The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV

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The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV (2000)

“Classic Comedy from Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour”

Comedy, Documentary · 1h 16m

One of the greatest comedians of early television, Sid Caesar hasn't had his work shown in perennial reruns, so it's especially gratifying to see a collection of his classic sketches released on video, with Caesar himself introducing the material. Besides being a truly gifted comic, Caesar benefited from having some brilliant supporting players, including Carl Reiner, Imogene Coca, and Nanette Fabray. Some of his illustrious writers, including Neil Simon, Woody Allen, and Mel Brooks, appear in interviews setting up the sketches. The sketches themselves include some all-time classics such as Caesar and company playing the figurines populating a medieval town clock (a brilliant bit partly written by Neil Simon and his brother, Danny, who reminisce after the sketch).

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Cast

Sid Caesar Self Woody Allen Self Nanette Fabray Self Larry Gelbart Self Benny Goodman Self (archive footage) Howard Morris Self Carl Reiner Self Neil Simon Self
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Mel Tolkin Self

Crew

Director of Photography
Jim Hunziker, Adam Biggs
Editor
Mark Panik
Producer
Peter Jaysen, Rich Tackenberg, Scott Zakarin

Details

Release date
2000-06-20
Runtime
1h 16m
Genres
Comedy, Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
Creative Light Entertainment