Oh...this is BRILLIANT! So simple, but SO funny! Carl and those long legs, and he's whipping that jacket down? Howard, with that wild hair, and those crazy jumps? Sid...tap dancing impossibly fast? That HAIRLINE? "FLIPPIN!" Ohhhh...this was way before my time, but it kills me. Nothing today is funnier than this show. I laugh until I'm hoarse.
Your father was brilliantly talented! I love re-watching these skits, especially the spoof on Ralph Edwards' This is Your Life. Howard Morris stole that show!
My God ... I remember watching this on TV when I was, probably, 7-8 years-old. Funny that when you get old yourself ... the old memories become fresh again.
This was such superior comedy in any era and I can only imagine how incredible it must have been to see this in your own living room on a RCA or Philco in the 50’s.
This is hysterically funny. I was lucky enough to see a live Sid Caesar performance in 1987. A young newspaper reporter, I was assigned to cover the show and at the end Sid invited the audience to come up and shake his hand if they wanted. (I did.)
This is when comedy was funny, not loaded with F-bombs like you hear today. I'm sitting here remembering when I was a kid laughing at these three men who were totally genius and true comics. Thanks Guys, may you all rest in peace.
The second number was a spot-on sendup of the Will Masten Trio. Note that when Sid appears to be tapping wildly there are points when his feet are barely moving!
@azarsenalfreaks Your Dad could make me laugh until my stomach hurts. In the "Your Story" sketch, when he starts chewing on Sid's tie...I'll bet that your Dad improvised that...and it was THE funniest thing I ever saw. Your Dad was an absolute comic genius. What a gift...to make millions laugh, over and aver again, even now. He not only had a gift...he gave US all the gift of laughter. Thank you, Howard!
OOOOH! My stomache is hurting so much from laughing! Love the tapping! If I could choose a way to exit this world well this would be it "to die laughing". Too bad "comedy" (if could call it that) today can't be more like this. Unfortunately that is "So rare" these days! Thanks again.
Sid, Carl, and Howie: three multi-talented geniuses of comedy and creativity. Thank you for the laughs, for the intelligent, good-hearted comedy that never gets old. May you all rest in peace.
Spoofing the new rock and roll groups of the early 50’s. I remember this skit well and it was a favorite of my dads. We used to watch “Your Show Of Shows” all the time. Fantastic talent and original comedic plots. We never realized way back then we were watching television history in the making.
Brings back memories of junior high school in Western New York [East Aurora, Buffalo, etc]. These were actually released on 45, and we played them on jukeboxes everytime we got a chance.
Oh my, they made it look so easy. Such a great parody of the times ! Sid, Carl, and Howard...I will always be indebted to you for a lifetime of smiles.
Tom, Pete and Mike Haircut what a coincidence they have the same first names as Iveys/Badfinger who had some pretty wild haircuts themselves. God bless these three guys still with us! Sid, Howard and Carl . One of the funniest things I ever saw.
Ninety minutes of live TV--- terrifying. The only place to hone such live skills as these was the vaudevillian stage or on radio. The old vaudevillians were the best and most outrageous performers--- they had to be. They made the Golden Age of Television golden.
And this was LIVE TV!! They had to write a script every week and have it ready for air time. Amazing. Not like the garbage we have on TV today and many years since.
At that time singing groups, doo wop groups were new. They’d have huge hits overnight. They’d show up with ducktail haircuts and sing on live tv like this. They looked odd and funny to the WWII generation who were watching! This parody was hysterical! Honestly, people talked about this bit, and others for decades!
RIP Sid Caesar. You were a funny, funny man sir! A true legend. Who could forget you in "Your Show of Shows" with Imogene Coca or in "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" with Spencer Tracy, and of course Couch Calhoun in Grease. You will be missed!
Oh, have you seen "This is Your Story" parody of "This is your Life"? Incredible. Howie Morris said it was his favorite and that he watched it repeatedly now that he was an old man.
It´s the first time I´m seeing this, but this is truly the best I´ve seen so far in comedy,I knew that Sis Caesar died while watching Conan here in Portugal, rest in peace
Carl's solo dancing sequence was extremely difficult to do but he made it look so easy, man I got breathless just watching him, talk about stamina! WOW!
There is funny, and then there's Sid Caesar. I really can't put my finger on what it is. I really don't think he even knew. Like a comedy savant or something. The great (legendary) writing didn't hurt, but he would take the written words and escalate it or rip the funny off the page and SLAM it right on stage! Howie Morris is underappreciated, but look at the clip, not because of staging or camera, Sid just pops out at you, just draws your eye. Can't explain it, wish I could sell in in a pill, I'd make a fortune.....Talent doesn't begin to describe it.
