Go to YouTube and search for Sid Caesar.
Right now. Don’t wait.
I’ll still be here when you get back.
Comedy lost another titan today with the passing of Sid Caesar at the age of 91.
A man who defined television sketch comedy as we know it today.
A man who trained and/or gave voice to some of the greatest comedic minds of the 20th century, including Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Mel Tolkein, Danny Simon, Larry Gelbart, Neil Simon and Woody Allen through shows like Caesar’s Hour and Your Show of Shows.
A physical giant, Caesar was capable of playing the brutish husband or the nebbish boyfriend. He brought laughs and tears. And he was the first to let his co-stars shine. Stars like Imogene Coca, Nanette Fabray, Howard Morris and Carl Reiner.
I am confident that all of these people would have influenced my life in one way or another without the likes of Sid Caesar, but he formed the nexus around which my comedic galaxy spun.
Thank you, Sid. Know that you were loved.
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- Sid’s character in the movie It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
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- Hail, Caesar…we will miss you.
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