SID CAESAR: The Boarder [THE HICKENLOOPERS] (YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS - VERY rare sketch)

Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca in a very rare extended Hickenloopers sketch, this one giving a major well-deserved spotlight to Howard Morris. Sid's reactions upon entering his home and finding another man there are priceless.
NOTE: No date is available for this sketch, which has only been released on very rare out of print VHS/Betamax tapes. My undying gratitude to KJH, the uber-fan of Sid Caesar in Pennsylvania who found these tapes, had them transferred digitally, and shared them with me so that I could make them available on KZbin
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[@Gypsyqueen-lt7tq]

Watching this sketch for probably the fifth or sixth time -- always find it funny & thought-provoking. I recall reading an interview w/ Sid where he mentioned that his own family had a lot of boarders when he was young (as was customary during the Great Depression). And he added that he spent a lot of time "negotiating" with said boarders as to the hours when it was "acceptable" for him to practice his saxophone. Have a feeling those bittersweet memories were front & center when he was rehearsing & performing this sketch. Thanks so much for posting!!!

[@chriswehner7172]

Priceless material and acting !!!! Thank you for sharing !! I miss these type of shows.

[@daniellack3559]

Howie was so versatile, underrated, yet an integral part of the cast!

[@gardeniasandfalcons3945]

He could do any kind of character. So talented and funny.

[@Nick-ty9us]

He was also a great cartoon voice actor as well doing voices for Hanna-Barbera and Disney

[@poetcomic1]

From Sid Caesar to Carol Burnett and SNL it was always SO HARD to end a sketch. This is a gem of an example with a trumpet reveille. The action could not have climaxed in any kind of violent expulsion etc,. and stayed funny.

[@SenorZorrozzz]

Thank you for posting. The more Sid, the better! I like Nanette Fabre as his leading lady the best. But all of his skits were over the top!

[@magnificentfailure2390]

I try to imagine any of today's comedy stars forgoing any dialogue for so long as Sid did at the beginning of the sketch. Can't do it.

[@southernoregoncatmom6519]

Great conveying of emotions without speaking!

[@ShawnC.T.]

"he's got about seventeen dollars on his plate right now", lol, hilarious...

[@auntiemaim9732]

Imogene was fabulous, she paired perfectly with Sid....but I compliment all the players, they were amazing.

[@girlgeniusnyc272]

Around 5:45 -- he warms up his voice before he YELLS lol lol lol lol

[@sidcaesaryourshowofshowsca2250]

VERY rare sketch that hasn't been publicly accessible for many years. ---------------------------------- For more rare material like this, please click here to subscribe to the Sid Caesar channel: kzbin.info/door/aco274Tej4ZhYWflk4B6lw

[@magnificentfailure2390]

The butter killed me.

[@LuvvyDuck]

Does Howie think he has enough to eat? 🤣

[@daniellack3559]

Its really interesting to see Sid before he lost so much weight in the later years (almost to the point of seeming somewhat emaciated)..Sid was never really what you might consider to be fat, he seemed just a big guy, who according to legend had enormous strength, especially when he was very angry....

[@Gypsyqueen-lt7tq]

I, too, was always troubled by Sid's later weight loss. As you said, he was *never* fat -- and the fuller face balanced his strong, handsome features. I first remember seeing him as Melville during a 25th-anniversary showing of "Mad World," and thinking how incredibly good looking he was!! So I really wish he hadn't felt like he needed to diet. Peter Sellers, of course, did the same -- and, IMHO, he also looked far better in his early years when he was more "robust." I've read that both Caesar & Sellers had some rather significant mental-health problems -- and I can't but wonder if they included anorexia and/or bullimia. So very sad to think they might have suffered from such feelings of inadequacy -- when they were both so gorgeous and, of course, brilliant.

[@elliewuzzup7689]

I always thought it may have been because he stopped drinking so suddenly. But there may be other reasons too.

[@NuttyIsa]

​@@Gypsyqueen-lt7tq in his autobiography he said that he used to eat and vomit, so yeah probably he had some sort of bulimia. And of course also the drinking wasn't helping. (Btw Probably I'm the only one but even if I prefer big Sid too I have to say that for some reason skinny Sid in the "busy body" movie was kinda sexy lol)

[@bobareeniobobareenio2935]

Actually, $16 a week was a lot of money . Of course, not the way Howie ate hahahahah

[@elliewuzzup7689]

$16 a week in 1951 was the same as $182 in 2022