Hail Sid Caesar! The Golden Age of Comedy (2001)
85 min
Hail Sid Caesar! The Golden Age of Comedy is a must see for all fans of Sid Caesar and television comedies. The DVD shows how Sid assembled a team of comedy writers for his shows - Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour. I was blown away by the list of talent that contributed. Names such as Neil Simon, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, Carl Reiner, Imogene Coca, Howard Morris, and Larry Gelbart. The story is told by Rob Reiner, and profiles Sid Caesar and the effects success had on him. It tells the amazing story of what it was like to write, produce, direct and perform in a live show every Saturday night, for seven years. The DVD features digitally restored kinescopes, rare photos, personal memorabilia and recent interviews with the writers, Sid Caesar, Nanette Fabray, Caesar Florence, Drew Carey and Joel Siegel. It is a wonderful history lesson in television in a mere 90 minutes.
- Release date
- January 1, 2002
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
Cast
- Woody Allen as Self
- Mel Brooks as Self
- Florence Caesar as Self
- Sid Caesar as Self
- Drew Carey as Self
- Nanette Fabray as Self
- Larry Gelbart as Self
- Howard Morris as Self
- Carl Reiner as Self
- Rob Reiner as Self - Narrator
Crew
- Peter Jaysen · Director
- Rich Tackenberg · Director
- Peter Jaysen · Writer
- Rich Tackenberg · Writer
- Dan Stein · Composer
- Adam Biggs · Cinematographer
- Jim Hunziker · Cinematographer
- John Sharaf · Cinematographer
- Mark Panik · Editor