Before ‘SNL,’ there was Sid Caesar — and a roomful of Jewish writers

In a recent public conversation, David Margolick — a longtime journalist and author — reflected on Caesar’s rise, his Jewish ...
The Times of Israel

How Sid Caesar and a roomful of forgotten Jewish writers transformed television forever

JTA — 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 ...
Moviefone

Sid Caesar

Sid Caesar (September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2014) was an American comic actor and writer, known as the leading man on the 1950s television series Your Show of Shows and as Coach Calhoun in Grease and ...
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Before ‘SNL,’ there was Sid Caesar and a roomful of Jewish writers

Caesar and an ensemble cast that included Carl Reiner and Imogene Coca performed movie and musical parodies, domestic skits featuring warring suburbanites, and bits highlighting Caesar’s knack for ...