The Ed Sullivan Show
Henry Fonda / Peggy Lee / Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks / Paul Anka
TV Flash files “Henry Fonda / Peggy Lee / Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks / Paul Anka” as hour 275 of 690 in the TV Flash guide — The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971) on CBS, season 14, episode 18, aired 1961-02-12, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S14E18: listed hour 275 of 690 in the The Ed Sullivan Show guide, hour 18 of 40 in season 14. It aired 1961-02-12 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Dorothy Dandridge / George Jessel / Pete Fountain / Barry Sisters / Errol Garner” (S14E17). Next is “Lucille Ball / Rowan & Martin / Wayne & Shuster / Jack Carter” (S14E19). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Henry Fonda / Peggy Lee / Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks / Paul Anka sit in the The Ed Sullivan Show guide?
S14E18 is listed hour 275 of 690 — hour 18 of 40 in season 14, season 14 episode 18.
When did The Ed Sullivan Show S14E18 air?
Henry Fonda / Peggy Lee / Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks / Paul Anka aired 1961-02-12 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
If you want heat, start with Elvis’s first 1956 booking, then the Beatles on February 9, 1964. If you want the machine itself, glance at the 1948 opener, then jump to the crime scenes.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Sunday as a rope line: Sullivan’s clipboard decided who got to be loud in the living room. Watch the bookings as foreign policy — Elvis cropped, Beatles admitted, lyrics policed — and the feuds that still read like a publicist calling a freeze-out a scheduling conflict.
Flash: it is Sunday, the set is a Sunday best, and a man who looks like your accountant is about to decide whether America gets to scream. The Ed Sullivan Show was not a variety hour. It was a rope line with a full orchestra. Booking was foreign policy. One slot could mint a legend; one freeze-out could send a comic back to the Catskills with a publicist already calling it a misunderstanding. The museum wants a civic story about shared culture. I want the clipboard. Who got the eight o’clock heat. Who got the…
Filed against
- Ed Sullivan as Host
Ed Sullivan ruled Sunday night variety as the stone-faced kingmaker who put the Beatles — and every comic who needed a break — in American living rooms. Booking wars and censorship dust-ups made him hero or villain depending on the week.…
- Ray Bloch as Orchestra leader
Ray Bloch led the orchestra on The Ed Sullivan Show — Sunday as a rope line with strings, a bandleader under twenty-three years of living-room gatekeeping. Booking was foreign policy; the downbeat was Bloch’s. TV Flash still hears the…
- Ralph Paul as Announcer
Ralph Paul announced The Ed Sullivan Show — the Sunday-night voice that told a nation who was about to be loud. Booking was foreign policy; the clipboard was Ed’s. Paul was the rope line’s spoken architecture. TV Flash still hears the…
Also in season 14
- S14E01 David Seville & the Chipmunks (puppets) / Red Buttons / Patachou
- S14E02 Bob Newhart / Mickey Rooney / Danny Thomas / McGuire Sisters
- S14E03 scheduled: Johnny Mathis; Peggy Lee; the Dave Brubeck Quartet; Mort Sahl
- S14E04 scheduled: Jack Carter; Gordon & Sheila MacRae; Crosby Bros.; Erroll Garner
- S14E05 From Chicago: Charlton Heston; Benny Goodman; Mahalia Jackson; Bob Newhart
- S14E06 Dick Van Dyke / Chita Rivera / Shirley Bassey