SID CAESAR, IMOGENE COCA, CARL REINER, HOWARD
MORRIS SPECIAL, THE (TV)
Summary
Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, and Howard Morris of "Your Show of Shows" fame reunite to create this comedy special. Highlights include the following sketches: the four comedians re-enact how they came to work together again; Imogene Coca portrays an American tourist in Paris who meets up with another American (Sid Caesar) and the two use a variety of cliches malaprops as they chat; The Billy Williams Quartet sings "That's Life"; the comedic foursome are joined by Maggie Peterson as they perform their own version of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" entitled "Who's Afraid of Married Life" in which Imogene Coca does a startling impersonation of Elizabeth Taylor; Caesar, Reiner, and Morris as "The Haircuts" recreate their classic spoof of a rock band; in "Operation Close Quarters," Caesar, Reiner, and Morris portray three Navy men sent beneath the sea for an endurance test; and Caesar, Coca, Reiner, and Morris perform a unique version of the opera "I Pagliacci" entitled "Gallipacci" in which they combine their unequaled operatic talents with altered versions of popular music. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: April 5, 1967 Wednesday 8:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:54:30
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T80:0753
- GENRE: Comedy/Variety; Specials
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Opera - Parody; Rock music - Parody; Theater - Satire; Tourists
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV, 1967
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Jack Arnold … Producer
- H.F. Green … Associate Producer
- Bill Hobin … Director
- Mel Brooks … Writer, "Gallipacci" based on an original sketch by
- Sam Denoff … Writer
- Bill Persky … Writer
- Carl Reiner … Writer
- Mel Tolkin … Writer, "Gallipacci" based on an original sketch by
- I.A.L. Diamond … Writer, "Gallipacci" based on an original sketch by
- Larry Gelbart … Writer, "Gallipacci" based on an original sketch by
- Sheldon Keller … Writer, "Gallipacci" based on an original sketch by
- Mike Stewart … Writer, "Gallipacci" based on an original sketch by
- James Starbuck … Choreographer
- Artie Malvin … Choral Director
- Charles Sanford … Music (Misc. Credits), Musical Director
- Jack Elliot … Music (Misc. Credits), Music Arranged by
- Herman Berardinelli … Music (Misc. Credits), Music Co-ordinator
- Sid Caesar … Host, Cast
- Imogene Coca … Host, Cast
- Carl Reiner … Host, Cast
- Howard Morris … Host, Cast
- Maggie Peterson … Cast