The quality of tv comedy is a direct reflection of the writers and the audiences they write for. Try to understand this. The Sid Caesar Show had the greatest collection of writers in history. No one in the business will ever disagree. Try these names on for size: Woody Allen, Carl Reiner, Neil Simon, and Mel Brooks! They created television comedy. Oh, and I forgot one other guy. Sid himself.
Carl is the only one left now, and he and Mel Brooks get together once in awhile for the 2000 and something year old man skits. I remember them as the 3 Haircuts singing Going Crazy, which also ended with "over youuuuuuuu!" I have the 45 of You Are So Rare To Me and the flip is actually Going Crazy. Great talent!
Sid sat down at the piano and wrote this song in 15 minutes; had the skit down in about 20 more! It was a satire on the new "rock & roll" singers of the 50s.
@azarsenalfreaks Your Father, was always a family favorite. His routine with Sid during "This Is You Life" schtick, continues to make me howl to this day. I hope you had many laughs and wonderful memories? Your Father was a very talented, and very funny man; may he rest in peace. He was so cute too! Peace and Blessing to you and your family.
@azarsenalfreaks - Your dad as Uncle Goopy was hilarious. I almost split my side with laughter the first time I saw the sketch in the theatrical release of "10 From Your Show of Shows".
@azarsenalfreaks The Ernest T. Bass character on TAGS was brilliant. They say doing drama is easy compared to doing comedy, and to me this is a prime example. To maintain such a broad character without being silly, and even generating some sympathy for the character at times, must be very difficult. I've seen a few interview segments with Howard Morris and is such an articulate person that to make the ETB character so natural so as to seem easy must have taken a lot of hard work.
True, true. If anyone ever asks me what I think the Golden Age of TV was, it's the 1950's. TV is so easy to get wrong, and even the 50's had it's share of stinkers, but at no other time was history made and legends born.
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This was such a scream. I will always love Howard Morris for Ernest T. Bass. He made me cry with laughter whenever he was on Andy.
A show like no other...❣❣❣
Yes, this is some of the best comedy ever performed for television. I laughed until I teared up. Talk about ENERGY. This was astounding.
Oh...this is BRILLIANT! So simple, but SO funny! Carl and those long legs, and he's whipping that jacket down? Howard, with that wild hair, and those crazy jumps? Sid...tap dancing impossibly fast? That HAIRLINE? "FLIPPIN!" Ohhhh...this was way before my time, but it kills me. Nothing today is funnier than this show. I laugh until I'm hoarse.
Your father was brilliantly talented! I love re-watching these skits, especially the spoof on Ralph Edwards' This is Your Life. Howard Morris stole that show!
THey totally nailed this music style.
My God ... I remember watching this on TV when I was, probably, 7-8 years-old. Funny that when you get old yourself ... the old memories become fresh again.
Sid Caesar (1922-2014). One of the comedy greats. He will be missed.
One of the greatest, funniest moments in television history.
Howie is so totally committed, working his character for all it is worth, and more.
I actually got the tune to "You Are So Rare To Me," running around my brain; had to come back here today to re-listen! I like the melody! 10+ stars!
Brilliant doo-wop parody with great talent! THEY were Spinal Tap decades ahead of their time! ☺
This was such superior comedy in any era and I can only imagine how incredible it must have been to see this in your own living room on a RCA or Philco in the 50’s.
Or a Munaz TV with a round screen
I remember seeing this on tv when I was in elementary school - Wow. So wonderful. What a rush of 1950s memories!
Awesome! We used to play this over and over and over again as kids. It's just as fabulous now as it was then! They are hilarious!! Thanks for sharing!
They made me laugh like hell in the 50s ,and made me laugh just as hard now ,so so funny .
This is hysterically funny. I was lucky enough to see a live Sid Caesar performance in 1987. A young newspaper reporter, I was assigned to cover the show and at the end Sid invited the audience to come up and shake his hand if they wanted. (I did.)
R.I.P. Carl Reiner, the last of the 3 Haircuts. :-(
This is when comedy was funny, not loaded with F-bombs like you hear today. I'm sitting here remembering when I was a kid laughing at these three men who were totally genius and true comics. Thanks Guys, may you all rest in peace.
The second number was a spot-on sendup of the Will Masten Trio. Note that when Sid appears to be tapping wildly there are points when his feet are barely moving!
That "difficult" step of Sid's is called a nerve step.
@azarsenalfreaks Your Dad could make me laugh until my stomach hurts. In the "Your Story" sketch, when he starts chewing on Sid's tie...I'll bet that your Dad improvised that...and it was THE funniest thing I ever saw. Your Dad was an absolute comic genius. What a gift...to make millions laugh, over and aver again, even now. He not only had a gift...he gave US all the gift of laughter. Thank you, Howard!
