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S23 · E27The Temptations / George Hamilton / Buddy Rich 1970-04-05 · 60 min

Guests: --The Temptations - ""You Make Me So Very Happy"" & ""Psychedelic Shack"" --Roy Rogers & Dale Evans - medley of patriotic songs: ""This Is My Country"" & ""God Bless America"" --George Hamilton - medley of Hank Williams Sr. songs: ""Hey Good Lookin',"" ""I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You""),"" ""Cold Cold Heart,"" ""Jambalaya (On the Bayou),"" ""I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry,"" ""I Saw the Light"" & ""Your Cheatin' Heart"" --Buddy Rich & Orchestra - ""Oh Ruth"" --Marilyn Maye & Buddy Rich - ""Cabaret"" medley --John Byner (comedian) --Gene Baylos (comedian) --The Canestrellis (trampoline act)

S23 · E28scheduled: Florence Henderson, Joan Rivers, Young Saints, Muppets 1970-04-12 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Florence Henderson (sings a medley from her movie ""Song of Norway"") - including ""Song of Norway"" --Florence Henderson - ""What Do You Do When Love Dies"" --Joan Rivers --The Young Saints (rock group) - ""Your Love"" & ""Tenderly"" --Sergio Franchi --Myron Cohen --The Muppets

S23 · E29Paul McCartney (on film) / Bill Medley (scheduled guest) 1970-04-19 · 60 min

--Paul McCartney (on film) - ""Maybe I'm Amazed"" video Other guests (scheduled to appear): --Bill Medley - ""Peace Medley"" --Norm Crosby --Peter Nero --Jan Peerce --Gerri Granger --The Kessler Twins

S23 · E30Richie Havens / Lesley Gore / John Gary 1970-04-26 · 60 min

Guests: --Richie Havens - ""The Minstrel from Gault"" --Lesley Gore - ""Cry Me A River"" & ""Hey Jude"" --John Gary - medley: ""The Straight Life,"" ""Then She's a Lover"" & ""Little Green Apples""--Moms Mabley (stand-up comedian, sings ""Deed I Do"") --Stiller & Meara (comedy team) --Robert Klein (stand-up comedy) --Jane Morgan - ""A Girl Named Johnny Cash"" & ""My Way"" --Victor Julian (dog act) --The Rolan Boys (balancing act) Audience bows (cameos): Pete Hamilton; Master Sergeant Leon Donnely; Dr. Howard Rusk; Irving Gyse; Miss USA CBS repeated this show on July 19, 1970.

S23 · E31Jackson Five / Clint Eastwood (on film) / Don Rickles 1970-05-10 · 60 min

Guests: --The Jackson Five - ""The Love You Save"" and medley (""I Want You Back"" & ""ABC"") --Sonny James - ""My Love"" & ""Waterloo"" --Don Rickles (comedian) --George Carlin (comedian) - In a comedy routine, Carlin appears as a ""vacation expert."" Ed joins in and asks George some questions. --Roger Williams (piano player) - ""Mas Que Nada"" & a medley of Irving Berlin songs --Peter Gennaro (dancer) --Marilyn Michaels (celebrity impressions) --Gino Tonetti - ""This Is My Life"" Film clip: Don Rickles joins Clint Eastwood on the movie set of ""Kelly's Heroes"".

S23 · E32scheduled: Phyllis Newman; Rodney Dangerfield; Pat Cooper 1970-05-17 · 60 min

On film: Ringo Starr - ""Sentimental Journey"" promotional film Scheduled guests: --Phyllis Newman --Rodney Dangerfield --Pat Cooper --Stu Gilliam --the Lettermen (vocal group) --West Point Glee Club --Lovelace Watkins

S23 · E33scheduled: Barbara McNair; Sergio Franchi: Karen Wyman 1970-05-24 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Barbara McNair --Sergio Franchi --Karen Wyman --Stanley Myron Handelman --Georgie Kaye --Cadet Corps Steel Band --Rudi Schweitzer (juggler)

