A Salute to John Huston --On film: Ed interviews John Huston & Gregory Peck on the set of ""Moby Dick"" --Gregory Peck (live on stge) appears with Ed & introduces a scene from ""Moby Dick"" (with Orson Welles) --On film: clip from ""Moulon Rouge"" --Split screen: Ed interviews Jose Ferrer --Jose Ferrer (on film?) - applies make up & transforms himself into Toulouse Letrec --Mary Astor & Peter Lorre - talk about John Huston --On film: clip from ""The Maltese Falcon"" --On film: clip of John Huston & Walter Huston receiving Academy Awards. --On film: clip from ""Treasure of Sierra Madre"" --John Huston walks on stage and introduces a film clip from ""Battle of San Pietro"" --Sketch: Edward G. Robinson and Ed Sullivan do a gangster-style dialogue --On film: clip from ""Key Largo"" where Edward G. Robinson is cruel to a drunk woman. --Edward G. Robinson, John Huston, and Ed (on stage) introduce Lauren Bacall --Lauren Bacall talks about how Humphrey Bogart & John Hust

Guests: --Robert Mitchum, Lillian Gish and Peter Graves perform a scene from their film ""Night of the Hunter."" (Shelley Winters was also scheduled to appear) --""Night of the Hunter"" director Charles Laughton and producer Paul Gregory were scheduled to appear. . --Red Skelton (comedian) --Pearl Bailey (singer) --Lily Pons (soprano) --Rocky Marciano (boxer) Other guests (scheduled to appear): --Archie Moore (boxer) --The All-American Baseball Team --The Obernkirchen children's choir of Germany

Guests: --Nat King Cole - ""Forgive My Heart"" & ""Someone You Love"" --Opening number from ""Fanny"" performed by the Broadway cast (which should include Ezio Pinza, Florence Henderson and Walter Slezak.) --Sullivan interviews Josh Logan, who talks about his Broadway musical ""Fanny."" Followed by more scenes from ""Fanny."" --Dick Shawn (comedian, tells jokes about growing up in the south) Audience bows: Ronald Reagan, Walter Alston, Clem Labine, Johnny Padris, Billy Martin, Tommy Burns, Desi Arnaz & Lucille Ball (Followed by clip from earlier show with Ed Sullivan visiting Desi Arnaz & Lucille Ball at home). On film: Message from President Eisenhower talking on behalf on the United Way.

On film: Ed visits the set of ""Guys and Dolls."" (1) Frank Sinatra sings ""Adelaide."" (2) Marlon Brando is shown beating drum + Ed interviews Brando. (3) Ed introduces some of the cast including Jean Simmons. (4) Romantic ""Guys and Dolls"" scene with Brando & Simmons. (5) Sullivan & Sam Goldwyn walk around the Samuel Goldwyn Studios. (6) The Goldwyn Girls are introduced. Other guests (live from New York): --Johnny Carson (stand-up comedy routine: impersonation of Steve Allen, circling football plays on chart, etc.) --June Valli - Can't Help Lovin' That Man"" --George Feyer (piano player) - ""Continental"" --Les Compagnons de la Chanson (French singers) - ""King Tagobert"" (in French) & ""The Three Bells"" Audience bows: Mrs. Crytser (""Bible Lady"" of ""The $64,000 Question""); Lloyd Nolan

Scheduled guests: --Edward R. Murrow --Dave Brubeck and his quartet (jazz musician) --Melvyn Douglas, Ed Begley and Tony Randall appear in scenes from their Broadway play ""Inherit the Wind"" --Rosemary Clooney --Liberace --Andre Kostelanetz (orchestra leader) --Robert Lamouret and his talking duck (novelty act)

Scheduled guests: --Nat King Cole and his wife Maria --Jack Palance, Rod Steiger, Wendell Corey and Everett Sloane perform a scene from their film ""The Big Knife"" --Arthur Worsley (ventriloquist) --the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company --The Charlivels (bicycle act)

