Show Memories Of Ed Sullivan The recent death of Ed from touched the memories of millions of The Ed Sullivan television show was the big one on Sunday nights for more Americans than any other in the post war IT WAS the beginning of the television era and a newspaper man without a glib entertainer's offered viewers a good variety show without hamming it He was too smart to be or show-biz At this height of he was a relatively unaffected That was obvious immediately on the first occasion this writer met HIS especially the casting if you'd call him was As with so many in New the pressure had made unmannered AT ONE stage in my programmed I threatened not to go on the my determination was appreciated and the staff gave in and ended the Sullivan wasn't On the night of the he went out of his way to be gracious to a great group of fighter pilots I had assembled in New who were the subjects of a book I had AN AIDE asked if I would like to visit with Sullivan in his dressing room before the show and I walked back to the general most television hosts don't want to meet their guests until they are actually on the Sullivan was more cordial than any of his staff the doctor usually Is once past the was rambling around his room talking and HE WAS completely unaffected but under He asked if my group would like to visit Toots Shor's with John Daly I Bob after the Of never learned who paid the tab for this for some ten of to my AS WE people continued to stick their heads through Sullivan's telling him how little time was we were minutes from the Sullivan was still dressing and couldn't find a HE LAUGHED and said it would be a great show if his pants fell off as he went on I pulled off my belt and it on within sixty seconds of stage The show went Afterwards we spent several pleasant hours at Shor's famous Not one of us that night was allowed to pay for a But I had gone on the show without a belt and deserved |