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{{short description|American comic actor and writer (1922–2014)}}
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| birth_name = Isaac Sidney Caesar
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| death_place = [[Beverly Hills, California]], U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|comedian|writer}}
| years_active = 1945–2005
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'''Isaac Sidney Caesar''' (September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2014) was an American actor, comedian and writer. With a career spanning 60 years, he was best known for two pioneering 1950s live television series: ''[[Your Show of Shows]]'' (1950–1954), which was a 90-minute weekly show watched by 60 million people, and its successor, ''[[Caesar's Hour]]'' (1954–1957), both of which influenced later generations of comedians.<ref>{{YouTube|78KZl_j8YiM|"Sid Caesar remembered as one of TV s early kings of comedy"}}, ''CBS This Morning'',
Caesar was considered a "sketch comic" and actor, as opposed to a stand-up comedian. He also relied more on body language, accents, and facial contortions than simply dialogue. Unlike the slapstick comedy which was standard on TV, his style was considered "avant garde" in the 1950s. He conjured up ideas and scene and used writers to flesh out the concept and create the dialogue. Among the writers who wrote for Caesar early in their careers were [[Mel Brooks]], [[Neil Simon]], [[Larry Gelbart]], [[Carl Reiner]], [[Michael Stewart (playwright)|Michael Stewart]], [[Mel Tolkin]], [[Lucille Kallen]], [[Selma Diamond]], and [[Woody Allen]]. "Sid's was the show to which all comedy writers aspired. It was the place to be," said [[Steve Allen]].
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His TV shows' subjects included satires of real life events and people, and parodies of popular film genres, theater, television shows, and opera. But unlike other comedy shows at the time, the dialogue was considered sharper, funnier, and more adult-oriented. He was "best known as one of the most intelligent and provocative innovators of television comedy," who some critics called "television's [[Charlie Chaplin]]" and ''[[The New York Times]]'' refers to as the "comedian of comedians from TV's early days."<ref name=NYT />
Honored in numerous ways over 60 years, he was nominated for 11 [[Emmy Awards]], winning twice. He was also
==Early life==
Caesar was the youngest of three sons; his family was Jewish.<ref>[https://forward.com/schmooze/192701/rip-sid-caesar-jewish-comedians-hail-the-chief/ By Anne Cohen, February 12, 2014, Forward]</ref> He was born in [[Yonkers, New York]].<ref name="Paskin">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thejc.com/culture/interviews/interview-sid-caesar-1.18603|title=Interview: Sid Caesar|last=Paskin|first=Barbra|date=October 7, 2010|website=The Jewish Chronicle|access-date=June 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/with-a-jewish-infused-style-sid-caesar-revolutionized-television-comedy/|title=With a Jewish-infused style, Sid Caesar revolutionized television comedy|date=March 21, 2014|website=The Jewish Standard|access-date=June 25, 2019}}</ref> His father was Max Ziser (1874–1946) and his mother was Ida (née Raphael) (1887–1975). They likely were from [[Dąbrowa Tarnowska]], Poland.<ref>cite web|url=http://jgsgw.org/SidCaeserArticle.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305130009/http://jgsgw.org/SidCaeserArticle.pdf |date=March 5, 2016 }}</ref>
Max and Ida Caesar ran a restaurant, a 24-hour [[luncheonette]].<ref name="JDF">{{cite news |url=http://forward.com/articles/192680/sid-caesar-brought-jewish-humor-to-middle-america/ |title=Sid Caesar, Brought Jewish Humor to Middle America, Dies at 91|work=[[The Jewish Daily Forward]] |date=
By waiting on tables, their son learned to mimic the [[patois]], rhythm, and accents of the diverse clientele, a technique he termed ''[[double-talk]]'', which he used throughout his career. He first tried double-talk with a group of Italians, his head barely reaching above the table. They enjoyed it so much that they sent him over to a group of Poles to repeat his native-sounding patter in Polish, and so on with Russians, Hungarians, Frenchmen, Spaniards, Lithuanians, and Bulgarians. Sid Caesar's older brother, David, was his comic mentor and "one-man cheering section."<ref name="WaPo">{{cite news |first=Patricia |last=Brennan |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/sid-caesar-dies-pathbreaking-comedian/2014/02/12/f2e37274-9423-11e3-b46a-5a3d0d2130da_story.html |title=Sid Caesar dies; pathbreaking comedian |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 12, 2014 |access-date=
==Career==
===Stage and film===
