Season 17
(1963)
Cast
as Self - Host
as Self - Announcer
Episodes
Jimmy Durante / Frank Sinatra Jr. / Pied Pipers 0.0
September 29, 1963
Tommy Dorsey Band - ""Marie"" Jimmy Durante - ""A Piano Is A Delicate Thing"" & "" September Song"" Helen Forrest -…
Dick Dale / The Angels / Totie Fields 0.0
October 6, 1963
Guests: --Dick Dale - ""Swingin' & Surfin'"" (with some ""Miserlou"") --Totie Fields (comedian) - boasts about her…
Lesley Gore / Tony Bennett / Frank Gorshin 0.0
October 13, 1963
Guests (confirmed): --Lesley Gore - ""It's My Party""/""She's A Fool"" medley --Szony & Claire (dancers) --The …
Scheduled: Cliff Richard; Eydie Gorme 0.0
October 20, 1963
Scheduled guests: --Cliff Richard (singer) - ""Stranger In Town"" & ""Some of These Days"" --Eydie Gorme (singer)…
Moscow State Circus 0.0
October 27, 1963
The Moscow State Circus are a group of Animals, Acrobats, Jugglers, Clowns, Daredevils, High Wire Act, Dog Act, Trapeze…
Richard Burton / Morecombe & Wise / Arthur Worsley 0.0
November 3, 1963
Guests: --Richard Burton - recites Dylan Thomas & does bar bit with drunken observations. --Arthur Worsley (Briti…
scheduled: The Jane Russell, Connie Haines and Beryl Davis trio; Allen & Rossi 0.0
November 10, 1963
Scheduled guests: --The Jane Russell, Connie Haines and Beryl Davis trio --Shelley Berman --Allen and Rossi (com…
scheduled: Tommy Sands & Nancy Sinatra; Robert Horton 0.0
November 17, 1963
Scheduled guests: --Tommy Sands and Nancy Sinatra - ""Old Straw Hat"" & ""Hey Good Lookin'"" --Robert Horton --K…
The Obratsov Russian Puppet Theatre 0.0
December 1, 1963
The Obratsov Russian Puppet Theatre --Ed dedicated the entire hour show to the Obratsov Russian Puppet Theatre. The …
Ginger Rogers / Burt Lanchester (on film) 0.0
December 8, 1963
Guests: --Ginger Rogers - ""Something's Gotta Give"" & ""They Can't Take That Away from Me"" --Burt Lanchester (on…
Burt Lancaster / Al Hirt / Milton Berle / Georgia Brown 0.0
December 15, 1963
Guests: --Burt Lancaster (actor) --Al Hirt - ""Java"" & ""Man with a Horn"" --Milton Berle (comedian) - running ga…
scheduled: Buster Keaton; Teresa Brewer; Tessie O'Shea 0.0
December 22, 1963
Scheduled guests: --Buster Keaton --John Huston (director) --Teresa Brewer --George Kirby --Tessie O'Shea …
Hank Williams Jr. / Janet Blair / cast of Twice Over Nightly 0.0
December 29, 1963
Guests: --Hank Williams, Jr. - ""On The Bayou,"" ""Your Cheatin Heart"" & ""Lonesome Blues"" (and possibly ""Cold, C…
Count Basie Orchestra / Keely Smith / Sister Sourie (Singing Nun) 0.0
January 5, 1964
Guests: --The Singing Nun (Sister Sourire) - ""Hallelujah,"" ""Dominique,"" & ""Les Piedes des Missionaires"" (perfo…
Connie Francis / Frank Sinatra, Jr. / Stiller & Meara 0.0
January 12, 1964
Guests include: --Connie Francis - ""With A Song In My Heart,"" ""I Left My Heart In San Francisco,"" ""You're Nobod…
Bobby Vinton / Juliet Prowse / Pat Buttram 0.0
January 19, 1964
--Bobby Vinton - medley: ""If You Knew Susie,"" ""When My Baby Smiles at Me"" and ""Yankee Doodle Dandy"" --Dick Alb…
scheduled: Eddy Arnold; Van Heflin; Sidney Blackmer 0.0
January 26, 1964
Scheduled guests: --Van Heflin and Sidney Blackmer (actors, scheduled to appear in a scene from their Broadway play "…
Ella Fitzgerald / Sammy Davis Jr. 0.0
February 2, 1964
Guests: --Ella Fitzgerald - ""Them There Eyes"" --Sammy Davis Jr. - ""Without A Song"" -- Sammy Davis Jr. & Ella…
Beatles (1st appearance) / Oliver Broadway cast 0.0
February 9, 1964
Guests include: --The Beatles (first appearance): All My Lovin,'Til There Was You, She Loves You, I Saw Her Standing …
Beatles (2nd appearance) / Mitzi Gaynor 0.0
February 16, 1964
--The Beatles (2nd appearance): She Loves You, This Boy, All My Lovin', I Saw Her Standing There, From Me to You and I …
Beatles (3rd appearance) / Cab Calloway 0.0
February 23, 1964
--The Beatles (3rd appearance): Twist and Shout, Please Please Me and I Want to Hold Your Hand (Pre-recorded Beatles se…
