My God ... I remember watching this on TV when I was, probably, 7-8 years-old. Funny that when you get old yourself ... the old memories become fresh again.
This was such superior comedy in any era and I can only imagine how incredible it must have been to see this in your own living room on a RCA or Philco in the 50’s.
The second number was a spot-on sendup of the Will Masten Trio. Note that when Sid appears to be tapping wildly there are points when his feet are barely moving!
Your father was brilliantly talented! I love re-watching these skits, especially the spoof on Ralph Edwards' This is Your Life. Howard Morris stole that show!
Spoofing the new rock and roll groups of the early 50’s. I remember this skit well and it was a favorite of my dads. We used to watch “Your Show Of Shows” all the time. Fantastic talent and original comedic plots. We never realized way back then we were watching television history in the making.
Oh...this is BRILLIANT! So simple, but SO funny! Carl and those long legs, and he's whipping that jacket down? Howard, with that wild hair, and those crazy jumps? Sid...tap dancing impossibly fast? That HAIRLINE? "FLIPPIN!" Ohhhh...this was way before my time, but it kills me. Nothing today is funnier than this show. I laugh until I'm hoarse.
This is hysterically funny. I was lucky enough to see a live Sid Caesar performance in 1987. A young newspaper reporter, I was assigned to cover the show and at the end Sid invited the audience to come up and shake his hand if they wanted. (I did.)
If you like Howard Morris, here's a movie where he steals half the movie from Jerry Lewis! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CjkE_j3pDGs.html
Sid, Carl, and Howie: three multi-talented geniuses of comedy and creativity. Thank you for the laughs, for the intelligent, good-hearted comedy that never gets old. May you all rest in peace.
@azarsenalfreaks Your Dad could make me laugh until my stomach hurts. In the "Your Story" sketch, when he starts chewing on Sid's tie...I'll bet that your Dad improvised that...and it was THE funniest thing I ever saw. Your Dad was an absolute comic genius. What a gift...to make millions laugh, over and aver again, even now. He not only had a gift...he gave US all the gift of laughter. Thank you, Howard!
Ninety minutes of live TV--- terrifying. The only place to hone such live skills as these was the vaudevillian stage or on radio. The old vaudevillians were the best and most outrageous performers--- they had to be. They made the Golden Age of Television golden.
Oh my, they made it look so easy. Such a great parody of the times ! Sid, Carl, and Howard...I will always be indebted to you for a lifetime of smiles.
This is when comedy was funny, not loaded with F-bombs like you hear today. I'm sitting here remembering when I was a kid laughing at these three men who were totally genius and true comics. Thanks Guys, may you all rest in peace.
Oh, have you seen "This is Your Story" parody of "This is your Life"? Incredible. Howie Morris said it was his favorite and that he watched it repeatedly now that he was an old man.
OOOOH! My stomache is hurting so much from laughing! Love the tapping! If I could choose a way to exit this world well this would be it "to die laughing". Too bad "comedy" (if could call it that) today can't be more like this. Unfortunately that is "So rare" these days! Thanks again.
Brings back memories of junior high school in Western New York [East Aurora, Buffalo, etc]. These were actually released on 45, and we played them on jukeboxes everytime we got a chance.
RIP Sid Caesar. You were a funny, funny man sir! A true legend. Who could forget you in "Your Show of Shows" with Imogene Coca or in "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" with Spencer Tracy, and of course Couch Calhoun in Grease. You will be missed!
Carl's solo dancing sequence was extremely difficult to do but he made it look so easy, man I got breathless just watching him, talk about stamina! WOW!
At that time singing groups, doo wop groups were new. They’d have huge hits overnight. They’d show up with ducktail haircuts and sing on live tv like this. They looked odd and funny to the WWII generation who were watching! This parody was hysterical! Honestly, people talked about this bit, and others for decades!
Tom, Pete and Mike Haircut what a coincidence they have the same first names as Iveys/Badfinger who had some pretty wild haircuts themselves. God bless these three guys still with us! Sid, Howard and Carl . One of the funniest things I ever saw.
Carl is the only one left now, and he and Mel Brooks get together once in awhile for the 2000 and something year old man skits. I remember them as the 3 Haircuts singing Going Crazy, which also ended with "over youuuuuuuu!" I have the 45 of You Are So Rare To Me and the flip is actually Going Crazy. Great talent!
It´s the first time I´m seeing this, but this is truly the best I´ve seen so far in comedy,I knew that Sis Caesar died while watching Conan here in Portugal, rest in peace
There is funny, and then there's Sid Caesar. I really can't put my finger on what it is. I really don't think he even knew. Like a comedy savant or something. The great (legendary) writing didn't hurt, but he would take the written words and escalate it or rip the funny off the page and SLAM it right on stage! Howie Morris is underappreciated, but look at the clip, not because of staging or camera, Sid just pops out at you, just draws your eye. Can't explain it, wish I could sell in in a pill, I'd make a fortune.....Talent doesn't begin to describe it.
And this was LIVE TV!! They had to write a script every week and have it ready for air time. Amazing. Not like the garbage we have on TV today and many years since.
@azarsenalfreaks - Your dad as Uncle Goopy was hilarious. I almost split my side with laughter the first time I saw the sketch in the theatrical release of "10 From Your Show of Shows".
@azarsenalfreaks The Ernest T. Bass character on TAGS was brilliant. They say doing drama is easy compared to doing comedy, and to me this is a prime example. To maintain such a broad character without being silly, and even generating some sympathy for the character at times, must be very difficult. I've seen a few interview segments with Howard Morris and is such an articulate person that to make the ETB character so natural so as to seem easy must have taken a lot of hard work.
The quality of tv comedy is a direct reflection of the writers and the audiences they write for. Try to understand this. The Sid Caesar Show had the greatest collection of writers in history. No one in the business will ever disagree. Try these names on for size: Woody Allen, Carl Reiner, Neil Simon, and Mel Brooks! They created television comedy. Oh, and I forgot one other guy. Sid himself.
@azarsenalfreaks Your Father, was always a family favorite. His routine with Sid during "This Is You Life" schtick, continues to make me howl to this day. I hope you had many laughs and wonderful memories? Your Father was a very talented, and very funny man; may he rest in peace. He was so cute too! Peace and Blessing to you and your family.
Sid sat down at the piano and wrote this song in 15 minutes; had the skit down in about 20 more! It was a satire on the new "rock & roll" singers of the 50s.
DITTO for mE TOO ...my IPad is attached at the. hip..... and I only watch the old shows from the 50’s, 60’s and a very few from the 70’s and God Bless YT....Great stuff Sid Ceaser......I have been laughing for over an hour
