Conan Remembers Sid Caesar

Conan had a show to honor the comedy legend Sid Caesar who passed away last week. His first and only guest was Mel Brooks who wrote for Caesar on "Your Show of Shows".



Watch the full episode here. They did a great job of choosing and showing clips of the great sketches (and editing them down because of the kids and their attention spans).

But I thought I would link one of my own favorites that wasn't covered by Conan. Here's the Clock Sketch:


You can see the direct line from Caesar's German doubletalk and Conan's German impression as well as the Clock Sketch to SNL's Tunnel of Love Sketch.

Serious Jibber-Jabber - Mel Brooks

Conan sits down for a long-form interview with Mel Brooks. They discuss Automats and little else...