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Sid Caesar. Isaac Sidney Caesar (September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2014) was an American actor, comedian and writer. With a career spanning 60 years, he was best known for two pioneering 1950s live television series: Your Show of Shows (1950–1954), which was a 90-minute weekly show watched by 60 million people, and its successor, Caesar's ...
Feb 13, 2014 · Sid Caesar, comic genius of 1950s television, dies. NEW YORK (AP) — Sid Caesar, who died Wednesday at 91, invented TV sketch comedy, gathering a dream team of fellow performers and writers — among them Mel Brooks, Neil Simon and Woody Allen — whose own impact on comedy will be lasting. “He was one of the truly great comedians of my time ...
Sid Caesar (1922-2014) Sid Caesar. Comedian, saxophonist, composer, actor and musician, he performed within the orchestras of Charlie Spivak, Shep Fields and Claude Thornhill as saxophonist. Later, as super-hip jazz musician "Cool Cees" in television skits, he played tenor saxophone, and sang with the satirical trio "The Hair Cuts" (with Carl ...
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A channel devoted to sharing as much of the incomparable legacy of Sid Caesar as is currently available from his groundbreaking TV work of the late 1940s and 1950s, including more than 15 hours of ...
Feb 12, 2014 · Sid Caesar, a comedic force of nature who became one of television’s first stars in the early 1950s and influenced generations of comedians and comedy writers, died on Wednesday at his home in ...
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Apr 5, 2024 · Sid Caesar (born September 8, 1922, Yonkers, New York, U.S.—died February 12, 2014, Beverly Hills, California) American comedian who pioneered the television variety show format with the programs Your Show of Shows (1950–54) and Caesar’s Hour (1954–57). Caesar was the son of European immigrants.
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Feb 12, 2014 · The multitalented Sid Caesar, who took live and complex comedy skits on the air as a pioneer in 1950s TV, has died at 91. Caesar, who established a new comedic tradition in America before he was ...