These are from the Ed Sullivan Show, Sunday evening, April 25, 1965. I noticed while taking these photos that, during their routine, Freddie would always leap about during Derek's solo, looking back at Derek to get him to leap up also. Derek would usually hop an inch off the ground in answer to be funny. I caught where Derek hops, lands on one foot, and seems to stumble a bit. Pete looks over at Derek, then stares down at his shoe. Derek ignores it all. It seems like he almost tripped and fell on the show, but if he did, he didn't miss a beat or chord!

Freddie leaps out at the beginning

Derek loses his footing and recovers..

Freddie eggs on Derek to hop again, and...

Pete stares at Derek's shoe

The solo goes on!

The hamming continues

...and continues!

A successful performance!

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