Impresario: The Life and Times of Ed Sullivan (82 page)

Schaap, Dick. “How to Be a TV Immortal for Seventeen Years.” New York
Herald-Tribune
, June 20, 1965.

“Skolsky Didn’t Know Radio Is That Tough.”
Variety
, July 5, 1932.

Sobol, Louis. “A Bit of This and That About People and Things.”
New York Journal-American
, January 24, 1941.

Stewart, Sam. “TV Drops old favorites.”
Copley News Service
, April 5, 1971.

“Sullivan Apologizes on Draper As Public Indignation Grows.”
New York Journal-American
, January 25, 1950.

“Sullivan at 25G for Vegas Unit.”
Variety
, [Exact date unknown], 1958.

“Sullivan Begins 2nd Week at State.”
New York Journal-American
, September 3, 1942.

Sullivan, Betty. “My Daddy, Ed Sullivan.”
Family Circle
, May, 1957.

“Sullivan Directs Show at Loew’s State.” New York
Herald-Tribune
, September 2, 1938.

Sullivan, Ed. “B’Way Column Writing As Exposed by Ed Sullivan, Who’s One of ’em.”
Variety
, January 16, 1932.

Sullivan, Ed. “Don’t Make Me Laugh: Ed Sullivan Tells His Colorful Life Story.”
Ladies Home Journal
, June, 1967.

Sullivan, Ed. “I’m the Luckiest.”
This Week
, August 16, 1969.

Sullivan, Ed. “My Story.”
Colliers
, September 14, 1956 (three-part series). Sullivan, Ed. “The Ed Sullivan Story.”
New York Post
, March 21, 1956.

Sullivan, Ed. “The Greatest Acts I’ve Ever Presented.”
TV Guide
, January 16, 1953.

“Sullivan Gives Air Guests Paid Notice.”
Variety
, January 12, 1932.

“Sullivan Narrator at Chanukah Fete.”
New York Journal-American
, November 14, 1958.

Sullivan, Sylvia. “I’m Married to the Great Stone Face.”
Colliers
, June 21, 1952.

Sylvester, Robert. “Wrong Way, Right Way, and Ed’s Way.” The
Daily News
, October 15, 1974.

“That Winchell-Sullivan Feud Growing Hotter.”
New York Post
, October 16, 1956.

“Tempest in a TV Pot.”
Newsweek
, March 20, 1961.

“The
Toast of the Town” Time
, June 26, 1951.

“Toast of the Town.” Variety
, July 23, 1948.

Torre, Marie. “Ed Sullivan’s Opinions of TV and His Career.” New York
Herald-Tribune
, June 16, 1960.

Tosches, Nick. “Mr. Sunday Night.”
Vanity Fair
, July, 1997.

“Tremendous Empathy.”
Newsweek
, June 25, 1962.

“TV’s Amazing Ed Sullivan.”
Time
, Oct. 17, 1955.

Weiler, A.H. “Toast of Town in Pact with Fox.”
The New York Times
, March 4, 1953.

Wetzig, Mina. “Are You Jittery in Front of an Audience?”
TV Notes
, February 23, 1958.

Williams, Bob. “Sullivan Defends TV ‘Wasteland.’ ”
New York Post
, June 23, 1961.

Williams, Robert. “Sullivan Does About Face, Signs Elvis for 50G.”
New York Post
, July 13, 1956.

“Winchell vs. Sullivan.”
TV Guide
, October 14, 1952.

Endnotes

Prologue

1
“Oh … you mean Ed Sullivan.”: Harris, Michael David.
Always on Sunday, Ed Sullivan: An Inside View.
New York: Signet Books, 1968, p. 74.

2
“Dear Miss Van Home …”: Harris, p. 108.

3
“about the longest shot ever to have paid off in show business.”:
Time
, October 17, 1955.

4
“Public opinion …”:
The New York Times
, April 30, 1967.

5
“If he put his arm around you …”: Joan Rivers, interview with author.

6
“one of the fathers of rock ’n’ roll.”:
The New York Times
, September 13, 1965.

7
“One of the small but vexing questions …”: The New York
Herald-Tribune
, December 31, 1948.

8
“is unquestionably one …”:
The New York Times
, September 13, 1965.

9
“Ed literally came close to slapping me …”:
Vanity Fair
, July, 1997.

10
“He was a whole different man offstage …”: Jack Carter, interview with author.

11
“like it was built-in,”: Bill Gallo, interview with author.

Chapter One

1
“My father was …”: Sullivan, Ed, editor.
Christmas with Ed Sullivan.
New York: McGraw-Hill Company, 1959, p. 10.

