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The classic prime time variety show most famous for its vaudeville acts and rock music performances.The classic prime time variety show most famous for its vaudeville acts and rock music performances.The classic prime time variety show most famous for its vaudeville acts and rock music performances.
- Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 6 wins & 7 nominations total
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- TriviaThe program was a victim of the "Rural Purge." In 1970, CBS was derisively called "The Country Broadcasting System." The next year, Chief of Programming Fred Silverman ordered several highly-rated shows canceled because their audience was considered too old or too rural. Other canceled shows included Hee Haw (1969) (which aired in first-run syndication until 1997), Lassie (1954) (which aired in first-run syndication until 1974), The Beverly Hillbillies (1962), and Green Acres (1965).
- ConnectionsEdited into Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles (1974)
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Great Music and a Lot of Filler
What everyone remembers are the Beatles and Elvis. What they forget is what people were forced to sit through.
This was before Tivo, videotape, or streaming. The only way to see the classic performances was to sit through 40 minutes of tedious bad circus performers, over the hill vaudeville comics with jokes that were old before you were born, and corny schmaltzy over the top "singers."
If you had to work, or even ran to the bathroom, you missed it. This also means even the greatest performances on Sullivan became badly overrated. The Beatles were amazing songwriters, but as live performers were just slightly better than average. Elvis was amazing live, that is, before his Vegas days. But on Sullivan they notoriously censored him from the waist down.
So watch, but be prepared to fast forward a lot. A lot. You'll finish a 40 minute episode in seven minutes.
This was before Tivo, videotape, or streaming. The only way to see the classic performances was to sit through 40 minutes of tedious bad circus performers, over the hill vaudeville comics with jokes that were old before you were born, and corny schmaltzy over the top "singers."
If you had to work, or even ran to the bathroom, you missed it. This also means even the greatest performances on Sullivan became badly overrated. The Beatles were amazing songwriters, but as live performers were just slightly better than average. Elvis was amazing live, that is, before his Vegas days. But on Sullivan they notoriously censored him from the waist down.
So watch, but be prepared to fast forward a lot. A lot. You'll finish a 40 minute episode in seven minutes.
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