Season 8 1954 - 1955

""The Darryl F. Zanuck Story"" from Hollywood Scheduled guests: --Jack Benny --Dan Dailey --Shirley Temple --Gloria DeHaven --Ruby Keeler --Tony Martin --Sheree North --Dick Powell --Tyrone Power --Clifton Webb

Scheduled: ""A Salute to the U.S. Navy"" --All performers on this show will be made up of Navy personnel. (This is similar to previous programs showcasing Army and Air Force talent.)

Scheduled: A salute to the Cleveland Indians on the eve of the World Series (team to appear live from Cleveland).
Scheduled guests in New York include: --Los Chavales De Espagna with Trini Reyes (Spanish singing and instrumental group) --""The Happy Wanderers"" (a children's choir from Obernkirchen, Germany, making their U.S. TV debut) --Augie & Margo (dance team)

Guests: --Kitty Kallen (singer) - ""Don't Let the Kitty Get In"" & ""In the Chapel in the Moonlight"" --Richard Hearne (British comedian, a.k.a. ""Mr. Pastry"") --Eddie Fisher - ""Swanee,"" ""Hey There"" and ""Fanny"" --Dane Clark, Don Taylor and Andrew Duggan - appear in a scene from the Broadway WWII drama "" The Fragile Fox"" --The Mills Brothers (vocal group) - do a medley of their hits --Eddie Fisher - ""Counting My Blessings"" Scheduled (but not on transcript): --From the Broadway play: Martin Gabel and Berry Kroeger in ""Reclining Figure,"" a comedy about the doings of a suave New York art dealer and his fake renoir painting.

Guests: --Elizabeth Taylor & Van Johnson (talk about their new movie ""The Last Time I Saw Paris"" & clip from the movie) --Elaine Stritch - ""You Took Advantage Of Me"" (Richard Rodgers song) --Harlem Globetrotters
--Julius LaRosa - ""My Baby Cares For Me,"" ""Mobile"" and ""The Gal That Got Away"" --Richard Hearn (England's Mr. Pastry) - gets Ed to sing, causes confusion in the bandstand. --The Farias (acrobats) --The University of Pennsylvania Mask And Wig Club (men in drag do a production number with colonial dress and Spanish costumes).
--Rosanna Carteri (soprano) - ""Mi Chiamno Mimi"" (Mimi's aria from ""La Boheme"")
--Contest winners from Seventeen magazine's Save The Children doll contest.

Scheduled from New York: --Victor Borge --Roberta Peters (Metropolitan opera soprano) appears with Cesare Siepi, Cesare Valletti and Fernando Corena (known as the Met's ""Three Musketeers"")
--Jimmy Boyd (young singer of ""I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"" fame) --The Ballets Espagnols with Terese & Luisillo (dancing company that appeared on Broadway, authentic Spanish dancing) --Rudi Horn (balancer)
On film: Ed visits the London set of the John Huston movie ""Moby Dick."" Included is an interview with Gregory Peck, who plays Captain Ahab.

Scheduled guests: --Kirk Douglas (actor) --Eartha Kitt
--The Ames Brothers (singers) --Carol Haney (dancer) --Jackie Miles (comedian) --The Wassan (acrobats)
On film: A clip from ""There's No Business Like Show Business,"" starring Ethel Merman, Marilyn Monroe, Dan Dailey, Johnnie Ray, Mitzi Gaynor and Donald O'Connor.

Scheduled: --The Crewcuts (vocal group, known for their ""Sh-boom"" cover) --Sophie Tucker --Virginia Mayo (actress, with a film clip from her movie ""The Silver Chalice"") --David Whitfield (English operatic tenor) --Angna Enters (dance impressionist) --The Rudells (acrobats)

Scheduled guests: --Esther Williams introduces scenes from her film ""Jupiter's Darling"" --Hermione Gingold (comedian) --Alice Pearce (comedian) --David Poleri and Gloria Lane of the Broadway musical ""The Saint of Bleecker Street"" appear with composer Gian Carlo Menotti and producer Chandler Cowles.
--Arthur Worsley (listed as Arthur Wardsley) (ventriloquist) --Olivette Miller & Gibson (dance team) --Ganjou Brothers and Juanita (adagio dancers)

Scheduled: --Lillian Roth (singer) --Fontane Sisters (singers) --Roy Franklin (singer) --Mata & Hari (dance stylists) --The All-American basketball team (five men selected by Collier's magazine)

Ice Capades of 1955 (broadcast from Chicago): --Victor Borge (skates out on ice) --Peg Leg Bates (tap dancer; dance routine, tap dance routine, tells leg jokes) --The Maxsons (ice skating pair) --The Old Smoothies (older couple dance to ""Shine On Harvest Moon"") --Ice Capades ""Tropicana"" production number. --Rudy Horn (unicyclist, tosses cups, saucers, etc on his head) --Donna Atwood (skater, skates to medley of Irish songs) --Irish Festival Singers - perform an Irish medley --Forgie And Larson (""Ice Capade"" performers, do a badminton match) --Vernon & Bumpy (child acrobats)

