The Four Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Featring The Beatles And many more...

here they Are! For the first time ever - four of the most beloved shows in telivision history! It all begins on Febraury 9, 1964. The Beatles step onto Ed Sulivan's New York stage to make their American TV debut. 73 million Americans tune in to CBS that magical Sunday night and Beatlemania is born! These are the four historic Ed Sullivan Shows that featured The Beatles unforgettable live appearances - 20 timeless songs, 7 of them Number 1 hits! These are the four complete one-hour Ed Sullivan shows as they aired in February and September 1965.You will also marvel at many other legendary performers from the worlds of music, comedy, novelty and Boradway - and the original commercials that were part of these historic broadcasts. These are the Ed Sullivan Shows that launched the "British Invasion." So kick back on your sofa, push play and float downstream. Product Description

It is just like being there, exactly as those who were there

will tell you.

Immediately after watching the first of these, I cut my DA to Beatle. Didn't everybody?

Today some of it -- not The Beatles! -- embarrasses. Martin & Rossi and Soupy Sales were what passed as the highest of entertainment for many. Martin, as example, gives a stupidly juvenile taste of how Beatlemania infected absolutely everything: after that first show, one couldn't watch nearly any TV show without some mention of The Beatles (which no fan minded) -- and that began the next day, and continued to snowball during the week before The Beatles' second appearance!

The commercials are a hoot -- and the women's hairdos, all crisp and rigid with the glue labeled "hairspray".

And some is worthwhile: Frank Gorshin, who would later be "The Riddler" on "Batman". And the wonderful Cilla Black -- asked by Ed Sullivan where she's from, she's says, with that accent, "I'm frum LivERpool," and the is almost drowned out by audience screams at mention of the city.

Ed Sullivan had the most modern-appearing stage sets of any TV show of the day, and the best produced sound, and these really are history-making video recordings. Especially amazing is the transformation, in both length of hair and confidence, between their 1964 appearances, and the six-song pre-Shea Stadium appearance by which time they were absolutely on top. Paul on one side of the stage, Jon on the other, the beginning riffs of "Ticket to Ride" as he strolls across the stage to Paul's microphone. And Lennon playing the keyboards with his elbow . . .

It is just like being there, exactly as those who were there will tell you. And The Beatles looked just like themselves, which wasn't at all unexpected.

Must-have for Beatles fans, and for everyone else as well.

"Nothing is Beatle-proof!"
May 16, 2008

Ed Sullivan/The Beatles

This video has all the Beatles appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show way back in the late 60's. It is a MUST for any Beatles fanatic like myself. September 1, 2007

A slice of U.S. history

Most 50- and 60-somethings remember when the Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. But after watching this DVD, you'll be amazed at what you've forgotten -- Davy Jones as a child singing "I'll Do Anything" from Oliver, Frank Gorshin doing a hilarious -- and prophetic -- routine about movie stars running for office, and those Pillsbury commercials. You've also probably forgotten that the Beatles appeared on Sullivan four times -- with the last visit also being Sullivan's final black & white broadcast. This production only includes the shows in their entirety -- no bothersome commentary or interviews. April 29, 2007

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