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Was doing shakespeare. an acrobat, an opera singer the next bit. which was true variety. ♪ ♪ >> anything that was current was on the ed sullivan show. >> richard pyle. >> thank you. >> rodney danger field. >> everybody wanted a showcase. if you got on sullivan, you could talk about it. did you see sullivan? >> my whole life i didn't get no respect, no respect from anyone. >> as a performer, you couldn't get a better place to sell your product. [ applause ] >> when i started out, they would say, variety is a man's game. dean, milton berle, the guys. variety is what i knew.

He was a powerful force. >> quiet, please. >> 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. >> 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 gre...

>> thank you. >> joan rivers. >> rodney dangerfield. >> everybody wanted a showcase. if you got on sullivan, you knew you could talk about it. did you see sullivan? >> my whole life i don't get no respect. no respect from anyone. >> as a performer you couldn't get a better place to sell your product. >> when i started out, they would say variety is a man's game. it's dean, it's milton berle, it's jackie gleason, you know, it's the guys. but variety is what i know. i felt it was in my genes to do this. >> oh! [ yelling like tarzan ] >> she had been so good on the garry moore show, she always kn...

>> 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 didn't 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 comic. there would be an acrobat and then an opera singer the next bit, which was true variety. ♪ do...

Bit, which was true variety. ♪ downtown ♪ things will be great when you're ♪ ♪ downtown >> anything that was current was on "the ed sullivan show." >> a young richard pryor. >> joan rivers. >> rodney dangerfield. >> everybody wanted a showcase. if you got on sullivan, you knew you could talk about it. did you see sullivan? >> my whole life i don't get no respect. no respect from anyone. >> as a performer you couldn't get a better place to sell your product. >> when i started out, they would say, variety is a man's game. it's dean, milton berle, jackie gleason, you know, it's the guys. ...