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The Best Episodes of The Ed Sullivan Show Season 19

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Every episode of The Ed Sullivan Show Season 19 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Ed Sullivan Show Season 19!

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  1. 8.5/10(16 votes)

    #1 - Judy Garland / Tom Jones / Peter Sellers

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    S19:E4

    Guests (from Hollywood): --Judy Garland - ""Come Rain or Shine,"" ""Rock-A-Bye Your Baby"" & ""By Myself"" --Peter Sellers (on film, plays a Felliniesque director interviewed by Sullivan) --Tom Jones - ""With These Hands"" --Sophie Tucker (medley: ""When My Baby Smiles At Me,"" ""My Man,"" ""Give My Regards To Broadway,"" ""Louise,"" ""If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)"" & ""Some Of These Days"") --Jackie Vernon (stand-up comedian) --The Swingin' Lads (barbershop quartet) --Topo Gigio

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  2. 7.8/10(27 votes)

    #2 - The Beatles (4th live appearance) / Cilla Black

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    S19:E1

    --The Beatles (on tape, recorded 14-Aug-65) I Feel Fine, I'm Down, Help!, Yesterday, Act Naturally and Ticket to Ride --Cilla Black - Goin' Out of My Head & September In The Rain ------------------------------------ Guests: --Soupy Sales - talks about Ed's summer vacation. --Cilla Black - September In The Rain --Fantasio (illusionist/ magician) - slight-of-hand artist --The Beatles I Feel Fine, I'm Down and Act Naturally --Steve Rossi - sings Try to Remember --Marty Allen and Steve Rossi (comedy team) - Allen demonstrates different sports that he's tried. Ends with Rossi singing We Love You. --Cilla Black - Goin' Out of My Head --Soupy Sales - The Mouse --The Beatles Ticket to Ride, Yesterday and Help! --Ed Sullivan closing comments, next week's guests, closing titles.

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  3. 6.9/10(16 votes)

    #3 - Four Tops / José Feliciano / SSgt. Barry Sadler / Dinah Shore

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    S19:E20

    Guests: --The Four Tops - ""Nice and Easy"" --The Four Tops - medley: ""The Whole World Sings With You,"" ""It's the Same Old Song,"" ""Something About You"" & ""I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)"" --SSgt. Barry Sadler - ""Ballad of the Green Berets"" --Jose Feliciano - ""Flight of the Bumble Bee"" --Dinah Shore - ""Chim-Chim-Cheree,"" ""Something Wonderful"" & blues medley (including ""Bye Bye Blues"") --Dick Capri (stand-up comedy, makes faces as he wonders how a mask maker does his job) --Jackie Vernon (comedian) --Topo Gigio (plays violin) --Les Faux Follets (wooden clog dance) --Markworth & Mayana (precision archery) --Audience bow: Jean Drapeau (Montreal Mayor)

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  4. 6.1/10(12 votes)

    #4 - Rolling Stones / Hal Holbrook / Ethel Merman / Wayne Newton

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    S19:E22

    Guests: --The Rolling Stones - ""Satisfaction,"" ""As Tears Go By,"" & ""19th Nervous Breakdown"" --Wayne Newton - ""April Showers"" --Ethel Merman - ""Annie Get Your Gun"" medley & ""No Business Like Show Business"" --Hal Holbrook (playing Abraham Lincoln, reciting 2nd Inaugural Speech, anti slave speech) --Sandy Baron (comedian) --Eddie Schaeffer (comedian) --Romanian (Rumanian?) Folk ballet --Audience Bow: Allen & Rossi CBS repeated this show on July 10, 1966.

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  5. 5.2/10(13 votes)

    #5 - Supremes / Petula Clark / Woody Allen / Wayne Newton

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    S19:E5

    Guests (from Hollywood): --Petula Clark - ""Round Every Corner"" and ""A Foggy Day in London Town"" --Diana Ross & the Supremes - ""You're Nobody"" (probably ""You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You"") --Woody Allen (stand-up comedy) --Wayne Newton - ""Remember When"" & medley: ""Alabamy Bound,"" ""Mammy,"" ""Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye,"" ""Shuffle Along"" & ""Waiting For The Robert E. Lee"" --Kate Smith - ""More"" and ""The Lord's Prayer"" --The Step Brothers (acrobatic dancers) --Lilly Yokoi (Japanese acrobat) --Topo Gigio

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  6. 5.2/10(11 votes)

    #6 - Dave Clark Five / scheduled: Woody Allen; Bert Lahr

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    S19:E10

    Dave Clark Five - ""Over And Over"" & ""Catch Us If You Can"" Other guests (scheduled): --Woody Allen --Bert Lahr --Jerry Vale (singer) - possibly ""The Shadow of Your Smile"" --Barry Sisters (singers) --The Harvest Moon Ball dance contest winners

