It's amazing to see early television skits that were so incredibly polished and well timed given how new the technology was. Imogene's slow burn scene in the police station is just perfection. And, wow, the two and a half kings line is genius, as is Sid's face at the end.
It's really interesting to watch this. So many instances where they didn't go for the obvious joke, but kept you guessing about what was coming next. At the end, you never even found out what the wife was doing where the husband didn't show up. That would've definitely been part of the "joke" in today's comedy world. In this, the laughs were continuous and about so much more than the premise.
My deepest gratitude to you and KJH for sharing these tapes. I was just a little bitty kid when these shows were aired way past my bedtime. I never saw any of Sid Caesar's work till Ten from Your Show of Shows was released, and it just wasn't enough. I wanted more of him and the remarkable Ms Coca, whose work I knew from her sitcoms. The expression on her face that starts at 10:56 is priceless - I've never seen anything like it. Thanks again.
You're welcome. Glad you're enjoying the videos! Stay tuned, as they say--there's a possibility there may be more. YSOS was, right from the start, the best comedy of 50s TV and Caesar and Coca an amazing comedic couple. If there is such a thing as comedy ESP, they had it! --kjh
@@degsbabe because people who have brains watch things to form an opinion. But you wouldn't know about that because you like or hate things without giving them a chance. Idiot.
There are no greats today like Sid Caeser or Carl Reiner. Neither are there the writers. No one to compare. So many greats gone. The world laughs less these days. Thanks for these uploads. Comedy genius that once was.
Netflix has a terrific documentary called "When Jews were Funny" It's not all jokes rather it is interviews with many jewish comedians. What I think you will find is that when Jews were children of immigrants they were funny. Now that they have assimilated the new funny, if you can call it that, is those who are children of immigrants or other marginalized parts of America's "white" society. I grew up with the Jewish comedians so to me the new funny isn't as funny. I'm sure it is, just not to me.
miggy272009 It must have been truly interesting to work for him. I'm one of the few in my generation who knows about him but his sketches are timeless. I'm sorry you still miss him. He is certainly one to be missed.
I loved this stuff as a little kid in the 1950s. It still holds up and makes me laugh. As a kid, I loved Sid's faces. I used to make them all the time even though my dear aunt said my face would stay that way if I persisted! She was right! Still making faces at age 69! Love you, Aunt Eleanor. And thank you Mom and Dad for tuning in this show every week on our 12-inch, black and white RCA which sometimes required a TV repairman to replace tubes! I thought he was gonna get electrocuted. Me, too. Those were the days, my friend. I substitute teach - tell kids about 1950s: milk delivered to the house, doctor house calls, TV repairmen, etc. only 40 miles west of Chicago! They think I'm nuts. The jury is still deliberating.
All so true - tell them about party lines and how fun it was eavesdropping! This one sounds crazy, but our milkman used to come in, open the frig, figure out what we needed and leave it. Once in a while Mom had to tape a note that said stuff like, "Pajama party Friday w/ 6 eight yr old girls" and he'd add that into his equation.
Nancy Wirth I'm so glad you found it here, then! :) It's quite an uphill battle to get UA-cam to show users videos on a brand new channel in search results. Lots and lots more rare material to come.
Today's post to the Sid Caesar channel: Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca as the Hickenloopers in a sketch that hasn't been accessible publicly for well over 20 years. "The Simpsons" did an episode with a very similar premise 40 years later, where Homer forgets to pick up Bart up from a soccer game. Also featuring Carl Reiner and Howard Morris. NOTE: No date is available for this sketch, which has only been released on very rare out of print VHS/Betamax tapes. My undying gratitude to KJH, the uber-fan of Sid Caesar in Pennsylvania who found these tapes, had them transferred digitally, and shared them with me so that I could make them available on UA-cam. ----------------------------------------------- For more rare material like this, please click here to subscribe to the Sid Caesar channel: ua-cam.com/channels/aco274Tej4ZhYWflk4B6lw.html
I know date was not available...but any educated guess as to whether this was YSOS or Caesar Hour?...Howie Morris looks soo young, I gotta think maybe YSOS...and didn't Nanette Fabray replace Imogene on Caesar Hour, when Imogene was given her won short lived show?...plus maybe Hickenloopers routine was always on YSOS?,,,,thanks....
daniel lack This is from YSOS, and, yes, the Hickenlooper sketches were also from that show. The sketches on Caesar's Hour that featured Sid and Nanette were "The Commuters," in which they move from the city to the suburbs. One interesting take: they were trying to get away from the very urban emphasis on YSOS in light of a wider (in geographical terms) viewing audience. --kjh
Excellent info!...I am almost positive, that Carl Reiner who of course was an intergral part of all of Sid's early programs and success, deliberately had Rob and Laura Petrie live in New Rochelle in the fabled Dick Van Dyke show just as Carl himself had moved during his work on Sids programs..hence the suburban angle ..and an awful ot of the show was based on Carl's own life and work. on YSOS and Caesars Hour....