After graduating from [[Yonkers High School]] in 1940,<ref name=MuseumTV /> Caesar left home, intent on a musical career. He arrived in [[Manhattan]] and worked as an usher and then a doorman at the [[Capitol Theatre (New York City)|Capitol Theater]] there.<ref name=NYT /> He was ineligible to join the musicians' union in New York City until he established residency, but he found work as a saxophonist at the Vacationland Hotel, a resort located in the [[Catskill Mountains]] of [[Sullivan County, New York]]. Mentored by Don Appel, the resort's social director, Caesar played in the dance band and learned to perform comedy, doing three shows a week.<ref name=Auto2 /> He [[Academic audit|audited]] classes in clarinet and saxophone at the [[Juilliard School of Music]].<ref name=SPIobit>{{cite news |last=Gennis |first=Sadie |url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Sid-Caesar-Dies-1077640.aspx |title=Comedian Sid Caesar Dies at 91 |work=[[TV Guide]] |access-date=
During the summer of 1942, Caesar met his future wife, Florence Levy, at the Avon Lodge in the Catskills village of [[Woodridge, New York]]. They were married on July 17, 1943,<ref>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5jr9L--C4tMC&q=sid+caesar+married+July+17%2C+1943&pg=PA64 | title= The Great Clowns of American Television| first= Karin | last= Adir | publisher = [[McFarland & Company]] | year = 2001 | page=64| isbn=978-0786413034}}</ref> and had three children: Michele, Rick and Karen.<ref name=MuseumTV /> After joining the musicians' union, he briefly played with [[Shep Fields]], [[Claude Thornhill]], [[Charlie Spivak]], [[Art Mooney]] and [[Benny Goodman]].<ref name=MuseumTV>{{cite web |url=http://www.museum.tv/eotv/caesarsid.htm |access-date=
Still in the military, Caesar was ordered to [[Palm Beach, Florida]], where Vernon Duke and [[Howard Dietz]] were putting together a service revue called ''[[Tars and Spars]]''. There he met the civilian director of the show, [[Max Liebman]]. When Caesar's comedy got bigger applause than the musical numbers, Liebman asked him to do stand-up bits between the songs. ''Tars and Spars'' toured nationally, and became Caesar's first major gig as a comedian.<ref name="clips"/> Liebman later produced Caesar's first television series.
After finishing his military service in 1945, the Caesars moved to Hollywood. In 1946, [[Columbia Pictures]] produced a film version of ''Tars and Spars'' in which Caesar reprised his role. The next year, he acted in ''[[The Guilt of Janet Ames]]''. He turned down the lead of ''[[The Jolson Story]]'' as he did not want to be known as an impersonator, and turned down several other offers to play sidekick roles.<ref name="Auto2" /> He soon returned to New York, where he became the opening act for [[Joe E. Lewis]] at the [[Copacabana (nightclub)|Copacabana nightclub]]. He reunited with Liebman, who guided his stage material and presentation. That job led to a contract with the [[William Morris Agency]] and a nationwide tour. Caesar also performed in a Broadway revue, ''[[Make Mine Manhattan]]'', which featured ''The Five Dollar Date''—one of his first original pieces, in which he sang, acted, double-talked, pantomimed, and wrote the music.<ref name="LATobit"/> He won a 1948 [[Donaldson Awards|Donaldson Award]] for his contributions to the musical.<ref name=Auto2/><ref name=VarietyObit>{{cite magazine|author=Richard Natale |url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/sid-caesar-master-of-tv-comedy-dies-at-91-1201100019/ |title=Sid Caesar Dead, Iconic Comedian Dies at 91 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=
===Television===
Caesar's television career began with an appearance on [[Milton Berle]]'s ''[[Texaco Star Theater]]''<ref name="clips">Day, Patrick Kevin. [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-sid-caesar-five-tv-clips-that-demonstrate-his-comic-genius-20140212,0,4230797.story#ixzz2tAVc97C5 "Sid Caesar: Five TV clips that demonstrate his comic genius"] ''Los Angeles Times'', February 12, 2014</ref> in the fall of 1948.<ref name=brooksmarshp13>{{cite book|last = Brooks|first = Tim|author-link = Tim Brooks (television historian)|author2=Marsh, Earle |title = [[The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present]]|edition= Eighth |publisher = Ballantine Books|year = 2003|page = 13|isbn = 0-345-45542-8}}</ref> In early 1949, Caesar and Liebman met with [[Pat Weaver]], vice president of television at NBC, which led to Caesar's first series, ''[[Admiral Broadway Revue]]'' with [[Imogene Coca]]. The Friday show was simultaneously broadcast on [[NBC]] and the [[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]] network, and it was an immediate success. However, its sponsor, [[Admiral (electrical appliances)|Admiral]], an appliance company, could not keep up with the demand for its new television sets, so the show was
[[File:Coca caesar your show of shows 1952.JPG|thumb|[[Imogene Coca]] and Caesar in ''[[Your Show of Shows]]'' (1952)]]
