Imogene Coca : Sid Caesar :: Ginger Rogers : Fred Astaire
July 29, 2014 12:04 PM Subscribe
Imogene Coca was the hilarious counterpart to Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows, the ground-breaking 1950s sketch comedy show. (Here they are in the classic Auto Smashup.) She won an Emmy and a Peabody for her work on the show, had a long career in television, and later made an impact as Aunt Edna in National Lampoon's Vacation, as Ms. Dipesto's mother in Moonlighting, and on the stage.
With Sid Caesar: Health Food Restaurant | Mata Hari | The Clock | The Sleep Sketch | Classical Musicians | The Cobbler's Daughter | Streetcar named… | Birthday | From Here to Obscurity, Part 1 and Part 2 | Coney Island pantomime | pantomime on the Tonight Show in 1977
See Also: Pictures from her career as a pitch woman | as Mary the Good Fairy on Bewitched | performing Repent from On the Twentieth Century in 1982 (she was nominated for a Tony in 1978 for this role)
Her coworkers at Your Show of Shows remember her | Her 2001 Obituary | biography
With Sid Caesar: Health Food Restaurant | Mata Hari | The Clock | The Sleep Sketch | Classical Musicians | The Cobbler's Daughter | Streetcar named… | Birthday | From Here to Obscurity, Part 1 and Part 2 | Coney Island pantomime | pantomime on the Tonight Show in 1977
See Also: Pictures from her career as a pitch woman | as Mary the Good Fairy on Bewitched | performing Repent from On the Twentieth Century in 1982 (she was nominated for a Tony in 1978 for this role)
Her coworkers at Your Show of Shows remember her | Her 2001 Obituary | biography
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posted by Freedomboy at 1:22 PM on July 29, 2014
posted by Freedomboy at 1:22 PM on July 29, 2014
She died at 92, Sid Caesar at 91, Berle 93, Carl Reiner is 91, and that up and coming youngster, Mel Brooks is only 88 (or some say 2,000) years old.
posted by hal9k at 1:39 PM on July 29, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by hal9k at 1:39 PM on July 29, 2014 [1 favorite]
Her co-stars in On the Twentieth Century included John Cullum, Madeline Kahn and a young and pretty-well-unknown Kevin Kline. When I get my time machine, I'll be seeing that one.
posted by still_wears_a_hat at 1:46 PM on July 29, 2014
posted by still_wears_a_hat at 1:46 PM on July 29, 2014
She was also Jan Brady's "identical Aunt." Anyone remember that episode? As a kid, it felt very mean - for the Brady Bunch.
posted by MoxieProxy at 3:11 PM on July 29, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by MoxieProxy at 3:11 PM on July 29, 2014 [2 favorites]
Oh god I hated that episode so much. The moral ends up that Aunt Jenny is a cool badass and they shouldn't be such shallow assholes, but the route to get there is so ick.
I love this post though!
posted by MCMikeNamara at 5:18 PM on July 29, 2014
I love this post though!
posted by MCMikeNamara at 5:18 PM on July 29, 2014
I had not seen the "From Here to Obscurity" clip before. It was wonderful.
I love these guys and their humour.
posted by dougzilla at 7:53 PM on July 29, 2014
I love these guys and their humour.
posted by dougzilla at 7:53 PM on July 29, 2014
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