S23 · E34scheduled: Al Martino; Rich Little; Bob Lewis; Voices of East Harlem 1970-05-31 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Al Martino --D. Valeny --Julie Budd --Rich Little --Bob Lewis --Voices of East Harlem --The Muppets

S23 · E35Connie Francis / Roslyn Kind / Morey Amsterdam 1970-06-07 · 60 min

Guests: --Connie Francis (medley of Judy Garland songs): ""The Trolley Song,"" ""You Made Me Love You,"" ""Swanie,"" ""The Man Who Got Away"" & ""Over The Rainbow"" --Roslyn Kind (Barbra Streisand's sister) - ""Purlie"" --Dick Jenson - medley: ""Try A Little Tenderness,"" ""Expressway to Your Heart,"" ""Heard It Through The Grapevine"" & ""Yesterday"" --Morey Amsterdam (stand-up comedy) --Scoey Mitchell (stand-up comedian) --Zonie And Agnes (ballet) --George Kirby (stand-up comedian) --The Ed Sullivan Singers - ""Moon River"" --Tel Smit (magician)

S23 · E36Tommy James & the Shondells / Stiller & Meara / Moms Mabley 1970-06-14 · 60 min

Guests: --Tommy James & the Shondells - ""Ball of Fire"" & ""I'm Alive"" --Moms Mabley (stand-up comedian) - sings ""Abraham, Martin & John"" --Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara (comedy team, parents of Ben Stiller) --Margaret Whiting - ""Moonlight In Vermont"" & ""Gentle On My Mind"" (Richard Whiting's Daughter) --Sergio Franchi - ""Didn't We"" & ""With A Little Help From My Friends"" (also appears in a comedy sketch with Stiller & Meara). --Eugene List (with concert pianists from the Eastman School Of Rochester) --The Carals (balancing & juggling act)

S24 · E1The Georgie Awards: Barbra Streisand / Blood Sweat & Tears / Tom Jones 1970-09-20 · 60 min

The Georgie Award (Entertainer of the Year Award Show - from Caesars Palace) Performers: --Barbra Streisand - ""On A Clear Day"" --Blood Sweat & Tears - ""Lucretia McEvil"" --Tom Jones - ""Cabaret"" --Melba Moore - ""I Got Love"" --Peter Gennaro Dancers (production number) --The Flying Alexanders (trapeze act) Awards: --Lucille Ball presents award to Carol Burnett. --Marc Copage & Michael Ling present Outstanding Animal Act trophy to Tanya The Elephant. --Tom Smothers presents award to Flip Wilson. --Milton Berle presents award to Radio City Music Hall. --Milton Berle Presents award To James Gould, President Of Radio City Music Hall. --Danny Thomas & Jack Haley, Sr. presents Golden Award to Jimmy Durante (who's not there to accept award.) --Sullivan presents award to Bob Hope.

S24 · E2Bobby Vinton / Rare Earth / Holiday on Ice 1970-09-27 · 60 min

Guests (live from the Baltimore Civic Center): --Bobby Vinton - medley: ""London Bridge,"" ""Knees Up Mother Brown,"" ""Whoops-A-Daisy,"" ""I'm A Londoner"" & ""The Old Bamboo"" --Bobby Vinton - ""It's a Long Way to Tipperary"" --Bobby Vinton - ""For Me and My Gal"" (with Karen Wyman) --Rare Earth - ""I'm Losing You"" & ""Let the Sunshine In"" (on ice w/ skaters) --Karen Wyman - Edith Piaf medley: ""Milord,"" ""If You Love Me,"" ""Love Is Like Champagne"" & ""La Vie En Rose"" --Joe Jackson (hobo clown rides a bike which falls apart) ""Holiday on Ice"" segments (1970 edition of ice show): --Tommy Allen & Juanita Percelly (ice skating pair) (1) skate in a Russian production number (2) skate to ""Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head"" & ""I'll Never Fall In Love Again"" --Marei Langenbein and Ray Balmer (skaters doing classical and modern ballets) --John LaDue & Alfredo Mendoza - skaters in a ""Ferdinand the Bull"" story --In a production number, the Holiday on Ice Corps de Ballet do a tribute to Sonja Hen