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  8. 5.2/10(17 votes)

    #7 - The Animals / Rosemary Clooney / Nancy Walker

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    S19:E21

    Guests: --The Animals - ""We Gotta Get Out of This Place"" & ""Inside Looking Out"" --Rosemary Clooney - ""Baby, The Ball Is Over"" & ""All Alone"" --Deli skit with Nancy Walker, Charles Nelson Reilly and Julia Meade (another source lists 'Joy Nichols' in the cast). --Alan King (comedian) - routine about his insurance company --Tony Lema (golf pro) - gives Ed some golf tips --Peter Gennaro - ""I Got Rhythm"" --Gino Tonetti (singer) - ""Al Di La"" --Pompoff Thedy and family (clowns, listed on transcript as 'Pompoff & Thedy') --Audience Bow: Jack Adams (Canada's Mr. Hockey, former? Detroit Red Wings coach) --On film: Ann Margret in a clip from ""Made In Paris"" with Louis Jordan

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    #8 - series now in COLOR: Red Skelton / Dino, Desi & Billy

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    S19:E2

    Guests (from Hollywood): --Dino, Desi & Billy - ""I'm A Fool"" and ""Not the Loving Kind"" --Red Skelton (stand-up comedy) --Eddie Fisher - medley: ""My Favorite Things,"" ""A Wonderful Day Like Today,"" ""Sunrise Sunset"" --Polly Bergen - ""What The World Needs Now Is Love"" --Sadler & Young (singers) - medley of French & American songs --Sandler & Young with Polly Bergen - ""Mr. Boom Boom"" & ""Dominique"" --Las Vegas Sahara Dancers --Kimris Duo (aerial act performed in CBS parking lot)

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    #9 - Sonny and Cher, Leslie Uggams

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    #10 - Sam the Sham / The Animals / Sid Caesar / Pat Boone

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    S19:E6

    --Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs - ""Ring Dang Doo"" --The Animals - ""The Work Song"" Complete show: --The McGuire Sisters - ""Sing Something Simple"" --Totie Fields (comedian) - tells jokes about various topics and sings ""There Are Smiles"" --Sid Caesar and Joyce Jameson in an operetta sketch. Joyce sings ""Shadow Waltz"" --Audience bow: Lou Johnson (baseball star from the Dodgers) --The Gimma Brothers (tumblers, from the Stardust in Las Vegas) --Pat Boone - sings ""Night and Day"" and ""I Love You So Much It Hurts Me"" (correct song title?) and ""You'll Never Walk Alone"" --Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs - ""Ring Dang Doo"" --The McGuire Sisters - ""How Come You Do Me Like You Do"" --The Animals - ""The Work Song"" --Guy Marks (comedian) - demonstrates different operatic styles --The Fiji Military Band (correct name of band?) - marching band from Eastern Australia perform ""The Marching Song"" Note: Sean Connery was scheduled to appear on this show but is not mentioned

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    #11 - Marvin Gaye / Herman's Hermits / Duke Ellington

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    S19:E7

    Guests (from Hollywood): --Herman's Hermits - ""Just A Little Bit Better"" and ""Jezebel"" --Marvin Gaye - sings ""Take This Heart of Mine"" (live singing over pre-recorded music track) --Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - medley (""Cat Opener,"" ""Do Nothing till You Hear From Me,"" ""Don't Get Around Much Anymore,"" Caravan,"" ""Satin Doll."") and ""Take the 'A' Train"" --Helen Hayes (actress) - does a monologue in character as Harriet Beecher Stowe --Richard Pryor (stand-up comedy) - imitates the Ali vs. Liston fight, school plays, etc. --The Smothers Brothers - comedy routine: ""Lonesome Traveler,"" ""Church Bell Song,"" childhood memories.   --Myron Cohen (comedian) --The Manuela Vargas Ballet Troupe (Spanish dancers) --Audience bows: Samuel W. Gordon (Los Angeles Mayor), Dave Chasen Other guest (scheduled to appear): --Ginny Tiu (singer-pianist)

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    #12 - Barry McGuire / scheduled: Liza Minnelli; Harlem Globetrotters

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    S19:E8

    --Barry McGuire with the Grass Roots - ""Child of Our Times"" (from this episode?) Scheduled guests/songs: --Barry McGuire - ""Eve of Destruction"" --Liza Minnelli --Allan Sherman (comedian) - sings ""Shine On, Harvey Bloom,"" ""Crazy Downtown"" and ""Drinking Man's Diet"" --The Harlem Globetrotters --London Lee (comedian) --Jarru Seacombe --Peter Gennaro and the Budapest Children's Choir

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    #13 - Righteous Brothers / Peggy Lee / Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

