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Sid Caesar (born Isaac Sidney Caesar on September
8, 1922) is an Emmy-winning comic actor and
writer, best known as the leading man on the 1950s
television sketch comedy series Your Show of
Shows.

Caesar was born in Yonkers, New York|Yonkers,
where his father ran a lunch counter where
immigrant workers would gather. From them Sid
learned to mimic many of the accents that he would
use throughout his career. After graduating high
school, he planned on a career in music, playing
the saxophone. While he earned a reputation as a
talented musician in the "Borscht Belt" in the
Catskill Mountains|Catskills, he also began
performing comedy sketches, and became a
sensation. 

Caesar served in the United States Coast
Guard|Coast Guard during World War II, organizing
entertainment for the enlisted men. This took him
to Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles, where he
got a part in two films, Tars and Spars, based on
a wartime comedy routine he did, and The Guilt of
Janet Ames. By 1949 in television|1949 he entered
the new medium of television, hosting The Admiral
Broadway Review. 

Television was a natural medium for Caesar. Over
the next few years he hosted such hits as Your
Show of Shows (1950-1954), Caesar's Hour
(1954-1957) and Sid Caesar Invites You (1958).
These shows, particularly Your Show of Shows,
brought together some of the greatest comic talent
of the day, including Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner,
and Howard Morris. Many prominent writers got
their start writing the skits, including Mel
Brooks, Neil Simon, Woody Allen, Mel Tolkin, and
Larry Gelbart.

Caesar's life took a turn when his show Sid Caesar
Invites You was cancelled in 1958. In his
autobiography he confesses that he turned to
alcoholic beverage|alcohol and drugs to overcome
the insecurity of having a successful career
unravel. He did make several appearances on
Broadway and starring in Little Me, in television
(The Sid Caesar Show, 1963-1964) and in the
movies, Stanley Kramer's It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad
World, Mel Brooks's Silent Movie in 1976 and as
Coach Calhoun in 1978's Grease (movie)|Grease, but
even though he continues to work, he has never
recaptured the stature he had in the Golden Age of
Television.

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Sid Caesar (born Isaac Sidney Caesar on September
8, 1922) is an Emmy-winning comic actor and
writer, best known as the leading man on the 1950s
television sketch comedy series Your Show of
Shows.

Caesar was born in Yonkers, New York|Yonkers,
where his father ran a lunch counter where
immigrant workers would gather. From them Sid
learned to mimic many of the accents that he would
use throughout his career. After graduating high
school, he planned on a career in music, playing
the saxophone. While he earned a reputation as a
talented musician in the "Borscht Belt" in the
Catskill Mountains|Catskills, he also began
performing comedy sketches, and became a
sensation. 

Caesar served in the United States Coast
Guard|Coast Guard during World War II, organizing
entertainment for the enlisted men. This took him
to Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles, where he
got a part in two films, Tars and Spars, based on
a wartime comedy routine he did, and The Guilt of
Janet Ames. By 1949 in television|1949 he entered
the new medium of television, hosting The Admiral
Broadway Review. 

Television was a natural medium for Caesar. Over
the next few years he hosted such hits as Your
Show of Shows (1950-1954), Caesar's Hour
(1954-1957) and Sid Caesar Invites You (1958).
These shows, particularly Your Show of Shows,
brought together some of the greatest comic talent
of the day, including Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner,
and Howard Morris. Many prominent writers got
their start writing the skits, including Mel
Brooks, Neil Simon, Woody Allen, Mel Tolkin, and
Larry Gelbart.

Caesar's life took a turn when his show Sid Caesar
Invites You was cancelled in 1958. In his
autobiography he confesses that he turned to
alcoholic beverage|alcohol and drugs to overcome
the insecurity of having a successful career
unravel. He did make several appearances on
Broadway and starring in Little Me, in television
(The Sid Caesar Show, 1963-1964) and in the
movies, Stanley Kramer's It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad
World, Mel Brooks's Silent Movie in 1976 and as
Coach Calhoun in 1978's Grease (movie)|Grease, but
even though he continues to work, he has never
recaptured the stature he had in the Golden Age of
Television.