Sid Caesar and Your Show of Shows

The Birth of the Television Sketch Comedy Series
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4766-7149-9
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 203 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 418 g

In the early days of television, "comedy" often meant stale vaudeville routines and stand-up. Then, in 1950, a new comedy-variety show debuted on NBC--Your Show of Shows. Its gifted and mercurial star, Sid Caesar, talented ensemble cast and superb writing staff--including Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Lucille Kallen and Mel Tolkin--would create comedy designed for the new medium and provide a template for successful shows that followed. With rare illustrations and the most complete sketch guide yet compiled, this book highlights Caesar's reputation as a brilliant comic actor and describes the writing and production of the weekly live broadcast that kept 60 million TV viewers home on Saturday nights.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harvey, Karen J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Fernsehen & Rundfunk

Über Autor(innen)

Karen Harvey is a retired professor of history whose previous publications include a monograph and essays on Catholics in 18th-century Ireland and numerous journal articles on the Scots-Irish in colonial America. She lives in Manhattan.