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    Guests: --Righteous Brothers - ""Turn On Your Love Light"" and ""You'll Never Walk Alone"" --Righteous Brothers with Petty Lee - ""Yes, Indeed"" --Herb Albert & the Tijuana Brass - ""Taste of Honey"" & ""Zorba's Dance"" --Peggy Lee - ""It's A Grand Night for Singing"" --Peggy Lee - medley: ""Falling In Love"" & ""How Long Has This Been Going On?"" --Alan King (stand-up comedian) - He does his routine and introduces his wife and two sons, Bobby and Andy, in audience. --Anna Moffo - ""La Balletella"" --Les Doubles Faces (pantomime act with umbrellas) --Baby Opal (elephant act with trainers)

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    #14 - scheduled: Johnny Mathis; Mort Sahl; Peter Nero

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    S19:E11

    Scheduled guests: --Johnny Mathis --Mort Sahl --Peter Nero --Jean Carroll (comedian) --Killer Joe Piro and his Discotheque Dancers --Ginny Tiu (singer-pianist appearing with her family) --The Monterey Singing Boys' Choir

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    #15 - Petula Clark / Glenn Yarbrough / Sammy Kaye

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    S19:E12

    Guests: --Petula Clark - ""My Love"" & ""Mademoiselle de Paris"" --Glenn Yarbrough - ""Baby, the Rain Must Fall"" & ""900 Miles"" --Sammy Kaye (with orchestra) - ""The Hucklebuck,"" ""Harbor Lights"" (vocal trio with steel guitar), ""Baby Face,"" ""It Isn't Fair"" ""Hey Daddy"" --All-American Football team including Bob Griese and Bubba Smith. --Victor Borge (comedy routine) --The Little Angels of Korea (dancers) --Ed introduces Korean Ambassador --Rudi Schweitzer (juggler) --Sally Ann Howes - ""All of a Sudden My Heart Sings"" --Jackie Vernon (stand-up comedian) - jokes about his childhood, odd jobs

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    #16 - Martha & the Vandellas / Tom Jones

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    S19:E13

    Guests: --Martha and the Vandellas - ""Dancin' in the Streets"" --Tom Jones - ""Thunderball"" --Robert Goulet and Jane Powell - medley including ""I Remember It Well"" (from ""Gigi""), ""How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life? (from ""Royal Wedding"") and ""When I'm Calling You."" --Wayne Newton - ""Swanee"" (performance might be from another episode). --Shelley Berman (stand-up comedian) - a very troubled man phones his therapist but keeps forgetting who he's taking to. --Bobby Ramsen (stand-up comedian) - tells jokes about the (then) current TV programs. --Chong & Mana (plate spinners, man jumps through flaming hoop; etc.) Other guests (scheduled to appear): --The Idla Girls (Swedish gymnasts)

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    #17 - The Byrds / Al Hirt / Alan King / Wayne Newton

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    S19:E14

    Guests: --The Byrds - ""Mr. Tambourine Man"" & ""Turn, Turn, Turn"" --Al Hirt (trumpeter) - appears twice during show --Alan King (stand-up comedian) --Barbara McNair - ""Just in Time"" and ""For Once In My Life"" --Tony and Nick (British comedy team) --Wayne Newton - ""Swanee"" --The Bratislova slovakian Folkloric Company (Czech dance troupe)

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    #18 - Stars of the Circus World (from Munich, Germany)

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    Stars of the Circus World (from Munich, Germany) Russian Cossacks (stunt trick horseback riding act featuring an 8 year-old girl); Ruppert's Bears (3 bears perform handstands and ride bicycles); Katarina (high wire act); Sembach Elephants (7 elephants form pyramid, line up on hind legs); Kroplins Chimps (trained animal act); Sam And Sammy (man foot juggles his son then spins and flips him with his feet); Rogana (female acrobat); the Schickler Sisters (3 Equestriennes); the Gaonas (4 aerialists from Mexico). CBS repeated this show on Aug. 28, 1966.

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    #19 - The Remains / Stiller & Meara / Jack Carter

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    Guests: --The Remains - ""Let Me Through"" --Stiller & Meara --Sergio Franchi - ""The Lord's Prayer"" & medley: ""Mimi,"" ""Maria"" ""Everything"" --Peter Gennaro --Topo Gigio (Christmas sketch with Ed) --Jack Carter (comedian) --Leontyne Price (opera singer) - ""Vissi d'Arte"" --George Carl --Komarzuru Tsukushi (top spinner from Japan)

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    #20 - Four Seasons / Leslie Uggams / King Family / Brigitte Bardot (on film)

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    Guests: --Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - ""Let's Hang On"" and ""Don't Think Twice"" --Brigitte Bardot (on film?) - talks with Ed about her impressions of the U.S. and her film ""Viva Maria."" Ed shows a film clip of Bardot's first Sullivan appearance from 1958. --Wayne & Shuster (comedy team) - portray two inept bank robbers --Leslie Uggams - ""What the World Needs Now,"" ""Yesterdays"" and ""Yesterday"" --Alan King (stand-up monologue) --Jimmy Roselli - ""Give My Regards to Broadway"" and ""Torna"" --The King Family - ""When the Saints Go Marching In,"" ""It's a Grand Night for Singing"" and a George M. Cohan medley. --Bel Caron Trio (adagio dancers) CBS repeated this show on July 31, 1966.

