A portrait of an unstable genius and a cultural history of a medium coming to life. Margolick writes in vibrant detail not only of the Caesar shows but of the early-TV world around them ... The book, ardent yet measured, is unsentimental in a way few show-business bios are ... Margolick makes the achievements of Caesar and his gang shine through.
Mr. Margolick’s analysis of Caesar’s off-screen personality—if he may be said to have had a personality—is most interesting ... Mr. Margolick brilliantly summarizes Sid Caesar’s fall.
