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Showing posts with label Sid Caesar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sid Caesar. Show all posts
Friday, February 14, 2014

El Sid!: Deceased Artiste Sid Caesar

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Looking back at the pioneering comedy variety-show hosts of the Fifties, it's easy to slot them into categories: the “Vaudeo” hosts (...
Saturday, May 12, 2012

“Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear”: the Speaking of Radio website

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For me, radio is a magic medium, one that is, to borrow Fred Allen’s phrase about his nemesis (television), “rarely well done” thes...
Thursday, October 27, 2011

“Top American Humor Award” claimed by unfunny tall goof — and look at the names who were passed over

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It’s interesting to see the Mark Twain Prize, which went to Will Ferrell last week, referred to as the “top American humor award” on various...
Wednesday, May 26, 2010

The Mark Twain Prize to... Tina Fey?: A list of far more deserving candidates for a lifetime achievement award

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[The pics used to accompany this blog post are meant to illustrate a point. A pretty obvious one.] The American Film Institute’s Lifetime Ac...
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