The Ed Sullivan Show
Mamas and the Papas / Richard Pryor / Alan King
TV Flash files “Mamas and the Papas / Richard Pryor / Alan King” as hour 548 of 690 in the TV Flash guide — The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971) on CBS, season 20, episode 40, aired 1967-06-11, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S20E40: listed hour 548 of 690 in the The Ed Sullivan Show guide, hour 40 of 42 in season 20. It aired 1967-06-11 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Young Rascals / Harry James Orchestra / Rodney Dangerfield” (S20E39). Next is “20th Anniversary: Diahann Carroll; Spanky & Our Gang” (S20E41). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Mamas and the Papas / Richard Pryor / Alan King sit in the The Ed Sullivan Show guide?
S20E40 is listed hour 548 of 690 — hour 40 of 42 in season 20, season 20 episode 40.
When did The Ed Sullivan Show S20E40 air?
Mamas and the Papas / Richard Pryor / Alan King aired 1967-06-11 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 20
- S20E01 Rolling Stones / Louis Armstrong / Robert Goulet
- S20E02 Jackie Mason / Herman's Hermits / The Peanuts
- S20E03 Supremes / Nipsey Russell / Ethel Merman
- S20E04 Four Seasons / Connie Francis / Gwen Verdon
- S20E05 scheduled: Petula Clark; Richard Pryor; Allan & Rossi
- S20E06 Four Tops / Eddie Albert / Carroll Baker / Allan Sherman