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Season 1

  • S01E01 Premiere

    • September 27, 1954
    • NBC

    Guest star: Gina Lolllobrigida Gina Lollobrigida makes her first "live" acting appearance on American television.

  • S01E02 "The Professor"

    • October 4, 1954
    • NBC

    "The Professor".

  • S01E03 Peggy Lee

    • October 11, 1954
    • NBC

    Guest star: Peggy Lee. Sid introduces a new character, The Commuter.

  • S01E04 S01E04

    • October 25, 1954
    • NBC

    A movie satire lampooning the haughty aces of the German Air Force in World War I - done in the familiar fashion of Sid, Carl Reiner and Howard Morris. A couple of other comedy sketches, a pantomimic specialty by Caesar and several dance numbers are featured. Among the latter will be a novelty dance utilizing the dramatic setting of the bullring with Luis Caceras in the stellar role.

  • S01E05 S01E05

    • November 1, 1954
    • NBC

    Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Mel Powell, Steve Jordan, Charlie Shavers and Eddie Safranski in a jam session with Sid himself, a professional saxophonist before turning to comedy. The three-scene sketch will utilize the talent of Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Virginia Curtis and other regulars. Another dramatic ballet will be featured as well.

  • S01E06 Nanette Fabray

    • November 8, 1954
    • NBC

    "The Commuter". A sketch on commuters. Nanette portrays Caesar's wife in a skit.

  • S01E07 S01E07

    • November 22, 1954
    • NBC

    A case of hypochondria and what happens after a chance conversation with a physician which starts him brooding over an imaginary illness and eventually sends him to his bed to await the grim reaper. Nanette portrays the poor abused wife. *Note: Nanette Fabray has won a regular assignment on the show.

  • S01E08 S01E08

    • November 29, 1954
    • NBC

    Bob Victor (Sid Caesar) the Commuter has a great idea - an off-season holiday at a dude ranch.

  • S01E09 S01E09

    • December 6, 1954
    • NBC

    "The Commuters" sketch and a satire of the Jack Webb series a Russian "Dragnet". Another ballet by choreographer Boris Runanian rounds out the program.

  • S01E10 S01E10

    • December 20, 1954
    • NBC

    An unexpected business crisis threatens to separate the Victors during the holiday season.

  • S01E11 S01E11

    • December 27, 1954
    • NBC

    There's an amusing opener, "Man to Man" a satire on a show you'll recognize and we find our Viennese professor friend "at home". Nanette Fabray sings a spirited version of "Birth of the Blues" and admirers of the art of bongo drum beating should catch "Just One of Those Things".

  • S01E12 S01E12

    • January 3, 1955
    • NBC

    Sid Caesar gives his impression of what a little boy thinks about after he has been spanked and sent to bed.

  • S01E13 Barbara Nichols

    • January 17, 1955
    • NBC

    Sid and Nanette do a sketch about a wife trying to cure the untidiness of her husband.

  • S01E14 Paul Reed, Page Johnson

    • January 24, 1955
    • NBC

    Sid Caesar satirizes the Hollywood movie industry when he portrays a daredevil test pilot.

  • S01E15 Dee Dee Wood & Wally Siebert

    • January 31, 1955
    • NBC

    A comedy sketch satirizing a popular TV musical series with Sid as a dancer and Nanette as the pop singer. Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Virginia Curtis and Elian Parker will join Sid and Nanette in another "Commuters" sketch.

  • S01E16 S01E16

    • February 14, 1955
    • NBC

    Nanette has the perfect Valentine Day sentiment in her song "The Glory of Love". The guys have a sketch about proving their manhood and asserting their right not to have to lap up culture in their non-working hours.

  • S01E17 S01E17

    • February 21, 1955
    • NBC

    A satire on the super-duper musical movies of the 30's with an appropriate dash of the tongue in cheek nonsense. Nanette has a corny scene as she wraps up all the things every little girl from the farm over said during her first assault on New York. Sid proves again he's a well equipped song and dance man and a brief "commuters" sketch rounds out the program.

  • S01E18 Henny Youngman

    • February 28, 1955
    • NBC

    It's Nanette's birthday and Sid is determined to give his vocabulary a workout while providing a few gaffaws and getting ready to take Nan out for a night on the town. Sid runs headon into a wisecracking nightclub M.C. played by Henny Youngman.

  • S01E19 S01E19

    • March 14, 1955
    • NBC

    With regulars Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris.

  • S01E20 Eddy Arnold

    • March 21, 1955
    • NBC

    Eddy gets caught in the middle of The Victors (Sid and Nan) argument.

  • S01E21 S01E21

    • March 28, 1955
    • NBC

    A new sports jacket becomes the subject of ridicule for Sid in a Commuter sketch.

