#Sid Caesar

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୧ ‧₊˚ ⋅* ‧₊"— who keeps score?" —`🤍

Dean Martin is kissed by Jerry Lewis at a golf tournament in aid of the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund in Eastchester, New York

May 25th, 1953

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In the golf club bag right next to Jerry you can read "Jer, I love you, Dino" ♡

#posting the full thingy bc of the hype 😭💞 #tap for better quality #i. just... what can i say?? 💕💗💕 #martin and lewis #dean martin #jerry lewis #50s #1953 #old hollywood #vintage hollywood #classic hollywood #vintage men #old hollywood stars #golf #golfing #true love #kiss #sid caesar #denise darcel #perry como

[oldshowbiz]

Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks desperately trying to impress Sid Caesar.

#Caesar's Hour #your show of shows #sid caesar #mel brooks #carl reiner #howard morris #comedy writers

[citizenscreen]

The cast of “Your Show of Shows,” which premiered on NBC on February 25, 1950. #OnThisDay 💕

#your show of shows #classic tv #sid caesar #imogene coca #carl reiner #howard morris

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Why hole yourselves up in a stuffy office when a terrace comes with it? Sid Caesar conducts a writing conference for his new TV show, Caesar's Hour, on the terrace of his penthouse office, October 28, 1954. Left to right around the table: Aaron Ruben, Joe Stein, Tony Webster (standing), Caesar, and Mel Tolkin. In the background, Howard Morris and Carl Reiner, Sid's fellow comics, lounge against the rail.

Photo: Robert Wands for the AP

#vintage New York #1950s #Robert Wands #Sid Caesar #comedians #writers conference #early TV #early television #comedy TV shows #Caesar's Hour #Howard Morris #Carl Reiner #Oct. 28 #28 Oct. #penthouse office #Mel Tolkin #Joe Stein #Tony Webster #Aaron ruben

[thatgirltvshow]

That Girl (1966-1971) 2.29 The Drunkard

#that girl #sitcomedit #tvedit #marlo thomas #ted bessell #sid caesar #ann marie #donald hollinger #ann x donald #tvandfilm #tvgifs #60sedit #60s #1960s #1960s tv #thatgirledit #thatgirlabc #old tv #tv #classic tv #classic television #gifs #gifset #made by beautywithin16 #season 2 #that girl season 2 #the drunkard #2.29 the drunkard

[bixiebeet]

This article isn’t actually about Woody Allen. Instead, it’s a look back at the life and forces that shaped the prolific comedian Sid Caesar. He was born to a Jewish family in Yonkers, New York in 1922. He grew up hanging around his family’s 24/7 diner, then he intended to have a career as a musician. But he found his niche in comedy and ended up a fixture on TV, working with fledgling talents like Allen and Mel Brooks.

This 2010 interview, a few years before Sid died, gives an overview of his career and his perspective looking back. He’s humble when he talks about how proud he is of his work, but also how he had long periods of being personally miserable off stage. (Sounds familiar for many comedians, sadly.)

He also has a good take on the outsized role that comedy can play for Jewish people. “Jews appreciate humour because in their life it's not too funny. We've been trodden down for a long time, thousands of years. So we've had to turn that around because if you take it all too seriously you're going to eat yourself. And we're very good at being self-deprecating. Either we do it or somebody's going to do it for us. We might as well do it first.”

Obviously I’m really into various comedies from the 60s-80s (Monkees, Ghostbusters). And I grew up watching comedies from the 90s-2000s and beyond (many of these shows ending up in syndication or on streaming services today). But this year, I want to learn more about the earlier origins of modern comedy. People like Caesar and his contemporaries, as well as earlier talents like Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, and Laurel and Hardy.

Some humor is universal. Some humor is more tailored to a certain context. We live in an era where, thanks to modern technology, we can access almost anything that we want! And I plan to take advantage of that more fully in 2024.

Don’t get me wrong, I spend a lot of time browsing YouTube and scrolling social media. I’m not giving up on that. I just want to use my time a bit more intentionally to understand the past and how it’s shaped our present. I think I’m going to have fun watching the source material.

#sid caesar #mel brooks #comedy #Monkees #ghostbusters #my thoughts going into 2024 #classic comedy #jumblr #Jewish comedy

[audiemurphy1945]

Esquire, 1970-1974

#photography #1970 #esquire #evel knievel #jacqueline bisset #norman rockwell #minnie pearl #sid caesar #john milius #roger ebert #ann-margret #budd lee #dan wynn #art kane #anthony edgeworth #pierre houlès #harry hamburg #bill king #jon naar #70s #vintage #...

[gatutor]

Vera Miles-Sid Caesar "The spirit is willing" 1967, de William Castle.

#Vera Miles #Sid Caesar #William Castle

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#it's a mad mad mad mad world #spencer tracy #milton berle #sid caesar #buddy hackett #ethel merman #mickey rooney #dick shawn #phil silvers #terry-thomas #jonathan winters #edie adams #dorothy provine #jimmy durante #peter falk #eddie rochester anderson #stanley kramer #1963

[zombimanos]

Back when television was new, Mel Brooks used to write for Sid Caesar. 1 of the very 1st shows was so popular it got cancelled, cause it was made to sell tvs but the brand of tvs went out of stock. I'm floored by Caesar, who would memorized new sketches every week like this.

Like how the hell do you memorized all these words every week with brand new material and then such a brilliant performance while doing it. & do it again & again every week. The man was untouchable. It's just amazing to watch (these very old shows shouldn't even be available, but they've been found).

#sid caesar #mel brooks #admiral broadway revue #your show of shows #but not #Youtube

[oldshowbiz]

The Mouse That Roared (1966) starring Sid Caesar, Richard Deacon, and the theme music of Allan Sherman

#allan sherman #pilot #rare television #sitcoms #Sid Caesar #jack arnold #richard deacon

[citizenscreen]

Candids of Sid Caesar and Mel Brooks for the 1967 “The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special”

#sid caesar #mel brooks

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Nanette Fabray gags as Sid Caesar, Carl Reiner, and Howard Morris defy the No Smoking sign and try to read her newspaper. This was a sketch in the April 27, 1955 edition of Caesar's Hour, a TV comedy series.

Photo: Associated Press via WITF

#vintage New York #1950s #early TV #Sid Caesar #Nanette Fabray #Carl Reiner #Howard Morris #Caesar's Hour #comedy #cigars #smoking #comedy sketch

[motionpicturelover]

"The Cheap Detective" (1978) - Robert Moore

Films I've watched in 2023 (61/119)

#films watched in 2023 #The Cheap Detective #Peter Falk #Eileen Brennan #Stockard Channing #Dom DeLuise #John Houseman #Fernando Lamas #Phil Silvers #Paul Williams #Ann-Margret #Sid Caesar #James Coco #Louise Fletcher #Madeline Kahn #Marsha Mason #Abe Vigoda #Nicol Williamson #Robert Moore #Neil Simon #comedy #film noir pastiche

[aswell84]

Peter Falk as third cabby in the adventure-comedy classic, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, in 1963.

#peter falk #sid caesar #edie adams #eddie rochester anderson #my gifs

[thinkbolt]

Intergalactic Thanksgiving -or- Please Don't Eat the Planet (Nelvana, 1979) - dir. Clive A. Smith

#Nelvana #CBC #TV animation #1970s #classic cartoon #Thanksgiving cartoon #Sid Caesar #Youtube