History Creator / SidCaesar

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Getting his start in the BorschtBelt playing a saxophone and performing in sketches, Caesar was most famous for hosting the pioneering television variety series ''Your Show of Shows'' in the 1950s. He also appeared in a number of films, including ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld'' (1963), ''Film/SilentMovie'' (1976), ''Film/TheCheapDetective'' (1978), ''Film/{{Grease}}'' (1978), and ''Film/HistoryOfTheWorldPartI'' (1981), and starred in the Broadway musical ''Little Me'' (1962), in which he [[LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles played multiple characters]].

* ''Series/{{Vegas}}''

* ''Film/BarnabyAndMe''
* ''Film/TheBusyBody''

* ''Film/ChristmasSnow''
* ''Film/ComicBookTheMovie''
* ''Film/CurseOfTheBlackWidow''
* ''Film/DorothyInTheLandOfOz''
* ''Film/TheEmperorsNewClothes1987''
* ''Film/TheFiendishPlotOfFuManchu''
* ''Film/FireSale''
* ''Film/FlightToHolocaust''
* ''Film/FreedomFighter''
* ''Film/{{Globehunters}}''

* ''Film/TheGreatMomSwap''
* ''Film/AGuideForTheMarriedMan''
* ''Film/TheGuiltOfJanetAmes''

* ''Film/LoveIsNeverSilent''

* ''Film/TheMunstersRevenge''
* ''Film/OverTheBrooklynBridge''
* ''Film/SideBySide''

* ''Film/TheSpiritIsWilling''
* ''Film/{{Stoogemania}}''
* ''Film/TarsAndSpars''

* ''Series/CaesarsHour''

* ''Series/{{Checkmate}}''
* ''Series/TheDannyThomasHour''
* ''Series/TheDeanMartinShow''
* ''Series/GeneralElecticTheater''
* ''Series/GoodHeavens''

* ''Series/MattHouston''
* ''Series/TheMisadventuresOfSheriffLobo''
* ''Series/ProducersShowcase''

* ''Series/TheUnitedStatesSteelHour''

* ''Series/YourShowOfShows''

* ''WesternAnimation/IntergalacticThanksgiving''

Unlike many comedians of his time, Caesar was more of a sketch comic rather than a stand-up comic, relying more on body language, accents, and facial contortions than simply dialogue. [[HarpoDoesSomethingFunny He would think up concepts and ideas, and had writers flesh out the concept]]. Such writers included Creator/MelBrooks, Creator/CarlReiner, Creator/NeilSimon, Creator/LarryGelbart, and Creator/WoodyAllen.

Getting his start in the BorschtBelt playing a saxophone and performing in sketches, Caesar was most famous for hosting the pioneering television variety series ''Your Show of Shows'' in the 1950s. He also appeared in a number of films, including ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld'' (1963), ''Film/SilentMovie'' (1976), ''Film/TheCheapDetective'' (1978), ''Film/{{Grease}}'' (1978), and ''Film/HistoryOfTheWorldPartI'' (1981), and starred in the Broadway musical ''Little Me'' (1962), in which he [[LoadsOfLoadsOfRoles played multiple characters]].

Sid Caesar (September 8, 1922 -- February 12, 2014) was an American comedian and comic actor.

Getting his start in the BorschtBelt playing a saxophone and performing in sketches, Caesar was most famous for hosting the pioneering television variety series ''Your Show of Shows'' in the 1950s. He also appeared in a number of films, including ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld'' (1963), ''Film/SilentMovie'' (1976), ''Film/{{Grease}}'' (1978), and ''Film/HistoryOfTheWorldPartI'' (1981), and starred in the Broadway musical ''Little Me'' (1962), in which he [[LoadsOfLoadsOfRoles played multiple characters]].

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Unlike many comedians of his time, Caesar was more of a sketch comic rather than a stand-up comic, relying more on body language, accents, and facial contortions than simply dialogue. [[HarpoDoesSomethingFunny He would think up concepts and ideas, and had writers flesh out the concept]]. Such writers included Creator/MelBrooks, Creator/CarlReiner, Creator/NeilSimon, and Creator/WoodyAllen.

Getting his start in the BorschtBelt playing a saxophone and performing in sketches, Caesar was most famous for hosting the pioneering television variety series ''Your Show of Shows'' in the 1950s. He also appeared in a number of films, including ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld'', ''Film/SilentMovie'', ''Film/{{Grease}}'', and ''Film/HistoryOfTheWorldPartI'', and starred in the Broadway musical ''Little Me'' (1962) [[LoadsOfLoadsOfRoles as multiple characters]].

'''Sid Caesar''' (September 8, 1922 -- February 12, 2014) was an American comedian and comic actor. Getting his start in the BorschtBelt playing a saxophone and performing in sketches, he most famous for hosting the television series ''Your Show of Shows'' in the 1950s. He also appeared in a number of films including ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld'', ''Film/SilentMovie'', ''Film/{{Grease}}'', and ''Film/HistoryOfTheWorldPartI'', and starred in the Broadway musical ''Little Me'' (1962) [[LoadsOfLoadsOfRoles as multiple characters]].

'''Sid Caesar''' (September 8, 1922 -- February 12, 2014) was an American comedian and comic actor, most famous for hosting the television series ''Your Show of Shows'' in the 1950s. He also appeared in a number of films including ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld'', ''Film/SilentMovie'', ''Film/{{Grease}}'', and ''Film/HistoryOfTheWorldPartI'', and starred in the Broadway musical ''Little Me'' (1962) [[LoadsOfLoadsOfRoles as multiple characters]].

'''Sid Caesar''' (September 8, 1922 -- February 12, 2014) was an American comedian and comic actor, most famous for hosting the television series ''Your Show of Shows'' in the 1950s. He also appeared in a number of films including ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld'', ''Film/SilentMovie'', ''Film/{{Grease}}'', and ''Film/HistoryOfTheWorldPartI''.

Unlike many comedians of his time, Caesar was more of a "sketch comic" rather than a stand-up comic, relying more on body language, accents, and facial contortions than simply dialogue. [[HarpoDoesSomethingFunny He would think up concepts and ideas, and had writers flesh out the concept]]. Such writers included Creator/MelBrooks, Creator/CarlReiner, Creator/NeilSimon, and Creator/WoodyAllen.

'''Sid Caesar''' (September 8, 1922 -- February 12, 2014) was an American comic actor, most famous for hosting the television series ''Your Show of Shows'' in the 1950s. He also appeared in a number of films including ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld'', ''Film/SilentMovie'', ''Film/{{Grease}}'', and ''Film/HistoryOfTheWorldPartI''.

Unlike most comedians of his time, Caesar was more of a "sketch comic" rather than a stand-up comic, relying more on body language, accents, and facial contortions than simply dialogue. [[HarpoDoesSomethingFunny He would think up concepts and ideas, and had writers flesh out the concept]]. Such writers included Creator/MelBrooks, Creator/CarlReiner, Creator/NeilSimon, and Creator/WoodyAllen.