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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…

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And now, I give you…The Great Flydini!

(Once again, I remind you: If the wrong embedded video shows up on your monitor, the problem is probably that you need to refresh your browser. Another way to do this is to click on the word "link" below at the lower right.That will take you to the archive version of this item and it'll probably be right.Then you can click back here and it should be right.)

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Allan Sherman with what I think was his third-biggest single hit. A few of the lyrics in this differ from the recorded version…

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In 2008, an all-star special was done in England to celebrate the 60th birthday of Prince Charles. John Cleese hosted and in this clip, you'll see him introduce a funny bit by Rowan Atkinson…

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In 1975, ABC was trying to compete with NBC's Today Show with a show called AM America hosted by Bill Beutel and Stephanie Edwards. One memorable Friday in April, Beutel was off on assignment and the program was co-hosted by most of the Monty Python guys.Things got, shall we say, a bit chaotic.

We have here a little less than ten minutes of excerpts. Note how Ms. Edwards keeps her smile and plays along but that newsman Peter Jennings doesn't seem too thrilled to be a part of what he finds himself a part of. Also note the name of writer Tom Meehan in the credits. Mr. Meehan would go on to loftier jobs…

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Mickey Paraskevas directed my attention to these.They're very nice home movies shot in 1956 at Disneyland by the grandfather of a gent named Jeff Altman — not my friend, the comedian of the same name.The first of these includes Walt himself who was at the park that day shooting some sort of film for something.

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That's one. Here's the other…

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Hugh Jackman is in previews this week in New York, about to open in what they're calling a one-man show. Actually, it seems to be one man, a bevy of dancers and an 18-piece orchestra.The one man (Jackman) is performing songs he likes and it's scheduled to run through New Year's Day. Here's a preview…

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If you're thinking of going and don't have tickets, you may be outta luck. Seats are hard-to-get and getting very expensive. Which prompted master parody-writer Fred Landau to compose the following, with a vocal by Jan Horvath…

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Last week, there was a concert at the Hollywood Bowl on behalf of the Clinton Global Initiative. Along with Lady Gaga and other forms of entertainment, this video was debuted. Very funny…

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Someone put up a couple of treasures for those of us who love the Jerry Lewis Telethon…or at least love what it used to be, as opposed to what it became the last decade or so. Here are thirteen minutes of highlights from the 1988 show…

And here's a little over eleven minutes from 1984…

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I know what you're thinking: Who's that spooky-looking guy? That's Max Maven and he also knows what you're thinking. Or so it seems when he performs his unnatural act.

Max is just about the best magician working these days in the area of coming out on stage and telling the audience what number they're thinking of, what card they picked, what color their underwear is, etc. If you're anywhere near the city of Cerritos, California and you're looking for something Halloweeny to do on October 28, Max will be doing one show only at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts…but what a show it will be. I've seen him many times and he never fails to send the audience out mumbling, "How did he know that?" Here's an example…

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A well-reviewed production of Follies is playing in Chicago at the moment. Let's see some highlights from it…

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Another Cookie Monster appearance! Elvis Costello and Elmo teach children how to count to ten and not pronounce words clearly…

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A fine guessing game…

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Stan Lee becomes a Jeopardy! category…

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Peter Serafinowicz may well be the best impressionist I have ever seen. I especially like his dead-on Betty Cumberdale. Welker, eat your heart out…