Golden Years of Television; 102; "102 Ed Sullivan Show, no local interview"

Oh. A. Major funding for this program was provided by friends of Iowa Public Television. Iowa Public Television invites you to write a memorable journey through television's first Jack A. Real live with us America's favorite past time when it was young and boisterous. Live and experimenting relive the golden years of television. Good evening I'm like Newell. And welcome again to the golden years of television. Tonight we get a unique look at one of TV's very first institutions. His name is Ed Sullivan and he was a New York based Broadway columnist whose greatest successes were measured Sunday night for 23 primetime

seasons back to back. Sullivan was known to Brazil the world's finest opera stars alongside the world's finest dancing bears. But he was also known for his sharp by promising young talent. Sullivan presented a 23 year old Elvis Presley three times in the space of five months and he paid the unheard of sum of $50000 to the young hound dog who would soon reshape the contour of popular music for decades to come. In 1948 it was the toast of the town and in 1955 it became the Ed Sullivan Show and the stiff next Sunday night host with the strange speech mannerisms became a household fixed year and fodder for Impressionists. Four years ago the year is 1956. It's Sunday evening at seven o'clock and if you were tuned to CBS you would enjoy Ed Sullivan with special guest star Elvis Presley you know after you leave here tonight.

Parker a significant amount of your album I think is the Hollywood to do with my picture running wild for house. Why don't you go out there and I got married got to do a big hunger and radio show because only young man you know being about hunger and we need. Your just all of us for the country to remember that immediate aid you need a job long before you benefit. But on we want to remind you to send in your care. You're very right and I'm going to sing a song you feel a bit sort of in the mood. If I could be in the valley here is Elvis right. Right. No because we're running

into each other for a while. I want to live in a country. The death of a real fine boy wherever you. Go right. Over there. You want to fight it we never had a variant on our hero with a big name that we had with you. You're you're there early all right. So now. That they have a tremendous an or a very nice. And. He.

Didn't see the mighty pretty girl. He. Did that and now the number one night of America eat. He. A young man. And it. I mean here. Thanks here when I was at the Copacabana I always come here have. Fun with it and I never say I have been a show business all my life and I never want to ask. But. I'm not. Going to win a

war. They're going to present me with a. Shoprite. And. I've been a couple of things on television. Been. Kind of a quiz program and contestants must guess when I passed up. And quit being pre-arranged and I had some very interesting and shocking fact that right now you know

their way of questioning. They got a good job and got no good. And that trashed you know the one with the right type jockey shorts. Than. You don't get taken in the Ed Sullivan Show. On a swap. You can't stand his own music didn't. And what do you think wagon freight train. Without me up. Was.

When I got them on the. Voyage. Not kosher. Was. Never there. And I was sitting with the boys and Ed model to get me mad Maro walked in and it I asked Mr. Mauro have a green drink pretty good don't you. I just I thought I drank as much as I did. And before I came to the thing in Las Vegas and the owner my friend he was trying to drag me away from the state but it was a very hot night and they're going to stay with us. Such a relief. If you look nice for a minute.

OK. Jack Benny walked in and if you know me you know and if you're one if you save your money losing it. If you say five. Years that kind of money for 10 years. Come to the pressure you know or said you got picked the wrong and I did and that the 10 years I have I'm stuck with. Alan. Everybody hates me. And yet. And yet.

He sang it. As the number one song that made. It die. Understand the word. And. I mean money. And I am Mr. Mack. No not with just. A stethoscope.

I see we are coming. Richard. Reid. Was there with euro. Thank you. I just. Want to. Say thank you very much. I know you have been working all night. And we've got to go back to the full show and their review with the famous words of a great American chief justice of Chicago who said you can lead a horse to water but if you go back and you've got so.

Easy. Now. We. Want to. Use mine I remember we're doing a show down in Washington D.C. when I. Was in I think this famous philosophy then secretary the treasury Snyder are discussing financial matters and he said Mr. Secretary All I know is whether you're rich or poor it's nice to have money. You. Know. You might have. A few and perhaps late in the doing you know and JP Morgan one of the rest of us of the Mickey Rooney all of them are coming on later and right now it be tremendous. When a Garden Theater on Broadway New York City West Side Story one of the greatest

musicals of all time is coming up to the end of its second year. Now this musical was produced by Robert Griffin Hollis French and so hateful Roger L. Steven is based on a conception of your own Robbins which I'll tell you about the book by Arthur Laurents music by Leonard Bernstein lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The conductor will be conducting an immediately four years max on the story what they've done here the conception by Jerome Robbins was quite original because he translated the theme of Romeo and Juliet rather and planted. Into New York of the president and instead of the Montagues and Capulets he pictured two kid gangs such as the kid gangs that terrorize New York and at this moment in the play we're going to see part of it here is magnificent ballet Ball Pool. This particular moment a shopkeeper Uptown is posing as a car comes outside and finds grouped on the on the steps of his store. A gang of kids who obviously have just had engaged in one rumble

and are waiting for another gang to start another ferocious rumble. So this is the setting. Here is the scene. Good Bill hanging around. On. My own weapons for a big time rumble when. Your own war comes rumble of my when I was young with my own my own man with my 8 to my problem with my age.

