Vince Calandra on the Beatles' first US TV appearance

Описание: Archive Interviewee Vince Calandra was the talent coordinator for The Ed Sullivan Show the day the Beatles made their historic appearance, 45 years ago on February 9, 1964!

Calandra was featured in emmy's article about the Beatles on Ed Sullivan, "You Say You Want a Revolution."

You can view Calandra's entire interview online, here.

Detailed Description:
Talent Executive Vince Calandra was interviewed for over four hours in Westwood, CA. He talks about working at CBS, where he was promoted to librarian at CBS Films, where he handled the network's syndication vaults. He talks about transferring to The Ed Sullivan Show, where he worked in production, and describes his promotion to talent coordinator for the series as well as some of the guests he booked including Jim Henson, Jackie Mason, Alan King, Irving Berlin and Bob Dylan. He also speaks in detail about the first American TV appearance appearance of The Beatles. He details his later work as the talent executive on the syndicated Mike Douglas Show and, later, The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers. He speaks of his then-current projects including working as a talent executive for AFI specials and the American Teacher Awards. B-roll. Conducted December 4, 2003 by Jeff Abraham.