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MikeLawyr2 wrote:

> What blows me away is that Ed Sullivan had the prescience to book them
> for three straight weeks.  What other act got booked for three
> straight weeks on Sullivan, EVER?

Prescience indeed, but it certainly helped that Sullivan, just a week 
before Brian Epstein's visit, was passing through the airport in London 
at the same time the Beatles were making their triumphant return from Sweden, 
greeted by happy hordes of fans.

I'm sure this made something of an impression on Sullivan, too.

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