On February 25, 1950, Caesar appeared in the first episode of ''[[Your Show of Shows]]'', initially the second half of the two-hour umbrella show
A few months later, Caesar returned with ''[[Caesar's Hour]]'', a one-hour sketch/variety show with Morris, Reiner, [[Bea Arthur]] and other members of his former crew. [[Nanette Fabray]] replaced Coca, who had left to star in her own short-lived series. Ultimate creative and technical control was now in Caesar's hands, originating from the [[Center Theatre (New York City)|Center Theater]] and the weekly budget doubled to $125,000. The premiere on September 27, 1954, featured [[Gina Lollobrigida]].<ref name="Auto2"/> Everything was performed live, including the commercials.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}
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In 1963, Caesar appeared on television, on stage, and in films. Several ''As Caesar Sees It'' specials evolved into the 1963–64 ''Sid Caesar Show'' (which alternated with [[Edie Adams]] in ''Here's Edie'').<ref>{{cite news |title=A.B.C.-TV TO DROP '77 SUNSET STRIP' / Also Discontinuing 3 Other Series Before April|work=[[The New York Times]], p.41|author=Adams, Val|date=January 1, 1964|access-date=November 18, 2018| url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1964/01/01/106930685.html?pageNumber=41}}</ref> He starred with [[Virginia Martin]] in the Broadway musical ''[[Little Me (musical)|Little Me]]'', with book by Simon, choreography by [[Bob Fosse]], and music by [[Cy Coleman]]. Playing eight parts with 32 costume changes, he was nominated in 1963 for a [[Tony Award]] for Best Leading Actor in a Musical.<ref name=BWWorld>{{cite web|url=http://www2.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardsyear.cfm?year=1963# |title=1963 Tony Award Winners |website=BroadwayWorld.com |access-date=
===Style and technique===
Caesar was not a stand-up comedian but a "sketch comic, and actor," wrote one historian. "He conjured up ideas and enhanced scenes, but never wrote a word," and thereby depended on his writers for dialogue.<ref name=Nachman>{{cite book |last1= Nachman |first1=Gerald |author-link1= Gerald Nachman (journalist) |title=Seriously Funny: The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s|url= https://archive.org/details/seriouslyfunnyre00nach |url-access= registration |location=New York |publisher=Pantheon Books |date=2003 | pages= [https://archive.org/details/seriouslyfunnyre00nach/page/99 99–122] |isbn=
</ref> Caesar was skilled at [[pantomime]], dialects,
[[File:Sid Caesar - 1972-1.jpg|thumb|left|Caesar in 1972]]
His sketches were often long, sometimes 10 or 15 minutes, with numerous close-ups showing the expressions on the faces of Caesar and other actors. Caesar relied more on body language, accents, and facial contortions than simply spoken dialogue. Unlike
Writer [[Mel Tolkin]] stated that Caesar "didn't like one-line jokes in sketches because he felt that if the joke was a good one, anybody could do it. One-liners would take him away from what drove his personal approach to comedy." Larry Gelbart called Caesar's style theatrical, and called him "...a pure TV comedian." In describing his control during the live performances, actress Nanette Fabray recalled that unlike most comedians, such as [[Red Skelton]], [[Bob Hope]] or [[Milton Berle]], Caesar always stayed in character: "He was so totally into the scene he never lost it."<ref name=Nachman />
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Caesar was able to pantomime a wide variety of things: a tire, a gumball machine, a lion, a dog, a punching bag, a telephone, an infant, an elevator, a railroad train, a herd of horses, a piano, a rattlesnake and a bottle of seltzer.<ref name=Nachman/> On the [[Dick Clark]] show in 1978, he played a chewing gum machine and a slot machine.<ref>{{YouTube|zAfphVDJems|"Sid Caesar on Dick Clark's Life Wednesday show"}}, 1978</ref> He was also able to create imaginary characters. [[Alfred Hitchcock]] compared him to [[Charlie Chaplin]], and critic John Crosby felt "he could wrench laughter out of you with the violence of his great eyes and the sheer immensity of his parody." In an article in ''The Saturday Evening Post'' in 1953, show business biographer [[Maurice Zolotow]] noted that "Caesar relies upon grunts and grimaces to express a vast range of emotions."<ref name=Nachman/>
Of his double-talk routines, [[Carl Reiner]] said, "His ability to doubletalk every language known to man was impeccable,"<ref name="Reuters">{{cite news |last=Dobuzinskis |first=Alex |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sidcaesar-idUSBREA1B20H20140212 |title=Comic legend Sid Caesar dies at 91 |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=
===Subjects===
Among his primary subjects were parodies and spoofs of various film genres, including gangster films, westerns, newspaper dramas, spy movies and other TV shows.
