In his new book, 'When Caesar Was King,' author David Margolick chronicles the rise, and fall into obscurity, of the sketch comedian who set the stage for the TV sitcom ...

Sid Caesar once dominated American television so completely that it was hard to imagine Saturday nights without him. In the early 1950s, his live sketch-comedy program “Your Show of Shows” drew tens ...

whose anti-Jewish swerve has an unpleasant taste, not zees, sweet like Sid Caesar, but like maror bitter. In “When Caesar Was King: Live From New York,” WSJ,11/15/25, Joseph Epstein writes: On ‘Your ...

If you’ve laughed at something on TV lately, you can thank Sid Caesar. That may be a slight exaggeration, but Caesar, who has died at the age of 91, was present for the birth of TV as a mass-medium ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Sid Caesar, the prodigiously talented pioneer of TV comedy who paired with Imogene Coca in sketches that became classics and who inspired a generation of famous writers, died early ...

[T]he funniest man America has produced to date. — Mel Brooks, describing Sid Caesar in 1982. LITTLE ROCK There must be whole generations by now whose reaction to the name Sid Caesar might be summed ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sid Caesar, who pioneered TV sketch comedy during the 1950s as the star and creative force of "Your Show of Shows," a launch pad for the likes of Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner and ...

Although he’s well remembered by the comedy cognoscenti, comedian Sid Caesar—who died last week at 91 after a long illness—was one of those performers who should’ve been a bigger star, on par with ...

Portrait of Sid Caesar in black wood frame. Comedian Sid Caesar (1922-2014) was an influential and acclaimed comedian best known for his pioneering work on television, especially Your Show of Shows, a ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Jacket worn by Sid Caesar as part of ...