May 20, 1956: Marcel Marceau, Teresa Brewer, Jack Paar, David Whitfield, Smith and Dale

The Ed Sullivan Show: Season 8: Episode 35

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The Ed Sullivan Show
May 20, 1956: Marcel Marceau, Teresa Brewer, Jack Paar, David Whitfield, Smith and Dale

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CBS | Air Date: May 20, 1956
Summary: --Marcel Marceau (mime) - does "Butterfly" & "David and Goliath" routines. Music: --Teresa Brewer - "Sweet Old-Fashioned Girl" & "Take Me Away on a Phaeton" --David Whitfield (tenor) sings "The Rudder and the Rock."--Les Petits Chanteurs de Granby (Little Singers of Granby, 32 member boys' choir from Canada) - "Sur Le Pont D-Avignon" & "O--Marcel Marceau (mime) - does "Butterfly" & "David and Goliath" routines. Music: --Teresa Brewer - "Sweet Old-Fashioned Girl" & "Take Me Away on a Phaeton" --David Whitfield (tenor) sings "The Rudder and the Rock."--Les Petits Chanteurs de Granby (Little Singers of Granby, 32 member boys' choir from Canada) - "Sur Le Pont D-Avignon" & "O Canada."Comedy: --Jack Paar - stand-up comedy routine about live television bloopers. --Smith and Dale (comedy team) - perform a comedy routine about tax collector. Also appearing: --Maria Tallchief and Nicholas Magallanes (ballet dancers) - do a pas de deux. --The Alcettys (German acrobats) --John Landy (athlete) - film clip shown of race where Landy helps out another runner and still wins. --The Rheingold Girls (includes Dianne Baker, Marie McNalley, Tammy Connor, Beverly Christianson, Susie Ruehl, Kathleen Wallace). --Audience bows: Gracie Fields; Melody Sacco (spelling bee winner). Expand
Genre(s): Comedy, Talk & Interview, Music

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