S24 · E3Melanie / Engelbert Humperdinck / Tiny Tim 1970-10-04 · 60 min

Guests: --Melanie - ""Peace Will Come"" --Englebert Humperdinck - ""The Good Life,"" ""Sweetheart"" and ""My Way"" --The Blossoms - ""Get Ready"" --Tiny Tim - (medley of children's songs): ""On the Good Ship Lollipop,"" ""Water That's Hot, Water That's Cold"" & ""Two Times A Day I Always Brush My Teeth"" --David Steinberg (stand-up comedian) --Skiles & Henderson (comedy team) --A scene from play ""1776"" (with William Daniels, John Cullum, Roy Poole)

S24 · E4scheduled: Arthur Godfrey; Loretta Lynn 1970-10-11 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Arthur Godfrey --Sonny James --Loretta Lynn - ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" --Archie Campbell --Stony Mt. Cloggers --Judi Ford (Miss America '69)

S24 · E5Carpenters / B.B. King / Tony Bennett 1970-10-18 · 60 min

Guests: --The Carpenters - ""Close to You"" & ""We've Only Just Begun"" --B.B. King - ""Just A Little Bit of Love"" and medley: ""How Blue Can You Get"" / ""The Thrill Is Gone"" --Tony Bennett - ""Something"" (Beatles song), ""Get Happy"" & ""I'll Begin Again"" (song from the movie ""Scrooge""). --George Burns (stand-up comedy) - comments on nudity in show business (current movies, night clubs) --Robert Klein (stand-up comedy) - comments on the World Series (interviews with athletes, school bands in half-time show) --New York City Stickball Team (comedy routine) --Albert Almoznino - makes shadow puppets on wall --1970 Harvest Moon Ball Dance Champions (winners from different categories: polka, rhumba, etc. )

S24 · E6U.N. 25th Anniversary: The New Seekers / Ravi Shankar 1970-10-25 · 60 min

25th Anniversary of United Nations celebration (with performers from all around the world). Guests: --Ravi Shankar - ""Raga"" (classic Sitar selection) --The New Seekers (from Australia) - ""Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma"" --Astrud Gilberto (from Brazil) - medley of Bossa-nova songs including ""The Girl from Ipanema"" --Vladmir Krainev (Russian pianist) - Chopin Etude # 3 ""Winter Winds"" --The Young Americans - ""Through Children's Eyes"" & ""What the World Needs Now Is Love"" --Tokyo Kid Brothers (dancers) --Ballet Africains (African ceremonial songs & dances) --The Lado Dancers (Yugoslavian folk dancers) --Raphael (from Spain) - ""Hallelujah"" & ""Hava Nagila"" --The Idla Girls (gymnastic drill team from Sweeden)

S24 · E7Bobbie Gentry / Melba Moore / Roy Clark 1970-11-01 · 60 min

Guests: --Bobbie Gentry - ""I Want You Back"" & ""Benjamin"" --Richard Pryor (comedian) - talks about life in the ghetto --Melba Moore - ""He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"" (and possibly ""Purley"") --Roy Clark - ""Malaguena"" & ""Thank God and Greyhound, You're Gone"" --Fenella Fielding (singer-comedian) - ""Don't Let Me Down"" --Stanley Myron Handelman (comedian) CBS repeated this show on April 25, 1971.

S24 · E8Four Tops / Carpenters / Freda Payne 1970-11-08 · 60 min

Ed & guests entertain wounded GI's at Walter Reed Army Hospital --Four Tops - ""Put A Little Love In Your Heart"" & ""It's All in the Game"" --Carpenters - (medley of Burt Bacharach songs): ""Close to You,"" ""Easier on Yourself,"" ""Always Something There to Remind Me,"" ""Never Fall in Love Again,"" ""Walk on By"" & ""Do You Know the Way to San Jose"" --Freida Payne - ""Band of Gold,"" ""Deeper and Deeper"" ""Getting to Know You"" --Hank Williams, Jr. - ""All For The Love Of Sunshine"" --Rodney Dangerfield (stand-up comedy) --Ron Carey (stand-up, Sargeant Monk Bit) --Dick Ryan (magic act & card tricks)

