Okay, we have a real treasure for you today. It runs close to two hours and I hope you have two hours because if you start watching, you're going to keep watching.
In 1996, I was in the audience at the Writers Guild Theater for a memorable event: Caesar's Writers, a gang interview of Sid Caesar and most of the important writers who worked on his different TV shows. The panel consisted of Mel Tolkin, Sid Caesar, Carl Reiner, Aaron Ruben, Larry Gelbart, Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Danny Simon, Sheldon Keller, and Gary Belkin. Sad to say, only Sid, Carl, Mel B. and Neil are still with us so it can never be again. Also present in the audience was Sid's longtime sidekick, Howie Morris and he's gone, too.
The event was organized, produced and hosted by Bob Claster, who I've mentioned here many times. That's Bob you'll see doing a splendid job of quizzing a group of extremely witty men, some of whom weren't used to letting anyone else talk. Because of Bob, a lot of folks had an evening they will never forget…and a lot of great stories and insights were preserved for posterity. Here's almost two hours of it…
