Originally broadcast as "It’s OK", The Beach Boys’ NBC television special was
produced by Saturday Night Live (SNL) creator Lorne Michaels. It featured
concert footage from Brian Wilson’s 1976 return to the concert stage, along
with interviews and appearances by SNL cast members John Belushi and
Dan Aykroyd.

Ed Sullivan

The Everly Brothers making their second appearance on the Ed  Sullivan
Show.

 

Michael George Ansara (April 15, 1922 – July 31, 2013)

The stage, screen, and voice actor died after a long illness at his home in
Calabasas, California. Ansara is best known for his portrayal of Cochise
in the ABC-TV series Broken  Arrow (1956-1958). He also played the
original Klingon on several episodes of television’s "Star Trek".

Jay North began his career as a child actor at the age of
six. He is best known for his role as Dennis Mitchell on
the CBS sitcom Dennis the Menace (1959-1963). It was
based on the Hank Ketcham comic strip.

 
Arthur Godfrey (left)

Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts (also known as Talent Scouts) was a television 
variety show which premiered December 6, 1948 ran on CBS until January 1, 
1958.  Sponsored by Lipton Tea, According to the Nielsen ratings, it was the
highest rated television show for the 1951–1952 season.

On December 24, 1956, Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts became the first TV 
entertainment program to be videotaped for broadcast using the technology
of the new .Ampex quadruplex videotape machine (below).

. The Ampex VRX-1000 – first video tape machine