In the 50s health food was considered a bit odd ball. I remember a handsome, youthful looking Swedish man who used to appear on the talk shows to preach a healthy lifestyle. He was charming but we all thought he was a bit nuts then. His name was Gaylord Hauser. Who would have ever thought that what he was saying was good advice?
These two were some of the greatest comedians ever! My favorite was where they played two Italians - a young man being introduced to a potential bride. Hysterical!
Sad we lost him today but glad he made it to 91. That's pretty awesome :D I hope we get to have Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks and some of the others around for many more years to come still
@@kensandale243 I think what he’s saying is that a restaurant serving only health foods was seen as crazy and funny back then. Now we have restaurants just like the one depicted in this sketch.
That's Howard Morris who played "Uncle Goopy" on Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows (1954) and also Ernest T on Grffith's show. He was also a director too.
Most TV show comedians of this era had radio and vaudeville backgrounds. Fortunately, they brought some of it with them to television. This came out when I was a kid; I was raised on this kind of humor. Great stuff! Thank you!
Incredible how far ahead of its time this episode was! Sid Caesar's writers on Your Show of Shows were...are you ready for this? Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Larry Gelbart (MASH), Carl Reiner, Michael Stewart, Mel Tolkin and Woody Allen. RIP Sid.
Always means a lot when I see my grandpa Mel get recognized!!! He’s not as much of a household name as Brooks or Reiner or Caesar, but he was still a true legend. ♥️
@@ShartinScorsese Your "Grandpa Mel" Tolkin was an icon. He was the HEAD writer, in charge of all these young talented writers. Born in present day Ukraine, he ended up, after dabbling in music, writing for Borscht Belt comedians and living in NYC in 1946. There, in the new medium of "television" in 1949 he began his epic collaboration with Sid Caesar. According to Wikipedia, in the writing sessions he was quite the character, as he "paced, muttered, swore, occasionally typed and more than occasionally threw things: crumpled paper cups, cigars (lighted) and much else. The acoustical-tile ceiling was fringed with pencils, which had been flung aloft in a rage and stuck fast; Mr. Tolkin once counted 39 of them suspended there". He remained a well known writer in TV land, even editing and writing for All in the Family. He wrote material for Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, Danny Kaye and Danny Thomas! Wow. What I'd give to be in that room with all those talented pople. I'd risk getting hit with the cigar. What a great entertainer, bless your grampa's memory, he passed in November 2007 aged 94 years young.
@@wildh0rse1 I feel so so lucky to have known him. He was a true legend, and a wonderful man (and grandpa)! I have boxes and boxes of his correspondence with the other Your Show of Shows writers, drafts of sketches and episodes and songs, his unpublished autobiography, and his guide to comedy writing. Someday I plan to either publish a book or make a documentary with all of it. Like I said above, other writers became household names, but not as many people remember the name Mel Tolkin. So it means a lot to read this. 💖
Loved this. Love the kind of satire they were doing then, when satire was one of the big things going on in comedy (along with Mad magazine, the new generation stand-ups, Ernie Kovacks and quite a few others. Helped develop a good sense of perspective about just about everything that was sent---with heavy Madison-Avenue promotion--- into living rooms every day.
a true innovator. Some of his bits were so far ahead of his time. A case in point is this sketch. As funny then as it is today! A rare genius of comedy, his face was like rubber. RIP Sid Thanks for all the laughs
Yes I'm young and i never heard of Did Caesar until he passed but after seeing a few sketches it made me sad that i didn't catch him in his prime....R.I.P
Yep. That's Howie Morris, from Your Show of Shows from the the early 1950's. He was a comedic genius, as was Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner. Check out other clips from those shows on UA-cam. Your Show of Shows, Caesar's Hour, or Sid Caesar. What Howie Morris did on those shows with Sid Caesar were unbelievably, drop dead funny. Type "Your Show of Shows" Look for "This Is Your Story" also type "Sid Caesar," "'The German General"- both are "double talking" throughout the whole thing!
