There is also the story of Sullivan and Country Joe McDonald. Country Joe and the Fish were supposed to perform on the Sullivan show. The night before the broadcast they were performing at a festival in NYC. Sullivan went to see them (there is an image!) and heard the group perform the Fish Cheer. He went backstage and told the group that they would NEVER perform on his show again and cancelled their performance for the next evening.

Sullivan really didn't have a clue about pop culture, but he had some wonderful producers who would book great acts. As long as they didn't piss off Ed they were on the show.

Ron