Me and the Rolling Stones

When we first did the “Ed Sullivan Show”, “Let’s Spend the Night Together” was their hit. Of course, conservative Ed was against the lyrics and wanted the Stones to sing Let’s Spend Sometime Together. This evolved into an artistic battle that lasted for hours on end ..As you could well expect, the Stones felt that their artistic integrity was at stake while Ed felt that the moral imperative was at stake. The morality of the show was further tested when I noticed that on the bill was a group of singing Nuns. I requested that they take a picture with the Stones and when Ed and his producers found out, they didn’t like the idea and wanted to have me thrown out of the building. For some reason, they thought it was tasteless (the Nuns didn’t mind). They let me stay, the Stones relented and agreed to sing the changed words. When we watched the show, we were totally pissed to find that they drowned out the lyrics with audience screams. Ed’s people obviously did not trust us. I would have my revenge, but that would be the next time we played the Ed Sullivan Show. (I’m the guy over Ed’s right shoulder)