I mentioned Sid Caesar and Howard Morris in today's rerun article. That's as good a reason as any to rerun a link to a sketch you've almost certainly seen before…and certainly cannot see too often. This is the "This is Your Story" sketch, a take-off on the then-popular series, "This is Your Life."
Various sources online will tell you the sketch appeared on Your Show of Shows on April 3, 1954. It went largely unseen again until 1973 when it was used to close Ten From Your Show of Shows, a theatrical compilation film. It was thereafter played in many places including the memorial service for Howie Morris after he left is in 2005. It opened the ceremony and everyone howled with laughter throughout, including the man sitting in front of me, Carl Reiner…