Impresario: The Life and Times of Ed Sullivan (88 page)

5
“We were in London last September …”:
Press-Enterprise
, Riverside, California, June 14, 1964.

6
“Well, as I always said …”: Peter Prichard, interview with author.

7
“Brian was a friend of mine …”: Peter Prichard, interview with author.

8
“Brian was a bright guy …”: Bob Precht, interview with author.

9
“He was excited about the story …”: Spizer, Bruce.
The Beatles Are Coming! The Birth of Beatlemania in America.
New Orleans, LA: 498 Productions, 2003.

10
“Ed, as always, had a quick reaction …”: Peter Prichard, interview with author.

11
“There were girls …”:
The New York Times
, February 8, 1964.

12
“Will you sing for us?…”:
Ibid.

13
“Do you hope to get haircuts …”: Davies, Hunter.
The Beatles: The Authorized Biography.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968, p. 195.

14
“Everybody already knows who the Beatles are …”: Ed Sullivan as quoted by Bill Bohnert, from interview with author.

15
“McCartney said that he and John …”: Beatles comments, as quoted by Vince Calandra, interview with author.

16
“I would like for you …”: Sullivan, quoted by Vince Calandra, interview with author.

17
“I don’t believe this …”: Bob Precht, quoted by Vince Calandra, interview with author.

18
“just as Ringo was sitting down …”: Bill Bohnert, interview with author.

19
“The oldsters outdid the kids …”: Goldsmith, Martin.
The Beatles Come to America.
Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2004, p. 161.

20
“The door of the truck was open …”: Bill Bohnert, interview with author.

21
“This was the best it was ever going to be …”: Ringo Starr, as quoted by a Sullivan secretary, retold by Bill Bohnert, interview with author.

22
“In their sophisticated understanding …”:
The New York Times
, February 10, 1964.

23
“imported hillbillies who look like sheepdogs …”: Goldsmith, p. 147.

24
“I was offended by the long hair,”: Spizer, p. iv.

25
“the uncertainty of the times …”: Davies, p. 196.

26
“set up an hour-long din …”:
The New York Times
, November 4, 1964.

27
“That’s a possibility …”:
Ibid.

Chapter Sixteen

1
“We got it into our heads …”: Booth, Stanley.
The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones.
Chicago: A Capella Books, 2000.

2
“I know that these men are controversial entertainers …”: Letter from Eric Easton to Sullivan, dated January 25, 1965, from Sullivan personal papers.

3
“We were deluged with mail …”: Letter from Sullivan to Rolling Stones manager, dated February 8, 1965, from Sullivan personal papers.

4
“We will be presenting Ed …”: New York
Herald-Tribune
, March 20, 1964.

5
“very, very generous.”:
Ibid.

6
“He was totally in charge …”: Jackie Mason; all quotes from Mason anecdote, from interview with author unless otherwise noted.

7
“a variety of four-, ten-, and eleven-letter words …”:
The New York Times
, February 24, 1965.

8
“I’ll destroy you …”:
Ibid.

9
“insubordination and gross deviation …”:
The New York Times
, October 20, 1964.

10
“although I don’t know why …”:
The New York Times
, January 29, 1966.

11
“He always had stage fright …”: John Moffit, interview with author.

12
“orgasmic insurance.”: Lax, Eric.
Woody Allen: A Biography.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991, p. 189.

13
“When the storm abated …”:
Ibid.

14
“is unquestionably one of the …”:
The New York Times
, September 13, 1965.

15
“I did everything I could …”: Bob Precht, interview with author.

16
“Shut your mouth …”: Sullivan, quoted by Russ Petranto, production assistant, interview with author.

17
“I was booked for the next Sunday …”: Joan Rivers, interview with author.

18
“but the fans figured it out …”: Jim Russek, interview with author.

19
“Either the song goes, or you go.”: Sandford, Christopher.
Mick Jagger: Rebel Knight.
London: Omnibus Press, 2003, p. 104.

