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    The Ed Sullivan Show

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    television has been a staple in American culture. A show that was very important in American television history is The Ed Sullivan Show‚ created by Ed Sullivan and Marlo Lewis in 1948. The show lasted until 1971‚ making it the longest running variety show in history and the twenty-fourth longest running show in primetime history. The show aired on CBS from 8:00-9:00 pm after being filmed in what was eventually named‚ The Ed Sullivan Theater. The Ed Sullivan Show lasted as long as it did because it was able

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    The Television Revolution

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    opportunity for upcoming musicians‚ and it has continued to develop innovative ways to market music. Variety shows quickly became one of the main television programs that provided opportunities for performers to gain attention and create large followings for their music‚ style and fashion. Programs like ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ and ‘The Nat King Cole Show’ pioneered the way for music shows including Countdown and Rage that used increasingly sophisticated graphics to hold audience’s attention. They

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    television. The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV show on CBS that aired from Sunday June 20‚ 1948‚ to Sunday June 6‚ 1971‚ and was hosted by Ed Sullivan. All sorts of guest were asked to perform on the show. These guest included popular artists‚ ballet dancers‚ songwriters‚ opera singers‚ comedians‚ dramatic actors‚ and circus acts were regular performers.25 On September 9‚ 1956‚ Elvis Presley made his first appearance on the show. According to biographer Michael David Harris‚ "Sullivan signed Presley

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    Y eso es precisamente lo que ha hecho y continua haciendo nuestra Lucecita. Países como España‚ Estados Unidos‚ México‚ Rusia‚ Argentina‚ Cuba‚ Santo Domingo‚ Colombia‚ Panamá y otros‚ han tenido el enorme privilegio de contar con su presencia en sus escenario. | |   | En los años sesenta‚ época que musicalmente se conoce como La Nueva Ola‚ surge en Puerto Rico una vocalista extraordinaria que‚ con su fuerza interpretativa y su figura delgada y simpática‚ cautivó inmediatamente a todos los puertorriqueños

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    Fame Good Or Bad

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    are you?’" The classic cautionary tale of "what do you want‚ who are you?" is soon to be revisited in the upcoming 50th anniversary of one of America’s most legendary television shows. On an unforgettable Sunday evening in February 1964‚ with nearly 75 million watching‚ The Beatles debuted in America on the Ed Sullivan Show‚ a performance that made them the most popular performers in the world. Six short years later‚ the group disbanded amidst acrimony and lawsuits. If they had it to do over again

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    have a sense of comfort because they felt like The Beatles were talking directly to them with the use of “you” and “your”. Music also acts as a social adhesive for people who attend concerts‚ it creates a sense of community(). When observing the Ed Sullivan Show‚ you can see the girls holding hands and looking at each other‚ as if they’re looking for some type of

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    Richard Pryor Paper

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    19 March 13 Richard Pryor Ever wonder who and/ or what formed much of today’s comedy? How fame changes people? Well‚ there was one name in show business that audiences everywhere connected with years ago. His name was Richard Pryor. Richard Pryor was a man with a less flattering background‚ an interesting employment history‚ and a comedic style that every modern day comedian wanted to copy. His life‚ his story‚ his experiences made him who he was‚ a dynamic‚ life-changing‚ comparative‚ man

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    Two Kinds by Amy Tan

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    the television show‚ The Ed Sullivan Show‚ she decided to let Jing Mei be a prodigy in music. So she found a retired piano teacher for Jing Mei that willing to give lessons in trade of weekly house cleaning. Soon‚ Jing Mei was asked to go to a talent show to display her great talent in piano. She was very confident and thought that her prodigy do exist. However‚ her unpractised play embarrassed her family and herself. She felt that her mother would be disappointed at her after the show‚ but oppositely

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    held a rock concert called “The Moondog Coronation Ball” in 1952‚ where black and white teens were both present with no segregation. “Rock n’ Roll” had taken steps toward desegregating America in the 1950’s. The creation of film and television shows in America was steadily growing with the creation of color TV sets. The color TV was limited in the fifties because of how expensive a color TV set cost‚ and because of how few programs were broadcast in color. The number of drive-in movie theatres

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    “Keep your sunny side up‚” Ggramps says on page 215 of the book Sunny Side Up by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm. There are In this essay you will learn about three differentdiffrent times when Ssunny copes with her life. With Ddale‚ her brother‚ getting addicted to drugs and how she is sentgets send to her grandpa’s house over the summer. The theme of the book is just like what Ggramps says‚ “Aalways keep your sunny side up” even when life isn’t what you thought it would turn out to be. The

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