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** In 1964, ''The Hollywood Palace'' stepped up as Creator/{{ABC}}'s answer to Ed Sullivan and proved to be a modest success, lasting until 1970, one year before Sullivan got cancelled himself.

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** In 1964, ''The Hollywood Palace'' stepped up as Creator/{{ABC}}'s [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]]'s answer to Ed Sullivan and proved to be a modest success, lasting until 1970, one year before Sullivan got cancelled himself.
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** The Cowsills only made two appearances out of a contracted ten because of an incident behind the scenes. Sullivan loved the Rhode Island family band, and had been responsible for the generous contract himself. Unfortunately, during their debut October 1967 performance of "The Rain, The Park & Other Things", singer Bill Cowsill's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_Wbh22oI30 microphone malfunctioned]] and his lead vocals were not heard until the first chorus. Although [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x91brlX4fO4 they did a successful second take]], their father and manager Bud was furious. He attacked Sullivan's producer and son-in-law backstage and that was enough for Sullivan to null their contract. He understood that the incident was not the band's fault, and gave them one more slot on his Christmas show a few months later, but they never played on Sullivan again after that. The members of the band believe that if their father had not acted the way he did, [[ForWantOfANail it would have changed their entire career trajectory]].

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** The Cowsills only made two appearances out of a contracted ten because of an incident behind the scenes. Sullivan loved the Rhode Island family band, and had been responsible for the generous contract himself. Unfortunately, during their debut October 1967 performance of "The Rain, The Park & Other Things", singer Bill Cowsill's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_Wbh22oI30 microphone malfunctioned]] and his lead vocals were not heard until the first chorus. Although [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x91brlX4fO4 they did a successful second take]], their father and manager Bud was furious. He attacked Sullivan's producer and son-in-law backstage and that was enough for Sullivan to null their contract. He understood that the incident was not the band's fault, and gave them one more slot on his Christmas show a few months later, but they never played on Sullivan again after that. The members of the band believe that if their father had not acted the way he did, [[ForWantOfANail it would have changed their entire career trajectory]].trajectory.
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** When Music/TheDoors performed "Light My Fire", they were told to change the line "Girl, we couldn't get much higher" due to its [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs alleged drug reference]]. The band eventually relented, and performed it accordingly in rehearsal, only for Jim Morrison to [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome sing the original line on the air.]] [[note]]However, despite what [[Film/TheDoors1991 the movie]] might claim, Morrison didn't ''emphasize'' the line; he sang it normally like he did on the recorded version.[[/note]]

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** When Music/TheDoors performed "Light My Fire", they were told to change the line "Girl, we couldn't get much higher" due to its [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs alleged drug reference]].reference. The band eventually relented, and performed it accordingly in rehearsal, only for Jim Morrison to [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome sing the original line on the air.]] [[note]]However, despite what [[Film/TheDoors1991 the movie]] might claim, Morrison didn't ''emphasize'' the line; he sang it normally like he did on the recorded version.[[/note]]
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** Music/TheBeatles and Elvis both caused ''mutual'' {{Colbert Bump}}s, with the show and the musicians both becoming more popular after their appearance. The show introduced the musicians to a wider audience and they in turn gave the show [[WereStillRelevantDammit relevance]] to the youth of the day. Appropriately enough, the Ed Sullivan Theater would later go on to host ''Series/TheLateShowWithStephenColbert''.

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** Music/TheBeatles and Elvis both caused ''mutual'' {{Colbert Bump}}s, with the show and the musicians both becoming more popular after their appearance. The show introduced the musicians to a wider audience and they in turn gave the show [[WereStillRelevantDammit relevance]] relevance to the youth of the day. Appropriately enough, the Ed Sullivan Theater would later go on to host ''Series/TheLateShowWithStephenColbert''.

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