Sid Caesar at the Television Academy
Sid Caesar was one of the true comic geniuses of the early days of television. His program "Your Show of Shows" boasted comic talents such as Imogene Coca, Howard Morris and Carl Reiner. Reiner was also a writer for the show, as were two other young writers who would go on to great fame: Neil Simon and Mel Brooks. Reiner would later create "The Dick Van Dyke Show," about a group of comedy writers working on a show similar to Caesar's, with Reiner playing the Caesar character. In 1982 Brooks would produce the film "My Favorite Year," which co-starred Joe Bolongna as a Sid Caesar type, named "King Kaiser." "Kaiser," of course, is the German word for "Caesar." One of the most memorable sketches Caesar ever did was a spoof of the love scene on the beach in "From Here to Eternity," where he and Imogene Coca kept getting splashed with water, literally putting a damper on their lovemaking.
Sid Caesar at the Television Academy
Sid Caesar was one of the true comic geniuses of the early days of television. His program "Your Show of Shows" boasted comic talents such as Imogene Coca, Howard Morris and Carl Reiner. Reiner was also a writer for the show, as were two other young writers who would go on to great fame: Neil Simon and Mel Brooks. Reiner would later create "The Dick Van Dyke Show," about a group of comedy writers working on a show similar to Caesar's, with Reiner playing the Caesar character. In 1982 Brooks would produce the film "My Favorite Year," which co-starred Joe Bolongna as a Sid Caesar type, named "King Kaiser." "Kaiser," of course, is the German word for "Caesar." One of the most memorable sketches Caesar ever did was a spoof of the love scene on the beach in "From Here to Eternity," where he and Imogene Coca kept getting splashed with water, literally putting a damper on their lovemaking.