The Ed Sullivan Show
Barry McGuire / scheduled: Liza Minnelli; Harlem Globetrotters
TV Flash files “Barry McGuire / scheduled: Liza Minnelli; Harlem Globetrotters” as hour 474 of 690 in the TV Flash guide — The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971) on CBS, season 19, episode 8, aired 1965-10-31, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S19E08: listed hour 474 of 690 in the The Ed Sullivan Show guide, hour 8 of 42 in season 19. It aired 1965-10-31 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Marvin Gaye / Herman's Hermits / Duke Ellington” (S19E07). Next is “Righteous Brothers / Peggy Lee / Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass” (S19E09). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Barry McGuire / scheduled: Liza Minnelli; Harlem Globetrotters sit in the The Ed Sullivan Show guide?
S19E08 is listed hour 474 of 690 — hour 8 of 42 in season 19, season 19 episode 8.
When did The Ed Sullivan Show S19E08 air?
Barry McGuire / scheduled: Liza Minnelli; Harlem Globetrotters aired 1965-10-31 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 19
- S19E01 The Beatles (4th live appearance) / Cilla Black
- S19E02 series now in COLOR: Red Skelton / Dino, Desi & Billy
- S19E03 Sonny and Cher / Leslie Uggams / Gertrude Berg
- S19E04 Judy Garland / Tom Jones / Peter Sellers
- S19E05 Supremes / Petula Clark / Woody Allen / Wayne Newton
- S19E06 Sam the Sham / The Animals / Sid Caesar / Pat Boone