Caesar's Hours My Life In Comedy, With Love and Laughter,9781586482831

Caesar's Hours My Life In Comedy, With Love and Laughter

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ISBN13: 9781586482831
ISBN10: 1586482831
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-01-03
Publisher(s): PublicAffairs
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Summary

The legendary television star tells the backstage stories of the classic comedy of "Your Show of Shows, Caesar's Hour," and other landmark programs

Author Biography

Sid Caesar was born in Yonkers, New York, in 1922 and began his career in comedy while a musician in the Catskills. He was a film and stage star by his mid-twenties, and in 1950 came the debut of Your Show of Shows, followed later in the decade by Caesar's Hour. Caesar has also starred in numerous Broadway shows and Hollywood movies. He lives in Beverly Hills, California. Eddy Friedfeld is an entertainment journalist and film critic. He lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Larry Gelbart ix
Prologue: My First Laugh xi
Part One PORTRAIT OF THE COMEDIAN AS A YOUNG MAN
1 A Yonkers Childhood
3(25)
2 From Sax to Comedy
28(9)
3 The Subway Commandos
37(15)
4 Tars and Spars
52(12)
5 A Show or a Steak
64(17)
Part Two THE GOLDEN DECADE
6 Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour
81(38)
7 The Writers' Room
119(30)
8 The Hickenloopers and The Commuters
149(21)
9 The Art of Sketch Comedy
170(23)
10 The Professor
193(10)
11 The German General and the Music of Double-Talk
203(15)
12 "From Here to Obscurity," "Aggravation Boulevard," and Other Movie Satires
218(19)
13 Sense Memory and Silent Movies
237(9)
14 The Perils of Live Television
246(15)
Part Three A LEGACY IN COMEDY
15 Conquering Demons: Now, Was, and Gonna Be
261(13)
16 Ten from My Later Years, and One to Grow On
274(17)
Epilogue: The Anniversary Ball 291(4)
Acknowledgments 295(2)
Index 297

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