Hopefully you're still around cos I have a question I'm thinking you may know the answer to! A while back (months? years?) I was on youtube watching a multitude of Sid videos and saw one where Carl and Howard (I think?) were in a bedroom (?) with Sid who had his head bandaged and the other two ended up ripping his clothes off for whatever reason. I have yet to find that sketch again and it's driving me crazy. Would you happen to know what show it was from and if it's still online anywhere? Obviously my haziness of the whole thing makes it hard to search for, lol! I've rewatched almost everything but maybe it's inside a sketch I haven't completely watched again. Also, thanks for the awesome channel!
It's funny that Sid's long-winded explanation of his complicated, made-up version of poker is so much like his trying to explain how to divide up the money in It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
I agree totally. Her cleaning lady owes a great deal to one that Coca did on Your Show of Shows. And of course, all those movie parodies, which were a hallmark of YSOS. --kjh
@@sidcaesaryourshowofshowsca2250 Thanks for this great channel! Do you know if these clips are public domain? Is there a way to contact you directly? Can I send you a private message with my direct contact info?
@@robingetlan8275 They'd only be public domain if they weren't renewed on the 25 yrs copyright anniversary, that seems unlikey. And the law was changed around 1977. There's a fari amount of music (but not hits) that fell in that way.
Very true-- and sadly, a lot of that has to do with his struggles with addiction and personal demons. He completely burned himself out in the 1950s. But we're SO lucky that the majority of his 1950s TV work survives-- though it's all locked up at the Paley Center, for the most part!
12:05. check out the set wall moving like there's an earthquake going on, not even a wall but a canvas of some sort, looks like a fan or the air conditioning is making it move. sid really relying on those cue cards, it's like an snl skit, he's literally looking around and over imogene during their entire dialogue.
When you watch young, young Howard Morris in these shows and see him in say "Lethal Women" on Boris Karloff's Thriller videos, you can see what a superb actor he came to be. He also trained physically over the years and transformed himself athletically, although you can see how loose and limber he is in scenes this early. Later on, he was almost a gymnast. Wonderful Ernest T. Bass: he practically created that character himself. Wish they'd release the show he did under Hitchcock's direction.
Imogene to Hospital ER Intake: Hello? Is this the General Hospital? Well, have you a Charles Hickenlooper in the emergency ward? Are you positive? Well, will you do me a favor? Will you save a bed for him? If he wasn't hurt, I'm going to break every bone in his body!" LMFAO
I’m curious as to the exact year this aired. From 1945-1969, the United States Senator from Iowa was Bourke B. HICKENLOOPER. His nephew, John Hickenlooper is the current Governor of Colorado.
There were a number of stock dancers and singers who showed up occasionally as "extras" in sketches, who might have a few lines of dialogue or none at all. I'm pretty sure the same guy was in "Prison Walls." Unfortunately, I don't ever recall seeing his name in any caption of a still shot from a sketch he was in. ---kjh
Watching Imogen Coca go off on Caesar reminds me of Carol Burnett doing the angry Eunice. I can see where Burnett might have gotten some ideas from. Funny sketch.
You can see a lot of Your Show of Shows' influence on the Carol Burnett Show. Carol was a great admirer of Sid; when she was starting out in New York, she gave up tickets to a hot Broadway show to see Sid live. And, yes, Imogene influenced her: Carol's Cleaning Lady was "descended" from a Charwoman sketch that Imogene did on YSOS. :) Glad you enjoyed the sketch. --kjh
Sie schwankt zuerst zwischen Angst um ihren Mann und Ärger. Als der Polizist 'friends' sagt geht ihr ein Licht auf. Herrliche Mimik. Danach ist sie nur noch wütend. Wunderbar gespielt, ich lachte Tränen.
High Dramma just released our own unique tribute to Sid Caesar's classic "Argument to Beethoven's 5th" sketch, Please swing by our page and check it out!
