Ed Sullivan
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- proper noun
- /ɛd ˈsʌlɪvən/
- Watching The Ed Sullivan Show was a Saturday night tradition for my family.
- Ed Sullivan Show
- Ed Sullivan Show on CBS
- appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show
Examples
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That evening I got a call from the very same agent who had picked up the phone in the other instance, to tell me that I was on the ed Sullivan show.
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Tradition was that, whoever won the Tony award in the theater, was on the following Sunday after the awards were given to appear on the most popular television show in america, the ed Sullivan show.
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- YES, I WAS ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW.
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DO THE THING YOU DID ON ED SULLIVAN.
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I SAW HIM ON ED SULLIVAN'S SHOW--
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Many famous musicians like Elvis Presley performed on The Ed Sullivan Show during the 1950s.
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I can't believe we are going to see a live taping of The Ed Sullivan Show!
Surface Forms
Morphology
Ed + Sullivan
This item is a proper name referring to a specific historical person; the meanings of the constituents 'Ed' and 'Sullivan' are arbitrary name labels and do not convey the concept 'American television host'. Recognizing who Ed Sullivan was requires encyclopedic/cultural knowledge rather than compositional word knowledge, so a B1 learner who only knows the constituent words would not infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Ed Sullivan was a famous American TV host who ran a long Sunday night 'variety show' that introduced new singers, bands and comedians, and because he gave many performers their first big audience, his name is an easy memory hook for a classic TV presenter who helped acts become famous.