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Your Show of Shows

  • TV Series
  • 1950–19541950–1954
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
8.7/10
344
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
14,638
1,430
Your Show of Shows (1950)
Comedy
Best remembered by its posterior title, Your Show of Shows, this live variety show included comedy sketches with TV pioneers Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.Best remembered by its posterior title, Your Show of Shows, this live variety show included comedy sketches with TV pioneers Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.Best remembered by its posterior title, Your Show of Shows, this live variety show included comedy sketches with TV pioneers Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.
IMDb RATING
8.7/10
344
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
14,638
1,430
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Creator
      • Sylvester L. Weaver Jr.
    • Stars
      • Sid Caesar
      • Imogene Coca
      • Felisa Vanoff
    Top credits
    • Creator
      • Sylvester L. Weaver Jr.
    • Stars
      • Sid Caesar
      • Imogene Coca
      • Felisa Vanoff
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 3User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
    • Won 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 3 wins & 5 nominations total

    Episodes151

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    Carl Reiner, Sid Caesar, and Howard Morris at an event for Your Show of Shows (1950)
    Your Show of Shows (1950)
    Your Show of Shows (1950)
    Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca in Your Show of Shows (1950)
    Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca in Your Show of Shows (1950)
    Carl Reiner, Sid Caesar, and Imogene Coca in Your Show of Shows (1950)
    Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca in Your Show of Shows (1950)
    Imogene Coca in Your Show of Shows (1950)
    Sid Caesar in Your Show of Shows (1950)
    Woody Allen in Your Show of Shows (1950)
    Mel Brooks in Your Show of Shows (1950)
    Danny Simon and Neil Simon in Your Show of Shows (1950)

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    Sid Caesar
    Sid Caesar
    • Self - Regular Performer…
    143 episodes143 eps • 1950–1954
    Imogene Coca
    Imogene Coca
    • Self - Regular Performer…
    141 episodes141 eps • 1950–1954
    Felisa Vanoff
    • Self (dancer)…
    141 episodes141 eps • 1950–1954
    Carl Reiner
    Carl Reiner
    • Self - Regular Performer…
    139 episodes139 eps • 1950–1954
    Howard Morris
    Howard Morris
    • Self - Regular Performer…
    138 episodes138 eps • 1950–1954
    James Starbuck
    • Self - Regular Performer…
    107 episodes107 eps • 1951–1954
    Tom Avera
    • Self - Regular Performer
    29 episodes29 eps • 1950
    Marguerite Piazza
    • Self…
    21 episodes21 eps • 1950–1954
    The Billy Williams Quartette
    • Themselves…
    19 episodes19 eps • 1950–1954
    Jack Russell
    • Self…
    16 episodes16 eps • 1950–1954
    The Bob Hamilton Trio
    • Themselves…
    18 episodes18 eps • 1950–1954
    Bill Hayes
    Bill Hayes
    • Self…
    17 episodes17 eps • 1950–1953
    Judy Johnson
    • Self…
    16 episodes16 eps • 1950–1953
    Robert Merrill
    • Self…
    10 episodes10 eps • 1950–1951
    Bambi Linn
    • Self…
    9 episodes9 eps • 1952–1954
    Rod Alexander
    • Self…
    9 episodes9 eps • 1952–1954
    Jerry Ross
    • Self…
    7 episodes7 eps • 1950–1952
    Charles Sanford's Orchestra
    • Themselves
    6 episodes6 eps • 1950–1952
    • Creator
      • Sylvester L. Weaver Jr.
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    • Trivia
      Despite rumors to the contrary, nearly all episodes of this series still exist, as kinescope recordings.
    • Connections
      Edited into Ten from Your Show of Shows (1973)
    • Soundtracks
      Stars Over Broadway
      by Max Liebman, Mel Tolkin and Clay Warnick (ASCAP)

      Published by Savoy Music Co., Inc.

    User reviews3

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    The title tells it all: Your Show of Shows
    This was one of the first television shows I remember viewing when we got our first set in 1953. I was only a kid but my entire family enjoyed it. We seldom missed it on Saturday nights. A few of the funniest shows are available on VHS. Hopefully more will be released on DVD. What talent both before the cameras and behind the cameras. With writers of the caliber of Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, and Neil Simon, expect to see some of the zaniest routines ever. Add to this the most gifted comedians around at the time, Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, and Howard Morris and you can't help but have a masterpiece of wit and satire. Even though in black & white Kinescope, the humor is just as rambunctious today as it was those many years ago.

    The show was live, so expect a lot of ad-libbing, bloopers, and extemporaneous hilarity. At times, even though promoted as a family series, the buffoonery got a little risqué, especially for the early days of TV Land. I remember one scene when Caesar was playing a babe in the woods type character to Imogene Coca's more experienced woman about town. The two were dining together with another couple. Caesar dropped his spoon. In retrieving it, he poked his head under the table. He was confronted by Coca's feet and legs which were spread apart. Caesar looked up her dress, gave a double take, looked at the camera with a confused stare, got back in his chair with the same dopey expression on his face. Coca asked, "What's the matter?" Caesar blubbered, "I've just seen something that I've never seen before." The routine continued along those lines as the audience cracked up in gales of laughter. At times the chorus girls who performed during interludes between sketches wore extremely abbreviated costumes for those days. Kicking their legs in the air often gave the male viewers an extra treat.

    I agree with critics that the funniest skit of all was the spoof on the popular TV show of the day "This Is Your Life," with Carl Reiner parodying the role of Ralph Edwards, the MC. This classic episode is preserved on the VHS copy that was released several years ago. If you get a chance don't miss it. You'll literally howl with laughter.

    "Your Show of Shows" also did lampoons of popular Hollywood films. There are two skits that stand out in my mind. One was a burlesque of the Academy Award winning "From Here to Eternity," with Caesar and Coca mimicking the roles of Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr doing the beach scene with the tide coming in. In the travesty the ocean water keeps hitting the two would-be lovers in the face until it nearly drowns both of them. The other parody that I recall was of "On the Waterfront," when Caesar and Reiner do a takeoff of the famous backseat scene between Marlon Brando and Rod Steiger playing brothers when Brando coins the phrase, "I could've been a contender." Wait till you see how they fracture this Academy Award winner.

    Though I relate some of the finest moments, there really were no weak or boring spots. This is amazing when one realizes the show was in a 90 minutes time slot every week, even allowing for the commercials. Truly one of the gems from the Golden Age of Television.
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    • Feb 28, 2006

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    • Release date
      • February 25, 1950 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Sid Caesar's Show of Shows
    • Filming locations
      • International Theatre - 5 Columbus Circle, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • Max Liebman Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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