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[0:16] ..." Good evening ladies and gentlemen tonight live from New York. It's okay. If you may hear me it's stormy night in amazing thrilling greatest -- incredible exciting wonderful world fame most unusual"...
[0:45] ..." the 1960s watching it clumsily introduce my favorite comedians -- plate spinners the beatles Ella Fitzgerald in just about anybody else you can think of who mattered in show business including. Everyone's favorite most still oggo. And Jim's"...
[2:47] ..." In show business young out of the speak -- is in New York City and that is that many of them coming cabaret act and that eventually led to career producing vaudeville shows in New York City united in the 1930s."...
[3:09] ..." time. We are running into each other for a while -- to Elvis Presley in the country. That. This is a real decent fine boy wherever you go. Guys who accompany you over there who want"...
[3:57] ..." air felt a lot of people though he he would ever put Elvis Presley habit. Of. Course that -- the bases that we had -- some three times you get so much bad mail was file"...
[0:00]" Jordan rich and friends today my friend an author James Maguire talks a bit about his latest book entitled impresario it's the life and times of one of the 20 century's greatest showman. Ed Sullivan."
[0:16]" Good evening ladies and gentlemen tonight live from New York. It's okay. If you may hear me it's stormy night in amazing thrilling greatest -- incredible exciting wonderful world fame most unusual not."
[0:41]" great impresario. The story itself and i love the book because they grew up in the 1960s watching it clumsily introduce my favorite comedians -- plate spinners the beatles Ella Fitzgerald in just about anybody else you can think of who mattered in show business including. Everyone's favorite most still oggo. And Jim's book explores its life from his early days is a tough Broadway beat reporter. To Sullivan's lonely days at the top of the showbiz empire. It's a compelling biography to say the least."
[1:09]" The. Other show rent the 1948 in 1971 -- mean that you know that really instituted a seminal period the baby boom alive it's like. Everything went out of that period really happen did -- show from -- the birth -- rock and roll. Although recruiters all the singers the other Broadway plays he put out live Broadway play excerpts from Broadway plays -- if there was a comedian who is rising it would -- you know Richard -- anyone. Who is on the itself a joke for those point three years i mean if you're big you're on the ed Sullivan show."
[1:39]" There's so many things that you do you really learn when you read impresario by Jim Maguire and we learn about ed Sullivan's early days and i I knew that he was a columnist i knew that he was involved in Broadway I did not know however about his early days and about his his -- led to -- i didn't know about his his drive to be in the spotlight but settlement but it isn't very as a young Fella and what kind of a student was a kind of back out ahead."
[2:03]" It isn't they about -- i mean -- it's sailor rags to riches story that he really was born in and a very yep poor part of Harlem at the time who is Irish and Jewish ghetto in Harlem and if you -- was so poor that two of his siblings died there on the apartment and apparently did not -- enough money to go to the hospital with a -- desperately poor you know Irish are immigrants especially and -- At becoming video reporter you budget barely -- likely Patterson school -- into athletics -- that was -- what -- and so -- So because of ideas that the Communist sports reporter and help from the 1920s he really you know you with the sports reporter near city end up. At the same time it was a -- In show business young out of the speak -- is in New York City and that is that many of them coming cabaret act and that eventually led to career producing vaudeville shows in New York City united in the 1930s."
[2:58]" There is so many wonderful showbiz stories in the book -- Here's Jim Maguire recounting one that is memorable."
[3:06]" itself for his new picture this will be the last time. We are running into each other for a while -- to Elvis Presley in the country. That. This is a real decent fine boy wherever you go. Guys who accompany you over there who want to say that we never had a pleasant experience on our show -- big name and we had with you you're you're fairly all right so now let's have a tremendous hand for a very nice."
[3:48]" Smaller TV shows that you mentioned but of course that's -- mature at that point in 1956 as well Elvis. Usually like he -- leader chosen number two show in America basically on the air felt a lot of people though he he would ever put Elvis Presley habit. Of. Course that -- the bases that we had -- some three times you get so much bad mail was file in the third time he -- just you know show -- from the hips up but he -- letter -- mellow out Elvis -- as possible that you open the show with the -- church boys choir singing these very angelic tunes. If. You want to sort of broadcasters audience like look you know there's so much not turned into life as -- you know this is still proudly show."
[4:29]" And of course i had desk Jim Maguire about my favorite most of oggo."
[4:34]" He really loved -- bush usually blade deep hooked up or she -- 50 times is amazing amount of time i think is that he normally had a rule against doing any performing giving him we wasn't a performer -- he would actually get down language like have a little chat. And. So Bushey if you of course resist like Italian and -- but meadow foam rubber as Italian puppeteer would say his lines so could be bad and to appreciate -- having little conversations -- each other. And. They really did you know that the -- would say kiss -- goodbye daddy -- a chance to be very tender an open then you went there on stage released they would withhold votes and normally he cut himself off for the audience that you really welcome the chance to be open a warm."
[5:14]" Ed Sullivan the impresario and James Maguire has written an incredibly detailed and wonderful biography one rich in personal stories about -- His feuds his passions and his desire to be remembered -- impresario written by my friend James Maguire you'll be inferring there --"
[5:29]" Do then -- the -- Jordan rich thanks for listening. Good evening ladies and gentlemen tonight live from -- Dominant --"
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