Never fails to crack me up. They were hilarious. (Flippin Over You!)
OOOOH! My stomache is hurting so much from laughing! Love the tapping! If I could choose a way to exit this world well this would be it "to die laughing". Too bad "comedy" (if could call it that) today can't be more like this. Unfortunately that is "So rare" these days! Thanks again.
Decades later, this is still funny.
What I like is their facial expressions.
Sid, Carl, and Howie: three multi-talented geniuses of comedy and creativity. Thank you for the laughs, for the intelligent, good-hearted comedy that never gets old. May you all rest in peace.
Wow! These guys were so talented. So happy to see Sid Caesar and Carl Reiner.
I just loved Howie Morris.
Little Howie was the Frankie Valli of that parody group! He was also the voice of Jet Screamer on The Jetsons! ☺
He was my favorite too, very funny man. ^^
Best dancer - athletic.
If you like Howard Morris, here's a movie where he steals half the movie from Jerry Lewis!
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@@lelandframe1029 Thanks!
Spoofing the new rock and roll groups of the early 50’s. I remember this skit well and it was a favorite of my dads. We used to watch “Your Show Of Shows” all the time. Fantastic talent and original comedic plots. We never realized way back then we were watching television history in the making.
Brings back memories of junior high school in Western New York [East Aurora, Buffalo, etc]. These were actually released on 45, and we played them on jukeboxes everytime we got a chance.
Oh my, they made it look so easy. Such a great parody of the times ! Sid, Carl, and Howard...I will always be indebted to you for a lifetime of smiles.
Sorry to hear of Carl Reiner's passing. He was so funny,
Carl Reiner (1922-2020) will be missed.
Brilliant ! Sid and Phil Silvers do it for me every time
Just perfection! Groups like that were popular back then.
Dang! I'm outta' breath just watching that! Sid was one of the best of all time.
Two much fun ! The best ever ! ! Long live the haircuts ❤️
A wonderful spoof of a group popular at the time called “The Crewcuts”, after a popular men’s haircut of the period for younger guys.
Ohhhhhh. Thanks for the reference!
Still making people laugh and gaining new fans. How great is that!
Tom, Pete and Mike Haircut what a coincidence they have the same first names as Iveys/Badfinger who had some pretty wild haircuts themselves. God bless these three guys still with us! Sid, Howard and Carl . One of the funniest things I ever saw.
Ninety minutes of live TV--- terrifying. The only place to hone such live skills as these was the vaudevillian stage or on radio. The old vaudevillians were the best and most outrageous performers--- they had to be. They made the Golden Age of Television golden.
So funny. So clever. Nothing like it on TV today. Truly the forerunner of SNL.
And this was LIVE TV!! They had to write a script every week and have it ready for air time. Amazing. Not like the garbage we have on TV today and many years since.
At that time singing groups, doo wop groups were new. They’d have huge hits overnight. They’d show up with ducktail haircuts and sing on live tv like this. They looked odd and funny to the WWII generation who were watching! This parody was hysterical! Honestly, people talked about this bit, and others for decades!
RIP Sid Caesar. You were a funny, funny man sir! A true legend. Who could forget you in "Your Show of Shows" with Imogene Coca or in "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" with Spencer Tracy, and of course Couch Calhoun in Grease. You will be missed!
Actually, a parody of ALL of the '50's groups, including the Four Aces!!!!!!
The ABSOLUTE most wonderful skit from "Your Shows Of Shows"!!!!!!!!!
Oh, have you seen "This is Your Story" parody of "This is your Life"? Incredible. Howie Morris said it was his favorite and that he watched it repeatedly now that he was an old man.
so very very funny. give it a little time, it kicks in around the 2nd minute and never lets up. truly a genius of an ensemble at work here.
It´s the first time I´m seeing this, but this is truly the best I´ve seen so far in comedy,I knew that Sis Caesar died while watching Conan here in Portugal, rest in peace
RIP Sid Ceaser gotta say you are so missed. Please get some more material up there and swiftly return to us, we need you here.
Carl Reiner will join the rest of the hang shortly. 😇
I think Howie Morris was the world's first break dancer in this video!
😂😂
Love it!! I miss that good entertainment.
iv watched this 20 times .and I laugh more each time .this js class with a capital C.
Still Funny!!
When TV Wasn't a waste of time.
I wish all of this was in color
being a music person from this era i find it hilarious ....reminds us of the Stan Freberg humor.
