September 20, 1959 • 1h
Special 90-minute episode (live from New York & Chicago with a taped sequence from Las Vegas). Guests include: --Jose Ferrer (...Read more
September 27, 1959 • 1h
""Invitation to Moscow"" - Special 90-minute episode taped in and around Moscow. Guests: --Marge and Gower Champion (dancers) ...Read more
October 4, 1959 • 1h
Guests: --Jane Morgan, Julius LaRosa and Eartha Kitt - sing ""September in the Rain,"" ""Autumn Leaves"" and ""The September So...Read more
October 11, 1959 • 1h
Guests: --Ethel Merman - I'm Glad There Is You"" (from ""Gypsy"") & ""There'll Be Some Changes Made"" --On film: Ed Sullivan ...Read more
October 18, 1959 • 1h
Guests: --The Harlem Globetrotters vs. the Ames Brothers in a basketball game. Wilt Chamberlain also participates. Duke Snyder ...Read more
October 25, 1959 • 1h
Scheduled guests: --Della Reese (singer) --Wayne and Shuster (comedy duo, presenting a British Western) --Professor Backw...Read more
November 1, 1959 • 1h
Guests: --Paul Anka (singer) - ""Put Your Head on My Shoulder"" --The Step Brothers (dance team, tap dancers) - do a ""chall...Read more
November 8, 1959 • 1h
Guests: --Johnny Mathis - ""Witchcraft,"" ""The Best Of Everything"" and ""Misty"" --The Barry Sisters (vocal group) - ""Wh...Read more
November 15, 1959 • 1h
Scheduled guests: --The cast of the Broadway comedy ""The Golden Fleecing"" appear in a scene from the play. The cast consists of...Read more
November 22, 1959 • 1h
Scheduled guests: --Carol Channing --Count Basie and his band --Joe Williams (singer) --Wayne and Shuster (comedy team...Read more
November 29, 1959 • 1h
Guests: --Dick Van Dyke & Bess Halliday - perform a sketch about a drunk husband coming home to sober wife. --Dorothy Collin...Read more
December 6, 1959 • 1h
Scheduled guests: --Lionel Hampton (jazz musician) and his band --Teresa Brewer (singer) --Jack Carter (comedian) --Way...Read more
December 13, 1959 • 1h
Guests: --Dorothy Dandridge - ""What Is This Thing Called Love"" & ""Baby Baby All The Time"" --Brook Benton - ""This Time Of...Read more
December 20, 1959 • 1h
--Paul O'Keefe with the Baird Puppets - ""What Do You Want For Christmas"" --Baird Puppets - ""Christmas in Davey Jones Locker...Read more
December 27, 1959 • 1h
Guests: --On film: Charlton Heston: (1) Film clip from ""Ben Hur"" (2) Ed and Heston ride Chariot in Rome. --Charlton Heston...Read more
January 3, 1960 • 1h
Guests: --Bobby Darin - ""That's How It Goes"" & ""Beyond The Sea"" --Connie Francis & Bobby Darin duet - ""You Make Me Feel...Read more
January 10, 1960 • 1h
Guests: --Frankie Avalon - ""Look What One Kiss Can Do"" & ""Why"" --Wayne And Shuster (guest hosts, comedy team) - sketch: a...Read more
January 17, 1960 • 1h
Scheduled guests: --Rosemary Clooney (singer) --Nelson Eddy (singer) with his partner Gail Sherwood --Carol Lawrence (musi...Read more
January 24, 1960 • 1h
--The Takarazuka Dance Theater of Japan. Female dance troupe doing traditional and modern dances. Other guests: --Ford and Hin...Read more
January 31, 1960 • 1h
Episode 20 of Season 13 premiered on January 31, 1960
February 14, 1960 • 1h
Guests (St. Valentine's Day Show): --Dorothy Dandridge - ""Love"" and, later in show, ""Smooth Operator (I Like It Like That)""--...Read more
February 21, 1960 • 1h
Scheduled guests: --Jack Carter (comedian) --Myron Cohen (comedian) --Earl Grant (singer) --Jerome Robbins' ""Ballets:...Read more
February 28, 1960 • 1h
Guests: --Della Reese - ""Blue Skies"" & ""I Won't Want You"" --Bobby Darin - ""Oh, My Darling Clementine"" & medley (""By Mys...Read more
March 6, 1960 • 1h
Scheduled guests: --Eartha Kitt (singer) --Leon Bibb (folk singer) --Anna Maria Alberghetti (singer) --Bob Lewis (come...Read more
