Sid Caesar

...are OK." And we were. Q: About "The Dick Van Dyke Show" - the story is that Alan Brady was based on Sid Caesar. A: It was never Sid Caesar, because he was a very dear friend. We ate lunch together for years. We went on vacations together.

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...day be made for TV?) Original programming was few and far between, other than the comedy hours like Berle's and Imogene Coca and Sid Caesar's "Show of Shows," as well as variety shows such as the Ed Sullivan Show, which also made Sunday...

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Article:DVD: 'Rumba':/c/a/2009/11/06/PKDE1A9CD7. DTL Sid Caesar once said, "One man's tragedy is another man's comedy," and this French-Belgian farce, with less than five minutes of onscreen dialogue, illustrates that truth. In a nod to...

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...closely associated with cartoons as the other pieces. "Nonetheless, it has been included in a number of animations. And comedian Sid Caesar used it in some of his skits. " More than five dozen of the Treasure Coast's most talented student...

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...Reiner has been a major figure in U.S. comedy since the early days of television, when he wrote and performed skits for comedian Sid Caesar's "Your Show of Shows." He created and co-starred in "The Dick Van Dyke Show" in the 1960s, had a...

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...for Bob Hope, Jack Paar, Red Buttons, Jack Carson, Eddie Cantor and Joan Davis. In 1953 he accepted Sid Caesar's offer of $1,000 a week to work for "Caesar's Hour," joining a legendary writing team that included Reiner, Mel Brooks and Neil...

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...show. He went on to write gags for Bob Hope, Jack Paar, Red Buttons, Jack Carson, Eddie Cantor and Joan Davis. In 1953 he accepted Sid Caesar's offer of $1,000 a week to work for "Caesar's Hour," joining a legendary writing team that included...

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...a renowned stable of comedy writers -- including Woody Allen, Mel Brooks and Neil Simon -- who worked for Sid Caesar on "Your Show of Shows" or "Caesar's Hour." Brooks, who once praised Mr. Gelbart as "the fastest of the fast, the wittiest...

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...has died. He was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year. Gelbert was 81. Carl Reiner, who worked with Gelbart on Sid Caesar's show, Caesar's Hour, shares his memories. Copyright © 2009 National Public Radio®. For personal, noncommercial...

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...a great mimic but also a terrific physical comic. The elasticity of that face recalls the clowning of Sid Caesar, among others. And though you would not label him a cerebral comedian, he cushions even the potty jokes with a degree of wit.

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