The Ed Sullivan Show

Andrew Solt (born: ) is the owner of SOFA Productions, which owns the rights to The Ed Sullivan Showhttps://www.edsullivan.com/licensing/, a variety show which would star popular talent and variety acts of the time, hosted by American television personality Ed Sullivan † (September 28, 1901 – October 13, 1974 [aged 73]).
==History==
The Ed Sullivan Show's first episode aired on June 20, 1948, then called Toast of the Town, and starred comedians Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, Broadway stars Richard Rogers & Oscar Hammerstein II, concert pianist Eugene List, singing fireman John Kokoman, ballerina Kathryn Lee, singer Monica Lewis, comedy duo Lee Goodman and Jim Kirkwood, boxing referee Ruby Goldstein, and The Toastettes, a new dancing group formed with 6 members of another dancing group, the June Taylor Dancers.https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-ed-sullivan-show/season-1/episode-1-june-20-1948-series-premiere-wmartin-lewis-rodgers-and-hammerstein It would continue to air for almost 23 years, before airing its final episode on March 28, 1971, with guests Melanie, Joanna Simon, Danny Davis, the Nashville Brass, and Sandler and Young, before being canned for reaching the wrong demographics. The Ed Sullivan Show left a lasting impact on American culture, launching many musicians into national success, including, but not limited to, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Diana Ross, and Buddy Holly.https://www.thoughtco.com/ed-sullivan-4589827https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/ed-sullivan-n782646
==YouTube Channel==
In 1990, British born Andrew Solt formed the media production company "SOFA Entertainment", and purchased the rights to The Ed Sullivan Show's entire library from the Sullivan family. The Ed Sullivan Show YouTube channel was created on February 6, 2009, to distribute this library, and uploaded its first video on August 21, 2009, featuring singer George Carlin singing "The Hippy Dippy Weatherman". The channel had accumulated 62,000 subscribers over 10 years, when on June 14, 2020, they uploaded the video of the December 14, 1969 performance of The Jackson 5's "I Want You Back". The video blew up, becoming the most viewed video on the channel.
===Content===
The Ed Sullivan Show channel uploads short clips of performances from The Ed Sullivan Show's library, and currently functions as an archive, grabbing and posting clips from the show to save them to YouTube.
==Subscriber Milestones==
==References==
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2009
Category:Comedy YouTubers
Category:Film YouTubers
Category:Music YouTubers