The Ed Sullivan Show - Ed Sullivan Theatre, CBS TV,
New York City, New York - September 17, 1967.

1.Ed Sullivan's Intro - People are Strange 2:41
2.Light my Fire 2:58

Comments:

Since "Light My Fire" was a huge hit by this time, The Doors were invited to perform on CBS's top variety show - The Ed Sullivan Show. On the show that same night there were other celebrities such as Yul Bryner, Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, the Kessler Twins, the Skating Bredos and Rodney Dangerfield - but no doubt it was The Doors that everybody had tuned into to see.

The show's director, Bob Precht (Ed Sullivan's son-in-law) had asked The Doors to omit the word "higher" from the line "girl we couldn't get much higher" due to censorship reasons.

The Doors had agreed that they would use another line. The Doors first played "People Are Strange" prior to "Light My Fire". During "Light My Fire" Jim went ahead and sang this song in the usual way. The Doors were never invited to The Ed Sullivan Show ever again.

Unlike Oliver Stone's movie, THE DOORS, Stone had over exaggerated this story, suggesting that Jim didn't want to change the line whilst Ray, Robbie and John had no problem in changing the line. Listening to this recording, the word "higher" isn't shouted out loud as it was in Stone's movie.