Veteran comedian Sid Caesar, star of the 1950s television classic "Your Show of Shows," died on Wednesday (February 12) at age 91 - according to his friend and former collaborator, Carl Reiner. Reiner said he learned of Caesar's death from a mutual friend who had recently been visiting with Caesar. Caesar is known as one of the masters of modern television and one of Hollywood's greatest improvisers.
While he enjoyed a lengthy, if uneven, career in TV and film spanning six decades, Caesar may be best remembered for his work on the landmark "Your Show of Shows," which aired on NBC from February 1950 to June 1954.
One of most ambitious and demanding of all TV enterprises, "Your Show of Shows" was 90 minutes of live, original sketch comedy airing every Saturday night, 39 weeks a year. It is widely considered the prototype for every U.S. TV sketch comedy series that followed, including "Saturday Night Live."
