Monday, September 18, 2006
51 years ago today, CBS television (on the date of their 28th birthday as a network) changed the name of popular variety show Toast Of The Town to what most people already called it anyway: The Ed Sullivan Show.
Having already been on the air for the better part of a decade, the distinctive (and easy to parody) mannerisms and speaking patterns of Ed Sullivan, not to mention his undeniable (if not overt) charisma, made it impossible to overlook the host in favor of the acts. While it's true that the acts took center stage on The Ed Sullivan Show, it was always clear who's stage it was.
Having already been on the air for the better part of a decade, the distinctive (and easy to parody) mannerisms and speaking patterns of Ed Sullivan, not to mention his undeniable (if not overt) charisma, made it impossible to overlook the host in favor of the acts. While it's true that the acts took center stage on The Ed Sullivan Show, it was always clear who's stage it was.
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