This is my favorite comment

Ed Sullivan knew how to put his own preferences aside and give the people what they wanted. He really WAS a tastemaker and for us, as kids in the middle of America, he showed us things we never would have been able to see otherwise and did it without any New York attitude.

I did notice that a couple of the guys were wearing only vests, no shirts underneath. Even that was probably a little risque!

Great to see this quote. Thx.

This quote made me happy.

More words to that song,"we'd fight and never lose." Oh but the world has lost that spiritual elusive quest of peace and love from those days of long ago,and society suffers for it today.

@@debchancy2066 we seem to have lost our way. I'm hopeful we will endure this dark era and more folks will see that division and hate will only destroy us. If we are to flourish we need to care for each other and the Earth. Cool to see Ed with love beads.

That's a deep cut.

We'd sing and dance forever and a day.....

boomers ruined it

When I look from that to this, I cannot believe it is the "same' world.

@@debchancy2066 It's not the same world, we are now under demonic attack, even the Love generation couldn't fend it off.

Yeah blame the powers that shouldn't be behind the TV and music industry

brotzmannsax, that's what's called progress. Sad, isn't it, for those of us who really believed the age of Aquarius had come.

​@@CourtTV. blame social media and technology.

I was looking for Diane Keaton.

@@Ma_Ba - Unfortunately, I believe Diane had already left the Broadway cast by this time as her stint with the play lasted about 9 months. The show opened in April of 1968 and this Ed Sullivan appearance was nearly one year later.

@@shyman99 Thank you for the facts of the run! Though I am a fan of hers, I only knew she was in Hair from her talk show interview(s). My individual connection with Hair was from a high school clothed production I saw when I was younger kid in an audience. The lyrics served me to get my father to stop hitting me because they raised my consciousness, so profoundly life altering effect of art. ("Easy to be kind" got me to call him a hypocrite because on a macro level, he intended better.)

Melba always gave more than most

Lmaooo They sure did. My aunt n uncle were sooo over protective of their daughter who was a teen in the late 60 bc hippies were the IN thing in that era.😅😅

@@agentgringo5238 My mom too. Ugh.

How did we go from that to this in half a century?

Ed toked

Some of the squares in the audience looked like they didn't know what hit them. Lol.

I think about that too. I think i spotted Melba Moore who went on to broadway, tv and recording successes. This clip is about potential to me

The past is the past. Golden Age of Humanity incoming. Help out, or step aside. Boomer here and I amVERY aware.

@@hughcooper1856 3:24 The blonde one is Heather MacRae

@@ediewall6360 GenXer here, how do you see it panning out Edie ?

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Let's not forget Liza Minelli's interpretation of "Frank Mills"!

Don’t want to forget the Beatles!

I just saw this show in a local theater production in my area in South Jersey. I forgot the real meaning of the show until I saw it. It's 55 years ago...not sure we learned anything.

I hope they show that too. Love the 5th Dimension.

Oh, man, I sure can relate. Wireless mics have been a nightmare and a curse on every show I've tech'd in the past 30 years or so. This is a brilliant bit of live stagecraft.

Very possible they were lip syncing - so many of the music acts on that show did.

@@KevinBMorrow Good point

@@KevinBMorrow I wonder if they couldn’t help actually singing along, too, though. What a vibe!

Remember how eclectic his show was? You'd have Eydie Gorme followed by a Bulgarian Circus troupe followed by Joey Bishop. I miss those days, even if I was a mere lad.

@@costernocht Yes! Mr. Sullivan invited so many wonderful entertainers to his show…. and I, too, miss those good old days! 🥰

@@costernocht Those saucer spinners! Topo Gigio! Nureyev & Fonteyn! etc, etc, etc...

@@alanaronald244 Señor Wences! Joan Sutherland! Rodney Dangerfield!

@@alanaronald244 finally someone who remembers my boy Gigio!

She was amazing. Flesh Failures from the original recording always gives me chills.

I often wonder whether the music wasn't composed with her stellar ability in mind. Her work made it hard to reprise - we all had her brilliant renditions in our heads,

I thought "Aquarius" was Ronnie Dyson's lead. What's the story here?

Melba Moore is singing the high harmony on the "facing a dying nation, of moving paper fantasies..." part

It's so nice to hear those clean clear notes

Saw Hair in Los Angeles summer 1970. Wow!😮. ✌️

@Paula S We are about to witness the rebirth of the fight. BLM, environmental justice, women's rights, LGBTQ rights...the longing for freedom and justice didn't die-its just been dormant. It's waking up, and the youth are leading us. Never give up!

You have NO CLUE as to what is coming. Most people , like you, are uninformed b/c they have listened to mainstream media lies. The Golden Age of Humanity is incoming. I am involved and have known and been waiting for this for 16 years. Get ready to help out. And unplug the damn TV!

its only getting worse

@@Julie-bq6iz As long as there is breath, there is hope.

