One of the most frequent guests on the U.S. TV series "The Ed Sullivan Show" was an Italian puppet named Topo Gigio. What kind of animal was Topo?

The producers of the U.S. TV show, "The Ed Sullivan Show" (1948 - 1971), decided to bring on the little Italian mouse named Topo Gigio to try make the show and the host more engaging to a majority of Americans. They could have never expected that the little mouse puppet would go on to become one of the show's most memorable acts. On Ed's show, Topo quickly became a hit because he exposed a side of Sullivan that audiences had never seen.

After being on "The Ed Sullivan Show", Topo would go on to star in a feature film, an Italian TV show, and a Japanese and Latin American animated series.

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Susan McInnis Paradis

Eddy, keese me goodnight! I loved Topo Gigio!

Shelley Welch Dunivan

When I was very young I watched at Sullivan just to see Topo Gigio! What a treat that was.

Francie Carlson

Loved watching The Ed Sullivan Show! My sister, brother and I loved it when Topo Gigio was on.

Edie Koller

I loved it when Topo Gigio was on the show. When he would say Eddie.!! That was also my fathers name too.

Marlen Brown

OHH! EDDIE. I remember his visits being funny.🐭

dlh

I loved that mouse and the show. Wish there was that type of show on TV now?

William Laughlin

Cynthia Campbell, You are confusing Topo Gigio with Senor Wences, a ventriloquist, who had a box with a voice that would say, "Close the door!" Maria Perego was an Italian puppeteer best known for creating Topo Gigio, the Italian Mouse who was famous for asking Ed Sullivan to kiss him good night. The two acts were unrelated other than the fact that they both appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show.