Guests: --Andy Griffith, Roddy McDowell and Robert Webber (actors, from the ""No Time for Sergeants"" Broadway cast) - perform a scene from the play. The scene runs approx. 10 minutes. --Senor Wences (Ventriloquist with hand puppet) --Orson Bean - Stand Up Re: Correspondece Courses --Marion Marlowe - ""Begin the Beguine"" --David Whitfield (British singer) - ""Never Stop Loving You"" --Marion Marlowe & David Whitfield - ""This Is My Beloved"" --Dick Shawn (stand-up comedian, tells jokes about schizophrenia) Audience bows: General Omar Bradley; Jean Simmons (followed by film clip of Ed interviewing her); Stubby Kaye; Corinne Griffith (cookbook author, early film actress); Gera Lynn Tyler (USC homecoming queen); Dr. Baxter (TV personality); Angel Valenzuela (jockey); and Fred Russell & E B Stone (journalists)

Scheduled guests: --Phil Silvers (comedian) --Liberace --Rise Stevens (operatic soprano) --David Whitfield (British singer) --Linon (Belgian circus clown).

Guests: --Edith Piaf (French chanteuse) - ""If You Love Me"" --Shirley Booth - does scene from ""The Desk Set"" (This scene might also include the other cast members Byron Sanders, Dorothy Blackburn, Clarice Blackburn and Anne-Marie Gayer). --Al Hibbler - ""Unchained Melody"" & ""He"" --Arthur Worlsey (ventriloquist, dummy does all the talking, says the alphabet) --Joyce Grenfell (English comedian) - introduces dancers Paddy Stone, Beryl Kaye, Irving Davis, then Joyce does comic routine as nursery school teacher. --Earl Sande & Eddie Arcaro (Jockeys Hall Of Fame Awards) --Christmas Doll Contest Winners: Alice Adams, Barbara Webb & Judy Poucher --Purdue University Glee Club - sing religious songs incl. ""Glory, Hallelujah"" Audience bows: Marie Sabret & Jaques Tosha (from Comedie Francois, on-stage bow); Governors Happy Chandler & Oval Freeman

""Dr. Jive's Rhythm and Blues"" sequence: --Bo Diddley - ""Bo Diddley"" --LaVern Baker - ""Tweedlee Dee"" --The Five Keys - ""Ling Ting Tong"" --Willis ""Gater Tail"" Jackson & his Band (instrumental song with saxophone solo) Note: The above acts were all part of a revue of rhythm & blues acts introduced by Tommy ""Dr. Jive"" Smalls, a New York disc jockey. (""Dr. Jive's Rhythm and Blues"" was a revue at New York's Apollo Theater.) Additional guests: --Film clip from ""Big Knife"" with Rod Steiger & Jack Palance --Ted Lewis (bandleader-singer) - ""How Long Is He Gonna Last?"" & ""Me And My Shadow"" --Suzanne Brooks & Ted Lewis - ""After You've Gone"" --Jack Carter (comedian, stand-up routine) --Caesari Siepe (of the Met opera) - ""Na Voce'na Chetarra"" (in Italian) and & ""Love Is A Many Splendored Thing"") --Wandy Tworek (Danish violinist, does a comic musical act) --Vicente Escudero (69 year old Spanish Flamenco dancer) Audience bows: Helen Hayes, Robert Dowling, Farley Granger

Scheduled guests: --Pearl Bailey --Dick Shawn (comedian) --The Goofers (comedy vocal-instrumental group) --opera star Licia Albanese & her three-year-old son do a scene from ""Madam Butterfly."" --The Princeton Triangle Club --Collier's All-American football team

Scheduled guests: --Bud Abbott and Lou Costello --Lillian Roth --Kate Smith --The Three Houcs (comedy juggling team) --Andre Eglevsky and Diana Adams (ballet stars) On film: Ed visits with Burt Lancaster, Gina Lollobrigida and Tony Curtis while they were in Paris filming the movie ""Trapeze"" (10-minute film)