Yeah. When I was a kid in the 60's and 70's I always thought of him as just "ETB" and then found out later what a talent the guy was (He Co-Wrote and directed a lot of the AG shows not to mention all his other accomplishments).
I really did love Sid Caesar when I was growing up. He always reminded me of my favorite site, My Trip 2 Vegas dott kom. You should tell your coworkers about it.
Sid's humor transcends generations. It will live forever. Very Funny and no need to appeal to the baser instincts. One of my favorite skits was when he gets pulled reluctantly out of the audience on a "This Is Your Life". Absolutely priceless. A genius for the ages.
This makes me hungry for Protose (5:00), which was a peanut-based "fake meat" made by Worthington but discontinued about 10 years ago. Great routine! RIP Sid Caesar.
This video needs more views. I rewatch it and share it every so often myself both because of how funny it is and how relevant it is. There are children alive today with the organs of elderly people because of poor diet.
In the early 1960s, Imogene was the princess in Once Upon a Mattress (based on the fairy tale of the princess and the pea) that I saw live in Pittsburgh. Edward Everett Horton was it it, too. He might have played a king.
Woody Allen borrowed loosely from this for a scene from "Annie Hall," in which he meets Annie at a health food restaurant in L.A. Sid & Coca take the premise to greater, hilarious heights.
This was a time when comedy was just to make you laugh rather than shock or embarrass you. Ex. George Burns comes into the kitchen and Gracie is arranging flowers. George asks, „hey Gracie where did you get the flowers?“ Gracie,“I got them from Gladys.“ George, „ but I thought Gladys is in the hospital.“ Gracie, „she is George. You told me to visit her and take her flowers , so I took them.” I’m still laughing 😂
~~ Him TAKING THINGS TO THE EXTREME are what makes things super funny.~~ :) the 84 year old dude that looked 23 haha golden... and the 23 year old dude that looked 84 super golden...
James Smith this is not a sitcom, it's a variety show sketch, (I'm saying this in a nice way...Peace and Happiness). Variety shows multiplied and became ubiquitous in the sixties and early seventies -- the sheer numbers of them, astonishing
This comedy sketch, written and performed in the mid 1950s has become near reality today. In fact, today, spaghetti IS made from cauliflower by some food manufacturers. However, it's sufficiently over-the-edge wacky as to still be funny.
When Imogene Coca left the Show-of-Shows, the Show-of-Shows died. The program needed the male-female interplay, and when Coca left, it was just a bunch of guys yelling at each other.
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Sid and Imogene were one of the greatest teams during the Golden Age of television!
If there was someone born to be a sketch comedian, it was Sid Caesar. Facial expressions, accents, attitude. A great, great talent. RIP.
Sid Caesar was one of the greatest comic geniuses that have ever lived
Priceless ! Now we know that Alan Brady was a waiter before he became a TV star ! :-)
I saw Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca perform live on Your Show of Shows while in New York in 1955 on a 6th grade field trip. Good memories.
tampat that is a great memory, thanks for sharing
Cool stuff. Although not sure if tampat is still alive.
Wow, legendary.
Wow. That was a while ago. Maybe 65 years or so. You must have been a teenager or even younger!!
In the 50s health food was considered a bit odd ball. I remember a handsome, youthful looking Swedish man who used to appear on the talk shows to preach a healthy lifestyle. He was charming but we all thought he was a bit nuts then. His name was Gaylord Hauser. Who would have ever thought that what he was saying was good advice?
R.I.P. Sid Caesar, thanks for all the laughs. You and Imogene Coca together were hilarious together.
These two were some of the greatest comedians ever! My favorite was where they played two Italians - a young man being introduced to a potential bride. Hysterical!
Sad we lost him today but glad he made it to 91. That's pretty awesome :D I hope we get to have Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks and some of the others around for many more years to come still
Carl Reiner is dead
this surprisingly relevant today
";this surprisingly relevant today"
That;'s what you think people who eat healthy diets do?
