney, Danny Thomas, The McGuire Sisters

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CBS | Air Date: October 2, 1960
Summary: Guests: --Bob Newhart (comedian) - does a monologue about an employee who releases all of his pent-up resentment at his retirement party. --Mickey Rooney & Joey Foreman (comedy sketch) - Rooney plays a drunken, inept Senator interviewed by reporter Forman. --Danny Thomas (stand-up routine: sings a little & tells jokes about marriage) --TheGuests: --Bob Newhart (comedian) - does a monologue about an employee who releases all of his pent-up resentment at his retirement party. --Mickey Rooney & Joey Foreman (comedy sketch) - Rooney plays a drunken, inept Senator interviewed by reporter Forman. --Danny Thomas (stand-up routine: sings a little & tells jokes about marriage) --The McGuire Sisters - "I Love You" --The McGuire Sisters & the Kane Triplets - "Kids" (from "Bye Bye Birdie"); "Hound Dog" excerpt, "When the Saints Go Marching In" & "That Old Soft Shoe" --Earl Grant (singer-organist) - "Old Man River" and "El Cumbanchero" --Harvest Moon Dancers (perform various dances: the rhumba, waltz, polka, jitterbug, and the fox trot) Audience bows: Roger Maris, Elston Howard, Whitey Ford; Bill "Moose" Skowron (of the New York Yankees); Wilma Rudolph (Olympic track star who won 3 gold metals); Marjorie Lord; Andy Griffith; Al Mingert (Mingert bows from stage). CBS repeated this show on July 16, 1961. Expand
Genre(s): Comedy, Talk & Interview, Music

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