The Ed Sullivan Show See America with Ed Sullivan: Chicago (Season 14, Episode 5)
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TV Episode | 60 min | Music, Talk-Show

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The Ed Sullivan Show

See America with Ed Sullivan: Chicago (Season 14, Episode 5)

TV-G

TV Episode | 60 min | Music, Talk-Show

Guests (from various Chicago sites): --Charlton Heston at Northwestern University. Ed talks with Heston about his days at Northwestern. Heston recites the Carl Sandburg poem "Chicago." --Mahalia Jackson (gospel singer) sings "How Great ...See moreGuests (from various Chicago sites): --Charlton Heston at Northwestern University. Ed talks with Heston about his days at Northwestern. Heston recites the Carl Sandburg poem "Chicago." --Mahalia Jackson (gospel singer) sings "How Great Thou Art" to group of children. --Benny Goodman (clarinetist) - "Running Wild" and, at the Art Institute, plays with Chicago's Fine Arts String Quartet. --Bob Newhart (stand-up comedy routine: school for bus drivers,Chicago) Segment probably filmed at Loyola University. --Edgar Bergen (ventriloquist, with Charlie McCarthy) - Bergen wears a Viking helmet while they tell a story about the Vikings. --Delores Gray (musical-comedy star) - "Alexander's Ragtime Band" --The Swe-Danes (vocal-instrumental trio) - "The Swe-Dane Shuffle" and "Cukoo Bird" -- Medinan Black Horse Troop (Black Horse Guards) - equestrian troupe ride in a formation parade. Throughout the program Sullivan visits different Chicago sites: Ed walks through O'Hare Airport and shows footage of Butch O'Hare in Navy plane; Hull House; Colorado Cowboys at Stock Yard; footage of Johnny Weismuller at swimming pool; the Chicago water tower shown; Ed talks about the 1871 Chicago fire; aerial footage of stock yards; livestock auction; and the Chicago Art Institute. See less

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Ed Sullivan Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Edgar Bergen Self - Ventriloquist Self - Ventriloquist See fewer	Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
The Fine Arts String Quartet Themselves - Instrumentalists Themselves - Instrumentalists See fewer	The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Benny Goodman Self - Clarinetist Self - Clarinetist See fewer	Allied (2016)
Dolores Gray Self - Singer Self - Singer See fewer	The Opposite Sex (1956)
Charlton Heston Self - Dramatic Reading Self - Dramatic Reading See fewer	Ben-Hur (1959)
Mahalia Jackson Self - Singer Self - Singer See fewer	Mississippi Burning (1988)
Charlie McCarthy Self - Ventriloquist's Dummy Self - Ventriloquist's Dummy See fewer	Letter of Introduction (1938)
The Medinan Black Horse Troop Themselves - Equestrian Troupe Themselves - Equestrian Troupe See fewer	The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Bob Newhart Self - Comedian Self - Comedian See fewer	Elf (2003)
The Swe-Danes Themselves - Vocal-instrumental Group Themselves - Vocal-instrumental Group See fewer	Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1955)