Sid Caesar

Birthday: 8 September 1922, Yonkers, New York, USA

Birth Name: Isaac Sidney Caesar

Height: 183 cm

Comedian, saxophonist, composer, actor and musician, he performed within the orchestras of Charlie Spivak, Shep Fields and Claude Thornhill as saxophonist. Later, as super-hip jazz musician "Cool Cees" in television skits, he played tenor saxophone, and sang with the satirical trio "The Hair Cuts" (with Carl Reiner and Howard Morris). He sang the lead role in "Little Me" on Broadway. Joining ASCAP in 1955, his popular song compositions include "I Wrote This Song for Your Birthday" and "Was That You?". Show less «

When I did comedy I made fun of myself. If there was a buffoon, I played the buffoon. And people loo...Show more »

When I did comedy I made fun of myself. If there was a buffoon, I played the buffoon. And people looked at me and said, "Gee, that's like Uncle David", or "That's like a friend of mine.". And they related through that. I didn't make fun of them. I made fun of me. Show less «

The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one.

After all those years of doing a live, hour-and-a-half show every week, I've got nothing more I need...Show more »

After all those years of doing a live, hour-and-a-half show every week, I've got nothing more I need to prove. Show less «

The things I see now on TV and in movies are so outlandish. Kids doing rude things with pies! And th...Show more »

The things I see now on TV and in movies are so outlandish. Kids doing rude things with pies! And the language that they use! It's being outrageous for the sake of being outrageous. I can't watch it. It turns me off. Show less «

Sid Caesar

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