George Raft / Jack Carter / John Byner 0.0
March 1, 1964
Guests: --George Raft (Hollywood star) - scheduled to appear in a tango sequence with the Hugh Lambert dancers --Ja…
Dave Clark Five / A Salute to American Composers 0.0
March 8, 1964
Dave Clark Five - ""Glad All Over"" ""A Salute to American Composers"" --Jerry Vale - ""Ah, Sweet Mystery"" & ""Y…
Dave Clark Five / Peter O'Toole / Jack Jones 0.0
March 15, 1964
--Dave Clark Five - ""Do You Love Me,"" ""Bits and Pieces"" and ""Glad All Over"" Other guests: --Peter O'Toole (…
Bobby Vinton / Van Johnson / The Ladybugs 0.0
March 22, 1964
Guests: --Van Johnson - ""Just One of Those Things"" & ""I'm A Ham"" --Bobby Vinton - ""My Heart Belongs to Only Y…
Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers 0.0
March 29, 1964
Guests: --Harry Belafonte --Jack Carter (comedian) --The Kessler Twins Additional guests (scheduled to appear…
The Searchers / scheduled: Rowan & Martin; Senor Wences 0.0
April 5, 1964
The Searchers – ""Ain't That Just Like Me"" & ""Needles and Pins"" Other guests (scheduled): --Dan Rowan & Dick…
Moscow State Circus (taped in Minneapolis, MN) 0.0
April 12, 1964
Moscow State Circus (taped in Minneapolis, MN): Taped show with guests: --Oleg Popov (clown, appears throughout the…
Al Hirt / Roberta Peters / Itzhak Perlman / Kim Sisters 0.0
April 26, 1964
--Al Hirt - ""Begin the Beguine"" & ""Cotton Candy"" --Al Hirt & Roberta Peters - ""The Shadow Song"" --Itzhak Perl…
Stevie Wonder / Gerry and the Pacemakers 0.0
May 3, 1964
Guests: --Stevie Wonder - ""Fingertips"" --Gerry and the Pacemakers - ""Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying"" & ""…
Dusty Springfield / Gerry & the Pacemakers / Itzhak Perlman 0.0
May 10, 1964
Guests: --Dusty Springfield - ""Stay Awhile"" & ""I Only Want to Be with You"" --Gerry and the Pacemakers - ""I Li…
scheduled: Paul Anka; McGuire Sisters; Rita Pavone 0.0
May 17, 1964
Guests (2nd half of show): --Totie Fields (comedian) --The Mansville Marching Band - ""When The Saints Come Marchi…
Liza Minnelli / Duke Ellington / The Beatles (on film) 0.0
May 24, 1964
--The Beatles (on film) - movie clip of ""You Can't Do That"" from ""A Hard Day's Night"" - song was cut from final edi…
Dave Clark Five / Bill Cosby / Helen Hayes 0.0
May 31, 1964
Guests: --Dave Clark Five – ""Can't You See That She's Mine"" & ""Do You Love Me"" --Bill Cosby --Helen Hayes…
Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas / Alec Guinness 0.0
June 7, 1964
Guests: --Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas - ""Pride,"" ""Little Children"" and ""Bad to Me"" --Alec Guinness (cameo …
Sammy Davis Jr./ A filmed tour of the JFK Library exhibit 0.0
June 14, 1964
Guests: --Sammy Davis Jr. - ""My Kind of Town (Manhattan),"" ""Where Do I Belong?"" ""Gonna Build Me A Mountain"" & …
Debbie Reynolds (on film) / Trini Lopez / Harve Presnell 0.0
June 21, 1964
--Ed introduces the 50 candidates for the title of ""National College Queen,"" then announces the 6 finalists. --On fi…
Bobby Vinton / Connie Francis / Frank Sinatra / Ferrante & Teicher 0.0
June 28, 1964
Guests: --Frank Sinatra - cameo, brings out anniversary cake, sings ""My Kind of Town"" --Bobby Vinton - ""Tell Me…
scheduled: Kay Stevens; Myron Cohen; Jerry Vale; Allen & Rossi 0.0
July 5, 1964
Scheduled guests: --Jerry Vale --Kay Stevens --Allen and Rossi (comedy duo) --Myron Cohen (comedian) --Brasc…
Steve Lawrence / Helen Shapiro / Geula Gill 0.0
July 26, 1964
Scheduled guests: --Steve Lawrence --Helen Shapiro - ""Tip Toe Through The Tulips"" --Geula Gill (Israeli vocali…
Della Reese / the Highwaymen 0.0
August 16, 1964
Guests: --Della Reese - ""Nobody's Sweetheart"" & ""His Eye Is On The Sparrow"" --The Highwaymen (vocal-instrument…
Bert Lahr / Rita Pavone / The Kim Sisters 0.0
September 6, 1964
Guests (show taped earlier in the season): --Bert Lahr - ""Schneider's Miracle"" --Rita Pavone (Italian pop singer…