@@kensandale243 I think what he’s saying is that a restaurant serving only health foods was seen as crazy and funny back then. Now we have restaurants just like the one depicted in this sketch.
*This is..
"I'll have an elm tree on rye!" Thanks Sid, some of my favorite childhood memories are watching you on tv.
The old guy at the table who greeted them is the actor who played Ernest T on Andy Griffith show
That's Howard Morris who played "Uncle Goopy" on Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows (1954) and also Ernest T on Grffith's show. He was also a director too.
Most TV show comedians of this era had radio and vaudeville backgrounds. Fortunately, they brought some of it with them to television. This came out when I was a kid; I was raised on this kind of humor. Great stuff! Thank you!
A shout out for the irrepressible one and only Howard Morris.
Yes! He was hilarious 😂
There was a movie that consisted of 10 of his best skits: 10 From Your Show of Shows-absolutely hysterical
RIP, this brilliant skit holds true today!
Oh my god. This is WAY ahead of its time. rip sid.
actually its behind its time...that's why he was so funny....comedy today is lude, crass, and totally unfunny............willie
Cauliflower Crust anyone 😊
"I'll have an elm tree on rye." LOL
The old guy at the table "Mr. Flemming" is Howard Morris. He played professor Lilloman in the Mel Brooks movie High Anxiety.
But most of us here know him as Ernest T. Bass. 😄
" Professor Little Old Man "!!!
Actually, the idea of "health food" has been around since the 19th century. See the story of Kellogg's!
Incredible how far ahead of its time this episode was! Sid Caesar's writers on Your Show of Shows were...are you ready for this? Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Larry Gelbart (MASH), Carl Reiner, Michael Stewart, Mel Tolkin and Woody Allen. RIP Sid.
Can that get any better?! 😂
Always means a lot when I see my grandpa Mel get recognized!!! He’s not as much of a household name as Brooks or Reiner or Caesar, but he was still a true legend. ♥️
@@ShartinScorsese plppp
@@ShartinScorsese Your "Grandpa Mel" Tolkin was an icon. He was the HEAD writer, in charge of all these young talented writers. Born in present day Ukraine, he ended up, after dabbling in music, writing for Borscht Belt comedians and living in NYC in 1946. There, in the new medium of "television" in 1949 he began his epic collaboration with Sid Caesar.
According to Wikipedia, in the writing sessions he was quite the character, as he "paced, muttered, swore, occasionally typed and more than occasionally threw things: crumpled paper cups, cigars (lighted) and much else. The acoustical-tile ceiling was fringed with pencils, which had been flung aloft in a rage and stuck fast; Mr. Tolkin once counted 39 of them suspended there".
He remained a well known writer in TV land, even editing and writing for All in the Family. He wrote material for Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, Danny Kaye and Danny Thomas! Wow.
What I'd give to be in that room with all those talented pople. I'd risk getting hit with the cigar. What a great entertainer, bless your grampa's memory, he passed in November 2007 aged 94 years young.
@@wildh0rse1 I feel so so lucky to have known him. He was a true legend, and a wonderful man (and grandpa)! I have boxes and boxes of his correspondence with the other Your Show of Shows writers, drafts of sketches and episodes and songs, his unpublished autobiography, and his guide to comedy writing. Someday I plan to either publish a book or make a documentary with all of it. Like I said above, other writers became household names, but not as many people remember the name Mel Tolkin. So it means a lot to read this. 💖
The guy laughing in the background cracks me up!
Loved this. Love the kind of satire they were doing then, when satire was one of the big things going on in comedy (along with Mad magazine, the new generation stand-ups, Ernie Kovacks and quite a few others. Helped develop a good sense of perspective about just about everything that was sent---with heavy Madison-Avenue promotion--- into living rooms every day.
I liked them very much. They and George Burns and Gracie Allen were the bombs of husband and wife team comedy.
R.I.P. Sid...you were a funny man
"You mean that's a real thing?!?" Ha!!! Classic.. Thank you, Sid..
this story was really ahead of it's time.
