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>> television has grown faster than a teenager, and now it is time to grow up. ♪ ♪ ♪ the tv was the center of the house. i dont remember a time without tv. >> by 1960, essentially every household in america had a television. it was a new way of bringing the world to you. >> when something big happened on television, it really did happen to the entire country and impacted the entire country at the same time. >> keep an awakened eye on the world. >> suddenly television was the ma...

>> no. >> no. >> why? >> it is very difficult. >> easy. >> advertisers wanted everybody. and so they got everybody. a little kid and his grandparents could watch the same show. >> they would have an elephant on, and then the next thing somebody doing shakespeare, and the next thing, a comic. there would be an acrobat and then an opera singer the next bit, which was true variety. ♪ go downtown ♪ ♪ things will be great when youre downtown ♪ >> anything that was current was on "the ed sulli...

>> advertisers wanted everybody. and so they got everybody. a little kid and his grandparents could watch the same show. >> they would have an elephant on, and then the next thing somebody doing shakespeare, and the next thing, a comic. there would be an acrobat and then an opera singer the next bit, which was true variety. ♪ go downtown ♪ ♪ things will be great when youre downtown ♪ >> anything that was current was on "the ed sullivan show." >> a young richard pryor. >> thank you, thank...

>> he always looked as if he was a bit lost. people thought it was because he was tiddly, that was part of the charm. >> here he is, ed sullivan. ♪ ♪ [ applause ] >> thank you very much. thank you. >> no matter who controlled the tv set the other nights of the week, on sunday night 8:00, you were going to watch ed sullivan. >> now, ladies and gentlemen, a very fine act -- >> ed sullivan was a phenomenon. he was a powerful force. >> quiet, please. quiet. >> the beauty of the sullivan kind of ...

He was a powerful force. >> quiet, please. >> the beauty of the sullivan kind of variety show is that if you didnt like something, something else would be around in four minutes. >> no. >> no. >> why? >> it is very difficult. >> easy. >> advertisers wanted everybody. and so they got everybody. a little kid and his grandparents could watch the same show. >> they would have an elephant on, and then the next thing somebody doing shakespeare, and the next thing, a comic. there would be an acrobat an...

But that was part of the charm. >> here he is, ed sullivan! ♪ >> thank you. >> no matter who controlled the tv set the night other nights of the week, sunday night at 8:00, you were going to watch ed sullivan. >> now, ladies and gentlemen, a very fine novelty act. >> ed sullivan was a phenomenon. he was a powerful force. >> quiet, please. >> the beauty of the sullivan kind of variety show is that if you didnt like something, something else would be around in four minutes. >> no, johnny, no. >>...

>> ed sullivan was a phenomenon. he was a powerful force. >> quiet, please. >> the beauty of the sullivan kind of variety show is that if you didnt like something, something else would be around in four minutes. >> no. >> no. >> why? >> it is very difficult. >> easy. >> advertisers wanted everybody. and so they got everybody. a little kid and his grandparents will watch the same show. >> they would have an elephant on, and then the next thing somebody doing shakespeare, and the next thing, a com...

>> he always looked as if he was a bit lost. people thought that it was because he was tiddly. but that was part of the charm. >> here he is, ed sullivan! ♪ >> thank you. >> no matter who controlled the tv set the night other nights of the week, sunday night at 8:00, you were going to watch ed sullivan. >> now, ladies and gentlemen, a very fine novelty act. >> ed sullivan was a phenomenon. he was a powerful force. >> quiet, please. >> the beauty of the sullivan kind of variety show is that if ...

But that was part of the charm. >> here he is, ed sullivan! ♪ >> thank you. >> no matter who controlled the tv set the night other nights of the week, sunday night at 8:00, you were going to watch ed sullivan. >> now, ladies and gentlemen, a very -- >> ed sullivan was a phenomenon. he was a powerful force. >> quiet, please. >> the beauty of the sullivan kind of variety show is that if you didnt like something, something else would be around in four minutes. >> no. >> no. >> why? >> it is very ...

Because he was tiddly. but that was part of the charm. >> here he is, ed sullivan! ♪ >> thank you. >> no matter who controlled the tv set the night other nights of the week, sunday night at 8:00, you were going to watch ed sullivan. >> now, ladies and gentlemen, a very -- >> ed sullivan was a phenomenon. he was a powerful force. >> quiet, please. >> the beauty of the sullivan kind of variety show is that if you didnt like something, something else would be around in four minutes. >> no. >> no....