Product DescriptionTelevision 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 more than three and a half hours of classic sketches from this comedy virtuoso, this three-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. Travel back to the golden age of comedy and join Sid for 18 of his most remarkable sketches - now digitally restored and better than ever. DVD Features: 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; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection - Actors: Sid Caesar
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
- Format: Box set, Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
- ISBN: 0767062353
- Language (Original Language): English
- Region Code: 1
- Release Date: 2005-06-28
- Running Time: 215 minutes
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