This wonderfood crap was always relevant.
I was just thinking that your right way ahead of its time some funny Schizzle lol
I always think that when I watch this.........
No it wasn't. There was a raw vegan restaurant in the 1930s!
@@LesBarber*You're
I can't get enough.
Thank you King of Saturday Night for making me laugh so much. Rest in peace.
I miss Sid Cesar and Imogene Coca so much! Wonderful and Brilliant shtick!
He was the most interesting character on TV back when I was a little boy. I will watch everything that is available on UA-cam.
How great was Sid Caesar? This was funny then and funnier now. And I'm not even talking Imogene Coca, who's better than anybody alive today.
Imogene was adorable!
Comedy royalty. Comedy genius. Thanks Sid.
a true innovator. Some of his bits were so far ahead of his time. A case in point is this sketch. As funny then as it is today! A rare genius of comedy, his face was like rubber. RIP Sid Thanks for all the laughs
Hysterical...... I watch this every so often. Makes me crack up every time. So good!
So ahead of its time, I saw edible flowers next to pre cut fruit at the grocery store today.
Yes I'm young and i never heard of Did Caesar until he passed but after seeing a few sketches it made me sad that i didn't catch him in his prime....R.I.P
gratitude for all the ways you made us laugh
rest in peace Sid Caesar ~♥~
Loved Sid Caesar and Imogene Coco!
Yep. That's Howie Morris, from Your Show of Shows from the the early 1950's. He was a comedic genius, as was Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner. Check out other clips from those shows on UA-cam. Your Show of Shows, Caesar's Hour, or Sid Caesar. What Howie Morris did on those shows with Sid Caesar were unbelievably, drop dead funny. Type "Your Show of Shows" Look for "This Is Your Story" also type "Sid Caesar," "'The German General"- both are "double talking" throughout the whole thing!
Thanks for the referrals. I got them bookmarked to look at later.
Imogene was the aunt tied to the roof of the car in "Vacation" with Chevy Chase.
Aunt Edna 🤣
Ohhhhh! My goodness. It sure is!
I couldn’t place her! At first I thought she was Alice’s mom on The Honeymooners.
She was also a guest star on an episode of the Brady Bunch.
I had no idea about this legend. Thanks NPR for educating me about Sid Caesar. This is a timeless classic. So funny!
Bravo, Sid Caesar. I can’t remember the last time I laughed this hard!
Hello Joy how are you doing hope you’re having a great time with your family may God bless you and your family. Happy new year
Yeah. When I was a kid in the 60's and 70's I always thought of him as just "ETB" and
then found out later what a talent the guy was (He Co-Wrote and directed a lot of the AG
shows not to mention all his other accomplishments).
This reminded me so much of ancient Saturday nights. Thanks for the memories!
"I'll have an elm tree on rye!"
R.I.P. Sid Caesar (1922-2014).
I believe the waiter was Carl Reiner. Wonderful cast.
This was like last night when I tried a Beyond Burger at Ponderosa.
What a treat! Missed this one when it was originally shown.
This is classic! RIP Sid Caesar...
I really did love Sid Caesar when I was growing up. He always reminded me of my favorite site, My Trip 2 Vegas dott kom. You should tell your coworkers about it.
Omg, its Aunt Edna from Vacation!
Howard Morris who plays old Mr Fleming also played Ernest T. Bass on the Andy Griffith Show.
I had a similar experience recently in Santa Monica CA hahaha
Hello Jennifer how are you doing hope you’re having a great time with your family may God bless you and your family
Timeless.
All this, and Ernest T. Bass, too!
Sid's humor transcends generations. It will live forever. Very Funny and no need to appeal to the baser instincts. One of my favorite skits was when he gets pulled reluctantly out of the audience on a "This Is Your Life". Absolutely priceless.
A genius for the ages.
Very possibly the best-with Howard Morris-who can forget Uncle Goopy ?
This makes me hungry for Protose (5:00), which was a peanut-based "fake meat" made by Worthington but discontinued about 10 years ago. Great routine! RIP Sid Caesar.
