Variety Show: Your Show of Shows

Events in Film & TV

Television Premiere

1950-02-25 "Your Show of Shows" with Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca premieres on NBC. Writers include Mel Brooks, Neil Simon and Woody Allen.

1954-06-05 "Your Show Of Shows" last airs on NBC-TV

Birthdays in Film & TV

1908-11-18 Imogene Coca, American comedienne (Your Show of Shows, Grindl), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2001)
1909-12-28 Billy Williams, American singer (Your Show of Shows), born in Waco, Texas (d. 1984)
1915-12-14 Clay Warnick, American choral director (Your Show Of Shows), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 1995)
1919-09-22 Jack Russell, American singer (Your Show of Shows), born in Saratoga Springs, New York
1920-08-05 Selma Diamond, Canadian-American comedy writer (Your Show Of Shows), and actress (Night Court, 1984-85 - "Selma"), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1985)

Carl Reiner (1922-2020)

1922-03-20 American comedian, actor, screenwriter (Your Show Of Shows; 2000 Year Old Man; The Dick Van Dyke Show), director (The Comic; The Jerk), and author, born in The Bronx, New York

1922-09-08 Isaac Sidney "Sid" Caesar, American comic actor and writer (Your Show of Shows), born in Yonkers, New York (d. 2014)
1925-06-05 Bill Hayes, American actor (Your Show of Shows, Days of our Life), born in Harvey, Illinois
1928-03-08 Judy Johnson, American singer (Your Show of Shows), born in Norfolk, Virginia

Deaths in Film & TV

1977-04-22 Charles Sanford, American orchestra leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at 71
1984-07-16 Billy Williams, American singer (Your Show of Shows), dies at 73
1985-05-13 Selma Diamond, Canadian-American comedy writer (Your Show Of Shows), and actress (Night Court, 1984-85 - "Selma"), dies of lung cancer at 64
1995-02-08 Clay Warnick, American choral director (Your Show Of Shows), dies at 79
2001-06-02 Imogene Coca, American comedienne (Your Show of Shows, Grindl), dies at 92
2014-02-12 Isaac Sidney "Sid" Caesar, American comic actor and writer (Your Show of Shows), dies at 91

Carl Reiner (1922-2020)

2020-06-29 American comedian, actor, screenwriter (Your Show Of Shows; 2000 Year Old Man; The Dick Van Dyke Show), director (The Comic; The Jerk), and author, dies at 98