Earlier, in  the day, at 2.30 in the afternoon, he received Dr. Jonas Salk's  polio vaccine in front of the world's media. During the actual  broadcast, Ed Sullivan made a casual mention of the need to send aid to the Hungarian refugees, but no appeal was formally made.
Earlier that day, at 2:30 in the afternoon, he received Dr. Jonas Salk's polio vaccine before a worldwide audience. Meanwhile, during the broadcast, Ed Sullivan briefly brought up the need for help for Hungarian refugees without explicitly asking for donations.