Argument to Beethoven's 5th

January 6, 2009 - 2:27 am No Comments
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No cue cards, no teleprompters, and no second takes--legendary funnyman Sid Caesar pioneered live television sketch comedy with his 1950s sitcoms Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour. This classic sketch is "Argument to Beethoven's 5th," Sid Caesar and Nanette Fabray play a married couple in a argument with pantomimed action and the dialogue is classic music.Enjoy!

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  1. Jobe Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 04:37:17 perfect timing....Sid and Nanette were doing this great stuff before the people on SNL were born
  2. Arlene Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 05:00:16 The ending warmed my heart!
  3. Anat Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 05:23:15 That is the most hilarious classical music comedy video I ever seen. Although Lang Lang's bloody fake gestures are hilarious, that Sid guy is completely awesome. I am like, laughing my face off.
  4. LUJZA Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 05:46:14 What are you talking about?
  5. Stanton Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 06:09:13 This is great. I only knew of him from It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
  6. Yocheved Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 06:32:12 this is great lol!
  7. Lucas Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 06:55:11 Great acting! And perhaps they are husband and wife in real life:)
  8. Bink Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 07:18:10 woa that owned
  9. MARISE Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 07:41:09 F*cking BRILLIANT! A couple of real pros right there.
  10. Atelic Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 08:04:08 I wonder how they would have done it to the disco version.
  11. Harrington Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 08:27:07 This is fantastic!! But SNL is just... as... g... (snort) I can't even type that without laughing!
  12. Nathalee Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 08:50:06 impressive
  13. Dameon Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 09:13:05 increible
  14. IDA Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 09:36:04 Great song. Great sketch. Great youtube video. Thanks for sharing.
  15. DARWISHI Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 09:59:03 if only this is the music that my parents do when they are fighting...
  16. SALISBURY Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 10:22:02 At 2:20 you can almost here the violins saying: Oh yes! Oh no! Oh yes! Oh no! yes, no, yes, no
  17. HLYNN Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 10:45:01 This reminds me of Lucy and Rickie from I love Lucy.
  18. MICHIO Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 11:08:00 They both were quite extraordinary here; the comic timing is perfect. I wish they'd done more of this sort of thing . . . or that someone else would try to do it now. Sigh.
  19. KIERAN Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 11:30:59 this video relaxes me at night.The music, the classic acting. Brilliant
  20. Acaiseid Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 11:53:58 brilliant! was it a golden retriever?..
  21. Ramona Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 12:16:57 I loved it; thanks for sharing!
  22. TOBRYTAN Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 12:39:56 what orchestra is playing this??
  23. Amikam Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 13:02:55 Haha yeah, and how about 1:56? "Your mother!" "My MOTHER?!" "YOUR MOTHER!" "MY MOTHER?!"
  24. Olwyn Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 13:25:54 He was amazing. A true genius of his time.
  25. Sigfriede Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 13:48:53 yes he is.

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