Dove Quote by David Copperfield

I couldn't do 'The Ed Sullivan Show.' Ed said I was a flash in the pan, and he was right.

— Scott McKenzie

I was dreaming I was on the Sullivan Show.

— Freddy Fender

I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.

— Al Sharpton

There was one television in the living room, and we all sat around on Sundays and watched Ed Sullivan.

— Jeffrey Tambor

I discovered at the age of six that everything was a phony, worked with mirrors. Since then, I've always wanted to be a magician.

— Orson Welles

I did the Ed Sullivan show four times. I did the Steve Allen show. I did the Jackie Gleason show.

— Elvis Presley

Indeed, most magicians catch the bug as kids. My first audience was my family in Long Island. My first 'assistant' was my mother, whom…

— Criss Angel

I did a lot of magic shows growing up. My dad is a graphic designer so he helped me brand myself and create a…

— Borns

There's something a bit embarrassing about saying you're a magician. It immediately suggests all these horrendous cliches, let alone that you're a grown-up doing…

— Derren Brown

I'm a big Penn & Teller fan. But I myself was never very good; I was a teenage magician who performed at kids' parties.…

— Ira Glass

I was doing my own shows when I was 11 years old.

— Gabby Barrett

Back in the fifties I was the hot, young comic on CBS and a regular on 'The Ed Sullivan Show.' I was also starring…

— Orson Bean