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How the Yonkers-born son of Jewish immigrants became the king of American comedy

In 'When Caesar Was King,' David Margolick chronicles the unlikely rise to stardom of a Yonkers-born son of Jewish immigrants ...
The New Yorker

The Comic Genius Who Pushed Television Further Than It Could Go

In mid-century America, no one quite knew what TV would be. Sid Caesar made the medium into something new and ...
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Emmy Award won by Sid Caesar for Your Show of Shows

Emmy Award for Best Actor awarded to Sid Caesar in 1952 for his performance in the television series Your Show of Shows. The award is comprised of a gold metal figure of a winged woman holding the ...
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Greenberg: Meet Sid Caesar: For those who don’t remember the ‘50s

[T]he funniest man America has produced to date. — Mel Brooks, describing Sid Caesar in 1982. LITTLE ROCK There must be whole generations by now whose reaction to the name Sid Caesar might be summed ...
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Portrait of Sid Caesar

Portrait of Sid Caesar in black wood frame. Comedian Sid Caesar (1922-2014) was an influential and acclaimed comedian best known for his pioneering work on television, especially Your Show of Shows, a ...
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Carl Reiner, beloved creator of 'Dick Van Dyke Show,' dies

NEW YORK (AP) — Carl Reiner, the ingenious and versatile writer, actor and director who broke through as a “second banana” to Sid Caesar and rose to comedy’s front ranks as the creator of “The Dick ...