The Carolyn Jackson Collection, no. 21 - Interview with Sid Caesar

Duration: 0:03:30

Year Published: 1977

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Austin television personality Carolyn Jackson interviews actor Sid Caesar about his role in the film Fire Sale, in which he plays a WWII veteran who thinks that the war has not ended. Their discussion of the movie, a comedy, leads to a conversation about the therapeutic qualities of laughter. The interview wraps with the two reminiscing about the days of live television, which prompts Caesar to share an anecdote involving a last minute line-up switch, a leopard suit, and gold lame shoes.