Season 5 Plot
Season 5 is on the ""Toast of the Town"" guide.
The Ed Sullivan Show Season 5 aired on September 9th, 1951.
Season 5 Episodes
1. The Oscar Hammerstein Story featuring Lena Horne, Wally Cox, Mimi Benzell, Robert Merrill, Charles Winninger
September 9th, 19511 hr
2. Oscar Hammerstein Story Part 2 (Rodgers & Hammerstein tribute)
September 16th, 19511 hr
3. Elsa Lanchester; Evelyn Knight; Susan Meyer; Gil Hodges
September 23rd, 19511 hr
4. The Helen Hayes Story with Mary Scott; Raymond Boyle; Bethel Leslie
September 30th, 19511 hr
5. Dick Haymes; Allie Reynolds; Sal Maglie; Bobby Thomson; Eddie Stanky
October 7th, 19511 hr
6. Humphrey Bogart / Yul Brynner / Yogi Berra / Phil Rizzuto
October 14th, 19511 hr
7. Broderick Crawford; Constance Bennett; Douglas Fairbanks Jr; April Stevens; Guy Mitchell
October 21st, 19511 hr
8. Rocky Marciano / Anne Jeffreys / Morton Downey Sr. / Mrs. Al Jolson (cameo)
October 28th, 19511 hr
9. Will Mastin Trio; Dorothy Sarnoff; Nino Martini; Michael Bentine
November 4th, 19511 hr
10. Dane Clark; Martha Scott; Helen Gallagher; Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy
November 11th, 19511 hr
11. The Robert E. Sherwood Story
November 18th, 19511 hr
12. Evelyn Knight; James Barton; Brani & Valenti
November 25th, 19511 hr
13. Joe E. Lewis; Roberta Peters; Robert Merrill; Jimmy Nelson
December 2nd, 19511 hr
14. Dolores Gray; Michael Bentine; Nino Martini; Princeton Triagle Club
December 9th, 19511 hr
15. Sophie Tucker; Helen Gallagher; Harold Lang; Ferruccio Tagliavini
December 16th, 19511 hr
16. Gloria Swanson; Julie Harris; Ramon Novarro
December 23rd, 19511 hr
17. Sugar Ray Robinson; Oscar Hammerstein II; Jeanette MacDonald; Helen Hayes; Alfred Lunt
December 30th, 19511 hr
18. Margaret O'Brien; Joe E. Lewis; Eddie Dowling; Willie Mosconi
January 6th, 19521 hr
19. George White tribute
January 13th, 19521 hr
20. New York Critics Awards / Mahalia Jackson / Phil Spitalny
January 20th, 19521 hr
21. Jessica Tandy; Hume Cronyn; Ted Lewis; Bert Wheeler
January 27th, 19521 hr
22. The Beatrice Lillie Story
February 3rd, 19521 hr
23. Audrey Hepburn & Michael Evans / Roberta Peters / Ralph Branca / Bobby Thompson
February 10th, 19521 hr
24. George White Scandals
February 17th, 19521 hr
25. Cole Porter Story Part 1 (Tribute to Cole Porter)
February 24th, 19521 hr
26. Cole Porter Story Part 2
March 2nd, 19521 hr
27. Nancy Walker; Lew Parker & Virginia Grey
March 9th, 19521 hr
28. Ted Lewis; Eddie Dowling; The Dublin Players
March 16th, 19521 hr
29. Eddie Fisher / Rex Harrison & Lilli Palmer / Virginia Grey & Lou Partier
March 23rd, 19521 hr
30. Jackie Gleason & Art Carney / Tony Bennett / Senor Wences
March 30th, 19521 hr
31. Sophie Tucker; Montez O'Oca; Tuskeegee Choir
April 6th, 19521 hr
32. Marian Anderson; Jane Morgan; Cornelia Otis Skinner
April 13th, 19521 hr
33. Billy Eckstine; Evelyn Knight; Beatrice Lillie; Nancy Walker
April 20th, 19521 hr
34. Jackie Gleason; Jan Peerce; Dorothy Kirsten
April 27th, 19521 hr
35. Jackie Gleason; Pearl Bailey; Linon
May 4th, 19521 hr
36. Georgia Gibbs; Errol Flynn; Paulette Goddard
May 11th, 19521 hr
37. Dorothy Dandridge / Errol Flynn & Paulette Goddard / Sam Snead
May 18th, 19521 hr
38. Audrey Hepburn & Rex Harrison / Jack Smith
May 25th, 19521 hr
39. Eartha Kitt; Robert Merrill; Roberta Peters; Yehudi Menuhin
June 1st, 19521 hr
40. Tony Martin; Blanche Thebom; Willie Hoppe
June 8th, 19521 hr
41. Richard Rodgers Story Part 1 (Rodgers & Hart tribute)
June 15th, 19521 hr
42. Richard Rodgers Story Part 2
June 22nd, 19521 hr
43. Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy; Nanci Crompton; Bill Lawrence
June 29th, 19521 hr
44. Broadway cast of "Wish You Were Here" / Billy Daniels
July 6th, 19521 hr
45. Teresa Brewer; Orson Bean; Sir Cedric Hardwicke; Bobby Feller
July 13th, 19521 hr
46. Will Rogers Jr.; Rise Stevens; Jack Carter; Ben Hogan
July 20th, 19521 hr
47. Roger Price; Ken Whittmer; Mena Marucci
July 27th, 19521 hr
48. Tony Martin; Joel Gray; Ben Dova; the Amin Brothers
August 3rd, 19521 hr
49. Jack Carter; Pearl Bailey; Anna Maria Alberghetti
August 10th, 19521 hr
50. Victor Borge; Ken Whitmer; Artie Auerbach; Rosemary O'Reilly
August 17th, 19521 hr
51. William Bendix; Patti Page; Nicoli Lemeni
August 24th, 19521 hr
52. Hal Leroy; the De Marco Sisters; Bobby Shantz
August 31st, 19521 hr
53. Phil Silvers & "Top Banana" cast / Mary Small
September 7th, 19521 hr
