Caesar's Hour

The opening show has a "Commuters" bit and a take-off on a Hollywood gang-land movie.

The Commuters become entangled with their dancing lessons and the wives have to use some fancy footwork to unravel them. Papa loves Mambo and everything goes well until the girls step in. A musical takeoff on an opera. Also included is a satire titled "Board of Director's Meeting".

Sid does a takeoff on Verdi's opera "Aida". Caesar and his accomplices will arrayed in Egyptian garb but we are not advised in what language the opera will be sung. Caesar and his troupe will flit from Egypt to London, backstage Broadway and to his version of "Suburbia U.S.A.".

A satire on those gay movie musicals about sailors on liberty in a big city is featured. Also a "Commuters" sketch with Sid and Nanette recalling their first quarrel. Production numbers feature pianist Earl Wild, tenor Bill Lewis and the Ted Cappy dancers.

Sid and Nanette run into a problem of trying to please everybody during an evening out with Carl Reiner, Sandra Deel, Howie Morris and Ellen Parker. They try to plan an entertaining evening in spite of the fact that one couple has seen the current hit play and another has been to "all the movies". Caesar, Reiner and Morris appear in a sketch called "The Wealth Club", a satire on the world of big business.

Sid and the gang offer a satire on a Western films called "Empty Holster". In a "Commuter" sketch Bob Victor (Caesar) finds himself left out of a party that his neighbors will be attending.

Sid and the cast do a satire on a musical comedy called "Abandon Ship For Love" with Nan as a movie star and Sid, Carl and Howie as sailors on leave. Included in the show will be a musical spoof, in a USO where she sings "Even Though I'm Above You, I Love You".

In a "Commuters" sketch the Victors think they are going up in the world, but they decide to do it sensibly - a cheap maid, inexpensive butler, and maybe just a tiny castle. Then they learn that Bob's big promotion is worth just a six dollar raise. *Note: Nanette sustains an injury from a falling light on the set and is knocked unconscious and hospitalized.

Sid has to battle with Carl and Howie because he wants to eat his lunch in the office and they want him to come out. Also a satire on a British movie and a session with "The Haircuts".

Nanette returns to the show after being injured by a falling light two weeks ago. She joins Sid, Howie, and Carl in a "Commuters" sketch with the Victors trying to raise money for charity by engaging in athletic events with their neighbors. Also a satire of an Italian movie.

Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Sandra Deel and Ellen Parker.

A movie satire of "Cyrano de Bergerac".

The "Commuters" welcome a former neighbor who has become a big business tycoon. At first, they are envious, but later they decide his way of life is not for them.

Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Sandra Deel and Ellen Parker.

Sid and Nanette as the Victors plan a vacation.

Sid and Nanette turn back the calendar to their newlywed days. When Bob Victor's (Caesar) parents came to visit the couple shortly after the wedding.

In a "Commuters" sketch Bob Victor (Caesar) breaks a personal rule in a test of friendship.

The silent movie sketch is an often funny outing about an immigrant named Jazznik, arriving in the land of hope and promise. A lively Gershwin finale with a medley of "S'Wonderful", "Somebody Loves Me" and "I Got Rhythm".

"The Haircuts" do a parody of current hit songs.

Sid as an English defense lawyer and Nanette as a femme fatale spoofing those British courtroom melodramas. And a sketch about the best way to gift wrap garbage. *News item: Sid Caesar announces that his leading lady Nanette Fabray will be leaving the show come June. Nanette reportedly made $5,000 a week and asked for a pay increase which was denied. Nanette would win a Best Supporting Actress EMMY for her role on the series.

Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Sandra Deel and Ellen Parker.

Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Sandra Deel and Ellen Parker.

Sid's out to modernize the underworld by committing only "legal" crimes with his shimmying gun moll Nanette, who must agree to his bank heist under the protection of the Perch-Bickey Act of 1803, in this funny gangster take-off. A "Commuters" sketch and Nan sings "Taking a Chance on Love" and a Carnegie Hall recording session with Earl Wild and Bill Lewis.

The Victors have trouble with the in-laws when they recall their early married life when they lived with her parents. Sid brings back one of his favorite characters "Der Protestor". He will audtion for the magician's role in a Broadway play.

In a "Commuters" sketch Bob Victor (Sid) tests his memory when he makes a foolish bet with his suburbanite neigbor George Hanson (Carl Reiner). Terribly Expensive Productions, the hour's motion picture unit, will put together another movie satire. This one takes place in Hollywood and tells the story of the rise and fall of a great director.

The "Commuters" has another earth shattering problem as Bob Victor and his wife come to heads.

Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Sandra Deel and Ellen Parker.

Another visit with The Victors. *Note: Janet Blair has been set to replace Nanette Fabray.

Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Sandra Deel and Ellen Parker.

In The Commuters, the Springdale Community Center holds a fundraising beauty contest. A final "Commuters" sketch with Sid and Nanette as The Victors.