The legendary SID CAESAR who’s "SHOW OF SHOWS" spawned a legion of fabled funny men has died at 91.
Larry King broke the sad news via Twitter, showbiz bible Variety reported.
Partnered with Imogene Cocoa, Caesar’s live TV broadcast is often credited with the 90 TV sketch comedy format that lives in less satiric form on "Saturday Night Live".
Sidney Caesar was born to immigrant parents in Yonkers, N.Y and aspired to a musical career but during a stint in Coast Guard he began shtick for several CG comedy revues
Sid made his first nightclub appearance at the Copacabana where he won plaudits from even the toughest New York crix for his crazy foreign-accented double-talkers (soon to be a Caesar trademark). In 1949 Caesar made his TV debut in s “Admiral Broadway Revue,” where he met comedienne Imogene Coca. He was hailed as the find of the year and earned a king’s ransom of $900 a week.