The Ed Sullivan Show - The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show - Volume 2 - The Greatest Entertainers DVD (1991)

No one had a better eye for talent than Ed Sullivan. That simple fact was confirmed by the broad range of incredible talent he brought to his Broadway stage between 1948 and 1971. In the second installment of The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show, Burt Reynolds introduces another stellar cast of performers from the greatest variety show in the history of television. Over 10,000 performers and celebrities appeared on his stage including the most spectacular ensemble of stars from the worlds of entertainment, sports, and politics. From over 1,000 hours of these classic performances, this second volume of The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show brings you the biggest names in comedy, Broadway, variety, pop and rock captured live in the prime of their careers. Special Features Unseen for over 20 Years, the material in this volume includes: Amazing dance performances from the likes of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and Gwen Verdon Classic comedy routines from George Carlin, Richard Pryor and the Smothers Brothers Musical standards from Tom Jones, Nat "King" Cole and Johnny Mathis The kings of rock "n" roll including The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Creedance Clearwater Revival and Ike & Tina Turner Product Description

Partial Performances

Why would you entitle a production "Unforgettable Performances" and then forget to include a single performance in its entirety? January 12, 2008

Fresh!

So interesting and so well done! This is a great DVD> Anyone over 45 will have a trip down memory lane! An excellent tranfer too! November 1, 2007

Great gift for Parents!

My parents who grew up watching Ed Sullivan loved this as a Christmas gift! February 19, 2007

Made for the MTV crowd

I suspect the five-star reviews of this DVD were written by spammers working for the company that sells it.

These compendium DVDs are routinely made by stupid jackasses who figure our attention span is only 10 seconds (the MTVers) so there's no point in showing an entire performance. What we get here is Carol Burnett talking about Ed Sullivan and occasionally throwing out little snippets of the acts. We get only a few seconds of the comedians and novelty acts, though they sometimes provide a whole song, other times a fraction of the song. This format is so annoying I didn't much like the DVD. February 12, 2007

The really really big sheww

Watching Ed Sullivan on Sunday night was an American tradition. He came out with his squinchy little body and his upraised hands and told us all that it was going to be a 'really big really big sheww' . 'Let's hear it for Curtis Le May from SAC. He 's going to bomb the Commies into Smithereens' Down there in the front row say a big hello to one of the great champeens of all time. Let's hear it for Jack Dempsey'
Ed would begin that way introducing the celebrities and warming us for Toppo Gigio the Little Italian Mouse or for , a young man from Memphis , Tennessee ( Ed could hardly hide the distaste as he pronounced the words ) Elvis Presley. "
The video contains records of some of the highlight performances, and also an interview with Ed and his wife Sylvia.
Highlights are wonderful, but my sense is that putting together a package in which the complete shows as they came on at the time would give a dimension no excerpts can. June 12, 2006

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