“The Beatles’ debut on The Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9, 1964 is the first seismic event in American television history. Americans had been wedded to their sets the previous November in the aftermath of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, but there hadn’t been an event like this one.
“So people gathered and gathered, people of all ages. Kids were frenzied with excitement for something novel and new, as kids always have been. Whereas, members of the older crowd seemed determined to practice tolerance for the follies of youth, or perhaps conjure an anecdote for how things were better in their day.”
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