Talk:The Ed Sullivan Show

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"Jim Morrison, the band's lead singer, agreed but changed his mind after a quick band meeting and sang the orignal line instead with notice to the show's producers."

Shouldn't this be WITHOUT notice, or does this mean Morrison looked at the show's producers while singing the line? NjtoTX 12:23, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] That is one GREAT picture

Kudos to JillandJack. It captures the absolute essence of Ed Sullivan's television persona. Dpbsmith (talk) 17:10, 18 August 2005 (UTC)


The line "Although Elvis' appearances are considered the most famous rock and roll performances on Ed Sullivan" seems kind of biased doesn't it? What about the Beatles' famous performance that was at least equally influential on rock and roll (if not more), but hey, I could be a little biased too. Nonetheless, any suggestions?

  • We should see if we can find a source that says this... however, IMHO the statement, which I didn't write, is true enough. To the best of my recollection the Elvis appearance had more impact than the Beatles because it was first. Nothing quite like it had ever been on television before. The Beatles' appearance was sort of like the second Apollo moon landing. In one way, it was just as big a deal, maybe bigger. But in another way, well, people watched it because they thought it would be sort of like the Elvis appearance again. Dpbsmith (talk) 01:05, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. Here are a couple of sources:

1) Beatles' 'Ed Sullivan' appearance rated rock's top TV moment

  http://archives.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/25/tv.rocks.ap/

2) On Sunday, February 9, millions of North Americans waited in front of small black and white television sets in anticipation of seeing this new phenomenon from Britain. The audience for that show alone is estimated to be over 70 million people.

http://webhome.idirect.com/~faab/AbbeyRoad/sullivan.htm

3)"No televised musical performance ever packed more of an impact than the Beatles’ first time on The Ed Sullivan Show, and it seems unlikely another ever will." -- Colin Jacobson

http://dvdmg.com/edsullivanpresentsthebeatles.shtml

  • Fantastic! I stand corrected. I'd say the first and third deserve to go into the article, not merely as marking the Beatles' as being bigger than Elvis, but as testimony to the importance of the Ed Sullivan show. Do you want to do the honors? Dpbsmith (talk) 18:44, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
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