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None finer than bits from Reiner'Let 'em all go to hell except Cave 76! '" The comedy routines originated as Reiner and Brooks worked together as writers on Sid Caesar's "Your Show of Shows," when in 1950 the two men were riffing about an old Jewish pirate. Reiner turned... In this article: Carl Reiner, Cary Grant, DVD, Jesus Christ, Sid Caesar, Robin Hood, and Your Show of Shows |
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SFGate: Entertainment | 4 days ago
'2,000 Year Old Man' still kicking on new DVD
...has been in show business for more than 50 years as a writer, performer, producer and director. He got his start working on Sid Caesar's "Your Show of Shows," created "The Dick Van Dyke Show," and appeared in films as diverse as "The...
In this article: Sid Caesar, Mel Brooks, DVD, Carl Reiner, Milton Berle, The Dick Van Dyke Show, and San Francisco Chronicle
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Library of Congress: New Webcasts | November 03, 2009
Comedy Icon Carl 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 great hit...
In this article: Carl Reiner, Call Me Mister, Steve Martin, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Mark Harmon, Sid Caesar, Ocean's Eleven, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, and Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
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Reuters | September 17, 2009
Gelbart's colleagues remember master of masters
...laugh without using a straight line," said Carl Reiner, the writer, producer, director and humorist who worked with Gelbart dating back to "Your Show of Shows" in the 1950s. "One word would be all he needed to take off on to give you a...
In this article: Larry Gelbart, Carl Reiner, Norman Lear, Mel Brooks, M*A*S*H, Wayne Rogers, Los Angeles, Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
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NPR | September 17, 2009
Larry Gelbart, Writing For Laughs
...Gelbart was part of a team of television writers that included Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Neil Simon and others who wrote for Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour. Gelbart went on to develop and write the television version of...
In this article: Larry Gelbart, God, Neil Simon, Carl Reiner, Sid Caesar, Mel Brooks, Caesar's Hour, and M*A*S*H
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | September 13, 2009
Larry Gelbart
...working for Bob Hope, Jack Paar and Red Buttons. In 1950 Gelbart moved to New York to write for Caesar's television comedy series Your Show of Shows. Of the other young writers there, three - Mel Brooks, Neil Simon and Woody Allen - were...
In this article: Larry Gelbart, M*A*S*H, Tootsie, Korean War, Alan Alda, Oscar, Broadway, London, and Richard Hooker
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washingtonpost.com | September 11, 2009
Larry Gelbart, Who Helped Create 'M*A*S*H,' 'Tootsie' and 'Forum,' Dies at 81
...years and joined 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...
In this article: Larry Gelbart, M*A*S*H, Danny Thomas, Tootsie, Sid Caesar, Dustin Hoffman, Academy Award, Korean War, Broadway, and Mel Brooks
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CNN | September 11, 2009
'M*A*S*H' writer Larry Gelbart dies
...Bob Hope's show and jump-started his own television career as a TV writer for the star. Gelbart went on to write skits for the live comedy "Your Show of Shows" in 1953, winning two Emmys for his work. "'Your Show of Shows' was successful,...
In this article: Larry Gelbart, M*A*S*H, Bob Hope, Tootsie, Korean War, Cancer, Golden Globes, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Antonio Banderas
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New Jersey On-Line | September 11, 2009
Larry Gelbart dies; legendary writer of M*A*S*H, Tootsie, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and more
...core of legendary writers (along with Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Neil Simon and Woody Allen) discovered by Sid Caesar. (Gelbart wrote not for "Your Show of Shows," but "Caesar's Hour," the Imogene Coca-less follow-up show.) • Co-wrote the...
In this article: Larry Gelbart, M*A*S*H, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Ken Levine, City of Angels, Dodgers, Neil Simon, Carl Reiner, and Sid Caesar
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washingtonpost.com | September 09, 2009
Kennedy Center Honorees for 2009 Are: Mel Brooks, Robert De Niro, Grace Bumbry, Bruce Springsteen and Dave Brubeck
...score of "The Producers" in 2002. Starting his career in the early days of television, Brooks worked with Sid Caesar and Carl Reiner on "Your Show of Shows" and later, with Buck Henry, created the popular series "Get Smart." His film output...
In this article: Dave Brubeck, Grace Bumbry, Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen, Robert Mario De Niro Jr., Mel Brooks, Oscar, Taxi Driver, Kennedy Center Honors, and Time Out
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L.A. Times - The Envelope - Ultimate Awards Site | July 22, 2009
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will honor Mel Brooks
...Ann Warren. Film historian Leonard Maltin will be the host. Reiner, who was a regular on Sid Caesar's seminal 1950-54 NBC comedy series, "Your Show of Shows," immediately became friends with Brooks, who was one of the writers. "Whenever...
In this article: Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Oscars, Grammys, Leonard Maltin, Teri Garr, and James Cagney
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Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute sketch comedy television series appearing weekly in the United States on NBC, from 1950 until June 5, 1954, featuring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. Other featured performers were Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Nanette Fabray, Bill Hayes, Judy Johnson, The Hamilton Trio and the soprano Marguerite Piazza. José Ferrer made several guest appearances on the show.
Writers for the show included Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Danny Simon, Larry Gelbart, Mel Tolkin, and Carl Reiner who, though a cast member, always sat in with the writers. A common misconception is that Woody Allen wrote for Your Show of Shows; he in fact wrote for its successor program, Caesar's Hour, which ran from 1954 to 1957.
Carl Reiner has stated that the time he spent on Your Show of Shows was the inspiration for The Dick Van Dyke Show; Your Show of Shows also inspired the 1982 film My Favorite Year, produced by Mel Brooks, and the play Laughter on the 23rd Floor written by Neil Simon.
Most of the kinescopes of the show were discarded by NBC, and so few copies of the show survive. A 1973 theatrical film titled Ten from Your Show of Shows featured ten sketches from the show edited together. Reruns of surviving kinescopes aired on Comedy Central in the early 1990s. Sketches from the show which are from Sid Caesar's personal collection are available on The Sid Caesar Collection DVD set.
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*1950-1951: #4
*1951-1952: #8
*1952-1953: #19
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