You were never my age and it's when you keep your head they got a girlie way. I swear the next day they called me. Yeah. Now you all better think that they get the most amount of. What the night you buddy boy. You show it and you are dead. You're cutting a hole in yourself for them to stick in a red hot umbrella and open it. Why. Do you want to live. I want to get what you. Get. OK. OK. And we're live it up and.

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Tigers made by 20th Century Fox and that's it is a most thrilling picture of a sea I think is opening here soon is that the Paramount Theatre planned on Wednesday. And with him and playing opposite him in this very picture of the Tigers is I guess you are India's most famous actor director producer and everything else just as you are would you stand up. And. Not. In a completely different field. Is one of the Medal of Honor winner a winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor when the Marine car was known as one of their greatest all time hero. I know him during the war and wrote about because he was commander of the Baa Baa Black Sheep Squadron range but he's now turned out a book on his experiences which is a bestseller de Vere is

happy an American to remember. Of. Here is an intro I want to present. The commanding officers are going to be your band with the Scotch Guard pipers. They're here if you know for a national tour this autumn on the arc of the other night. So this gentleman here is commanding officer. This combination of stars their American tour September 21 and 20 and 21 a mouse for guarding the imposing major Johnson's have a finance for a market maker. So we deal with the school here on our stage. Here is a well of knowledge. Yeah.

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And. We. Have been reading the papers to make here is a young woman. Thank you very much right now ladies and gentlemen we'd like to give you our version of one of our favorite television

shows. It's called the Candid Camera. This is a show a microphone and a camera and the people never know. Now tonight I'm posing as a clerk in this store. If you'll notice we have hanging on the right there but that's not really it. That's a motion picture camera. And here in this fishing. Is the hidden microphone. Here comes our first customer. The clerk here in the store I said I'm the clerk in the store. Sorry I thought you said you were jerking around the store. Can I do what you can do for me. My wife and I came up here about a week ago

and we got a basketball going to play basketball and we got a bad day. You want to get a new I want to say that you want to do basketball right. I want to ask you just I'm very much looking at. Standards for you. I don't want to forget it. I don't get excited. And look at the scene if I am. Right. I am. Going to stand ready for a shot very much for being into the kitchen right. I

am. Talking into the fishing. When you go to get some sleep in which. You're not and you're going. To kick in. Would you like a much greater you know I am. Told. I am. I going to get a look at the scene and I am. Excited. I only work. Here. I just check to get.

UK basketball right. Yeah yeah. Right. That's right I want to get into here to take this to the credit manager at the opposite end of the story. That's right. I had him sign here. Thank you very much. OK. Because we all get a little excited. Do you get it. While he's gone ladies and gentlemen I have in my pocket piece of garlic to chew on it. It's Have some fun with it. He said anything he wishes. He's a very nice gentleman. Very good. Now I can help you. Oh and I

am. Here. To hear what I am to you. I am in awe and I am you are and. I am. I am. I am. Listen to me you know. Oh yes I see you and I and you. I am. You look to me like a fellow that can thank you I can take anything but you are and I am I want you to listen very

carefully to what I have I can know what you have and. Talk to them and I am explaining anything to try to get you what you mean. I think I said what's your name what your house. Was in. And. I am. Better. Than what I have to say. I want you to look very carefully at that I am. I am. I am. I am. It's a motion picture camera. I am. So this is not a

fishing rod. I am going to try to tell you that your. Camera people watching you from the car sure where you from. I and. Yeah. Yeah you want. To. Share a don't be a candidate could actually get away. Ok seem to be getting. Ready to sing. This role. In. Amazing film and here is a youngster come up with the world record now is writing number 3 in the National Guard. Here is Tommy Edwards singing it's Tommy there. Yeah man can.

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Gary Moore Perry Mason Mark Dillon Robert Young the family got the call on CBS just to settle any TV trivia discussions. Elvis Presley's presentations on The Ed Sullivan Show between September of 1956 and January of 1957 were not the young singer's first network television appearances. In January of 1956 the swivel hipped young truck driver from Memphis Tennessee debuted on national television with Tommy Dorsey and Jimmy Dorsey on the Saturday night stage show on CBS and in June of 1956 Elvis appeared and Sullivan's competition Sunday night Steve Allen Show on NBC. And by September of 1956 Elvis and his act were well-known and he was judged to be a bit too gamey for network television. And it was decided that Elvis had to be censored from the waist down.

This was five years ago on the set of the mating game with.