Guests: --Sarah Vaughan - ""S'wonderful"" & ""How Important Can It Be"" --Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane - ""Brazil"" & ""Sway"" --Tony & Sally DeMarco (dance team) - dance to ""Easter Parade"" & ""Crazy Rhythm"" --Frankie Marlowe (comedian) - does Brando impressions, closes with song ""It All Depends On You"" --Sam Levenson (stand-up comedian, topic: education) --Dartmouth Glee Club (led by Paul Zeller) --Sam Levenson (comedian) --The Dartmouth College Glee Club --Lottie's Doves (might be ""Wlades Doves"") - trained animal act Audience bows: Dahl H. Davis, Robert Baster

Tribute to Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein
Guests: --Celeste Holm - I Can't Say No"" (from ""Oklahoma"") and ""A Fellow Needs A Girl"" (from ""Allegro"") --Florence Henderson & John Raitt - ""People Will Say We're In Love"" --Florence Henderson & Gary Wright - ""Be Kind to Your Parents"" --University Of Oklahoma Glee Club - ""Oklahoma"" --Robert S. Kerr - Senator From Oklahoma talks about the musical, his state & America --Barbara Cook - ""Many A New Day"" (from ""Oklahoma"" with dancers) --Richard Colett sings ""Surry With Fringe On Top"" in Swedish. --Augustana College Choir sings ""Oh What A Beautiful Morning"" in Swedish. --Ed Interviews Oscar Hammerstein & Richard Rodgers who discuss the song writing process.
--Richard Rodgers conducts orchestra for ""Oklahoma"" with entire cast joining in vocals --Emmett Kelly (cameo, wanders on stage towards end of show)

Guests: -- Fred Astaire - On stage, Astaire talks with Ed about dancing & golf, then combines the two by dancing with a golf club. Also: A film clip from ""Daddy Longlegs"" (with Leslie Caron) is shown. --Dorothy Dandridge - ""Good For Nothing Joe"" & ""I Got Rhythm"" --Sammy Davis, Jr. and the Will Maston Trio (Sammy dances and sings with his father and uncle). --Julius Larosa - ""Pass It On"" & ""Let's Stay Home Tonight"" --Joan Rhodes (British strong-woman, bends a piece of iron with her mouth) --Excess Baggage (dog act)
Audience bows: Tony Demarco; Charlotte Brooks

Scheduled guests: --Louis Armstrong --Will Mastin Trio (with Sammy Davis Jr.) --Gary Crosby --Senor Wences (ventriloquist) --Richard Hearne

Scheduled: The finalists in the Army's world-wide talent contest.

Show broadcast from the USS Antietam (an aircraft carrier anchored in the Hudson River) --Beginning of show: Ed is in Navy Helicopter flying over aircraft carrier. The Hudson River & Manhattan Skyline are seen from the harbor. Helicopter lands and Ed introduces his helicopter pilot Lt. Les Taylor. Guests (appearing on first 30 minutes of show): --The Chordettes (vocal group) - ""Hummingbird"" & ""Dixie Danny"" --Naval Aviation Cadet Choir (from Pensacola) - ""Anchors Aweigh"" --Rufe Davis - plays guitar and sings ""Old Mac Donald"" (makes animal noises). --The Gaudsmith Brothers (dog act) - 2 brothers with poodles clown around on deck & do acrobatics. --Jay Marshall (comedian doing stand-up in front of big navy guns) - Navy humor, does ring tricks Other guests (scheduled): --The Step Brothers (tap dancers) --The Mariners (vocal group) --Priscilla Wright (singer)
--The Piero Brothers (jugglers)
--The Marcellos (acrobats)

Scheduled guests: --Ethel Merman (guest host) --Russell Nype (Broadway singer-actor) --Jimmy Edmonson (a.k.a. ""Professor Backwards"") --The Peiro Brothers (jugglers) --The Rhythmettes (dance group)

Guests: --Georgia Gibbs (singer) --Scenes from the 1956 edition of the ""Ice Capades"" (from Atlantic City's Convention Hall) --Donna Atwood (ice skater) appears in ""Peter Pan"" (an extended segment scheduled to run a half-hour) --Karen Barclay (the ""World's Most Beautiful Majorette"") --Donna Grescoe (violinist) Note: Shelley Winters and Lillian Gish were scheduled to perform a scene from their new film, ""Night of the Hunter."" But Shelley Winters became ill. The director and producer of the movie (Charles Laughton and Paul Gregory) were also scheduled to appear. The ""Night of the Hunter"" cast and crew were re-scheduled for 25Sep55 show (listed on the ""Ed Sullivan Show"" guide).

Scheduled: --Julius LaRosa --Winners of the Navy's world wide Talent Contest --The Marquis Chimpanzees