March 13, 1960 • 1h
Scheduled guests (St. Patrick's Day show): --Eileen Brennan (singer-actress, then appearing on the off-Broadway play ""Little M...Read more
March 20, 1960 • 1h
Circus Stars from All Over the World Appearing in London: --Popov (Soviet clown) --The Boxing Russian Bears Appearing ...Read more
March 27, 1960 • 1h
Guests: --Dorothy Dandridge - ""I Get A Kick Out Of You"" & ""That's All"" --Dorothy Dandridge (later in show) - ""One of Tho...Read more
April 10, 1960 • 1h
Fourth salute to ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) with scheduled guests: --The Ames Brothers (voca...Read more
April 17, 1960 • 1h
Guests: --Mahalia Jackson - ""Old Rugged Cross"" & ""Were You There?"" --Mahalia Jackson - ""I Found the Answer"" (with Will...Read more
April 24, 1960 • 1h
Scheduled guests: --Red Buttons (comedian) --The Ames Brothers (singing groups) --Rowan and Martin (comedy team) - secret...Read more
May 1, 1960 • 1h
Guests: --Johnny Horton sings ""Sink The Bismark"" (with war footage) --Charlton Heston - Talks with Ed on stage. Later in sh...Read more
May 8, 1960 • 1h
Scheduled guests: --Nina Simone (singer-pianist) --The Browns (vocal group) - ""The Old Lamplighter"" --Bess Myerson (TV ...Read more
May 15, 1960 • 1h
Scheduled guests: --James Cagney and Robert Montgomery - Ed interviews Cagney and Montgomery about their new movie based on the...Read more
May 22, 1960 • 1h
Scheduled guests: --Nelson Eddy and Gale Sherwood (singing duo) - ""In the Still of the Night"" (possible song) --The Brothe...Read more
May 29, 1960 • 1h
Scheduled guests: --Count Basie and his Orchestra --Joe Williams (blues singer, performing with Count Basie's band) --Chi...Read more
June 5, 1960 • 1h
Guests: --Audience bows (marking the 15th anniversary of D-Day): Bob Murphy and Bill Petty (D-Day heroes); Connie Ryan (author)...Read more
June 12, 1960 • 1h
12th Anniversary Show: Louis Prima & Keely Smith segment: --Louis Prima - ""Up A Lazy River,"" ""I'm Confessin"" ""I Got You U...Read more
June 19, 1960 • 1h
Guests include: --Ann Miller - tap dances and sings ""Beat In My Heart"" --Della Reese - ""Every Day"" --Don Adams (comedi...Read more
June 26, 1960 • 1h
Episode 39 of Season 13 premiered on June 26, 1960
June 3, 1960 • 1h
Episode 40 of Season 13 premiered on June 3, 1960
July 10, 1960 • 1h
Scheduled guests: --Red Buttons (comedian) - in a comedy routine, Red wonders why songwriters write songs about girls but not a...Read more
July 17, 1960 • 1h
--singer Chris Connor performs ""Come Rain or Come Shine"" Other guests (scheduled to appear): --Dick Van Dyke (comedian) -...Read more
July 24, 1960 • 1h
Scheduled guests: --Lloyd Price and his band - ""I Only Have Eyes for You"" --Rowan and Martin (comedy team) --Blossom Se...Read more
July 31, 1960 • 1h
Scheduled guests: --Harry James and his orchestra --Henny Youngman (comedian) --Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) --Gordo...Read more
August 7, 1960 • 1h
Scheduled guests: --On film: In Italy, Ed visits the movie set of ""It Happened in Naples,"" starring Sophia Loren and Clark Gabl...Read more
August 14, 1960 • 1h
Scheduled guests: --Roberta Peters (soprano) - ""Nightingale"" --Kirby Stone Four (vocal-instrumental group) - ""Lazy River"...Read more
August 21, 1960 • 1h
Scheduled guests: --Lionel Hampton and his band --Sam Levene (actor doing a dramatic reading from the writings of Sholom Ale...Read more
September 4, 1960 • 1h
Oscar Hammerstein tribute Scheduled guests (from Madison Square Garden): --Della Reese --Georgia Gibbs --Jill Corey --T...Read more
September 11, 1960 • 1h
--Eartha Kitt - sings ""Little White Lies"" --Rodriguez (juggler) --Noelle Adam (dancer from France, Mrs. Sydney Chaplin) - ""...Read more