Search - The Sid Caesar Collection: Magic of Live TV on DVD

MPAA Rating: NR Movie Release: 2000 DVD Release: 08/31/2000 Format: DVD Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 15 mins Studio: Creative Light Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Comedy, Film, TV & Radio, Biography, Film & Television History, Sketch Comedy

Sid Caesar was one of the great comedy stars of television's golden age, and his two hit series, Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour, are still remembered as giving a stage to some of the finest and most inventive comedy of the 1950's. The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic Of Live TV features 90 minutes of great moments from Caesar's career; sketches include The Clock, A Fella Needs A Girl (one of Caesar's legendary "Italian double-talk" routines), the parody This Is Your Story, and a bit with Sid playing a jazz musician alongside Benny Goodman. Caesar's cast for his shows included Imogene Coca, Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, and Howard Morris. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Sid Caesar

Part of The Sid Caesar Collection, The Magic of Live TV comes to DVD from Creative Light Entertainment presented with a standard full-frame transfer in the original black-and-white with a Dolby Digital soundtrack. Bonus features include footage from the 1999 Friars Club honoring Caesar featuring Jonathan Winters. Other celebrity features include a bonus musical sketch with Benny Goodman with drum solos by Gene Krupa, as well as an interview with Carl Reiner. The technically minded may appreciate the side-by-side comparisons of the digital restoration process. The disc also contains a clip from Caesar's "Airplane Movies" routine. Other special features include photo galleries, closed captions, and biographies of the writers and cast members. Highly recommended for fans of classic television comedy. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide