Best remembered by its posterior title, Your Show of Shows, this live variety show included comedy sketches with TV pioneers Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.
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- Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 5 nominations.
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Series Cast Summary
| Sid Caesar | ... |
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(143 episodes, 1950-1954)
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| Imogene Coca | ... |
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(142 episodes, 1950-1954)
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Felisa Vanoff | ... |
Self (dancer)
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(141 episodes, 1950-1954)
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| Carl Reiner | ... |
Self - Regular Performer
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(139 episodes, 1950-1954)
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| Howard Morris | ... |
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(138 episodes, 1950-1954)
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James Starbuck | ... |
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(111 episodes, 1951-1954)
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Tom Avera | ... |
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(29 episodes, 1950)
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Marguerite Piazza | ... |
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(22 episodes, 1950-1954)
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The Billy Williams Quartette | ... |
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(20 episodes, 1950-1954)
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Jack Russell | ... |
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(19 episodes, 1950-1954)
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The Bob Hamilton Trio | ... |
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(19 episodes, 1950-1954)
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| Bill Hayes | ... |
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(18 episodes, 1950-1953)
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Judy Johnson | ... |
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(17 episodes, 1950-1953)
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Robert Merrill | ... |
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(11 episodes, 1950-1952)
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Bambi Linn | ... |
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(9 episodes, 1952-1954)
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Rod Alexander | ... |
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(9 episodes, 1952-1954)
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Jerry Ross | ... |
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(8 episodes, 1950-1952)
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Nellie Fisher | ... |
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(7 episodes, 1950-1952)
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Charles Sanford's Orchestra | ... |
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(7 episodes, 1950-1952)
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Mata and Hari | ... |
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(6 episodes, 1950-1952)
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| Faye Emerson | ... |
Self - Guest Performer
(4 episodes, 1951-1954)
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Herb Shriner | ... |
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(4 episodes, 1951-1952)
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Charles Sanford | ... |
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(4 episodes, 1950-1952)
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Wallace Siebert | ... |
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(4 episodes, 1950-1952)
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The Hamilton Dancers | ... |
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(4 episodes, 1950-1952)
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Keith Textor | ... |
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(4 episodes, 1954)
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Sylvia Michaels | ... |
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(4 episodes, 1954)
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| Charlton Heston | ... |
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(3 episodes, 1951-1954)
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| Arlene Francis | ... |
Self - Guest Performer
(3 episodes, 1950-1952)
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| José Ferrer | ... |
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(3 episodes, 1950)
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| Dave Garroway | ... |
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(3 episodes, 1952-1953)
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| Eddie Albert | ... |
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(3 episodes, 1953-1954)
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| Nina Foch | ... |
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(3 episodes, 1951-1953)
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| Alicia Markova | ... |
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(3 episodes, 1952-1954)
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| June Lockhart | ... |
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(3 episodes, 1952-1954)
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Clifford Guest | ... |
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(3 episodes, 1950-1951)
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Bob Hamilton | ... |
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(3 episodes, 1950)
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Earl Redding | ... |
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(3 episodes, 1950-1952)
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Eleanor Williams | ... |
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(3 episodes, 1952-1954)
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Eugene Hari | ... |
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(3 episodes, 1952)
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Ruth Mata | ... |
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(3 episodes, 1952)
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| Nanette Fabray | ... |
Self - Guest Host
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(2 episodes, 1950-1951)
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| Tom Ewell | ... |
Self - Guest Host
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(2 episodes, 1951)
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| Marilyn Maxwell | ... |
Self - Guest Host
(2 episodes, 1952-1954)
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| Marsha Hunt | ... |
Self - Guest Performer
(2 episodes, 1950-1951)
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| Robert Cummings | ... |
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(2 episodes, 1950-1951)
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| Wendy Barrie | ... |
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(2 episodes, 1950-1951)
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John Conte | ... |
Self - Guest Host
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(2 episodes, 1950-1951)
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| Melvyn Douglas | ... |
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(2 episodes, 1950)
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| Marguerite Chapman | ... |
Self - Guest Performer
(2 episodes, 1951-1953)
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Production Companies
Distributors
- National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1954) (United States) (tv)
- New Video (2005) (United States) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Crest Digital (restoration work)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Live, original comedy originally featuring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. Carl Reiner and Howard Morris joined the show later. Two of the great skits on the show were "The Hickenloopers", a battling husband-and-wife team and the clock in the Bavarian town of Baverhoff which always broke when the hour was struck.
Written by J.E. McKillop |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Despite rumors to the contrary, nearly all episodes of this series still exist, as kinescope recordings. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Ten from Your Show of Shows (1973). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Stars Over Broadway See more » |