Well, I hate these kind of comments but I'm going to make it anyway, I'm here because of Mel Brooks. There is an interview of him with Conan O'Brien on youtube where he mentioned how great Sid Ceasar was. I only remember Sid from It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World where I didn't think he was that funny. I wanted to check out some of his other work. This is a funny sketch.
You really have to see Sid at his peak in the 50s, before his alcohol and pill problems overcame him, to appreciate his comedy. You might want to start with some of the film parodies and his pantomimes with Imogene Coca (there was never a better duo at mime). --kjh
A show that wasn't doing political satire. Shows that DO political satire are going to satirize the president, no matter who the president is, as SNL has for every single president in the history of its run. [wgw]
I don't know his name offhand, but he was one of the regular singers/dancers who often appeared in sketches when they needed an extra actor. If you see enough sketches, you get to know their faces, if not their names! ---kjh
This was hilarious so funny,reminds me of that time on the honeymooners,when he said he is the and will go club meeting or fishing when he wants we know how that ended,funny,ha,ha,ha!!
![SID CAESAR: The Good Investment [THE HICKENLOOPERS] (YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS - VERY rare sketch)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Js4eLcMOPnc/mqdefault.jpg)
It is SO much fun watching these! Especially seeing Ernest T. Bass as a young man. :)
It's amazing to see early television skits that were so incredibly polished and well timed given how new the technology was. Imogene's slow burn scene in the police station is just perfection. And, wow, the two and a half kings line is genius, as is Sid's face at the end.
SIDS voice was so wonderful. I could listen to him all day
It's really interesting to watch this. So many instances where they didn't go for the obvious joke, but kept you guessing about what was coming next. At the end, you never even found out what the wife was doing where the husband didn't show up. That would've definitely been part of the "joke" in today's comedy world. In this, the laughs were continuous and about so much more than the premise.
Thanks. Reading Mel Brooks’ book has me all fired up for this material. Truly terrific comedy!!
Thanks so much for these--Sid Caesar was a genius. Watching him again is a true delight.
I watched the Cid Ceasar show every week on our 11-inch black and white TV with a round screen. Imogene Coca was on the show every episode.
what is imogene coca?
@@systemsproceed248 oh thank you
My deepest gratitude to you and KJH for sharing these tapes. I was just a little bitty kid when these shows were aired way past my bedtime. I never saw any of Sid Caesar's work till Ten from Your Show of Shows was released, and it just wasn't enough. I wanted more of him and the remarkable Ms Coca, whose work I knew from her sitcoms. The expression on her face that starts at 10:56 is priceless - I've never seen anything like it. Thanks again.
You're welcome. Glad you're enjoying the videos! Stay tuned, as they say--there's a possibility there may be more. YSOS was, right from the start, the best comedy of 50s TV and Caesar and Coca an amazing comedic couple. If there is such a thing as comedy ESP, they had it! --kjh
Thanks for finding these. I grew up on Your Show of Shows, Uncle Miltie, et al. You brought a HUGE smile of nostalgia to this old face 🤗
Grew up? This was 50s. How old are you now? 80, i suppose?
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@@misanthrope541 Wishing you good health sir. Keep shining!
@@yashshah3484 Thank you, you do the same. 😉
This was absolutely hilarious!
Such a talented ensemble!
Boring
@@TurkeysLeg So are you - parsons nose.
@@degsbabe you taking it to a personal level proves that fact that people who enjoy these boring ass skits are idiots .
@@TurkeysLeg Why are you watching it then - TURKEY !?
@@degsbabe because people who have brains watch things to form an opinion. But you wouldn't know about that because you like or hate things without giving them a chance. Idiot.
There are no greats today like Sid Caeser or Carl Reiner. Neither are there the writers. No one to compare. So many greats gone. The world laughs less these days. Thanks for these uploads. Comedy genius that once was.
Glad you're enjoying them! Thanks for your comments. --kjh
Too much political correctness comideans might offend someone no more rights pretty soon
@Walter Palmer. One more great still exists, Mel Brooks is 93 and still makes appearances!
Netflix has a terrific documentary called "When Jews were Funny" It's not all jokes rather it is interviews with many jewish comedians. What I think you will find is that when Jews were children of immigrants they were funny. Now that they have assimilated the new funny, if you can call it that, is those who are children of immigrants or other marginalized parts of America's "white" society. I grew up with the Jewish comedians so to me the new funny isn't as funny. I'm sure it is, just not to me.
Nowadays people talk much more. They don't have this face expressions any more. It's a pity.
I still miss him:(
miggy272009 It must have been truly interesting to work for him. I'm one of the few in my generation who knows about him but his sketches are timeless. I'm sorry you still miss him. He is certainly one to be missed.
