Sid Caesar RIP

notnerb

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Sid Caesar RIP

15-02-14, 21:24

Before my time, and my curiosity aroused by the obits, found these:

Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca - Your Show of Shows - Classical Musicians

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeV9t2pqHWA

[From "Kovacs Corner" on YouTube.com] - From the legendary NBC comedy series "Your Show of Shows", this pantomime sketch features Sid Caesar and the late Imo...

Sid Caesar - The First Piano Recital /

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWvgZx-7uf4

[From "Kovacs Corner" on YouTube.com] - In another display of his great pantomine skills, Sid Caesar plays a budding concert pianist performing his first sol...

Enjoy - seems his was quite a talent, and maybe an inspiration for other more recent comics playing around with classical music . . . .
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french frank

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15-02-14, 22:31

I remember the name, but can't remember what I would have seen him in. He was younger than George Burns/Gracie Allen, Jack Benny and Joan Davis. But they were all part of my childhood TV watching.

It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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