  • S01E22 S01E22

    • April 11, 1955
    • NBC

    Marlon Brando's starring role in "On the Waterfront" will be burlesqued by Sid as he satires the Oscar-winning movie.

  • S01E23 S01E23

    • April 18, 1955
    • NBC

    A Caspar Milquetoast type by day, a fearless hero by night, is the dual personality Sid will play in a silent movie satire.

  • S01E24 S01E24

    • April 25, 1955
    • NBC

    Sketches include: Sporting matching suits and black, pompador wigs, Caesar, Reiner and Morris' spoof rock/do wop groups when they appeared as 'The Haircuts'. They performed 'So Rare', an over-the-top ballad, and 'Flippin'' which featured the three the threesome dancing and/or having spasms to the song.

  • S01E25 S01E25

    • May 9, 1955
    • NBC

    "All Aboard". The commuter train sketch brings the gang together.

  • S01E26 S01E26

    • May 16, 1955
    • NBC

    The members of the "Caesaro Opera Company" give their own version of the opera "Faust". Also scheduled is another Commuters sketch with a battle developing after Bob Victor returns from a fishing trip with a mustache. His wife expresses much displeasure over the situation.

  • S01E27 S01E27

    • May 23, 1955
    • NBC

    A movie satire of "Golden Boy" to fight or to fiddle with amusing results. Nanette heads the musical contingent through a production number of "Romance".

  • S01E28 S01E28

    • June 6, 1955
    • NBC

    Nanette Fabray teams with Bill Lewis, winner of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air Award, for a special production number. They will give their interpretation of the song "Here I'll Stay". Sid, Howard and Carl appear in a Commuters' sketch in which they try to make their backyards into summer playlands. Included in the ambitious project is the digging of a swimming pool.

  • S01E29 Tony Alamo

    • June 13, 1955
    • NBC

    Nanette discovers that Sid has hired a pretty new secretary and she expresses some violent opinions on "office wives". Singer Tony Alamo will render a number that was written by Sid.

  • S01E30 Bill Hayes

    • June 20, 1955
    • NBC

    Bill Hayes a permanent member of the show's summer replacement series is the guest.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Bullets Over Broadway

    • September 26, 1955
    • NBC

    The opening show has a "Commuters" bit and a take-off on a Hollywood gang-land movie.

  • S02E02 Board of Director's Meeting

    • October 3, 1955
    • NBC

    The Commuters become entangled with their dancing lessons and the wives have to use some fancy footwork to unravel them. Papa loves Mambo and everything goes well until the girls step in. A musical takeoff on an opera. Also included is a satire titled "Board of Director's Meeting".

  • S02E03 Suburbia U.S.A.

    • October 10, 1955
    • NBC

    Sid does a takeoff on Verdi's opera "Aida". Caesar and his accomplices will arrayed in Egyptian garb but we are not advised in what language the opera will be sung. Caesar and his troupe will flit from Egypt to London, backstage Broadway and to his version of "Suburbia U.S.A.".

  • S02E04 On the Town Parody

    • October 24, 1955
    • NBC

    A satire on those gay movie musicals about sailors on liberty in a big city is featured. Also a "Commuters" sketch with Sid and Nanette recalling their first quarrel. Production numbers feature pianist Earl Wild, tenor Bill Lewis and the Ted Cappy dancers.

  • S02E05 The Wealth Club

    • October 31, 1955
    • NBC

    Sid and Nanette run into a problem of trying to please everybody during an evening out with Carl Reiner, Sandra Deel, Howie Morris and Ellen Parker. They try to plan an entertaining evening in spite of the fact that one couple has seen the current hit play and another has been to "all the movies". Caesar, Reiner and Morris appear in a sketch called "The Wealth Club", a satire on the world of big business.

  • S02E06 Empty Holster

    • November 7, 1955
    • NBC

    Sid and the gang offer a satire on a Western films called "Empty Holster". In a "Commuter" sketch Bob Victor (Caesar) finds himself left out of a party that his neighbors will be attending.

  • S02E07 Abandon Ship For Love

    • November 21, 1955
    • NBC

    Sid and the cast do a satire on a musical comedy called "Abandon Ship For Love" with Nan as a movie star and Sid, Carl and Howie as sailors on leave. Included in the show will be a musical spoof, in a USO where she sings "Even Though I'm Above You, I Love You".

  • S02E08 $6 Raise

    • November 28, 1955
    • NBC

    In a "Commuters" sketch the Victors think they are going up in the world, but they decide to do it sensibly - a cheap maid, inexpensive butler, and maybe just a tiny castle. Then they learn that Bob's big promotion is worth just a six dollar raise. *Note: Nanette sustains an injury from a falling light on the set and is knocked unconscious and hospitalized.