Guests: --Teresa Brewer - ""There'll Be Some Changes"" & ""A Good Man Is Hard To Find"" --Sugar Ray Robinson (boxer) - Talks about his comeback & thanks Ed for his support. Robinson's manager Joe Glaser makes an appearance. --Ed presents Lambert Trophy to Coach Olson on behalf of the University of Pittsburgh. Also on stage: Sugar Bowl Queen Dawn Aber & the co-captains. --Judy Tyler & William Johnson - ""All At Once You Love Her"" (from play ""Pipe Dream"") --Joyce Grenfell (English comedian) - sings an old English folk song and does a stand-up comedy routine (with sympathetic mother talking to her teenage daughter). --The Grenfell Dance Team (Irving Davis, Patty Stone & Beryl Kaye) dance to ""Basquette"" --Wandy Tworek (comic concert violinist from Denmark) --Mimi Benzell (opera star) - ""Autumn Leaves"" (in French) --Oberkirchen Choir sing ""God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,"" a German carol & ""Deck the Halls"" --The Three Markays (comic acrobats, contortionists with parallel bar

Scheduled guests: --Orson Welles --James Mason and his daughter Portland --Orson Bean (comedian) --Senor Wences (ventriloquist) --Marion Marlowe (vocalist) --Les Compagnons De La Chanson --Kirby's ""Flying Ballet"" aerial act

Scheduled guests (from New York): --Gary Cooper and Rod Steiger re-enact scenes from ""The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell"" --Michigan State University Glee Club --Jay Nemeth (puppeteer) --Clauson Bears --The Three Merkeys (bar acrobats) --Pianists from the Sabback School of Music in Charleston, S.C. --A bell-ringing youngster from the Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta, Ga. Also: In a remote from New York's Roxy Theater: Scenes from the ice show ""Happy Holiday, Anywhere, U.S.A."" starring Sonya Kaye and Miroslava Nachodska (Czech skating champion)

New Year's Day show with scheduled guests (a ""Stardust Parade"" of young and up-and-coming talent): --Roger Williams (pianist) --The Dreamweavers --Dick Duane (singer) --Joan Maize and the Chordsmen (singing-instrumental group) --Amru Sani (singer from India) --Cook and Corey (comedy act) --Rickie Layne (ventriloquist) --Barry Blake (impressionist) --the Pickerts (10 jitterbugs on stilts) --Kodell (magician)

Scheduled guests: --Pearl Bailey --Myron Cohen (comedian) --Lily Pons (opera soprano) --The Lone Ranger (Jay Silverheels?) and his horse Silver --Al Hibbler (singer) --Joyce Grenfell (British comedian)

Scheduled guests: --The Broadway cast from ""The Matchmaker"" performs scenes from the play. --Jean Carroll (comedian) --The Billy Williams Quartet --Jose Greco (Spanish dancer) --Amru Sani (India's top vocalist) --Ricky Layne (ventriloquist)

A salute to ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) with guests: --Cab Calloway (with daughter Layla) - ""Little Girl"" --Mitch Miller - ""Yellow Rose Of Texas"" --The Whiting Sisters (Richard Whiting's daughters Margaret and Barbara) - medley: ""Ain't We Got Fun,"" ""Sleepy Time Gal,"" ""Louise,"" ""He's Funny That Way"" & ""Too Marvelous"" --John Raitt & Claramae Turner - ""The Song Is You"" (from ""Music In The Air"") --Frank Silver - ""Yes We Have No Bananas"" --Jack Norworth (composer) - ""Shine On Harvest Moon"" & ""Take Me Out To The Ballgame"" --Ernie Burnett - ""Melancholy Baby"" --Jule Styne - medley of movie tunes: ""I Don't Want To Walk Without You,"" ""Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend,"" ""It's Been A Long, Long Time,"" ""It's Magic,"" ""I'll Walk Alone,"" ""Never Never Land"" & ""Three Coins In A Fountain"" --Billy Daniels - ""Easy To Love,"" ""My Blue Heaven"" & ""That Old Black Magic"" --Helen Kane - ""I Wanna Be Loved By You"" (The original Boop-Boop-A-Do girl)

