Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan

WBZ's Jordan Rich takes a look at this new documentary. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome. This is now streaming with Jordan's going to pick
off our show, Jackie wolf Don. Here this summer, Netflix
debuted Sunday Best, The Ed Sullivan Show. This particular film
stays away from plate spinners and dancing dogs, focusing instead
on the fact that Ed Sullivan was bold and courageous
enough to feature black American performers when racism still had

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a grip on much of the country. With up to
fifty million viewers each and every Sunday night, Ed Sullivan
offered to the American audience some of the finest and
talented black performers, the music of Harry Belafonte and Stevie Wonder,
James Brown, Nina Simone, the Jackson Five, The list goes
on and on. To quote Otis Williams, the lead singer
of the Temptations, Ed Sullivan was a door opener, opening

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up his door and letting artists come on his show
to express and be seen. Watch Sunday Best, the untold
story of Ed Sullivan, who certainly made a difference, breaking
barriers by showcasing black talent. And that's now streaming with Jordan. WBZ,
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