The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
Classic Comedy from Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour
- Comedy
- Documentary
Overview
One of the greatest comedians of early television, Sid Caesar hasn't had his work shown in perennial reruns, so it's especially gratifying to see a collection of his classic sketches released on video, with Caesar himself introducing the material. Besides being a truly gifted comic, Caesar benefited from having some brilliant supporting players, including Carl Reiner, Imogene Coca, and Nanette Fabray. Some of his illustrious writers, including Neil Simon, Woody Allen, and Mel Brooks, appear in interviews setting up the sketches. The sketches themselves include some all-time classics such as Caesar and company playing the figurines populating a medieval town clock (a brilliant bit partly written by Neil Simon and his brother, Danny, who reminisce after the sketch).
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 20, 2000
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Creative Light Entertainment
- Cast
- Neil Simon,Nanette Fabray,Mel Tolkin,Larry Gelbart,Benny Goodman,Sid Caesar,Woody Allen,Howard Morris,Carl Reiner
- Producer
- Rich Tackenberg,Peter Jaysen,Scott Zakarin
- Cinematography
- Jim Hunziker,Adam Biggs
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0282971