Edward Vincent " Ed " Sullivan ( September 28, 1901 – October 13, 1974 ) was an American entertainment writer and television host, best known as the presenter of the TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show.

* The Roy Green Show, a political and entertainment based show hosted by Roy Green that airs on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, primarily on the Corus Radio Network.

When composer Jerome Kern proposed turning the very serious Show Boat into a musical, Ferber was shocked, thinking it would be transformed into a typical light entertainment of the 1920s.

Show Band, more commonly known as Traditional Style Band, refers primarily to marching bands geared towards crowd entertainment, and perform on fields ( for example, a football field ).

In 1952, Bosley Crowther called The Greatest Show on Earth a " lusty triumph of circus showmanship and movie skill " and a " piece of entertainment that will delight movie audiences for years ":

The audience of children could never compete in the ratings with such entertainment / news shows as The Today Show, although Captain Kangaroo won Emmy Awards three times as Outstanding Children's entertainment series in 1978 – 1979, 1982 – 1983 and 1983 – 1984.

The day after the final concert, he was interviewed on NBC's Today Show about the origins of his support for Amnesty International and he stated: " I've been a member of Amnesty and a support member for five years, due to an entertainment event called The Secret Policeman's Ball and before that I did not know about Amnesty, I did not know about its work, I did not know about torture in the world.

In December, 1983, the trio made inarguably their most famous British TV appearance on the BBC's popular entertainment magazine program, Show Business, in which they screamed in unison at the camera that they " loved " and " wanted " cult London pirate radio comedian Mark Gould for Christmas.

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan.

The Black and White Minstrel Show was a British light entertainment show that ran on BBC television from 1958 to 1978 and was a popular stage show.

* In P G Wodehouse's book " The Mating Season ", PC Dobbs, who happens to be a fervent Agnostic / Atheist, left the County Talent Show at the local hall early because he didn't like the entertainment and went home to " smoke a pipe and read Robert G. Ingersoll ".

And, as the show landed a pair of Emmy Awards in that first year ( the show itself, for Best Kinescope Show ; and, Berle as Most Outstanding Kinescoped Personality ), Uncle Miltie ( he first called himself by that name ad-libbing at the end of a 1949 broadcast ) joked, preened, pratfell, danced, costumed, and clowned his way to stardom, with Americans discovering television as a technological marvel and entertainment medium seeming to bring the country to a dead stop every Tuesday night, just to see what the madcap Berle might pull next.

In February 2005, Scallon returned to the world of entertainment when she spent time on the RTÉ television series The Afternoon Show In 2006, she and dancer Ronan McCormack were paired together in the RTÉ celebrity dance series Celebrity Jigs ' n ' Reels.

* The 4 O ' Clock Show ( Chat show, incudling children's entertainment )

In 1950, she became the first woman of color to have her own TV show, The Hazel Scott Show, featuring a variety of entertainment.

"; Best in Show, in which he portrayed " Buck Laughlin ," a dog show announcer who offered up an unending stream of bad jokes and off-color comments ; Waiting for Guffman, in which he played " Ron Albertson ," a travel agent who performs in amateur stage productions with his wife ; This Is Spinal Tap, in which he played a lieutenant on the military base where Spinal Tap play ; and For Your Consideration as an obnoxious entertainment television show anchor.

Through the 1990s, a new shopping experience was developed for the Show, with entertainment high on the agenda and a mission to provide everything for the home in one environment.

It is a long-held popular myth that the 1977 Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show, which attracted 28 million viewers ( around half of the total UK population at the time ) was a record for a single light entertainment broadcast in Britain.

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, also called RodeoHouston or abbreviated HLSR, is the world's largest live entertainment and livestock exhibition.

Langford was a featured dancer in BBC One's popular light entertainment series The Hot Shoe Show which she co-presented with Wayne Sleep.

