The Ed Sullivan Show

Since the late 1940s, video has been a basic in American culture. A place that was very important in American boob tube history is The Ed Sullivan image, created by Ed Sullivan and Marlo Lewis in 1948. The institute lasted until 1971, making it the abundantest running variety test in history and the twenty-fourth longest running convey in primetime history. The show aired on CBS from 800-900 pm after being enter in what was eventu completelyy named, The Ed Sullivan Theater. The Ed Sullivan disposition lasted as long as it did because it was able to target all audiences in the hour show, which was unity of the first goggle box programs truly to do so.It was cancelled in 1971 because of the proficient advances of television which make every television program available to any whizz, at any time. Although juvenile(prenominal) variety shows have been incredibly popular, The Ed Sullivan Show is the most important variety show to date because of its appeal to all ages. An a greeable argument is that both the Milton Berle Show and The Steve Allen show had great talents and victor as variety shows. The Milton Berle show was started in 1948 by host Milton Berle, who became one of the most famous television show hosts ever.His nickname developed into Mr. tv because of how great a host he was. The show aired originally on the radio and then the idea of the public use of television sparked its television debut. Milton Berle was so advantageful as host, which is evident in the situation that while on the radio, the show went through with(predicate) four different hosts in the lead it reached him, and then did not change after that point1-6. Another variety show that showed great success on television was The Steve Allen Show. The show debuted some(prenominal) astonishing new acts of all kinds.Steve Allen himself was innovative, jovial, and whimsical2-15, which made him apart of the show with jokes and clowning skits. His talents helped the show trem endously. The shows comedy talents were so famous that a few years after the show was cancelled The Steve Allen Comedy hr was aired on CBS to pay tribute to the original show. While The Milton Berle Show, and The Steve Allen Show can be viewed as very important variety shows, they were not as appealing to all age groups and were not well-rounded shows.The Ed Sullivan Show was so successful as a variety show for so galore(postnominal) reasons. One of the most important part of the success was Ed Sullivan himself. Before fitting a television host, Ed worked back the scenes as a writer for newspapers and a producer of many television programs. He began pen as a maneuvers columnist and continued writing sports with many different papers all over the country until 1929 when he became a Broadway columnist3-17. Ed began to learn about show business through Broadway writing and shortly after began producing one time shows on television.During conception War II Ed worked as the maste r of ceremonies at many relief effort shows, where people began knowing him as a host. Ed Sullivan made a great host because he was not the holy host with a sparkly personality. He put the focus on the acts by introducing them, and then stepping off to let the performer(s) do what he engage them to do. Ed did nothing, but he did it better than anyone else on television-Alan King4-9. Ed helped give the show its glory. He was named 50 of TV Guides 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time which demonstrates the value Ed gave to the show5-9.He was alike a brilliant businessman. Ed exceedingly wanted to be a household name because the to a greater extent he was nationally recognized, the more bills and sponsors he could bring to the show. Mr. Sullivan was paid $164,000 a year, and for that time, that amount of money was incredible even for a television personality, but Ed move a simple variety show into a phenomena6-19. Another launch of the shows success was the new talent scouted by Ed a nd the producers. The baby boomers were becoming the new market in pop culture, and The Ed Sullivan Show captured the caution of the baby boomers with all the talent.Ed Sullivan caught the youngs notice and then kept it and influenced it with bringing in new talent. Ed brought the love of English shudder to America. On February 9th, 1964 the Beatles appeared live on television for the first time in America. Ed Sullivan noticed the obsession with the Beatles while in England with his wife and made a deal with Brian Epstein that the Beatles would perform three Sundays in a row on the show for $10,0007-4. About 73 cardinal people tuned in to watch the Beatles perform, which equates to nearly 60% of all TVs in America watching8-4.That was one of the biggest TV viewing in television history. After bringing in The Beatles and really launching Beatle heat in the United States, Ed starting focusing on other English rock bands and discovered talents such(prenominal) as The Rolling Ston es, The Animals, asshole and Gordon, etc. 9-4 With all the new talents, Ed brought in many new comedians too. Ed founded the careers of many famous comedians, and shortly after starting the show, any new up-and-coming comedian wanted to be on the Ed Sullivan Show because it meant a start of a career for them.If Ed held that they were funny enough to be on his show, than America would soon agree with that. The Ed Sullivan Show was so successful as a variety show because of the shear number of types of performers that starred on the show. First and foremost, theatrical and tuneful acts shaped the Ed Sullivan Show. Everything from Broadway music to classical, to rock and roll was played on the show. Ed also enjoyed different dancers a lot so in that location was everything from ballet to jazz. He also loved showing movie clips and parts of Broadway plays.A Second key genre of acts was comedy. It was one act that the whole family watched and enjoyed in concert no matter what comedian or the type of comedy. Ed also focused on just kids with comedy. There was a ten-inch tall puppet named Topo Gigio that was apart of the show for eleven years. 10-8 Topo Gigio along with other kid enjoin comedy gave the show a softer side, which helped it compete with a show such as The Wonderful World of Disney. The Ed Sullivan Show had so many other acts that kept it shuffled.Sometimes there would be episodes dedicated to one theme, which broke up the usual shows and would be an hour-long episode to pay tribute to soulfulness or something. Sometimes athletes would appear to give advice about how to play their sport or just to talk to Ed. Some of those athletes include Mickey mantel and Willie Mays. 11-2 Another very interesting type of performance would be a random celebrity in the audience coming up on stage to talk to Ed or to give an impromptu performance, which kept the show and audience members on edge.Ed Sullivan produced one of the most important television shows in hi story because of its impact on the careers of many and the world of television. ENDNOTES 1. Williams, Mark. The Milton Berle Show. Editorial. The Museum of penetrate tttttttCommunications. 2011. Web. 22 Nov, 2011. http //www. museum. tv/eotvsection. php? ttttttttentrycody=miltonberle. 2. Pack, Lindsay E. Saulovich, Johnny. The Steve Allen Show. Editorial. The Museum of ttttttBroadcast Communications. 2011. Web. 22 Nov, 2011. 3. Ed Sullivan Is Dead at 73Charmed Millions on TV. The new-sprung(prenominal) York clock 14 Oct. tttttttt1974 n. pag. 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