Fifth Dimension / Imogene Coca / Ferrante & Teicher

December 7, 1969
60 min
Season 23 - Episode 11: Fifth Dimension / Imogene Coca / Ferrante & Teicher

Season 23 - Episode 11: Fifth Dimension / Imogene Coca / Ferrante & Teicher

The Ed Sullivan Show - Backdrop

Overview

Guests: --Fifth Dimension - ""Wedding Bell Blues"" & medley (""People Got to Be Free"" & a musical version of the Declaration of Independence) --The Fifth Dimension sing ""Happy Birthday"" to Rudolph Friml (the oldest member of ASCAP). --Ferrante & Teicher (two pianists) - theme from ""Midnight Cowboy"" --Imogene Coca (comedian) - does stand up routine about an aggressive sales woman who forces Coca into radical Hippie garb --Tony Sandler & Ralph Young - ""Put On A Happy Face"" & ""The 59th Street Bridge Song"" (""Feelin' Groovy"") --Richard Tucker (Metropolitan tenor wearing clown suit) - sings the aria from the opera ""Pagliacci"" --Ron Carey (stand-up comedian, topic: Catholic football team) --Burch Mann's Ballet America (twelve dancers) --Feller Brothers & Dodo (high wire act from West Berlin) --Audience bows: Irene Papas, Yves Montand, Irving Rudd & Mrs. Bob Gibson; and a group of wounded Vietnam veterans CBS repeated this show on August 2, 1970.

Episode Information

TV Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

Season

Season 23

Episode Number

11

Air Date

December 7, 1969

Runtime

60 minutes

Guest Stars

Yves Montand

Yves Montand

Self