  • S02E09 The Haircuts

    • December 5, 1955
    • NBC

    Sid has to battle with Carl and Howie because he wants to eat his lunch in the office and they want him to come out. Also a satire on a British movie and a session with "The Haircuts".

  • S02E10 Italian Movie

    • December 19, 1955
    • NBC

    Nanette returns to the show after being injured by a falling light two weeks ago. She joins Sid, Howie, and Carl in a "Commuters" sketch with the Victors trying to raise money for charity by engaging in athletic events with their neighbors. Also a satire of an Italian movie.

  • S02E11 Aggravation Boulevard

    • December 26, 1955
    • NBC

    Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Sandra Deel and Ellen Parker.

  • S02E12 S02E12

    • January 2, 1956
    • NBC

    A movie satire of "Cyrano de Bergerac".

  • S02E13 S02E13

    • January 16, 1956
    • NBC

    The "Commuters" welcome a former neighbor who has become a big business tycoon. At first, they are envious, but later they decide his way of life is not for them.

  • S02E14 S02E14

    • January 23, 1956
    • NBC

    Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Sandra Deel and Ellen Parker.

  • S02E15 U:Bet-U

    • February 6, 1956
    • NBC

    Sid and Nanette as the Victors plan a vacation.

  • S02E16 S02E16

    • February 13, 1956
    • NBC

    Sid and Nanette turn back the calendar to their newlywed days. When Bob Victor's (Caesar) parents came to visit the couple shortly after the wedding.

  • S02E17 S02E17

    • February 20, 1956
    • NBC

    In a "Commuters" sketch Bob Victor (Caesar) breaks a personal rule in a test of friendship.

  • S02E18 S02E18

    • February 27, 1956
    • NBC

    The silent movie sketch is an often funny outing about an immigrant named Jazznik, arriving in the land of hope and promise. A lively Gershwin finale with a medley of "S'Wonderful", "Somebody Loves Me" and "I Got Rhythm".

  • S02E19 S02E19

    • March 12, 1956
    • NBC

    "The Haircuts" do a parody of current hit songs.

  • S02E20 W. Somerset Maugham

    • March 19, 1956
    • NBC

    Sid as an English defense lawyer and Nanette as a femme fatale spoofing those British courtroom melodramas. And a sketch about the best way to gift wrap garbage. *News item: Sid Caesar announces that his leading lady Nanette Fabray will be leaving the show come June. Nanette reportedly made $5,000 a week and asked for a pay increase which was denied. Nanette would win a Best Supporting Actress EMMY for her role on the series.

  • S02E21 S02E21

    • March 26, 1956
    • NBC

    Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Sandra Deel and Ellen Parker.

  • S02E22 Robinho and Juliet

    • April 9, 1956
    • NBC

    Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Sandra Deel and Ellen Parker.

  • S02E23 S02E23

    • April 16, 1956
    • NBC

    Sid's out to modernize the underworld by committing only "legal" crimes with his shimmying gun moll Nanette, who must agree to his bank heist under the protection of the Perch-Bickey Act of 1803, in this funny gangster take-off. A "Commuters" sketch and Nan sings "Taking a Chance on Love" and a Carnegie Hall recording session with Earl Wild and Bill Lewis.

  • S02E24 S02E24

    • April 23, 1956
    • NBC

    The Victors have trouble with the in-laws when they recall their early married life when they lived with her parents. Sid brings back one of his favorite characters "Der Protestor". He will audtion for the magician's role in a Broadway play.

  • S02E25 S02E25

    • May 7, 1956
    • NBC

    In a "Commuters" sketch Bob Victor (Sid) tests his memory when he makes a foolish bet with his suburbanite neigbor George Hanson (Carl Reiner). Terribly Expensive Productions, the hour's motion picture unit, will put together another movie satire. This one takes place in Hollywood and tells the story of the rise and fall of a great director.

  • S02E26 The Red Sneakers

    • May 14, 1956
    • NBC

    The "Commuters" has another earth shattering problem as Bob Victor and his wife come to heads.

  • S02E27 The Lawrence Welk Show: Parody

    • May 21, 1956
    • NBC

    Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Sandra Deel and Ellen Parker.

  • S02E28 S02E28

    • June 4, 1956
    • NBC

    Another visit with The Victors. *Note: Janet Blair has been set to replace Nanette Fabray.

  • S02E29 S02E29

    • June 11, 1956
    • NBC

    Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Sandra Deel and Ellen Parker.

