RIP: Sid Caesar

erik Administrator Administrator Posts: 36,308	RIP: Sid Caesar Feb 12, 2014 20:47:30 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by erik on Feb 12, 2014 20:47:30 GMT -5 Another loss for Hollywood--the man behind Your Show Of Shows has passed away, at the age of 91. Details here: www.cnn.com/2014/02/12/showbiz/sid-caesar-dead/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
	"I don't think of myself as a star. I didn't set out to become a star, I set out to become a singer. I would have sung no matter what. The star part is just something that they made up in Hollywood in 1930." - Linda Ronstadt

egoodstein Moderator Posts: 34,923	RIP: Sid Caesar Feb 13, 2014 11:47:18 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by egoodstein on Feb 13, 2014 11:47:18 GMT -5 Sorry to hear that. Though I admit I thought he had died already. Your Show of Show esp. was really terrific TV. And amazing even more that it was live, and Caesar employed all those amazing comedy writers.

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RIP: Sid Caesar Feb 13, 2014 13:23:48 GMT -5

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Post by robertaxel on Feb 13, 2014 13:23:48 GMT -5

Could just about be called the father of modern US Comedy.. among the many stories about Sid (if it isn't true it should be

There's also a story, perhaps apocryphal, that once, when arguing with a cab driver from outside of the cab, he shouted 'Do you remember your birth?" When the cab driver asked "What?", Caesar grabbed him through the window and attempted to drag him through what was apparently a very small opening.

Post by erik on Feb 12, 2014 20:47:30 GMT -5

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