Mickey Dolenz undited interview
"If he gets here AFTER 12..... Tell him to call my lawyer." What a great line...
I loved this stuff as a little kid in the 1950s. It still holds up and makes me laugh. As a kid, I loved Sid's faces. I used to make them all the time even though my dear aunt said my face would stay that way if I persisted! She was right! Still making faces at age 69! Love you, Aunt Eleanor. And thank you Mom and Dad for tuning in this show every week on our 12-inch, black and white RCA which sometimes required a TV repairman to replace tubes! I thought he was gonna get electrocuted. Me, too. Those were the days, my friend.
I substitute teach - tell kids about 1950s: milk delivered to the house, doctor house calls, TV repairmen, etc. only 40 miles west of Chicago! They think I'm nuts. The jury is still deliberating.
Everything you say is true! Docs did make house calls..
All so true - tell them about party lines and how fun it was eavesdropping! This one sounds crazy, but our milkman used to come in, open the frig, figure out what we needed and leave it. Once in a while Mom had to tape a note that said stuff like, "Pajama party Friday w/ 6 eight yr old girls" and he'd add that into his equation.
Well sadly it was your generation that destroyed this.
I've been looking for this video for years!!!!!
Nancy Wirth I'm so glad you found it here, then! :) It's quite an uphill battle to get UA-cam to show users videos on a brand new channel in search results. Lots and lots more rare material to come.
I LOVE SID CEASAR
I like when Sid breaks the fourth wall and the audience reacts to his hand
imogene doing the same thing when the cop asks her, "have you tried to contact any of his friends?" 10:31. hilarious.
That's the funniest moment, as far as I'm concerned.
The suppression of live television - truly live television - is very sad.
Nothing like it.
TY, this was hilarious!! Didn’t know :))
It is truly sad that there was not the foresight to film the Show of Shows instead of recording it on Saran Wrap!
lovely - thank you
Today's post to the Sid Caesar channel:
Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca as the Hickenloopers in a sketch that hasn't been accessible publicly for well over 20 years. "The Simpsons" did an episode with a very similar premise 40 years later, where Homer forgets to pick up Bart up from a soccer game.
Also featuring Carl Reiner and Howard Morris.
NOTE: No date is available for this sketch, which has only been released on very rare out of print VHS/Betamax tapes. My undying gratitude to KJH, the uber-fan of Sid Caesar in Pennsylvania who found these tapes, had them transferred digitally, and shared them with me so that I could make them available on UA-cam.
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I know date was not available...but any educated guess as to whether this was YSOS or Caesar Hour?...Howie Morris looks soo young, I gotta think maybe YSOS...and didn't Nanette Fabray replace Imogene on Caesar Hour, when Imogene was given her won short lived show?...plus maybe Hickenloopers routine was always on YSOS?,,,,thanks....
daniel lack This is from YSOS, and, yes, the Hickenlooper sketches were also from that show. The sketches on Caesar's Hour that featured Sid and Nanette were "The Commuters," in which they move from the city to the suburbs. One interesting take: they were trying to get away from the very urban emphasis on YSOS in light of a wider (in geographical terms) viewing audience. --kjh
Excellent info!...I am almost positive, that Carl Reiner who of course was an intergral part of all of Sid's early programs and success, deliberately had Rob and Laura Petrie live in New Rochelle in the fabled Dick Van Dyke show just as Carl himself had moved during his work on Sids programs..hence the suburban angle ..and an awful ot of the show was based on Carl's own life and work. on YSOS and Caesars Hour....
Hopefully you're still around cos I have a question I'm thinking you may know the answer to! A while back (months? years?) I was on youtube watching a multitude of Sid videos and saw one where Carl and Howard (I think?) were in a bedroom (?) with Sid who had his head bandaged and the other two ended up ripping his clothes off for whatever reason. I have yet to find that sketch again and it's driving me crazy. Would you happen to know what show it was from and if it's still online anywhere? Obviously my haziness of the whole thing makes it hard to search for, lol! I've rewatched almost everything but maybe it's inside a sketch I haven't completely watched again. Also, thanks for the awesome channel!
All the talent here!
The absolute best.
You and KJH are my heroes. Thanks for these.
You're entirely welcome. Glad you're enjoying them! ---kjh
It's funny that Sid's long-winded explanation of his complicated, made-up version of poker is so much like his trying to explain how to divide up the money in It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
That's very true-- I never thought of that!