Scheduled guests: --Kim Novak and Susan Strasberg perform scenes from their movie ""Picnic"" --Gracie Fields (English singer-comedian, in a remote from Madison Square Garden) --Helen Traubel --The West Point Glee Club

Segements with Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz and the Four Ames Brothers: --Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz - with scene from their new movie ""Forever Darling"" --Ames Brothers join Desi Arnaz and Ed on stage, Lucy is disguised as 5th Ames brother. --Desi Arnaz & the Ames Brothers - ""Forever Darling"" --The Ames Brothers sing ""I'm Gonna Love You"" then do vocal impressions: ""Whole World Shines"" (Laine), ""Everything I Have Is Yours"" (Epstein), ""Too Young"" (Cole), ""Some Enchanted Evening"" & ""If I Didn't Care"" (Ink Spots) --Lucille Ball still dressed as the 5th Ames Brother comes out for a bow, she talks to Ed who presents her with a trophy. Rodgers and Hammerstein / ""Pipe Dream"" segment --Ed interviews composers Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. They talk about illustrations of character portrayal through the medium of music. As an example, they use songs from the Broadway musical ""Pipe Dream"": (1) Judy Tyler - ""Everybody's Got A Home But Me"" (2) William Johnson - ""The Man I U

Guests: --Andre Kostelanetz and his Orchestra - ""Saturday Night"" --Pearl Bailey - ""Something's Got To Give"" & ""Ma He's Making Eyes At Me"" --Sam Levenson (stand-up comedian) - tells jokes about Saturday Night, losing weight, kids, etc. --Carl Sandberg - reads ""A Lincoln Portrait"" as Andre Kostelanetz's orchestra plays. --On stage bow: Lt. Col. Frank Everest (scientist preparing for space flight) --Shirley Jones (singer-actress) - ""Many A New Day"" & ""If I Loved You"" --Corey, Herb & Mildred Cook - country hicks routine --Hal Holbrook (actor) - classic reading from Mark Twain --Audience bow: Marlon Brando --Clayton Moore (actor) - ""Lone Ranger"" actor in costume, twirls guns on stage --The Armandis (5 man acrobat team) - teeter board & tumbling act

Scheduled guests: --Hermione Gingold (British comedienne) --Billy DeWolfe (comedian) --The Peters Sisters (vocal group) --Jean Madeira (from the Metropolitan Opera Company) --Winifred Atwell (European concert pianist) --The Goofers (comedy instrumental group) --The Tucson Boys Choir --Opal (a performing elephant)

Scheduled guests: --Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians --Lillian Roth (singer) --Carol Haney (dancer) --Rickie Layne and Velvel (ventriloquist act) --Nick Noble (singer) --The Percellis (an aerial act) Also scheduled: cartoonists Al Capp (""Li'l Abner""); Milton Caniff (""Terry and the Pirates"" & ""Steve Canyon""); Rube Goldberg, Willard Mullin; Gurney Williams; Whitney Darrow, Jr.; Barney Tobey; and Virgil Partch.

Guests: --Edith Piaf - ""Merry Go Round"" & ""Padame"" --Senor Wences (ventriloquist with hand puppet & head in box) --Dick Shawn (comedian) - stand-up: tells jokes about childhood & sings ""16 Tons"" (with new lyrics) --Marion Marlowe (singer) - ""Mrs. Noah"" --Dieter Tasso (announced by Scampy) - high wire walker catches & balances cups & saucers --Marion Marlowe sings an Italian song (title unknown) Look Magazine Awards"" segments (some of the awards presented from Hollywood): --Film clip: Frederick March in scene from his 1941 film ""One Foot In Heaven"" --Frederick March presents Jimmy Cagney with Look Award for ""Love Me Or Leave Me"" --Edmond O'Brian presents Jack Lemmon with award for ""Mr. Roberts"" --Film clip from earlier Sullivan show: James Cagney & Jack Lemmon perform scene from ""Mr. Roberts"" (where they dance) --Ed presents Jo Van Fleet with award for ""I'll Cry Tomorrow"" --Gregory Peck presents Susan Hayward with award for ""I'll Cry Tomorrow"" --Film clip f