Carl Reiner has posted two Tweets about his friend of 60 years, Sid Caesar.
I spoke to Dick Cavett yesterday on the phone in New York. Cavett never worked for Caesar but knew him, and interviewed him on his talk show. Before that, Cavett had worked on The Jerry Lewis Show, and The Tonight Show with Jack Paar.
Carl Reiner:
To my friend and confrere, Sid Caesar, "May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!"
— carl reiner (@carlreiner) February 13, 2014
We've lost the greatest, monologist, pantomimic, sketch comedian TV has ever known! Word GENIUS is oft misused but not so here. HAIL CAESAR
— carl reiner (@carlreiner) February 13, 2014
Dick Cavett: “I met Carl in Lindy’s restaurant when it was really Lindy’s. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade came along. Sid was on a float! A few days later I went back and he was sitting there at Lindy’s. I went over, and said something sappy. He raised his hand and shook my hand, and went back to eating…
…I had him on my show even though he was a notorious bad talker. We did two half hours in Atlantic City. He was wonderful. Something about us together worked. At the end of it, he was so happy. He said, What a great interview!…
…I was once in a car with him, Jonathan Winters, Jimmy Durante and Dick Shawn. I was working on The Jerry Lewis Show and we were doing something on “It’s A Mad Mad World”…If we’d only made a video of it, it’s lost to the world…
…He was a genius performer. Enough talent for 10 men. That genius dexterity with language! He certainly inspired a lot of performers…His legacy was fabulous shows we can still watch…”