In the 1970s and 1980s he appeared in popular ITV programmes such as Give Us a Clue, Child's Play and The 6 O ' Clock Show, a live current affairs and entertainment programme shown only in the London Weekend Television region.

Season 3 was scheduled to air on May 31, 2005, but in that month, Chappelle stunned fans and the entertainment industry when he abruptly left during production of the third season of Chappelle's Show and took a trip to South Africa.

Kaku has appeared on The Opie and Anthony Show a number of times, discussing popular fiction such as Back to The Future, Lost, and the theories behind time-travel that these and other fictional entertainment focus on.

Their performance on The Ed Sullivan Show two days later would mark the beginning of the British Invasion.

During the late 1990s, she dabbled in acting for a while, guest starring on The Wayans Bros, That ' 70s Show, and Ally McBeal before doing a limited engagement performance in Broadway's Smokey Joe's Cafe.

Show and the legendary list of performers ( including a performance by James Brown that many critics have called the best of his career ) marked a high point for Jan and Dean, as they were the hosts and one of the main featured acts as well.

Show performance ( in 3 parts and HD )

Freak Show was also a stage performance by a theater company at the Archa Theater in Prague that premiered on November 1, 1995, and a comic book.

Following a performance of the song on The Tonight Show, there was a large public outcry from Toledo residents.

* February 9 – The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, marking their first live performance on American television.

The band gained widespread notoriety when, one minute into a live 1989 TV performance on the BBC's The Late Show, the power failed, prompting Ian Brown to repeatedly roar " Amateurs!

Each episode ended with an extended instrumental performance of " The Muppet Show Theme " by the Muppet orchestra before Statler and Waldorf gave the last laugh of the night.

In January 1997, Queen performed " The Show Must Go On " live with Elton John and the Berjart Ballet in Paris on a night in which Freddie Mercury was remembered, and it marked the last performance and public appearance of John Deacon, who chose to retire.

On October 1, 1993, Hicks was scheduled to appear on Late Show with David Letterman, his 12th appearance on a Letterman late-night show, but his entire performance was removed from the broadcast — then the only occasion where a comedian's entire routine was cut after taping.

In 1883 Omaha hosted the first official performance of the Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show for eight thousand attendees.

That, along with huge pre-sales and a cast performance on The Ed Sullivan Show, helped ensure the expensive production was a hit.

On February 19, The Tavis Smiley Show broadcast included a performance of " Reflection " from Prince's Musicology album.

Immediately after their Woodstock performance, the band appeared on The Dick Cavett Show and played a few songs.

Robeson received excellent reviews and, coupled with his performance in the 1928 London production of the musical Show Boat, went on to worldwide fame as one of the great black artists of the twentieth century, while Gilpin faded into obscurity.

Elements of popular culture that appear as backdrops to the main story include the song " If I Were a Rich Man ", from Fiddler on the Roof ; a recorded orchestral performance of The Beatles ' song " Yesterday "; The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ; and televised boxing matches.

The studio clips were straightforward performance films shot at Abbey Road Studios on 19 May, especially for broadcast on The Ed Sullivan Show and prefaced by a spoken introduction from Ringo.

On April 3, while still recuperating in Jackson, Perkins would see Presley perform " Blue Suede Shoes " on his first Milton Berle Show appearance, which was his third performance of the song on national television.

On August 4, 1955, The Jimmy Durante Show on NBC was the venue of the final performance by the famous Brazilian singer Carmen Miranda.

Recently, Clifton appeared on The Opie & Anthony Show to promote a performance at Santo's Party House in New York City.

Carrey received critical acclaim for his chameleonic performance and won a Golden Globe — his second win in a row after receiving an award for The Truman Show previously.

Sullivan's reaction to Presley's performance on the Milton Berle Show was, " I don't know why everybody picked on Presley, I thought the whole show was dirty and vulgar.

" and the Red Hot Chili Peppers's " Dani California ", have all parodied the Sullivan Show style of performance