Caesar Sid with Eddy Friedfeld (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Size: 6 x 9. Owner's name on flyleaf inked out.

hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Illus. with photos (illustrator). 1st. 8vo, 307 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing.

Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The legendary television star tells the backstage stories of the classic comedy of Your Show of Shows, Caesar's Hour , and other landmark programs. It is no exaggeration to say that without Sid Caesar, comedy in America would have been a lot less funny. He was the star and guiding force behind Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour , two of the most innovative programs in the Golden Age of Television, and the writers and stars of those shows went on to create the plays, movies, and sitcoms that we now think of as classic American comedy. So many of our greatest comedy writers - Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Larry Gelbart, Woody Allen -were part of Sid Caesar's creative troupe. Sid was a master not only of comedic performance, but also of developing characters that the audience could relate to, finding the humor in ordinary situations rather than through vaudeville-type gags. His was a comedy truly drawn from the human condition. Caesar's Hours is Sid Caesar 's artistic autobiography, his account of how these great routines were fashioned and performed, and the interactions that gave birth to them. He takes us inside the famed writers' room, the rehearsal studios, and onto the stage itself, where some of the funniest moments in television history came to life. To read his book is to learn why his intelligent and sensitive brand of humor resonates so much with us, even half a century later. Remainder line to bottom edge otherwise clean. Record # 378812.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First. Black & white illustrations. 307pp. 8vo, two-toned cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Public Affairs, (2003). Near fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Public Affairs/Perseus Books Group, 2003. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in FINE Condition. Mylar Jacket Cover. Introduction by Larry Gelbart. Very clean, tight, solid volume about a king of the Golden Age of Television and particularly of comedy--in plays, sitcoms, movies. This is an account of the life of Sid Caesar, and of how his great comedy routines were fashioned and performed, what he learned from his own life, and just what IS funny. 307 pages with index. 9.6 x 6.25 inches. Public Affairs/Perseus Books Group, New York, 2003.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. SIGNED CARD AFFIXED TO FFEP: "TO DEBORAH, WITH LOVE, SID CAESAR.". INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Two tone papercovered boards. Black and white photographic dustjacket.