VHS : Sid Caesar Collection - Inside the Writers Room
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starring: Sid Caesar, Mel Brooks, Sid Caesar, Nanette Fabray, Larry Gelbart
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780970039729
Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0970039727
Label: Creative Light
Manufacturer: Creative Light
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Creative Light
Release Date: June 20, 2000
Running Time: 64 minutes
Sales Rank: 51813
Studio: Creative Light
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Amazon.com:
From the golden age of live television comes this collection of five vintage sketches from Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour starring that volcanic force of nature Sid Caesar and a dream-team ensemble that included Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, and later, Nanette Fabray. As a reference for baby boomers or Nick at Nite devotees, these are the Alan Brady sketches on which Rob, Buddy, and Sally toiled so mightily. Except for The German General, which was included in the 1973 compilation film Your Show of Shows, they have been virtually unseen since their original broadcasts. While this volume is not as fall-off-the-chair funny as the others in the Sid Caesar Collection, one still watches in awe at the quality of the writing and the brilliance of the gifted cast. The highlight is Aggravation Blvd., an ambitious and surprisingly poignant sketch in which Sid portrays a silent-movie idol undone by his squeaky voice when talking pictures arrive. Boy at First Dance is a bravura showcase for Caesars's pantomime skills, while Sleep Sketch with Sid and Imogene is a master class in comedic chemistry. What Is Jazz? featuring Chita Rivera makes for a nice musical break. Linking these sketches are newly filmed interviews with the show's creators and performers, including writers Neil Simon, Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbart, and Woody Allen, who recall the chaotically creative and competitive atmosphere in the writer's room. 'I should have been impressed but I wasn't,' Brooks jokes. 'I was a cocky kid, filled with hubris. I thought I was God's gift to creative writing, and it turned out I was.' --Donald Liebenson
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - A little bit of this, a little bit of that...
Inside the Writer's Room gives the writers themselves a little chance to talk about what life was like behind the show. Now mind you when I say a little time, it's only a little because the whole movie is just around an hour in length.
However, you still get the benefit of hearing Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, and the rest including Caesar himself. Also, a few of the sketches were thrown in as well, but only about three or four of them.
I have nothing against Sid Caesar or ... Read More
Rating:  - More great comedy sketches starring Caesar, Coco, et al.
It is great that we are finally able to see some of the classic comedy moments from the two greatest sketch comedies of television's golden age, "Your Show of Shows" and "Caesar's Hour." Both of these 1950s shows starred Sid Caesar and his great ensemble cast of the late, great Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, and many others. This second volume in "The Sid Caesar Collection" makes a point of focusing on the talented writing staff Caesar put together, which included Carl Reiner, Neil Simon, ... Read More
Rating: - A Priceless Gift
When my son asked what I wanted for Father's Day, I told him that I had just learned about a collection of videos featuring selections from Sid Ceasar's TV programs from the 1950s. He could buy any of the videos and dad would be thrilled. Well, "Inside The Writer's Room" is one of the videos he bought for me. It includes fascinating comments and reminiscing by the incredibly talented writers who worked on Caesar's TV programs. The writers include Mel Brooks, Neil & Danny Simon, Carl Reiner, and ... Read More
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