May 13, 1956: The Mother of the Year Awards (presentd by Robert Young) / Carlos Ramirez, The Barry Sisters

The Ed Sullivan Show: Season 8: Episode 34

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May 13, 1956: The Mother of the Year Awards (presentd by Robert Young) / Carlos Ramirez, The Barry Sisters

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CBS | Air Date: May 13, 1956
Summary: Mother of the Year Awards (the City of Hope Hospital awards to the outstanding Hollywood mothers of the year): --Robert Young presents Mother Of The Year Awards to June Allyson, Ann Blyth, Betty Grable, Deborah Kerr, Betty Hutton, Rosemary Clooney.
Other guests: --The Barry Sisters (singing duo) - "It's All Right With Me" & "Yiddish
Mother of the Year Awards (the City of Hope Hospital awards to the outstanding Hollywood mothers of the year): --Robert Young presents Mother Of The Year Awards to June Allyson, Ann Blyth, Betty Grable, Deborah Kerr, Betty Hutton, Rosemary Clooney.
Other guests: --The Barry Sisters (singing duo) - "It's All Right With Me" & "Yiddish Mama" --On film: Louis Calhoun is interviewed on the set of "Tea House Of The August Moon" --Carlos Ramirez (singer) - "Granada" --The Three Markeys (acrobats on parallel bars) --Ed talks with Don Farresse (of the Baltimore Orioles) --Gene Wesson & Gordon Polk (comic duo, sing "You Gotta Have It" & "Sunny Side Of The Street") --Ving Merlin & his Blonde Violins (girl violinists) - "12th Street Rag" --Jay Marshall (stand-up comedy routine: jokes with rabbit hand puppet. The puppet sings "If I Had My Way" & "Just One Of Those Things") --Jose Greco (Spanish dancer, with 3 other male dancers) --The Fredonia Family (acrobats, might be The Fredonis Family)
Audience bows: Richard Egan; Jerry Wald; Lou Ponfield; John Rawley; and Mrs. Jane Prichard (American Mother Of The Year, has 75 adopted children)
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Genre(s): Comedy, Talk & Interview, Music

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