Television comedy began with Sid Caesar. Before there was Leno, before there was Carson, Sid ruled the airwaves with the Emmy Award-winning
Your Show of Shows and
Caesar's Hour. Now, return to the hilarity and outrageous sketches that had America bursting with laughter throughout the 1950s with
Sid Caesar - The 50th Anniversary Collection. With more than three and a half hours of classic sketches from this comedy virtuoso, this 3-DVD set is jam-packed with extras that include bonus sketches, interviews with one of television's foremost comedy-writer lineups, and footage from Sid's 1999 Friar's Club Roast.
Due in stores on
June 28th, this 3-DVD set runs 215 minutes and goes for $49.95 SRP. It's presented in the original black-and-white fullframe video format. Amazon has this
available to order for $34.97. Besides the 18 legendary sketches that make up the main content of this compilation, you get a nice long list of extras:
- Exclusive Footage From Sid's 1999 Friar's Club Roast
- Interviews with Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, and Larry Gelbart
- Bonus Sketches: "Four Englishmen", "Airplane Movies", and the Silent Movie "A Rich Man's Joke" (with Charlton Heston)
- Bonus Musical Sketches: Performances By Benny Goodman and Gene Krupa, "Nan's Birthday," and The Haircuts Sing "Going Crazy"
- Side-by-side Comparison of the Restoration Process
- Original Playbill
- Original Script of "Progress Hornsby" With Handwritten Notes
- Cast and Writer Biographies
