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The Sid Caesar Collection: The Fan Favorites - The Professor and Other Clowns (2001) -- US Home Video Trailer from Good Times Entertainment
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Fan Favorites - The Dream Team of Comedy (2001) -- US Home Video Trailer from Kino

Overview

Date of Death:
26 November 2007, Century City, California, USA more
Trivia:
During a half-century in show business, he wrote comedy sketches for Sid Caesar... more
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Awards:
Nominated for 6 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more

Filmography

Writer:
  1. "Love, Sidney" (1 episode, 1982)
        - Is There Life After Show Business? (1982) TV episode (written by)
  2. "Joe's World" (3 episodes, 1979-1980)
        - To Catch a Cheater (1980) TV episode (written by)
        - The Strike (1980) TV episode (story)
        - The Initiation (1979) TV episode (written by)
  3. "Sanford" (1 episode, 1980)
        - Dinner at George's (1980) TV episode (written by)
  4. "Archie Bunker's Place" (2 episodes, 1980)
        - A Small Mafia Favor (1980) TV episode (teleplay)
        - Veronica's Ex (1980) TV episode (written by)

  5. "All in the Family" (33 episodes, 1975-1979)
        - The Return of Stephanie's Father (1979) TV episode (written by)
        - The Family Next Door (1979) TV episode (written by)
        - Stephanie and the Crime Wave (1979) TV episode (written by)
        - A Night at the PTA (1979) TV episode (written by)
        - The Bunkers Go West (1978) TV episode (written by)
          (28 more)
  6. 10 from Your Show of Shows (1973) (writer)

  7. "The Good Guys" (1 episode, 1969)
        - Big Tom Gets Married (1969) TV episode (writer)
  8. "Run Buddy Run" (1 episode, 1966)
        - Steam Bath & Chicken Little (1966) TV episode (writer)
  9. The Last of the Secret Agents? (1966) (screenplay) (story)
  10. "Summer Playhouse" (1 episode, 1964)
        - The Jimmy Durante Show (1964) TV episode (writer)
  11. "The Danny Kaye Show" (1963) TV series (unknown episodes)
  12. "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster" (3 episodes, 1962)
        - Harry, the Father Image (1962) TV episode (written by)
        - The Double Life of Mel Warshaw (1962) TV episode (written by)
        - Nurse Dickens (1962) TV episode (written by)
  13. "Margie" (1 episode, 1962)
        - Flaming Youth (1962) TV episode (writer)
  14. "Bachelor Father" (1 episode, 1960)
        - How to Catch a Man (1960) TV episode (written by)

  15. Accent on Love (1959) (TV) (writer)
  16. "Sid Caesar Invites You" (1958/II) TV series (unknown episodes)
  17. "Caesar's Hour" (4 episodes, 1954-1957)
        - Episode dated 2 March 1957 (1957) TV episode (head writer)
        - Episode dated 20 October 1956 (1956) TV episode (head writer)
        - Episode dated 11 April 1955 (1955) TV episode (head writer)
        - Episode #1.3 (1954) TV episode (head writer)
  18. "Producers' Showcase" (1 episode, 1954)
        - Dateline (1954) TV episode (writer)
  19. "Your Show of Shows" (139 episodes, 1950-1954)
    ... aka "Sid Caesar's Show of Shows" (UK: rerun title)
        - Episode dated 5 June 1954 (1954) TV episode (writer)
        - Episode dated 29 May 1954 (1954) TV episode (writer)
        - Episode dated 22 May 1954 (1954) TV episode (writer)
        - Episode dated 8 May 1954 (1954) TV episode (writer)
        - Episode dated 1 May 1954 (1954) TV episode (writer)
          (134 more)

  20. "The Admiral Broadway Revue" (1949) TV series (writer) (1949)
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. "All in the Family" (program consultant) (19 episodes, 1975-1976) (executive story editor) (1 episode, 1977)
        - The Joys of Sex (1977) TV episode (executive story editor)
        - Love by Appointment (1976) TV episode (program consultant)
        - Archie's Weighty Problem (1976) TV episode (program consultant)
        - Mike's Move (1976) TV episode (program consultant)
        - Archie Finds a Friend (1976) TV episode (program consultant)
          (15 more)

  2. "The Good Guys" (story editor) (1 episode, 1969)
        - Big Tom Gets Married (1969) TV episode (story editor)
Producer:
  1. "Love, Sidney" (1981) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
  2. "Sanford" (producer) (1 episode, 1980)
        - Cal's Diet: Part 2 (1980) TV episode (producer)

  3. The Last of the Secret Agents? (1966) (associate producer)
Music Department:
  1. "Your Show of Shows" (1950) TV series (composer: theme "Stars Over Broadway") (unknown episodes)
    ... aka "Sid Caesar's Show of Shows" (UK: rerun title)
Archive Footage:
  1. The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (2008) (TV) .... Himself - in memoriam


Additional Details

Other Works:
1967: He wrote the screenplay for a ten-minute demonstration film that reworked the previous year's The Perils of Pauline (1967) pilot into a contemporary era setting. The demo again starred Pamela Austin as Pauline. more

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