The Beatles’ optræden på The Ed Sullivan Show i tresserne – 1964 og 1965 – er berømt og veldokumenteret. Men i anledning af 50-året for gruppens dannelse udsendes de fire shows, hvor gruppens optrådte, i deres helhed, dvs. inklusive alle Beatles’ numre (20 ialt), alle andre indslag og reklamespots. Og så selvfølgelig lidt ekstramateriale, som det sig hør og bør med den slags udgivelser. I nyrestaurerede udgaver.
Efter sigende så 73 millioner amerikanerne disse shows, og de var med til at starte Beatlemania derovre. Det interessante ved denne udgivelse er ikke kun, at vi får lejlighed til endnu engang at se gruppens optræden i en forbedret kvalitet, men også får en fornemmelse af den tid og ikke mindst det amerikanske tv-medies status anno dazumal.
Disc 1:
1. Ed’s Opening
2. All My Loving
3. Till There Was You
4. She Loves You
5. Fred Kaps – Magician
6. I’ll Do Anything For You
7. As Long As He Needs Me
8. Frank Gorshin – Comedian/Impressionist
9. Terry McDermott – Audience Bow
10. Tessie O’Shea – Show Tunes Medley
11. McCall & Brill – Comedians
12. I Saw Her Standing There
13. I Want To Hold Your Hand
14. Wells & The Four Fays – Acrobats
15. Ed’s Goodnight
16. Ed’s Opening
17. She Loves You
18. This Boy
19. All My Loving
20. Sonny Liston – Audience Bow
21. Joe Louis – Audience Bow
22. Allen and Rossi – Comedians
23. It’s Too Darn Hot
24. Mitzi Gaynor – Medley Of Hits
25. The Nerveless Knocks – Acrobats
26. Myron Cohen – Comedian
27. I Saw Her Standing There
28. From Me To You
29. I Want To Hold Your Hand
30. Ed’s Goodnight
31. Bonus Material – Ed mentions The Beatles
32. Bonus Material – Ed promotes next week’s debut of The Beatles
33. Bonus Material – Ed talks about The Beatles’ Miami Show and the Clay-Liston Fight
Disc 2:
1. Ed’s Opening
2. Twist & Shout
3. Please Please Me
4. Safety In Numbers
5. Pinky & Perky – Puppets
6. Morecambe & Wise – Comedians
7. Acker’s Lacquer
8. Gordon & Sheila MacRae – “Gary Moore Show” Take-Off
9. Dave Berry – Comedian
10. St. James Infirmary
11. Ol’ Man River
12. Morty Gunty – Comedian
13. I Want To Hold Your Hand
14. Ed’s Goodnight
15. Ed’s Opening
16. Soupy Sales – Comedian
17. September In The Rain
18. Fantasio – Magician
19. I Feel Fine
20. I’m Down
21. Act Naturally
22. Allen and Rossi – Comedians
23. Goin’ Out Of My Head
24. The Mouse
25. Ticket To Ride
26. Yesterday
27. Help
28. Ed’s Goodnight
34. Bonus Material – Ed talks about “A Hard Day’s Night”
35. Bonus Material – Ed interviews The Beatles in London
36. Bonus Material – Ed and Topo Gigio impersonate The Beatles
37. Bonus Material – Ed tells the audience The Beatles have been awarded MBE titles by Queen Elizabeth II
38. Bonus Material – Ed mentions The Beatles will appear next week
39. Bonus Material – Ed intros a commercial featuring Beatle dolls
40. Bonus Material – Ed recieves a telegram from The Beatles