Gosh, I can't believe how funny this is and how clean and wholesome!
What a gem. Thanks for passing it along!
Great...thanks for posting....I love Sid Ceasar. Wonderful.
This video needs more views. I rewatch it and share it every so often myself both because of how funny it is and how relevant it is. There are children alive today with the organs of elderly people because of poor diet.
In the early 1960s, Imogene was the princess in Once Upon a Mattress (based on the fairy tale of the princess and the pea) that I saw live in Pittsburgh. Edward Everett Horton was it it, too. He might have played a king.
These two were magic together. I remember the skit were she was cooking her first meal for husband Sid, funny beyond words.
The funny thing is this is more than relevant today
Woody Allen borrowed loosely from this for a scene from "Annie Hall," in which he meets Annie at a health food restaurant in L.A. Sid & Coca take the premise to greater, hilarious heights.
Mark Joseph Davis yes, "I'll have the something-or-other, and a plate of Mashed Yeast."
R.I.P Sid caesar he was a funny and and still.
Oh my gosh, love '50s fashion-- look at her beautiful skirt
Holy shit this was ahead of its time
This was a time when comedy was just to make you laugh rather than shock or embarrass you. Ex. George Burns comes into the kitchen and Gracie is arranging flowers. George asks, „hey Gracie where did you get the flowers?“ Gracie,“I got them from Gladys.“ George, „ but I thought Gladys is in the hospital.“ Gracie, „she is George. You told me to visit her and take her flowers , so I took them.” I’m still laughing 😂
With "Ernest T. Bass" as Mr. Flemming!
"...sodium oxide...
"I'll have an elm tree on rye!"
I'm laughing so hard I got tears...
She was such a pro. Worked in friggin Vaudeville....I can't even imagine how that must have been.
I loved this! I want to say this was a Mel Brooks sketch with the delivery of some of the lines.
~~ Him TAKING THINGS TO THE EXTREME are what makes things super funny.~~ :) the 84 year old dude that looked 23 haha golden... and the 23 year old dude that looked 84 super golden...
Imogene Coca is the start of this piece if you ask me. Brilliant.
God bless you Sid Caeser wherever you are.
Brilliant!
Until watching this, I'd never made the connection between Carol Burnett's comedy style with Imogene Coca.
lol....still relevant and funny today. So much better than sitcoms out now.
James Smith this is not a sitcom, it's a variety show sketch, (I'm saying this in a nice way...Peace and Happiness). Variety shows multiplied and became ubiquitous in the sixties and early seventies -- the sheer numbers of them, astonishing
Save Sid ✈️🎥🍿😊
Outrageous.
OH GOD... hilarious!!!! couldn't stop laughing!!! reminds me of me haha
...always good to see Howard Morris, AKA Ernest T. Bass, in these sketches.
funnier than recent SNL
This comedy sketch, written and performed in the mid 1950s has become near reality today. In fact, today, spaghetti IS made from cauliflower by some food manufacturers. However, it's sufficiently over-the-edge wacky as to still be funny.
A class act...
This is farm-to-table before its time!
Wow! Full circle moment
When Imogene Coca left the Show-of-Shows, the Show-of-Shows died.
The program needed the male-female interplay, and when Coca left, it was just a bunch of guys yelling at each other.
...and Rest in Peace Carl Reiner (the waiter, too.
Hello Nana how are you doing hope you’re having a great time with your family may God bless you and your family
This is half of the restaurants on the block nowadays
Someone please take me to that health restaurant!
The guy laughing in the audience makes it even funnier!! XD
Gluten!!!! Well times have changed.
Imogene Coca is a scream!
lamo it's like they predicted the future. RIP Sid
Would have to agree!
Pure deep funny, Zen.
The waiter was Carl Reiner
Conan O Brain sent me
Me too
I definitely see some influence in Conans work. Some Jon Stewart too...
Same here
OK, please tell Conan to f himself.
you sent yourself
spagooti! genious!
*genius