  • S02E30 S02E30

    • June 18, 1956
    • NBC

    In The Commuters, the Springdale Community Center holds a fundraising beauty contest. A final "Commuters" sketch with Sid and Nanette as The Victors.

Season 3

  • S03E01 S03E01

    • September 15, 1956
    • NBC

    S03E01

  • S03E02 S03E02

    • September 22, 1956
    • NBC

    S03E02

  • S03E03 S03E03

    • September 29, 1956
    • NBC

    S03E03

  • S03E04 Blast Video Theatre

    • October 6, 1956
    • NBC

    S03E04

  • S03E05 S03E05

    • October 13, 1956
    • NBC

    S03E05

  • S03E06 Tea and Samurai

    • October 20, 1956
    • NBC

    S03E06

  • S03E07 S03E07

    • October 27, 1956
    • NBC

    S03E07

  • S03E08 S03E08

    • November 3, 1956
    • NBC

    S03E08

  • S03E09 Italian Movies in Carnivale

    • November 10, 1956
    • NBC

    Italian Movies in Carnivale

  • S03E10 Take the 'A' Train

    • November 17, 1956
    • NBC

    Take the 'A' Train

  • S03E11 S03E11

    • November 24, 1956
    • NBC

    S03E11

  • S03E12 What's My Line?: Parody

    • December 1, 1956
    • NBC

    What's My Line?: Parody

  • S03E13 Tower's Trot

    • December 8, 1956
    • NBC

    Tony Towers is a dancer who gets a dancing partner and then invents "And Then You Do That Step" but becomes increasingly fat when on tour with her.

  • S03E14 S03E14

    • December 15, 1956
    • NBC

    S03E14

  • S03E15 S03E15

    • December 22, 1956
    • NBC

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  • S03E16 S03E16

    • December 29, 1956
    • NBC

    S03E16

  • S03E17 Omnibus & The Count of Monte Cristo parodies

    • January 5, 1957
    • NBC

    In The commuters' sketch, Bob almost gets stuck paying a $60 dinner check; 'Ominous', a spoof of the TV show Omnibus, features Caesar as Professor Ludwig von Henpeck, marriage authority; the train sketch features Caesar as a businessman and Pat Carroll as an old lady; The count of Monte Cristo is an opera parody.

  • S03E18 S03E18

    • January 12, 1957
    • NBC

    S03E18

  • S03E19 S03E19

    • January 19, 1957
    • NBC

    S03E19

  • S03E20 S03E20

    • January 26, 1957
    • NBC

    S03E20

  • S03E21 Parody of Somerset Maugham Theatre

    • February 2, 1957
    • NBC

    Parody of Somerset Maugham Theatre

  • S03E22 S03E22

    • February 9, 1957
    • NBC

    S03E22

  • S03E23 S03E23

    • February 16, 1957
    • NBC

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  • S03E24 S03E24

    • February 23, 1957
    • NBC

    S03E24

  • S03E25 Ingrid Bergman, Joan Crawford, Rock Hudson

    • March 2, 1957
    • NBC

    Ingrid Bergman, Joan Crawford, Rock Hudson Look magazine awards to Rock Hudson, and in a separately-filmed piece, to Ingrid Bergman given by Joan Crawford.

  • S03E26 S03E26

    • March 9, 1957
    • NBC

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  • S03E27 S03E27

    • March 16, 1957
    • NBC

    S03E27

  • S03E28 'The daddy'; 'Corporate secretary skit'; 'The brave and the bamboo'

    • March 23, 1957
    • NBC

    The daddy is a monologue delivered by Caesar; in the corporate secretary sketch, Pat Carroll stars as a new, inexperienced secretary; The brave and the bamboo is a Japanese movie parody.

  • S03E29 S03E29

    • March 30, 1957
    • NBC

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  • S03E30 Tonight! America After Dark

    • April 6, 1957
    • NBC

    The Commuters skit recalls when the three men opened a diner that failed, then a look at an "adult" western and later a parody of "Tonight-America after dark", what inadvertently shows people at their worst.

  • S03E31 S03E31

    • April 13, 1957
    • NBC

    S03E31

  • S03E32 S03E32

    • April 20, 1957
    • NBC

    S03E32

  • S03E33 S03E33

    • April 27, 1957
    • NBC

    S03E33

  • S03E34 S03E34

    • May 4, 1957
    • NBC

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  • S03E35 S03E35

    • May 11, 1957
    • NBC

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  • S03E36 Break Your Brains skit

    • May 18, 1957
    • NBC

    Skit: "Break Your Brains" with Sid Caesar, Carl Reiner, Janet Blair, Howard Morris, and Pat Carroll.

  • S03E37 Person to Person: Parody

    • May 25, 1957
    • NBC

    Person to Person: Parody