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    #21 - scheduled: The Lettermen, Stiller & Meara; Mike Douglas

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    S19:E18

    --Mike Douglas - ""The Men in My Little Girl's Life"" --Mimi Hines - ""Who Are You Now?"" (from ""Funny Girl"") Scheduled guests: --Stiller & Meara --The Lettermen --Barbara McNair --Frank Gorshin (comedian) --Phil Ford & Mimi Hines

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    #22 - Rick Nelson / Duke Ellington / Maria Cole

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    Guests: --Rick Nelson - ""Your Kind of Lovin'"" & ""Fire Breathin' Dragon"" --Duke Ellington - medley of hits --Maria Cole (widow of Nat King Cole) with the Duke Ellington Orchestra - ""There'll Never Be Another You"" (Note: Maria was a singer with the Duke Ellington Orchestra before marrying Nat King Cole in 1948.) --Eydie Gorme - ""I Feel So Spanish"" and ""What Did I Have."" --Eydie Gorme and the Trio Los Contos - perform a Spanish song (unknown title). --""The Mad Show"" (skits from the stage show, cast includes Jo Anne Worley) --George Kirby (comedian, does impressions of celebrities) --Robert Bob King (comedian) --The Hungarian National Ballet (men in military uniforms, women in peasant dresses)

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    #23 - Diana Ross & the Supremes / Richard Kiley / Dave Clark Five

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    Guests: --Dave Clark Five - ""Over and Over"" & ""At the Scene"" --Diana Ross and the Supremes - ""My World is Empty Without You"" & ""Somewhere"" --Joan Diener - ""What Do You Want of Me?"" (from ""Man of La Mancha) --Richard Kiley - ""Impossible Dream"" (from ""Man of La Mancha) --Allan Sherman (comedian-satirist) --Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara (comedy team) --Menasha Skulnik (actor-comedian) --Ken Venturi (golf pro) --Ugo Garrido (juggler)

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    #24 - Nancy Sinatra / Gary Lewis & the Playboys / Petula Clark

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    Guests: --Nancy Sinatra - ""These Boots are Made for Walkin'"" --Gary Lewis and the Playboys - ""She's Just My Style"" & ""Sure Gonna Miss Her"" --Petula Clark - ""A Sign of the Times,"" ""My Love"" and ""I Want to Hold Your Hand"" --Richard Pryor (comedian) - talks about a school bully, Leroy --Alan King (comedian) - routine about when he got married --Blossom Seely - ""San Francisco"" & ""My Kind Of Town"" --Blossom Seely - ""Shine On, Harvest Moon"" --The Tokyo Happy Coats (5 member female band, vocal-instrumental group) - ""Bye Bye, Blues"" & ""Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?"" --The Trio Rennos (aerialists) --The Berosini Chimps --Audience Bows: NY Knickerbocker coach Dick Maguire and Marquette University coach Al Maguire (brothers) Other guest (scheduled to appear): --Jerry Vale

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    #25 - Frankie Avalon & Annette Funicello / Tom Jones

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    Guests: --Tom Jones - ""More"" --Frankie Avalon & Annette Funicello - medley (""This Land Is Your Land,"" ""I Left My Heart In San Francisco,"" ""I'll Take Manhattan,"" ""Big D,"" ""Meet Me In St. Louis"" and ""Chicago"") --Frankie Avalon - medley (""After You're Gone,"" ""You're Nobody Until Somebody Loves You"" & ""Baby Won't You Please Come On Home"") --Annette Funicello - ""Nowhere To Go But Up"" (with dancers) --Ray Milland, Melville Cooper, Geoffrey Lumsden, Anthony Kemble Cooper (actors doing scenes from the Broadway play ""Hostile Witness"") --Mireille Mathieu (French singer) - ""Hymn to Love"" --John Byner (comedian) - imitates Ed Sullivan, imitates foreign dubbing of American actors' voices, then does a routine about one member of an acrobatic team having to work alone. --Los Vegas 5 (singing-instrumental group) - ""Guadalajara"" & ""Granada"" --Topo Gigio (Italian mouse puppet) - Topo talks about his visit to Italy and visiting with his family. --Arthur Haynes - sings ""So

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Season 19 Ratings Summary

"Judy Garland / Tom Jones / Peter Sellers" is the best rated episode of "The Ed Sullivan Show" season 19. It scored 8.5/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/3/1965. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "The Beatles (4th live appearance) / Cilla Black".