Caesar's Hour was a
television program that aired on
NBC from 1954 until 1957. The program starred, among others,
Sid Caesar,
Nanette Fabray,
Carl Reiner, and
Milt Kamen, and featured a number of cameo roles by famous entertainers such as
Joan Crawford and
Peggy Lee.
Widely considered a continuation of Caesar's earlier program,
Your Show of Shows,
Caesar's Hour included most of the same writers and actors, with the notable addition of
Woody Allen in the latter show. The writing staff of the show was legendary, and was reunited in 1996 for an event at the Writers Guild Theater in Los Angeles called
Caesar's Hour Revisited excerpts of which were broadcast on PBS under the title
Caesar's Writers.
A much more complete edit of the evening was made available on VHS tape, but has never been reissued on DVD. It featured Caesar with
Mel Tolkin (head writer),
Neil Simon,
Danny Simon,
Mel Brooks,
Carl Reiner,
Larry Gelbart,
Sheldon Keller,
Aaron Ruben, and
Gary Belkin. The moderator and researcher was
Bob Claster.