Throwback Thursday Comedy Showcase: Sid Caesar as a Stern Japanese Father (1980)

Sid Caesar's gift of proficiency in speaking doubletalk in four languages was one of his greatest assets. He used it successfuly throughout his career in his many TV appearances on his own programs, Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour, as well as in guest appearances on other shows.

In this throwback episode from The Ernie Kovacs Show, Caesar plays the role of a stern Japanese father laying down the law to his two daughters who are getting ready for dates with American men.

While today the skit would be criticized as culturally insensitive, when it appeared on TV in 1980 it was just funny.

Enjoy!

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Throwback Thursday Comedy Showcase: Sid Caesar's Foreign Language Gibberish in "Movies Around the World"

One of Sid Caesar's formidable talents was the ease with which he delivered monologues in foreign languages which in reality was just gibberish or doubletalk.

A good example of this was a sketch on the Admiral Broadway Revue in April 1949 in which Caesar portrayed foreign movie industry leaders arriving at LaGuardia Airport on their way to the annual cinema conference. 

As he gets off the plane he is interviewed about the Italian, French, and Russian entries in the film competition. He describes each film in fluent gibberish.

Enjoy!

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