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1 online resource (253 pages) |
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data file rda |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Cover -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: "Ladies and Gentlemen, the star of The Admiral Broadway Revue, Sid Caesar" -- 1. Origins -- 2. The Admiral Broadway Revue: Broadway Right into Your Home -- Part II: "Ladies and Gentlemen, the star of Your Show of Shows, Sid Caesar" -- 3. Brought to You in Living Black and White: Television in the '50s -- 4. The Writers' Room: Comedy in a Pressure Cooker -- 5. Scripts Versus Performance: Whose Line Is It Anyway? -- 6. The Sketches: "Show Me the Brilliance" -- 7. Jewishness and Your Show of Shows: White Bread or Rye? |
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Part III: Rendering Unto Caesar -- 8. Caesar as Physical Comedian -- 9. Caesar as Comic Actor -- Part IV: The End of Your Show of Shows -- 10. "Well, this was it" -- Afterword -- Appendix: Comedy Sketch Guide -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Your show of shows (Television program)
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Caesar, Sid, 1922-2014.
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Caesar, Sid, 1922-2014. (OCoLC)fst00092933
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Your show of shows (Television program) (OCoLC)fst01361407
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Harvey, Karen J. Sid Caesar and Your Show of Shows : The Birth of the Television Sketch Comedy Series Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers,c2020 9781476671499 |
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