Carl's solo dancing sequence was extremely difficult to do but he made it look so easy, man I got breathless just watching him, talk about stamina! WOW!
Yes! He was mesmerizing!
This is when comedy was actually funny and CLEAN! Each one was a true genius! RIP guys, you all lightened our burdens with laughter!
Rigorous!!!! Single take and another 80 min. to go! My heroes.
I defy anyone to name just one t.v. show today that even comes close to this!
SNL wants to be as good as this show
15-20 years ahead of its time in terms of comic absurdity and inventiveness...
There is funny, and then there's Sid Caesar. I really can't put my finger on what it is. I really don't think he even knew. Like a comedy savant or something. The great (legendary) writing didn't hurt, but he would take the written words and escalate it or rip the funny off the page and SLAM it right on stage! Howie Morris is underappreciated, but look at the clip, not because of staging or camera, Sid just pops out at you, just draws your eye. Can't explain it, wish I could sell in in a pill, I'd make a fortune.....Talent doesn't begin to describe it.
Oh, and Sid tap dances as well as he double talks!!
Sid said they went to a dinner club and the entertainment was these 3 guys with the funniest haircuts and mannerisms.
The quality of tv comedy is a direct reflection of the writers and the audiences they write for. Try to understand this. The Sid Caesar Show had the greatest collection of writers in history. No one in the business will ever disagree. Try these names on for size: Woody Allen, Carl Reiner, Neil Simon, and Mel Brooks! They created television comedy. Oh, and I forgot one other guy. Sid himself.
we are all missing something these days true talent.
You said it!
So, this must be where Jake and Elwood got their moves!
they were on a mission from God ,
What talent!
So tremendously talented. Your Show of Shows! I watched it all the time.
Pure Genius at Work.
Without Your Show of Shows, there would NOT, I repeat, NOT have been a Saturday Night Live.
Happy New Year.
That's Ernest T. Bass breakdancing in the 1950s.
Carl is the only one left now, and he and Mel Brooks get together once in awhile for the 2000 and something year old man skits. I remember them as the 3 Haircuts singing Going Crazy, which also ended with "over youuuuuuuu!" I have the 45 of You Are So Rare To Me and the flip is actually Going Crazy. Great talent!
Pure comic genius!!!
Sid, Carl and Howie were the best
Sid sat down at the piano and wrote this song in 15 minutes; had the skit down in about 20 more! It was a satire on the new "rock & roll" singers of the 50s.
Love ya Carl~~~~~~
You got your money's worth with these guys!
Hail Caesar! Way ahead of his time. Saturday Night Live BEFORE Saturday Night Live!
This is incredible!
@azarsenalfreaks Your Father, was always a family favorite. His routine with Sid during "This Is You Life" schtick, continues to make me howl to this day. I hope you had many laughs and wonderful memories? Your Father was a very talented, and very funny man; may he rest in peace. He was so cute too! Peace and Blessing to you and your family.
@azarsenalfreaks - Your dad as Uncle Goopy was hilarious. I almost split my side with laughter the first time I saw the sketch in the theatrical release of "10 From Your Show of Shows".
They all have Carl Perkins hairdos. Cool!
They'd never make it today. Too talented.
Many thanks - this gets funnier each time i see it!
Just their HAIR is funnier than anything on TV now.
so far out there for 1956..........real talent make it up on the fly.......live tv
Wouldn’t you just love to see this act on AGT.😆
Hahahahahahahaha XD Oh my.. I truly laughed my ass off on this one!!
Sid Caesar RIP
Bravi!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@azarsenalfreaks The Ernest T. Bass character on TAGS was brilliant. They say doing drama is easy compared to doing comedy, and to me this is a prime example. To maintain such a broad character without being silly, and even generating some sympathy for the character at times, must be very difficult. I've seen a few interview segments with Howard Morris and is such an articulate person that to make the ETB character so natural so as to seem easy must have taken a lot of hard work.
RIP Carl Reiner. Thanks for the laughter..
do yourself a favour and watch the whole clip it gets better and better. wow what a comic , mr sid ceaser
Hey somebody give these guys a record deal! Lol!
True, true. If anyone ever asks me what I think the Golden Age of TV was, it's the 1950's. TV is so easy to get wrong, and even the 50's had it's share of stinkers, but at no other time was history made and legends born.
The begining of break dancing. This clip will always be funny.
JUST WONDERFUL
Howard's wig almost fell off towards the end! 🤣
I could have done without the first song, but that second one made up for it. That was hilarious.
Brilliant! A scream!
I just peed myself laughing.
this is awesome -great stuff ---too funny
Yes, that is correct. Reiner is 91 and Sid Caesar (Now 90) is said to be in extremely poor health.