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 variety show, something else would be on in four minutes. why? it s very difficult. advertisers wanted everybody, and so they got everybody. a little kid and his grandparents would watch the same show. they would have an elephant on, then the next thing someone
but that was part of the charm. here he is, ed sullivan! 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. ed sullivan was a phenomenon. he was a powerful force. the beauty of the sullivan kind of variety show is that if you didn t like something, something else would be around in four minutes. no, no, it is very difficult. advertisers wanted everybody. and so they got everybody. a little kid and his grandparents to 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 then an opera singer, which was true