The Ed Sullivan Show

From Chicago: Charlton Heston; Benny Goodman; Mahalia Jackson; Bob Newhart

TV-G
S14 • E5    Nov 6, 1960    60m
Filmed in Chicago (the 2nd in Sullivan's ""See America"" series) Guests (from various Chicago sites):

--Charlton Heston at Northwestern University. Ed talks with Heston about his days at Northwestern. Heston recites the Carl Sandburg poem ""Chicago."" --Mahalia Jackson (gospel singer) sings ""How Great Thou Art"" to group of children.

--Benny Goodman (clarinetist) - ""Running Wild"" and, at the Art Institute, plays with Chicago's Fine Arts String Quartet. --Bob Newhart (stand-up comedy routine: school for bus drivers, Chicago) Segment probably filmed at Loyola University. --Edgar Bergen (ventriloquist, with Charlie McCarthy) - Bergen wears a Viking helmet while they tell a story about the Vikings.

--Delores Gray (musical-comedy star) - ""Alexander's Ragtime Band"" --The Swe-Danes (vocal-instrumental trio) - ""The Swe-Dane Shuffle"" and ""Cukoo Bird"" -- Medinan Black Horse Troop (Black Horse Guards) - equestrian troupe ride in a formation parade. Throughout the program Sullivan vi

Where to Watch The Ed Sullivan Show - S14 • E5

  • Ed SullivanSelf - Host
  • Mahalia JacksonSelf
  • Charlton HestonSelf

 

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