Best Ed Sullivan Poems

...Sang like a whippoorwill, up high on a hill
   Played trumpet like Satchmo, with panache and skill
To watch that man tap-dance, gave even Gregory Hines a thrill
   As Ella Fitzgerald told us, 'Sam......

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...Grew up in the sixties
on Long Island, N.Y.,
where we had sidewalks,
and where you could walk,
to local stores, schools, or doctors,
or just your neighbor for a talk…
Summers went swimming,
at......

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...In the fifties life was simple
black and white you see
Elvis on Ed Sullivan
came across our used TV

Phones from Mother Bell
Rotary dial straight cords	
made way for Princess touch-tones
we n......

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...Beware The Ides of March 2023
 
Ides simply referred to first new moon, 
which usually fell between 
the thirteenth and fifteenth day
of a given month.

The following events all occurred
fift......

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...Charlie’s Angels, 
 Starsky and Hutch,
 Welcome Back Cotter,
 The Brady Bunch.
 I think I watched TV too much!

 Columbo,
 The Partridge Family,
 Lucille Ball,
 I must confess I viewed them ......

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...(to the tune of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)

It was 50 years ago today
That the Beatles had the chance to play
On Ed Sullivan’s iconic show – 
Can it really be so long ago?
So now it......

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...When I was but a lonely child
And all my friends were running wild
I'd sit for hours in front of our old
Black and white.

Skelton, Gleason, Lucy too
Talent that always ran so true
I'd sit and......

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...It seemed like only yesterday
That the Beatles came on the scene
And the music that they played
Excited all the teens

 They appeared on the Ed Sullivan show
 To a TV audience that was all aglow
As t......

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...Gone are the days of poodle skirts and bobbie socks,
classic cars and music that rocks.

The Ed Sullivan show and Elvis Presley’s gyrating hips,
guys racing their cars for pink slips.

No more ......

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...Not a cloud in the sky,
Sunday chicken set to fry.
That is how I recall those Summer days.

Playing ball just for fun,
ice cream when the day is done..
Watching my freckles pop out from the sun......

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...Between performers we did know
(Remember Topo Gigio?)
Ed Sullivan would introduce
New acts and sometimes he’d let loose
A revolution from his stage
For viewers of a certain age.

I was among t......

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...Toy Ukele not a Bellowing Bugle

What it certainly surely seemed like to me
Trump thinks he's a character cute as can be
And if of him you had a herd or battalion
Probably would appear as if a r......

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...I love my mom 
with unabashed cliche,
                    when we hug, when we 
                    telephone, cross this kanuk-country

she used to play guitar,
plaints and paradisios mostly,
......

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...Can you remember Lost in Space, Bonanza and Gunsmoke?
How about Leave it to Beaver—all the fun they`d poke?
The Dick VanDyke Show made us laugh, and so did Mr Ed.
And all the married couples had t......

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...How many of you remember “The Ed Sullivan Show”
The latest talent emceed by a mannequin like troll
Neck always seemed sore
Think he once swore
All the latest acts appeared on this Sunday ......

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