Between voyages the ship spent several days docked in New York to re-fuel, take on stores, change laundry, etc. and give the crew time in the city. It also provided opportunity for "events". In the mid 1950s the Colgate Comedy Hour was competing with the Ed Sullivan Show for the TV audience on Sunday night. So in March 1955 Colgate brought their show to Pier 86 on the Hudson River with the S.S. UNITED STATES as a backdrop with the gangway down. Appearing on the gangway at the left are singer Gordon MacRae and the Gabor sisters with their mama and the band playing on the pier. It was a bit of a coup for Colgate as Ed Sullivan's Toast of the Town was performing in a Manhattan studio several blocks away. This was featured in Life Magazine at the time and was early in the vessel's active lifetime.
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