I was lucky enough to have worked a bit with 2 (Mel and Carl) of these 3 geniuses of the entertainment world, and, at least got to sit right near Sid Caesar---one of my all-time comedic heroes---during an event honouring him. Talk about a room full of fun and talent here!! Those who can bring laughter into our lives, full of trials and sorrows, are true wonderful gifts to all of us!
Gawd, King absolutely stunk it up here, constantly stopping the interviewees, never letting them finish. Such a waste on this once-in-a-lifetime sitdown with these three peerless talents.
I am now 70 and I remember Sid Caesar’s shows and my parents laughing while watching weekly, along w Jackie Gleason’s the Honeymooners. Great times for golden clean hysterical comedy!
My how things change. Now in 2022 we have Show of Show fanatics finding ultra rare straight from TV tapes, rare VCR's of sketches... some of which are not even dated... the QUANTITY of solid comedy was astonishing.
Had to revisit this in the wake of Larry King's death. He had longstanding relationships w/ so many of the old showbiz greats -- and especially these three here. So sad that Mel Brooks is now the only one left. I hope he stays w/ us for at least a while longer . . . .
What a lovely professional group of comic geniuses. We love them and how well they entertained us. God love them. Thank you. Larry thanks for bringing them together here. RIP my friends.
Seeing Larry back in the 90's makes me really wonder why he has a platform. I used to think "oh, he's a legendary interviewer. He may not have his edge anymore, but he's just so ubitquitous." Turns out, even back that, he wasn't that good.
Sid's memoir is great reading; he was addicted to the two things that can kill from stopping 'cold turkey', alcohol and barbiturates. He was making 25k a week when my dad paid 15.9k for a new 3br, 2.5bth, split level in the Philly suburbs.
Sid Caesar mentioned that in his autobiography. He said that after they wrote a sketch for the show they would show it to the non-Jewish people on the show to see if it would play to non-Jewish audiences.
I'm sorry but I couldn't stay after about 11-12 mins. Just too painful to listed to King constantly trying to wrest control and not letting these 3 comic titans finish a thought. Just awful.