You will see. The Golden Age of Humanity is around the corner. Better than hippies dreamed of.

​@@ediewall6360 i hope you are right, even tho I'll probably be dead by then. I have no plans to return, either.

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He did attend the August 1965 Beatles concert at Shea Stadium (56,000 +, the largest gathering for pop act up to that time).

@@Scoundrel12131965 You sure ot wasn't 1964 Beatles first concert. Thats when my mom came to this country and drove past the stadium and had no clue what was going on. Next day she found out who the Beatles were. She said kids were all around the stadium amd girls screaming for them Lol

I wasn't referring to the Beatles first Ed Sullivan show appearance of 1964 (of course he was there for that). Also, while the Beatles did many stadium concerts in 1964 they did not appear at Shea Stadium (a much larger stadium that when the Beatles appeared there was full to capacity) until August 1965.

@@Scoundrel12131965 I also meant to say the Shea stadium concert in 1964

They should bring it back to Broadway.

Same. Right when I read your comment I was hit with chills

The recording of the performance (on CD & probably streaming) is the next best thing :)

@@amherst88 Ooh! I'll have to look for that. I saw the '79 movie when I was a teen and loved it! I know it wasn't the same thing as seeing the live musical though. Thanks for the suggestion!✌️

It was amazing, life changing for many of us.

Peaceful until the cops came after you. Peaceful until they sent the National Guard out to shoot kids protesting the infinitely disgraceful Vietnam War. Way too many of the adults absolutely despised peace, love and the idea of changing anything for the better. They hated the music and burned lots of records, they despised the art, they hated the clothing, they couldn't stand the idea of their kids getting together with other kids who had a different skin color. The FBI had a file on everybody and assassinated all of our heroes. What's even worse, all those reactionaries are still here. Different generation maybe. But the same rotten attitude.

Wish I could go back to that time ,, so disappointing today.

Who R you kidding? It’s an anti-Viet Nam war theme! And anti every war!

Well said 🙏

We are creators!!!!! The dark powers that were, over this planet are being removed right now. We have work to do. We must bring in the Golden Age o Hunanity

Gangsta Culture killed off all hopes and beauty.

He treated all groups with respect and MANY foreign groups.

The Golden age of Humanity is incoming. Call it the Age of Aquarius if you wish.

Bert was one of the unsung heroes of Woodstock. Thanks for sharing your story, very cool 🌞

@@laurastrobel718 You're welcome. Yeah I read later on that he signed on with one record label that was different than the rest of who else was signed on. I'm not sure how that happened or why. Take care. 😊✌️

@@trudy285 Thanks Trudy, same to you 🌞💓🕊️

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Do not lose your optimism. The Golden Age of Humanity is incoming. Go within and welcome it. I KNOW what is coming b/c I am involved. No saviors. Helpers, yes, WE must roll up our sleeves and make this happen

They had that special deal where you could get half price tickets within 30 minutes to show time. I lived in Hollywood. Saw it three times there.

Ed Sullivan could feature diversity AND get sponsors for his TV show. Very rare in the '50s.

@@billstotts2346 As a young black kid in Brooklyn, it was required viewing as it was entertaining, and the only opportunity to see black artists perform..I didn't realize how valuable the experience was at the time.

@@edreid7872 I couldn't agree more! These artists launched into history from the Ed Sullivan Show. That was where I first saw Sly and the Family Stone, and then I went to their live shows.

@@billstotts2346 I saw the Sly performance recently, and it was so interesting to see the audience's reaction..by the look on many faces, they were not ready for them as they took the performance into the aisle..🤭

I get more of a meritocratic vibe from Ed and not so much the skin deep, racism of progressivism.

Milford not Melford but thanks for the info! Sad he died so young.

Boomer here. You have MUCH reason for optimism. Go within and feel the incoming of the Golden Age of Humanity! I am involved. Incoming over 7,000 technologies kept from us by the dark Globalists et al. Our entire world is changing. it is the Age of Aquarius! Inform yourself and lend a hand. WE are the ones we have been waiting for. Helpers,yes, but NO Saviors. Any savior would only stunt our own growing process.

Ah, the draft lottery. A friend and I got #1 and #2, respectively. That was in the second draw, in 1970.

I’m glad you’re still with us! ✌️🌻

Movie was lacking something?

Yes, I remember him

Oh God yes. He's the greatest singer I ever heard.

@@EM-fd8xe I was young, but saw the original play in NYC and remember him singing the opening song. He had a great voice.

@@1582len Wow! You're so lucky! Thank you for sharing that great memory!

@@EM-fd8xe Yes I was pretty lucky about that. It was a great play.