Contemporary movies, foreign movies, theater, television shows and opera were targets of satire by the writing team. Often the publicity generated by the sketches boosted the box office of the original productions. Some notable sketches included: "From Here to Obscurity" (''[[From Here to Eternity]]''), "Aggravation Boulevard" (''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]]''), "Hat Basterson" (''[[Bat Masterson (TV series)|Bat Masterson]]''), and "No West for the Wicked" (''[[Stagecoach (1939 film)|Stagecoach]]'').
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Some of his writers, like [[Woody Allen]], initially didn't like being among the large team of writers coming up with routines for Caesar, feeling it was too competitive and contributed to hostility among writers. An Allen biographer wrote that Allen "...chafed under the atmosphere of inspired spontaneity", although Allen did say that, "Writing for Caesar was the highest thing you could aspire to—at least as a TV comedy writer. Only the presidency was above that." [[Neil Simon]] noted that "we were competitive the way a family is competitive to get dad's attention. We all wanted to be Sid's favorite."<ref name=Nachman/> As part of the competitive atmosphere in ''The Writer's Room'', as it was called, friendship was also critical. [[Larry Gelbart]] explained:
{{blockquote|We were able to be urbane. Between us we read every book. Between us we saw every movie. Between us we saw every play on Broadway. You could make jokes about Kafka or Tennessee Williams. We also had dinner together. We went to movies together. We were all friends. And that was very important. We appreciated each other a lot.<ref name=Maslon>[[Laurence Maslon|Maslon, Laurence]]. ''Make'em Laugh'', Hachette Book Group (2008) pp. 75–79</ref>}}
===Impact on television===
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Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Caesar continued to make occasional television and theatrical appearances and starred in several movies including ''[[Silent Movie]]'' and ''[[History of the World, Part I]]'' (both reuniting him with Mel Brooks), ''[[Airport 1975]]'', and as Coach Calhoun in ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]'' and its sequel ''[[Grease 2]]'' in 1982. In 1971, he starred opposite [[Carol Channing]] and a young [[Tommy Lee Jones]] in the Broadway show ''[[Four on a Garden]]''.
In 1973, Caesar reunited with [[Imogene Coca]] for the stage play
[[File:Sid Caesar-Steve Allen.jpg|thumb|Caesar as guest on ''The Big Show'' with host [[Steve Allen]] in 1980]]
In 1980, he appeared as a double-talking Japanese father for Mei and Kei's Pink Lady and opposite Jeff Altman in the ''[[Pink Lady and Jeff]]'' show.
