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The Best of Sid Caesar

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The Best of Sid CaesarStarring: ~ Imogene Coca, Howard Morris Sid Caesar Carl Reiner James Starbuck
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Customer Reviews:

  the few skits of The Best of Sid Caesar (05 September 2010)
The quality of the DVD was great. I was disappointed in too few skits and too many interviews. A DVD product needs to be made ofa 4 disc continuous play of his shows like the one of Jack Benny.

  Sid Ceasar, a classic comedian (29 August 2010)
The Best of Sid Caesar

Sid Caesar and his co comedians performed live before there was video taping. They are the original classic cemedians who cannot be duplicated today. No foul language nor coarseness, but just pure comedy that is timeless. This DVD has 8 of his routines, but it has only two in which his famous co-star, Imogene Coco, appears. The quality of the restoration process could have been better.

The DVD is worth having if only the funniest routine I have ever seen, " This is your Story," was in it. This routine of the parody of "This is your Life" is rip roaring comedy at its best.

I would recommend thid DVD to be in one's collection for this type of comedy may never appear again.

  Here are the details on the DVD: (17 March 2010)
Here are the details on the DVD, with year broadcast and running times:

The Commuters in "Seven Dwarves Bet" (1956) (10:26)
The Professor in "Boardrooms of Hollywood" (1955) (8:56)
Five Dollar Date (1949) (6:47)
Sid Plays Sax with Benny Goodman (1954) (4:34)
The Clock (1953) (7:54)
A Fella Needs a Girl (1952) (8:19)
The Haircuts in "So Rare & Flippin'" (1955) (6:25)
This is Your Story (1954) (12:27)

Interview Extras:
Carl Reiner - Salaries (2:51)

Bonus Sketch:
Airplane Movies (1952) (7:28)

Bonus Musical:
Benny Goodman "Sing Sing Sing" (1954) (4:15)

Friars Club Highlights (1999) (10:04)

Writer and Cast Biographies: Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Sid Caesar, Nanette Fabray, Larry Gelbart, Howard Morris, Carl Reiner, Danny Simon, Neil Simon, Mel Tolkin, Imogene Coca

  Nothing like the old time comedians. (02 March 2010)
It was so good to laugh with these comedians. Good, clean humor. This is what we lack in this day and age.

  Very Funny Stuff (15 February 2010)
We watched this whole set on the weekend, and laughed and laughed. I'm not old enough to remember these shows when they were on but we love glorious black and white. There are interviews and comments by writers and stars like Woody Allen too. One skit involved Nanette Fabray singing an opera while Sid was supposed to be a straight man but things kept going wrong. At one point his false moustache gets tangled in her hair and he puts it back on upside down. We hear from Fabray that this was unplanned, and the incredulous look on her face when she sees the upside down 'stache was real. There are some line blunders too, which we love. This was live TV after all. You'll also like the hyper little Howard "Ernest T Bass" Morris in the sketches.

 


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