2
“if only Danny were here.”:
Time
, October 17, 1955.

3
“That’s where my brother Danny …”: Ed Sullivan,
The Ed Sullivan Show
, author interview with viewer.

4
“Oh children!”: Sullivan, p. 5.

5
“marveling at the people …”: The
New York Journal-American
, interview with Sullivan, March 19, 1957.

6
“He could be very kind …”: Bowles, Jerry.
A Thousand Sundays: The Story of The Ed Sullivan Show.
New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1980, p. 81.

7
“As an athlete Ed …”: Harris, p. 50.

8
“real stinker.”: The
New York Post
, “The Ed Sullivan Story” by Ed Sullivan, March 19, 1956.

9
“You’ll find that all through your life,”:
Ibid.

10
“When we went up into Connecticut …”: The
New York Post
, “The Ed Sullivan Story,” by Ed Sullivan, March 20, 1956.

11
“Luckily, he sat near Bill Cigliano …”; Colliers, September 14, 1956.

12
“the farther I got from home …”: Sullivan, p. 7.

13
“beat the hell out of me” and “It was the first time …”:
Ladies Home Journal
, by Ed Sullivan, June, 1967.

14
“He didn’t think of Port Chester fondly …”: Betty Sullivan Precht, interview with author.

15
“It is not yet decided …”:
Port Chester Daily Item
, 1919, exact date unknown.

16
“To maintain a position …”:
Port Chester Daily Item
, May 20, 1919.

17
“Port Chester High sure came back …”:
Port Chester Daily Item
, May 24, 1919.

18
“Port Chester displayed …”:
Port Chester Daily Item
, May 28, 1919.

19
“Sullivan drove in …”:
Ibid.

20
“The slugging of Walker …”:
Port Chester Daily Item
, June 16, 1919.

Chapter Two

1
“He delivered his address …”:
Port Chester Daily Item
, June 26, 1919.

2
All headlines from
Port Chester Daily Item
, 1919.

3
“I never worked so hard …”: Harris, p. 53.

4
“ ‘Slim’ Kelly played a fine …”:
Port Chester Daily Item
, July 6, 1919.

5
“a laughingstock”: The
New York Post
, March 20, 1956.

6
“Oh, you Irish!”:
Ibid.

7
“Good for him …”:
Ibid.

8
“Even to a young Democrat …”:
Ibid.

9
“built up its sports page …”:
Port Chester Daily Item
, October 2, 1920.

10
“I read about the Hartford …”: Sullivan, p. 10.

11
All headlines from The New York
Evening Mail
, January-February, 1921.

12
“The Columbia
Spectator
…”: The New York
Evening Mail
, January 13, 1921.

13
“How do they wash …”: Harris, 57.

14
“The truth of the matter …”: The New York
Evening Mail
, February 12, 1921.

15
“The former class …”:
Ibid.

16
“I became more and more …”: Harris, p. 57.

17
“The challenge was met …”: The New York
Evening Mail
, May 14, 1921.

18
“Miss Wainwright ordered …”: The New York
Evening Mail
, 1922, exact date unknown.

19
“died a thousand deaths …”: The
Daily News
, September 10, 1937.

20
“hottest of the ‘hot’ spots …”:
Ibid.

21
“soft shoe man, tough guy, gambler …”: Bakish, David.
Jimmy Durante: His Show Business Career.
London: McFarland & Company, 1994.

22
“Moore, who is reported to be a Klu [
sic
] Klux …”: The New York
Evening Mail
, March 7, 1923.

23
“Slipping the gentle razzberry …”:
Ibid.

24
“Down and out a hundred Times,…”: The New York
Evening Mail
, July 25, 1923.

25
“At the club, we used to sit …”: The
New York Post
, March 28, 1956.

26
“Fay had just bought the Rendezvous …”:
Ibid.

27
“brought some sunshine …”: Bakish, p. 27.

28
“There are winsome girlies …”:
Ibid.

29
“When I knocked at Dempsey’s door …”: Harris, p. 58.

30
“more than a propaganda organ …”: The
New York Leader
, October 1, 1923.

31
“Printers Win …”: The
New York Leader
, October 5, 1923.

32
“Eugene V. Debs, former political prisoner …”: The
New York Leader
, October 1, 1923.

33
“Russian Workmen …”: The
New York Leader
, October 3, 1923.

34
“Instead of acknowledging …”: The
New York Leader
, October 1, 1923.

35
“Battling Siki, the Senegalese dark horse …”: The
New York Leader
, October 5, 1923.

36
“Army never got over …”: The
New York Leader
, October 26, 1923.

37
“It seemed in every way right …”:
The New York Times
, November 13, 1923.