Also very similar to Kirk's explanation of the supposed card game in "A Piece of the Action" on the original Star Trek, a decade later.
@@jpmnewyork You mean Fizzbin? Lol.
@@jpmnewyork Great comedians steal from each other and make it their own--just like great magicians.
Howard Morris, the best! I recognize a ton of his voices from The Flintstones.
Thanks for making this available 👍
excellent! thank you!
And thank you, for the very first comment from a viewer on this channel! :)
Great sketch!
Clean comedy classic 👍👏
METV needs to bring back Sid Caesar!!!!
This is simply hilarious. Sid and the gang and the writers inc Mel Brooks deserve immortality. 😂😂😂
Don't forget the new kid Woody Allen that last year.
CARL REINER AT THIS AGE LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER COMIC A SKINNY JOHN CANDY AT THE SAME AGE.
Howard Morris was the guy who played "Ernest T.Bass on " The Andy Griffith Show!
GOOD EYES!!! That was driving me nuts!
Also the voice of ricochet rabbit.
Also Professor Liloldman.
Who was the 4. guy ? Sid, Carl, Howard and ?
The Odd Couple. First scene. This must be by Neil Simon?
I've always said that Carol Burnett owes a bit to Imogene Coca.
I agree totally. Her cleaning lady owes a great deal to one that Coca did on Your Show of Shows. And of course, all those movie parodies, which were a hallmark of YSOS. --kjh
@@sidcaesaryourshowofshowsca2250 Thanks for this great channel! Do you know if these clips are public domain? Is there a way to contact you directly? Can I send you a private message with my direct contact info?
Gary Moore hired her as an Imogene type. Imogene was dialing a little of the wcked witch of the west n the last part of the scene.
@@robingetlan8275 They'd only be public domain if they weren't renewed on the 25 yrs copyright anniversary, that seems unlikey. And the law was changed around 1977. There's a fari amount of music (but not hits) that fell in that way.
Sid Caesar peaked early. He was so good in these early shows that he never surpassed them in his later career. The best sketch comedian ever!
Very true-- and sadly, a lot of that has to do with his struggles with addiction and personal demons. He completely burned himself out in the 1950s. But we're SO lucky that the majority of his 1950s TV work survives-- though it's all locked up at the Paley Center, for the most part!
yes
Alcohol and the changing TV (dumbing down) were his downfall.
12:05. check out the set wall moving like there's an earthquake going on, not even a wall but a canvas of some sort, looks like a fan or the air conditioning is making it move. sid really relying on those cue cards, it's like an snl skit, he's literally looking around and over imogene during their entire dialogue.
The ending is hilarious!!!!!
What an ensemble!
This is rare. Thanks
When you watch young, young Howard Morris in these shows and see him in say "Lethal Women" on Boris Karloff's Thriller videos, you can see what a superb actor he came to be. He also trained physically over the years and transformed himself athletically, although you can see how loose and limber he is in scenes this early. Later on, he was almost a gymnast. Wonderful Ernest T. Bass: he practically created that character himself. Wish they'd release the show he did under Hitchcock's direction.
That's the smallest poker table in world history.
Why don't they show this on tv in 2018? It's hilarious!!!
I was late picking up my Mom at the bus stop once. ONLY once!
Sid's "Poker Face."...my god
Is the policeman at 10 Woody Allen?
Imogene to Hospital ER Intake: Hello? Is this the General Hospital? Well, have you a Charles Hickenlooper in the emergency ward? Are you positive? Well, will you do me a favor? Will you save a bed for him? If he wasn't hurt, I'm going to break every bone in his body!" LMFAO
+Alaskagal49 Yeah, that was so funny.lol. xD
I’m curious as to the exact year this aired. From 1945-1969, the United States Senator from Iowa was Bourke B. HICKENLOOPER. His nephew, John Hickenlooper is the current Governor of Colorado.
1956
Sid Caesar, Howard Morris, Carl Reiner and...who is the fourth poker player? Tom Avera?
1:47 "what a cadulla" what's a cadulla or whatever he says?
@@dougcrane8031 Dude thanks, you rock.
Imogene really turns into the Wicked Witch of the West at 12:40
I never met the Hickenlooper's. I knew the Hoeffenlaugers and the Schischenhaufs.
Who is the fourth guy?
There were a number of stock dancers and singers who showed up occasionally as "extras" in sketches, who might have a few lines of dialogue or none at all. I'm pretty sure the same guy was in "Prison Walls." Unfortunately, I don't ever recall seeing his name in any caption of a still shot from a sketch he was in. ---kjh
Watching Imogen Coca go off on Caesar reminds me of Carol Burnett doing the angry Eunice. I can see where Burnett might have gotten some ideas from. Funny sketch.
