Sid Caesar - "Gallipacci" with Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris

[AbuseDaForce]

I basially died laughing at those high notes at 5:55

[mvies77]

Real comedy, much missed. How wonderful they all were and the original Imogene Coca. Truly a series of masterpieces of comedy.

[Jaybird196]

LOL, I watched this once as kid. Ahhh, still takes me back :) .

[ATsarIsBorn]

Back in the great days when Broadway divas had operatic training and could put this sort of thing over!

[GuinnevereB]

What a brilliant sketch! It's as funny today as I remember it from years ago. Maybe funnier.

There's another parody that I've only seen once, long ago, and would love to see again: Sid Caesar and Carol Lawrence spoofing an old fashioned musical, in which she played straight, singing Shadow Waltz, while he played a silent, accident-prone "hero" who inadvertently demolished the set around her as he tried earnestly to support her performance. He was even funnier without words, sometimes!

[orqsilva]

Great parody. Of course in those days, apparently people knew something about opera and the story of "Pagliacci." This would definitely not fly today.

[rolko52]

@orqsilva - Agreed. Today the topic would have to be surrounding the program "Glee".

[jaskatube16]

Non rovinate queste opere sacre...levatela da Yuo tube

[rolko52]

@jaskatube16 -  "Non rovinate queste opere sacre...levatela da Yuo tube (Do not ruin this sacred works ... Take it away from yuo tube)

You are about 55 years too late. You need to develop a sense of humor. (Sei di circa 55 anni troppo tardi. È necessario sviluppare un senso di umorismo.)

[ishouldntbeyoutubing]

And Gallipacci sings a patter song that sounds a lot like Holiday for Strings.

[rolko52]

@ishouldntbeyoutubing - Thanks for identifying that song! That 's a tune that I can recall hearing on television since childhood, but I never knew it's title.

[Ronclown]

This was indeed a classic from "Your Show of Shows". Ofcourse Sid is always great and his supporting cast was just as good. A unique takeoff on Pagliacci and very well done. Thanks for sharing.

[rolko52]

@Ronclown - It's somtimes confusing concerning Sid's television appearances. Actually, by the time Nanette Fabray performed with Sid, the show had morphed into "Caesar's Hour". "Your Show of Shows" featured Imogene Coca.

[IrenaMV]

Wonderful and hilarious, just the way it should be.

Thanks goodness YouTube allows now up to 15 min. uploads.

Greetings,

Irena

[Gtesshotig00b]

santa clous is coming to night