There are a number of things I miss about the “good old days” among them: drive-in dates as a teen, my jump shot, staying up late, 45 rpm records, the smell of burning leaves, etc. I could go on but ...

The gaunt old man wearing pajamas in his bed bore little resemblance to the young and swarthy man on the screen. When Sid Caesar watched himself on “Your Show of Shows” with me that afternoon, he ...

But judging by the paper-thin pieces I have been seeing on the web this afternoon, I am guessing many readers might not understand how seminal he was to the history of television and sketch comedy.

Sid Caesar, a comedic force of nature who became one of television's first stars in the early 1950s and influenced generations of comedians and comedy writers, died Wednesday at his home in Beverly ...