Dedication of the Henry & Edsel Ford Auditorium / Johnny Carson
Show: The Ed Sullivan Show --> Season: 10 - Season 10
AirDate: 10/14/1956
Runtime: 60
Voting: 0 (0)

Overview: Dedication of The Henry & Edsel Ford Auditorium Show (broadcast from the Edsel Ford Memorial Auditorium in Detroit). Guests (on last 20 minutes of show): --Johnny Carson - impersonates Ed Sullivan and Edward R. Murrow. --Richiardi (illusionist) - Richiardi levitates a woman --On film: The New York premiere of the movie ""Giant"" with Jack Warner, George Stevens, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson. Includes scene from ""Giant."" --Audience bows: Mr. & Mrs. Marcus Winslow (James Dean's Aunt and Uncle, who raised the late actor); Mayor of Detroit, Albert E Cobo (spelling?); Members of the Detroit Memorial Hall commission; Ford family memebers; Ford Dealer representatives (on-stage bows); --William Clay Ford (Ford rep) & dealer reps deliver keys to new theater. Other guests (scheduled to appear): --Vivian Blaine --Nanci Crompton (ballerina) --Takeo Usui (Japanese aerialist) --Jinx (performing monkey)