You can see a lot of Your Show of Shows' influence on the Carol Burnett Show. Carol was a great admirer of Sid; when she was starting out in New York, she gave up tickets to a hot Broadway show to see Sid live. And, yes, Imogene influenced her: Carol's Cleaning Lady was "descended" from a Charwoman sketch that Imogene did on YSOS. :) Glad you enjoyed the sketch. --kjh
Hilarious! Imogene is so funny.xD
Sie schwankt zuerst zwischen Angst um ihren Mann und Ärger. Als der Polizist 'friends' sagt geht ihr ein Licht auf. Herrliche Mimik. Danach ist sie nur noch wütend. Wunderbar gespielt, ich lachte Tränen.
Not a proper poker table, that's like a living room table for a lamp, a plant, pictures, clock and a couple of knick knacks.
“What’s ya got?”
*fumbling with torn cards*
“Eh two and a half kings?”
Was that a young Pat Paulsen in the Police Station?
I would love to see Sid and Imogene in a high stakes pokergame.
Who have the best fooling pokerface?
First I have seen SID CEAS
PURE GENIUS
CLAUDE
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hen u think he didn t write the his material
High Dramma just released our own unique tribute to Sid Caesar's classic "Argument to Beethoven's 5th" sketch, Please swing by our page and check it out!
Imogene Coca was brilliant!!!
Imogene looks like Tim Curry
Ernest T. Bass.
Well, I hate these kind of comments but I'm going to make it anyway, I'm here because of Mel Brooks. There is an interview of him with Conan O'Brien on youtube where he mentioned how great Sid Ceasar was. I only remember Sid from It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World where I didn't think he was that funny. I wanted to check out some of his other work. This is a funny sketch.
You really have to see Sid at his peak in the 50s, before his alcohol and pill problems overcame him, to appreciate his comedy. You might want to start with some of the film parodies and his pantomimes with Imogene Coca (there was never a better duo at mime). --kjh
Excellent. I did see his German doorman sketch last night which was very funny.
Subscribed.
Time to laugh
Now I know./Now I really know. Greta Thunberg learned the "How dare you" from Imogene Coca.
nothing has changed when your married
Stay single!
Sid is the only one looking at the cue cards.
Furniture wise: NY Tea table....goes back to 17 hundreds......prolly worth like $20,000 .....Sweet!
Michael R. Depends on the type of wood, production specs, and wear......
I'm crazy about marriage - that's what my psychiatrist says.
:30 , the first light beer on television lol
Where is Mr. Ed?
A modern version of the beginning of this premise is the Key and Peele sketch "I said B!+@#"
Those faces and charachters wouldn't look out of place in a Cagney movie or old war hero one
Show of shows great entertainment , never make it today though, much too clean
Classic
Hilarious!
Cute ending.
What, no 30 minute sketch of Alec Baldwin disparaging Eisenhower? What kind of comedy show is this?
A show that wasn't doing political satire. Shows that DO political satire are going to satirize the president, no matter who the president is, as SNL has for every single president in the history of its run. [wgw]
I thought it was the shoulder pads...but...Sid had huge shoulders also.
Why is it rare?
Would love to see a modern remake of this. A classic.
Then why do you want to see a remake? This exists.
That was your wife Danny.
Skit comedy just doesn’t get any better than this….not even the Carol Burnett Show.
This is why I love cell phones! Without them, I would be just like Doris in this sketch!
I know Howard, Carl, and Sid, who's the fourth guy I probably know just don't recognize him.
I don't know his name offhand, but he was one of the regular singers/dancers who often appeared in sketches when they needed an extra actor. If you see enough sketches, you get to know their faces, if not their names! ---kjh
You are welcome
This was hilarious so funny,reminds me of that time on the honeymooners,when he said he is the and will go club meeting or fishing when he wants we know how that ended,funny,ha,ha,ha!!
How about they play a simple game of Go Johnny Go Go Go Go, instead?
No tell right Sid?!!! Lol
Yes, one of the best parts of the "game," as is his reaction when Carl calls the misdeal! --kjh
I always thought Sid Caesar was a great comedian. Used to love his show, even though it was reruns.
9:30 that sarge ! Elvis Presley !
I'm wondering if it's Woody Allen.
22
Say something HAHA Say more HAHA.
15:30 now see THAT'S how you handle a guy.