{"id":26899,"date":"2014-04-06T09:04:22","date_gmt":"2014-04-06T13:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eyesofageneration.com\/?p=26899"},"modified":"2021-03-26T10:13:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T14:13:02","slug":"the-sid-caesar-imogene-coca-split-what-really-happenedits-amazing-that-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/?p=26899","title":{"rendered":"The Sid Caesar &#8211; Imogene Coca Split&#8230;What Really Happened?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sid Caesar &#8211; Imogene Coca Split&#8230;What Really Happened?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s amazing that at the height of their popularity as co stars of &#8216;Your Show Of Shows&#8217;, anyone would even think about tinkering with that kind of success, but&#8230;it happened. I&#8217;m not sure, but I think this may have been Robert Sarnoff&#8217;s handiwork.<\/p>\n<p>In this clip (which starts on this topic) Sid Caesar tells us how NBC essentially raided the show in an attempt to create three entities. NBC&#8217;s new Color Spectaculars needed a producer and Max Liebeman would be pressed into service, Coca would be given her own show and Caesar would have a new show&#8230;&#8217;Caesar&#8217;s Hour&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sid Caesar Interview Part 4 of 6 - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZhjmuCYi3EE?start=803&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Imogene Coca Show&#8217; lasted only a single season and it&#8217;s failure was mostly due to the fact that it was a half hour situation comedy which greatly limited Coca. Now she had to become a &#8220;character&#8221; and could not be the versatile and imaginative comedian she had been with Caesar in their variety show. Coca&#8217;s show air from 9-9:30 Saturday night from The Century Theater starting in September of 1954.<\/p>\n<p>Below left is Coca watching the playback of Kinescope of a prior episode as they are continuing on that theme in this episode. Center is the great team together. At the right is a shot from &#8216;Caesar&#8217;s Hour&#8217; which also came from the Century Theater on Monday nights from 8-9, starting September 27, 1954. The sketch is one of the many &#8220;Commuters&#8221; pieces that was kind of like their own Honeymooners, show within a show.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/189359747768249\/photos\/a.197108410326716.39183.189359747768249\/655964314441121\/?type=3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp_automatic_fb_img\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The-Sid-Caesar-Imogene-Coca-Split...What-Really-Happened-Its-amazing-that-a\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/189359747768249\/photos\/a.197108410326716.39183.189359747768249\/655964314441121\/?type=3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp_automatic_fb_img\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1477231419_334_The-Sid-Caesar-Imogene-Coca-Split...What-Really-Happened-Its-amazing-that-a\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/189359747768249\/photos\/a.197108410326716.39183.189359747768249\/655964314441121\/?type=3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp_automatic_fb_img\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1477231419_327_The-Sid-Caesar-Imogene-Coca-Split...What-Really-Happened-Its-amazing-that-a\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/189359747768249\/posts\/655988761105343\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sid Caesar &#8211; Imogene Coca Split&#8230;What Really Happened? It&#8217;s amazing that at the height of their popularity as co stars of &#8216;Your Show Of Shows&#8217;, anyone would even think about tinkering with that kind of success, but&#8230;it happened. I&#8217;m not sure, but I think this may have been Robert Sarnoff&#8217;s handiwork. 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