20
“Fuck off, mate”: Mick Jagger, quoted by Vince Calandra, interview with author.

21
“I remember once I came in …”: Joan Rivers, interview with author.

22
“He was always very nice to me …”: Barbara Gallagher, interview with author.

23
“A couple times he had me come over …”: Vinna Foote, interview with author.

24
“You know there was …”: Jim Russek, interview with author.

25
“invented the Broadway column …”:
Ladies Home Journal
, June, 1967.

26
“As we both grew older …”: Winchell, p. 320.

27
“Walter, don’t ever let …”:
Ibid.

28
“You watched
The Ed Sullivan Show
…”: All quotes from Doors anecdote, Ray Manzarek, interview
with author, unless otherwise noted.

29
“a smugness in their attitude …”: Jim Russek, interview with author.

30
“There was never a doubt …”: Bob Precht, interview with author.

Chapter Seventeen

1
“from Joplin, Missouri,”: Sullivan, quoted by Bill Bohnert, interview with author.

2
“it had more resonance …”: George Carlin, interview with author.

3
“Ed
adored
Richard,”: Russ Petranto, interview with author.

4
“Whatever happened to
The Ed Sullivan Show
?…”:
Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin
, January 25, 1970.

5
“The changeover in audience composition …”: Irwin Segelstein, interview with author.

6
“We made every effort …”: Bob Precht, interview with author.

7
“establishment shows.”: The Milwaukee Journal, January 13, 1969.

8
“We didn’t know what to do …”: Mike Dann, interview with author.

9
“Fuck ’em, we’ll do …”: Bowles, p. 196.

10
“Who’s on the show tonight?”: Mary Lynn Shapiro, interview with author.

11
“Well I’ll be a …”: Bowles, p. 203.

12
“grand tradition,”:
Ibid.

13
“I was indeed sorry …”: J. Edgar Hoover letter to Sullivan, dated April 7, 1971, from Sullivan personal papers.

14
“You know, I could write a song …”: Susan Abramson, interview with author.

15
“I dragged him around …”: Sistie Moffit, interview with author.

16
“How about that?…”: Sullivan, quoted by Jerry Vale, interview with author.

17
“in a period of deep reminiscence …”: All quotes from Delmonico interview,
Show
magazine, summer, 1971.

18
“I got the feeling …”: Rob Precht, interview with author.

19
“For my own taste, Nixon …”:
The New York Times
, November 4, 1972.

20
“a classic of comedy …”:
Los Angeles Times
, September 20, 1971.

21
“a powerful stabilizing influence …”: United Press International, March 23, 1971.

22
“What goes next? The Bill of Rights?…”: The
Cleveland Press
, March 23, 1971.

23
“I spoke to the wax museum …”: The
Daily News
, January 15, 1972.

24
“He was truly a fourteen-carat …”: Gabler, p. xiv.

25
“We would have made it …”:
The New York Times
, April 9, 1972.

26
“She took care of him like a hawk …”: Joan Rivers, interview with author.

27
“was not feeling too well …”:
Variety
, March 28, 1973.

28
“just keeping himself very busy …”:
Ibid.

29
“He went to Danny’s Hideaway …”: Jerry Vale, interview with author.

30
“When Sylvia died …”:
Ibid.

31
“I saw him on Broadway, very forlorn …”: Bill Gallo, interview with author.

32
“You son of a bitch …”: all Shecky Greene quotes, interview with author.

33
“My grandfather very abruptly …”: Rob Precht, interview with author.

34
“We had consulted with his doctors …”:
National Enquirer
, November, 1974.

35
“faithfulness to the serious arts.”: Bowles, p. 212.

36
“an American landmark.”:
The New York Times
, October 17, 1974.

37
“Ed had a remarkable quality …”:
Ibid.

38
“Bennett Cerf’s widow …”: The
Daily News
, October 14, 1974.

Epilogue

1
“I definitely think he had a sense …”: Rob Precht, interview with author.

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