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Line 68: ===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. ~~Unlike~~Compared to other comedy shows at the time, the dialogue on his shows ~~were~~was considered sharper, funnier and more adult oriented.<ref name=Nachman/> In his sketches for ''Your Show of Shows'' and ''Caesar's Hour'', he would also typically "skewer the minutiae of domestic life" along with lampooning popular or classic movies.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news \| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/13/arts/television/sid-caesar-comic-who-blazed-tv-trail-dies-at-91.html \| title = Sid Caesar, Comedian of Comedians From TV's Early Days, Dies at 91\| work = [[The New York Times]] \| first1= Mervyn \| last1= Rothstein \| first2=Peter \| last2=Keepnews \| date= February 12, 2014 \| access-date= 2014-02-13}}</ref> 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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