Peg Leg Bates on The Ed Sullivan Show Bates, Clayton "Peg Leg" performer LeRoy, Hal performer Television/Video 1955-03-13 Film footage which captures one of the over twenty appearances that Peg Leg Bates made on The Ed Sullivan Show. Bates faces off in a staged challenge dance with Hal LeRoy, countering LeRoy's eccentric style of wiggly steps with airy wing steps. "You're not making it easy" Bates chides LeRoy, as he tosses off heel clicks and soars into a flash finale with trenches and legs kicking high to the back. Bates made over twenty appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show/Toast of the Town beginning 8/13/1950; his last appearance 8/22/1965 included a challenge dance with Little Buck. Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Sofer Entertainment: Sofer Entertainment Database. Sofer Entertainment owns all Ed Sullivan/Toast of the Town shows (). Hill, Constance Valis: Constance Valis Hill, personal collection of tap dance materials. (). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates (biography) loc.music.tdabio.22 Hal LeRoy (biography) loc.music.tdabio.127 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.1920