An Exclusive From The Eddie Brinkmann Archives…Part 4

As you will see in the post below this one, Ed Sullivan had a largely unknown soft side. To most, he seemed temperamental and easily angered and frankly, the best advice for staff and crew was to keep your distance. As stage manager, Eddie Brinkmann was not able to do that as he was the key man Ed dealt with on stage. In the coming days, you will see several “special” letters from Ed to Eddie including this one. It is the first of the “kiss and make up” notes Brinkmann would get after being fired and he was fired many times, but is the only staff member to make it from start to finish with Ed…from 1948 till 1971. Thanks to Brinkmann’s granddaughter Dee Wexler for sharing his papers with us.

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