I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas - The ED SULLIVAN Show with Keaton Douglas as Gayla Peevey

October, 1953 ten year old Gayla Peevey appeared on The ED SULLIVAN Show to sing her #1 smash hit, "I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas." As a result children across AMERICA saved their pennies and a baby hippopotamus named, "Maltilda" was delivered to Gayla's home on Christmas Eve morning. Maltilda the Hippo was later donated to the Oklahoma City Zoo where she lived for 45 years.
The Somers Dream Orchestra is honored and proud to dedicate this video to Gayla Peevey, Matilda the Hippo and the late great Ed Sullivan.
The Ed Sullivan Show appeared every Sunday evening on CBS Television for 23 years with exactly 10,000 performances. Mr. Sullivan truly changed the course of music history forever!

[@bunkaunk]

This is not Ed Sullivan but a actor playing him. This is not Gayle Pervey, but an actress playing her. It is a tribute video. Read the super titles in the video. It is all explained there. Yes, even at 10 Gayle had a better voice.

[@starbuono3333]

OOOOOH NOOOOO ! Now I won't be able to stop singing and thinking of this song !!!!

[@amyhannemam8865]

This song will be stuck in your head all day

[@Mildlyannoyingtheaterkid]

Welcome to the club

[@jameswiemer2]

Wow!!!! What a set of cords this female has. Made my day. Thanks.

[@Dive-Bar-Casanova]

This is great.

[@inkmaker01]

Yes but there were no wireless mikes back when the Ed Sullivation show was on ? . .

[@sofiagimenez9904]

Es un tema muy pegadiso

[@spaceboy3101]

Description does not match the title. Whatever this is, it's much later. Color tv, wireless mic, etc.

[@qzorn4440]

nice hippy. B*)

[@bubbapacha7672]

That woman acting like a 10 yr old is creepy as fuck

[@LSweet2007]

Harry Potter on the bass.

[@byefelicia3557]

Wow her voice changed

[@looneytunes5590]

Felicia Flores it's not her

[@carolecook1116]

Keaton Douglas as Gayla Peevey

[@Mildlyannoyingtheaterkid]

Lmao

[@hermanosm6341]

quien es esa

[@looneytunes5590]

hermanos M una boba imitando a Gayla Peevey, la cantante de verdad 😂😂

[@mariolynch1780]

De mauvais gout!

[@daniellebycoskie8262]

how old is she here???

[@JM-bk3fn]

wtf? 40s? shed be dead by now

[@KJTV67]

She is 73 years old!

[@daniellebycoskie8262]

She's adorable...I love her she's so sweet and looks so good for her age

[@daniellebycoskie8262]

The Jerry

[@daniellebycoskie8262]

Lol meant thanks

[@stephenhines7064]

I think I liked it better when she was ten

[@looneytunes5590]

Stephen Hines it's not her

[@carolecook1116]

Keaton Douglas as Gayla Peevey

[@paulhillson5798]

this is creepy.a women trying to be a young person.creep me out big time

[@Geronimo2Fly]

This woman can't sing the song nearly as well as Gayla did. This was kind of weird.

[@allinkedupalways4163]

her voice is changed too much since she was a little girl there was a very rich tone about her voice that I really liked

[@steviewinder8478]

Paula Szczepanski it's a cover the original is near 70

[@elizabethshmoney8084]

Paula Szczepanski it's a different person

[@looneytunes5590]

Paula Szczepanski that's not her

[@carolecook1116]

Keaton Douglas as Gayla Peavey

[@gioPHL]

That isn't her...It's an impersonator.

[@alexisdelatorre4533]

NO!! Not her at all..