The TV career of the great Sid Caesar confuses some people so let's run through it. These are the American TV series which starred Mr. Caesar…
- Admiral Broadway Revue (1949) – Imogene Coca and Sid – Writers were Mel Tolkin, Mel Brooks and Lucille Kallen.
- Your Show of Shows (1950-1954) – Imogene and Sid joined by Carl Reiner and Howard Morris – Writers included Tolkin, Brooks, and Kallen, plus Tony Webster, Joe Stein, Selma Diamond, Neil Simon and Danny Simon.
- Caesar's Hour (1954-1957) – Nanette Fabray replaces Imogene while Carl and Howie remain – Writers included Tolkin, Brooks, Diamond, Stein, Webster, Stewart and the Simon brothers plus Larry Gelbart, Aaron Ruben, Sheldon Keller, Gary Belkin, Phil Sharp and others.
- Sid Caesar Invites You (1958) – Imogene Coca returns, Carl Reiner remains, Howie Morris does not – Writers included Tolkin, Brooks, Gelbart, Stewart and the Simon Brothers.
- The Sid Caesar Show (1963-1964) – No Coca, Reiner or Morris. In support were Gisele MacKenzie, Joey Forman and Bea Arthur – Writers included Diamond and Webster along with Mickey Rose, Goodman Ace, Jay Burton and Terry Ryan.
And there were a number of specials before and after that last series. People keep listing Larry Gelbart and Woody Allen as writers on Your Show of Shows but neither were there. Gelbart's career with Sid started at Caesar's Hour. Allen's work with him was on specials and there is some disagreement out there as to which ones and when, and some claim he worked on that last series.
But there's another Sid Caesar series that isn't on the above list and the reason it isn't there is that that's a list of shows done in America. Sid Caesar Invites You was not run in England but after it finished in the U.S., Caesar and Coca went over there and did thirteen half-hours of Sid Caesar Invites You for the B.B.C., recycling scripts done for the American version. American comic actor Cliff Norton joined them over there and reportedly, Carl Reiner turned up in a couple of episodes but he's nowhere to be seen in this one…