S24 · E9Tommy Roe / Billy Joe Royal / Joe South 1970-11-15 · 60 min

Guests: --Tommy Roe - ""Dizzy"" & ""Oh Heather Honey"" --Billy Joe Royal - ""Cherry Hill Park"" & ""I Knew You When"" --Joe South - ""Don't It Made You Want to Go Home"" & ""Walk A Mile in my Shoes"" --Joe South, Billy Joe Royal & Tommy Roe - ""Games People Play"" --Dick Gregory (comedian) --Abbe Lane - sings a Gospel medley --Tony Fayne (comedian) --Jeremy Vernon (comedian) --Natalya Makarova (pas de deux from ""Swan Lake"")

S24 · E10Richard Rogers Tribute: Shirley Jones; Cass Elliott 1970-11-22 · 60 min

A Salute to Richard Rodgers (broadcast from the Hollywood Bowl): --Johnny Mathis - ""My Funny Valentine"" --Johnny Mathis & the Lennon Sisters - ""Johnny One Note"" --'Mama' Cass Elliott - ""The Girlfriend"" --Johnny Mathis - ""The Lady Is A Tramp"" --The Lennon Sisters - ""Where or When"" ""Oklahoma"" songs: --John Davidson - ""Oh, What A Beautiful Morning"" --John Davidson - ""Surrey With A Fringe On Top"" (Davidson singing to Jeanie C. Riley & Minnie Pearl) --John Davidson & Jeannie C. Riley - ""People Will Say We're In Love"" --Oklahoma (Broadway cast) - ""The Farmer & The Rancher Can't Be Found"" & ""Oklahoma"" ""The King and I"" songs: --Shirley Jones - ""Whistle a Happy Tune"" --Herschel Bernadi and Shirley Jones dialogue from play --Shirley Jones & Herschel Bernadi - ""Shall We Dance?"" --Danny Kaye - (1) Ed Sullivan interviews Kaye (2) Kaye sings ""Two By Two"" ""Sound of Music"" medley: --Johnny Mathis, Cass Elliott, John Davidson, Lennon Sisters, Shirley Jones, Hersche

S24 · E11scheduled: Buck Owens; Joan Rivers; Norm Crosby 1970-11-29 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Buck Owens - ""Bridge Over Troubled Water"" & ""Heartbreak Mountain"" --Joan Rivers --Norm Crosby --Doug Previn --Jim Bailey --Dick Jensen --Lahman & Barkley --Albert Lucas (magician)

S24 · E12Grass Roots / Joey Heatherton / Pat Cooper 1970-12-06 · 60 min

--The Veterans (comedy group) --The Three Degrees (female vocal trio) - do imitations of other female singering groups including the Supremes. --The Three Degrees - ""I Do for the Rest of My Life"" --Peter Gennaro (dancer, imitating Charlie Chaplin) --Pat Cooper (stand-up comedian) --The Oakland Raiders Football Team - sing Christmas song --Bobbi Martin - ""For the Love of Him"" --Scoey Mitchell (comedian) --The Grass Roots - ""Wait A Million Years"" & medley: ""Midnight Confessions,"" ""Live for Today"" & ""Temptation Eyes"" --Pat Cooper & Scoey Mitchell (comedians) - comedy sketch about Italian & Black neighbors --Audience bows: Walter Kennedy; Pearl Harbor survivors --Benitez (singer from Puerto Rico)

S24 · E13scheduled: Bobby Sherman; New Seekers; Robert Merrill 1970-12-13 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Bobby Sherman - ""Going Home"" & ""Song of Joy"" --The New Seekers - ""Your Song"" --Robert Merrill - ""If I Were a Rich Man"" --Marilyn Michaels --Guy Marks --Les Ballets Africains (troupe that performs traditional African dances)

S24 · E14The Great Santa Claus Switch with Art Carney and the Muppets 1970-12-20 · 60 min

Christmas special with Art Carney and the Muppets Art Carney plays two roles: Santa Claus and Cosmo, the King of Evil. Ed Sullivan narrates the show.

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