genre the honey dreamers
CBS ( an initialism of the network ' s former name , the Columbia Broadcasting System ) is an American commercial broadcast ___MASK36___ network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation . The company is headquartered at the CBS Building in New York City with major production facilities and operations in New York City ( at the CBS Broadcast Center ) and Los Angeles ( at CBS ___MASK36___ City and the CBS Studio Center ). A ___MASK73___ show , also known as ___MASK73___ arts or ___MASK73___ entertainment , is entertainment made up of a ___MASK73___ of acts ( hence the name ), especially musical performances and sketch comedy , and is normally introduced by a compère ( master of ceremonies ) or host . Other types of acts include magic , animal and circus acts , acrobatics , juggling , and ventriloquism . The ___MASK73___ format made its way from Victorian era stage to radio to television . ___MASK73___ shows were a staple of anglophone television from its early days ( late 1940s ) into the 1980s . The Honey Dreamers was a singing group composed of 3 males and two females that appeared on ___MASK99___ and early television programs like CBS ' s Faye Emerson ' s Wonderful Town and The Ed Sullivan Show . The group was formed at St . Olaf College in 1946 by Keith Textor and his roommate Dick Larson , who introduced Keith to Sylvia Mikelson . Textor led the group and was responsible for the group ' s intricate harmonies Their manager , at one point , was Art Ward . The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV ___MASK73___ show that ran on CBS from Sunday June 20 , 1948 , to Sunday June 6 , 1971 , and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan . It was replaced in September 1971 by the " CBS Sunday Night Movie ", a single season failure . Edward Vincent Sullivan ( September 28 , 1901  October 13 , 1974 ) was an American ___MASK36___ personality , sports and ___MASK75___ reporter , and longtime syndicated columnist for the " New York Daily News ". He is principally remembered as the creator and host of the ___MASK36___ ___MASK73___ program " The Toast of the Town ", later popularly  and , eventually , officially  renamed " The Ed Sullivan Show ". Broadcast for 23 years from 1948 to 1971 , it set a record as the longest - running ___MASK73___ show in US broadcast history . " It was , by almost any measure , the last great TV show ," proclaimed ___MASK36___ critic David Hinckley . " It ' s one of our fondest , dearest ___MASK85___ culture memories ."