Mel Brooks will sit with Conan on Tuesday to talk about Sid Caesar. http://www.thewrap.com/sid-caesar-mel-brooks-conan-o-brien-tbs-your-show-of-shows
If it's anything like his last appearance (or even the episode of "Serious Jibber-Jabber"), you should make a point to watch it. David ________________________________ From: Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 1:31 PM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] A question about Sid Caeser's passing The Wrap posted some remarks Sid made in 2005 at a press tour panel for one of those crappy PBS classic TV docs, in which he pretty much blames the remote control for the decline and fall of Western civilization: http://www.thewrap.com/sid-caesar-remote-control-ruined-everything/ Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor [email protected] On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 8:26 PM, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks, Kevin. That was as impressive as I remember (kudos to Colin Mochrie for the 'translation' as well). > >FWIW, the website referenced in the episode - sidcaesar.com - is still viable, >but may not have been updated in a while. > > > >David > > > > >________________________________ > From: Kevin M. <[email protected]> >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 7:11 PM >Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] A question about Sid Caeser's passing > > > >Sid on Whose Line: > > >http://whoselineonline.org/season-4/episode-4x15/ > > > > >On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 3:50 PM, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote: > >I think anyone who paid attention to behind the camera talent would come to >the same conclusion. >> >>"My Favorite Year" would tip the scales further in this direction, I believe. >> >>"Whose Line" reruns don't appear to be on the schedule at ABC Family, so >>you'll need to go to the series of tubes to find his appearance on that >>program. I distinctly remember him playing "Foreign Film Dub" and sitting in >>on the close. But there might be more out there. >> >>David >> >> >> >> >> >> >>________________________________ >> From: Steve Timko <[email protected]> >>To: [email protected] >>Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 6:12 PM >>Subject: [TV orNotTV] A question about Sid Caeser's passing >> >> >> >>Milton Berle was a bigger star in the 1950s, but would anyone argue that Sid >>Caeser had a greater impact? >> >> >>Look at who he had working on the show: Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Neil Simon. >>Even Woody Allen contributed jokes. >> >> >> >>http://www.rgj.com/viewart/20140212/ENT/302120114/Sid-Caesar-comic-genius-1950s-television-dies >> -- >>-- >> >> >> >-- >-- >TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected] >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >--- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"TVorNotTV" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >email to [email protected]. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
