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Season 1 Episode 1: Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Burgess Meredith, Gertrude Lawrence, Robert Merrill

5 SeasonsFeb 25, 1950NR1h 30m8.7

In the premiere telecast, guests are actor Burgess Meredith, and comic actress Gertrude Lawrence. Sketches include Imogene Coca in a parody of turn-of-the century star Lilian Russell; Sid Caesar as a psychologist; Lawrence appears in "Live vs. theatre", a take-off on Noel Coward plays; Christopher Columbus; a nervous groom. Songs include "I Don't Know Why" (Lawrence);"Wiffenpoof Song" (Merrill); "Sweet Betsy from Pike" (Fisher, Ross, Hayes); "... Full Story