My little honey. Mommy has to make her money. Here's a shot I took 10 years ago on location with and. This was taken 20 years ago at an Academy Award in. Norman and Clocky. And here's a figure I don't know but 30 years ago at a time when I first arrived in Hollywood the two great. Hennessey fans. And pretty.

Life around the studios early 30s. Can you imagine Wall Street standing like you're waving at. Would I have lunch with me. Fellow at the finish line it really gave Jackie a bad time. Yes there was a spirit of gayety and excitement a lot that day. I don't know why that guy's spending so much time on his nose. One of the beefy attention. Joey Brown was making his voice talking. And so with such a leader I think this is boring but it is a Nice Guy Johnny Weissmuller. He was making a date for a premiere that night.

Everyone on the lot was talking about that opening it was a new picture. All she done wrong and no one was more excited than this young man. He was playing the male lead opposite Paramount's newest sensation. May well. Have a lot of the swaying hips and the punching. This was a big night. Thanks in the hope everyone would like a new picture. If you watch very closely you can almost hear us say why don't you come up and see me. Time. May well be proud of this moment. The whole town turned out. There's the king of Hollywood Banksy. And wherever you saw the king

the queen Mary with her well upon. Clark Gable would be a gate. Carol Lin bought in a google for. All to use. There he is with Jack Dempsey and Max. Colombo with the beautiful Sally Blake. She's already a young sister. Looks like my smile I got today. Look people late. All right. I'm a bad bitch. Like cut off his head. And of course George ramp was there. A West made every picture of him. The master of ceremonies with a very young Dick. I think a lot of pictures of the year.

I was there when he took his first plunge at its new home and to look at a lake. I remember when he got his first car. His first baby. And his first suit with a belt in the back. And I was with him when he caught his first Molineaux Catalina. This was a very enjoyable trip. Great fishing. Maybe. That's the size I usually bring home. Man that's fast action pics gotta strike.

You don't get many slang. These are always anxious to know when they dance on a tape trying to throw the hook. This was a day. Over 200. Boy the chances a happy fisherman will take music said. Yes in the early 30s. Catalina was the place to fish and Malibu was the place to want to be child. It was a badge of rank to be a member of this colony. Well worth the 25 mile drive to and from work every day. It was a shantytown deluxe shanty cost thousands of dollars. That's on the leg of my first friends in Hollywood you know digging up old pictures like this can be quite a

discouraging shock to your ego. I'd only sort of remembered myself as looking like this fellow in a bathing suit. Well maybe not exactly. That's Joel McCrea. And certainly not like this fellow that's Buddy Rogers. Here's a couple more Malibu beach comber Jondo Busta Kolya and Robert well as time went on in addition to Malibu many of the stars built big homes for the down the beach that carry grain. Sounds like Carrey's having a party. It isn't often that you can catch this guy napping. And he has another rash on. Nowadays you very seldom see a picture of Gertrude Lawrence. A charming girl.

In the same group. Gregory back to. The beautiful play I went. How would you like to have this lovely young lady for a night. That's Norma Shearer. She just dropped it from next door. And Irene Dunne came right from the studio. Here is another picture of the hope that this was taken a long ways from the beach. This was on location at Lone Pine California for a picture called Under the. Name I never saw so much. That young man is a direct judge the. Victim A gunman was in that picture no doubt about this being a home movie because you're out of character. And as the fellow played the title role of Gunga Din. He's one of the finest character actors on

the screen. Sam Jackson. Today TV watchers known as Doctor is up when this picture was taken. Ben Casey was 8 years old. Cary Grant tell the very funny story about working with this elephant. Her name was Annie and he said he spent so much time with her and she became so attached to him that every night she would trumpet and bellow and carry on keeping the whole company awake until he went over and slept beside. Them. And he had a pretty good technique using Cary Grant for a tranquilizer. Beautiful country up there a long time. I didn't take the shot. They were taken by grand of self. You never guess who's holding that snake. Another star out of Gunga Din. Thank you my shot. I think Grant is a little more artistic than I am and here's another. I just think.

It's interesting to note that Lewis has got started in movies playing opposite Hollywood's biggest stars. This was the first day on the set. And the star going to got. Naturally I did pick things up from Lou don't collect the movie was called the kid and it was the last silent picture made at MGM. The set was completely implode and a violin and organ were playing the music you are now here. Luiz said he will never forget this day. This was the first scene they shot. And to add to the tension just before he went on the set he was informed that a very nervous director had three other young actors standing by just in case. At this moment when as with 19 years old going to God I wanted to. Next time on the golden years of television it's the weekly action adventure series.

First we travel to the 30th Century with Commander buzz Cory as head camera stars as the interplanetary troubleshooter and then its front page detective with Ed and Lois starring as crime fighting journalist David Chase. That's next time on the golden years of television. Until then I'm Mike Newell. And thanks for joining us on our journey to TV's past. We hope you will enjoy true television's perspective. We'll be back with more of the fabulous 50 years when we once again bring you the golden years of television. Good night Major funding for this program was

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