In 1983, Caesar hosted an episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', where he received a standing ovation at the start of the show and was awarded a plaque at the conclusion of the show declaring him an honorary cast member.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://snltranscripts.jt.org/82/82l.phtml | title = Air Date: February 5th, 1983 — Host: Sid Caesar | publisher= SNL Transcripts | access-date=
In 1996, the [[Writers Guild of America, West]] reunited Caesar with nine of his writers from ''[[Your Show of Shows]]'' and ''[[Caesar's Hour]]'' for a two-hour panel discussion featuring head writer [[Mel Tolkin]], Caesar, [[Carl Reiner]], [[Aaron Ruben]], [[Larry Gelbart]], [[Mel Brooks]], [[Neil Simon]], [[Danny Simon]], [[Sheldon Keller]], and [[Gary Belkin]]. The event was taped, broadcast on PBS in the United States and the BBC in the UK, and later released as a DVD titled ''Caesar's Writers''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://caesarswriters.com/about/ |title=Caesar's Writers | About |publisher=Caesarswriters.com |date=
In 1997, he made a guest appearance in ''[[Vegas Vacation]]'' and, the following year, in ''[[The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit]]''
[[File:Sid Caesar 2000.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Caesar attending [[Mark Twain Prize for American Humor]] in 2000]]
On September 7, 2001, Caesar, Carl Reiner and Nanette Fabray appeared on [[CNN]]'s live interview program ''[[Larry King Live]]'' along with actor, comedian and [[Improvisational theatre|improvisationist]] [[Drew Carey]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0109/07/lkl.00.html |title=''Larry King Live'' Transcript: "Hail Sid Caesar" |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=September 7, 2001
In 2003, he joined [[Edie Adams]] and [[Marvin Kaplan]] at a 40th anniversary celebration for ''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.in70mm.com/news/2003/mad_world/index.htm |title="It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" 40th anniversary |publisher=In70mm.com |date=
In a November 2009 article in the [[Toluca Lake, Los Angeles|Toluca Lake]], [[California]], ''[[Tolucan Times]]'', [[columnist]] Greg Crosby described a visit with Caesar and his wife Florence at their home. Of the couple's meeting, Florence said, "Well, I thought he was nice for the summer ... I thought he would be just a nice boyfriend for the summer. He was cute-looking and tall, over six feet.... I was in my last year at Hunter College; we were still dating when Sid went into the service, the Coast Guard. Luckily he was stationed in New York so we were able to continue seeing each other, even though my parents weren't too happy about it. They never thought he would amount to anything, that he'd never have a real career or make any money. But we were married one year after we met, in July of 1943." She also pointed out, "You know, he's not funny all the time. He can be very serious." At the time of the interview, the couple had been married for 66 years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://tolucantimes.info/section/inside-this-issue/florence-caesar/ |title=Florence Caesar |newspaper=[[Tolucan Times|The Tolucan Times]] |date=
==Personal life==
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==Death==
Caesar died on February 12, 2014, at his home in Beverly Hills, California, at the age of 91, after a short illness.<ref name="LATobit">{{cite news |last=McLellan |first=Dennis |url=http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-et-st-sid-caesar-pioneer-of-live-television-comedy-dies-at-91-20140212,0,5712035.story#axzz2t8zjLAHB |title=Sid Caesar, pioneer of live television comedy, dies at 91 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date= February 12, 2014 |access-date=
On Caesar's death, [[Carl Reiner]] said, "He was the ultimate, he was the very best sketch artist and comedian that ever existed." [[Mel Brooks]] commented, "Sid Caesar was a giant, maybe the best comedian who ever practiced the trade. And I was privileged to be one of his writers and one of his friends."<ref name="Reuters"/> [[Woody Allen]] stated, "He was one of the truly great comedians of my time".<ref>{{cite
{{blockquote|I get nervous when I am with these giants. I always feel like I want to say, Thank you. I am blessed to have grown up in their time of perfection, to have witnessed the utter force of Sid. Live, uncut, daring but not risqué. Never stooping beneath themselves, Sid and this team of icons put forth a raucous, hilarious, and truthful brand of comedy that, 50 years later, is still funny and inspiring, and makes me think ... What kind of comedy would I be doing if I hadn't seen Sid Caesar? Would I be a comedian at all?<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Crystal |first=Billy |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/vf-hollywood/sid-caesar-billy-crystal |title=All Hail Caesar |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=August 2005 |access-date=2014-02-13}}</ref>}}
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=== Honors ===
* 1960: Caesar was awarded a star on the [[List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame|Hollywood Walk of Fame]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/sid-caesar |title=Sid Caesar: Hollywood Walk of Fame |publisher=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce |access-date=
* 1985: Caesar was inducted into the [[Television Academy Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/hall-of-fame-honorees |title=Hall of Fame Honorees: Complete List |publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |date=
In 2005, [[The Humane Society of the United States]] honored Caesar by establishing the "Sid Caesar Award for Television Comedy" among the [[Genesis Awards]] given annually to individuals in major news and entertainment media who produce outstanding works that raise public awareness of animal issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.humanesociety.org/about/departments/hollywood/genesis/ |title=The Genesis Awards |publisher=[[The Humane Society of the United States]] |date=
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==External links==
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