Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-sid-caesar"

1. The Last Picture Show (1971)

R | 118 min | Drama, Romance

In 1951, a group of high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied North Texas town that is slowly dying, both culturally and economically.

Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson

Votes: 52,576 | Gross: $29.13M

2. The King of Comedy (1982)

PG | 109 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A passionate yet unsuccessful comedian stalks and kidnaps his idol to take the spotlight for himself.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott, Sandra Bernhard

Votes: 119,702 | Gross: $2.50M

3. My Favorite Year (1982)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama

An aging, dissolute matinee idol is slated to appear on a live TV variety show in 1954, and a young comedy writer is tasked with the thankless job of keeping him ready and sober for the broadcast.

Director: Richard Benjamin | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Joseph Bologna

Votes: 10,567 | Gross: $20.12M

4. The Automat (2021)

TV-PG | 79 min | Documentary, History

Documentary centers on the vending machine popularized in the 20th century that offered fresh cooked meals in a commissary-style eatery.

Director: Lisa Hurwitz | Stars: Mel Brooks, John W. Romas, Carl Reiner, Krystyna Romas

Votes: 1,578

5. All in the Family (1971–1979)
Episode: Everybody Tells the Truth (1973)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama

All about how the time a repairman and his black apprentice came over to fix the Bunkers' refrigerator. Mike and Archie exchange wildly inaccurate versions about what happened, but Edith knows the real story.

Directors: Bob LaHendro, John Rich | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Votes: 345

6. It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1986–1990)
Episode: Killer Routine (1988)

TV-14 | Comedy

During Garry's opening stand-up routine, one of the studio audience members dies from laughing too hard. Distraught over this, Garry considers quitting the business, but Carl Reiner suggests that he talks to the dead man first.

Director: Alan Rafkin | Stars: Garry Shandling, Molly Cheek, Scott Nemes, Michael Tucci

Votes: 35

7. The John Larroquette Show (1993–1996)
Episode: Dirty Deeds (1994)

Comedy

John runs into his by old college roommate dressed as Marlene Dietrich at a drag show.

Director: John Whitesell | Stars: John Larroquette, Liz Torres, Gigi Rice, Daryl Mitchell

Votes: 38

8. Vintage Video: A Chronological 80's Film Rewatch Podcast (2020– )
Serial (1980) (2020 Podcast Episode)

Documentary

Add a Plot

Stars: Patrick O'Riley, Jessica Bayliss, Richard Wells

9. Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009– )
Episode: Would Ya Hit a Guy with Glasses?: Nerds, Jerks & Oddballs (2009)

Documentary, Comedy

Comedy's nerds, jerks and oddballs are given the spotlight.

Director: Michael Kantor | Stars: Billy Crystal, Amy Sedaris, Judd Apatow, Hal Kanter

Votes: 68

10. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Lucille Ball and Mel Torme (1970)

TV-G | 21 min | Comedy, Family

Carol and Lucy do a Roaring 20's segment where they run away from mobsters and end up auditioning as showgirls, dressed all in pink, and sing the Poof Poof song.

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner

Votes: 38

11. American Masters (1985– )
Episode: Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011)

Not Rated | 192 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A documentary on Woody Allen that trails him on his movie sets and follows him back to Brooklyn as he visits his childhood haunts.

Director: Robert B. Weide | Stars: Woody Allen, Letty Aronson, Marshall Brickman, Josh Brolin

Votes: 5,287

12. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Whistler's Father (2017)

TV-14 | 21 min | Animation, Comedy

Homer launches Maggie's baby-celebrity career with her whistling talent; Marge is hired to style Fat Tony's brothel.

Directors: Mike B. Anderson, Matthew Faughnan | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,021

13. Norm Macdonald Has a Show (2018)
Episode: Michael Keaton (2018)

Comedy, Talk-Show

Norm and Michael talk about their love of comedy, country and western music, film noir, western films, and Michael's movies.

Director: Gene Bernard | Stars: Norm MacDonald, Adam Eget, Michael Keaton

Votes: 201

14. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Banana Formula: Parts 11-12 (1962)

TV-G | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Banana Formula" Part 11 of 12, Fractured Fairy Tales "The Boy Who Could Not Shudder", Peabody's Improbable History "Cleopatra", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Banana Formula" Part 12 of 12.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, William T. Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, George Singer | Stars: June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried

Votes: 17