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Sid Caesar, Master of TV Comedy, Dies at 91
Variety ^ | 2/12/2014 | Richard Natale

Posted on 02/12/2014 12:35:56 PM PST by Borges

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To: beelzepug
. We lost Jonathon Winters last year. Mickey Rooney, Jerry Lewis

Pretty sure Jerry Lewis is still with us.

21 posted on 02/12/2014 1:07:04 PM PST by Focault's Pendulum (I live in NJ....' Nuff said!)
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To: lee martell

Doris Day is still with us, and a (under-appreciated) talent.


22 posted on 02/12/2014 1:12:42 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Borges

May he rest in peace.

He was one of the funniest—and cleanest—comedians in the world.

I saw him in person many times whenI was in the studio audience at “Show of Shows”.

My friend’s mom worked in an exclusive Madison Av. shop where all the stars came in. They gave her comps.

For the price of a subway ride (10 cents each way), I saw the greatest of the great!

Love you, Sid!


23 posted on 02/12/2014 1:12:49 PM PST by miserare (2014--The Year We Fight Back!)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I object! Hoffman wasn’t in the same class as Temple and Caesar.


24 posted on 02/12/2014 1:13:48 PM PST by the_Watchman
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To: lee martell

Agree about Hoffman.

I adored Sid and Shirley. So...if it’s someone else I adore who goes next, it will probably be Olivia De Haviland.


25 posted on 02/12/2014 1:14:59 PM PST by miserare (2014--The Year We Fight Back!)
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To: the_Watchman

Sure he was. If he wasn’t as famous in his time as they were in theirs that’s only because the audience has fragmented.


26 posted on 02/12/2014 1:15:55 PM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

Cursory check on Abe Vigoda.


27 posted on 02/12/2014 1:16:04 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: SevenofNine

You have David Rockefeller? He has to be due.


28 posted on 02/12/2014 1:17:34 PM PST by fhayek
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To: Borges

That makes three this week.


29 posted on 02/12/2014 1:18:12 PM PST by bgill
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To: bgill

bump


30 posted on 02/12/2014 1:18:45 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: Focault's Pendulum

I guess I could’ve phrased that better. Both Rooney and Lewis are still living. I’m not sure if there are any others.


31 posted on 02/12/2014 1:19:55 PM PST by beelzepug (if any alphabets are watchin', I'll be coming home right after the meetin')
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To: Focault's Pendulum
Pretty sure Jerry Lewis is still with us.

Yep. More clips of the clown movie have turned up.


32 posted on 02/12/2014 1:20:16 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Borges

Let me be more blunt: Hoffman played parts which Caesar and Temple would have refused based on the depravity of the role. Thus he is not in the same class as those greats.


33 posted on 02/12/2014 1:20:42 PM PST by the_Watchman
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To: Dr. Ursus

He gave Woody Allen his start.


34 posted on 02/12/2014 1:22:26 PM PST by Borges
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To: the_Watchman

Yes only flawless people should be depicted. I take it then that Marlon Brando and Robert DeNiro aren’t in Shirley and Sid’s class either.


35 posted on 02/12/2014 1:23:48 PM PST by Borges
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To: JimSEA

I’ve seen Victor Borge perform live and there is no vulgarity to his act.


36 posted on 02/12/2014 1:23:57 PM PST by Squawk 8888 (I'd give up chocolate but I'm no quitter)
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To: lee martell

Mary Tyler Moore, perhaps? She’s not doing well at all.


37 posted on 02/12/2014 1:24:01 PM PST by beelzepug (if any alphabets are watchin', I'll be coming home right after the meetin')
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To: dfwgator

Lol...he’s looked like he’s on his last leg....for decades, now.


38 posted on 02/12/2014 1:25:27 PM PST by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: Borges

RIP Mr. Caesar. We used to watch “Your Show of Shows” when I was a kid.


39 posted on 02/12/2014 1:25:37 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: lee martell

I agree, Hoffman was a drug addict who threw himself a heroin party and offed himself..Shirley Temple and Sid Caesar were icons.


40 posted on 02/12/2014 1:28:46 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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