A silent movie spoof.
In the premiere telecast, guests are actor Burgess Meredith, and comic actress Gertrude Lawrence. Sketches include Imogene Coca in a parody of turn-of-the century star Lilian Russell; Sid Caesar as a psychologist; Lawrence appears in "Live vs. theatre", a take-off on Noel Coward plays; Christopher Columbus; a nervous groom. Songs include "I Don't Know Why" (Lawrence);"Wiffenpoof Song" (Merrill); "Sweet Betsy from Pike" (Fisher, Ross, Hayes); "Smorgasbord" (Coca); "Main Street, U.S.A."(Foss, Fisher and Piazza); "Dangerous Dan McGrew".
Burgess Meredith is again the emcee for the second show. Highlights: The opening sketch follows a writer at the typewriter, revising a story as he types. Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca (introduced by name) enact the story as the writer revises their breakfast ordeal. Also appearing are Robert Merrill, ventriloquist Clifford Guest, and Marguerite Piazza.
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Skits include one where Sid and Imogene have completely different reactions to a night at the movies, Where they play an American tourist couple at a cafè, a and a pantomime of two people at the beach. Sid does a monologue about an insensitive visitor to a hospital patient. Imogene' ballet parody this week is based on "The Sleeping Beauty". Mata and Hari do a dance about their version of two moviegoers.
While Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca are obviously front and center here, 30's Warner Brothers actress Margaret Lindsay, is hostess - and is surprisingly effective in a lunchroom diner sketch (Carl Reiner's bit reciting the dessert menu is hilarious).