Hat worn by Sid Caesar as German Professor on Your Show of Shows
date: label: date made
content: ca 1950
notes: label: Description
content: Hat worn by Sid Caesar as part of his German Professor costume in sketches on the television series Your Show of Shows. The black velvet brimmed hat is crumbled and collapsible.
label: Description
content: Comedian Sid Caesar (1922-2014) was an influential and acclaimed comedian best known for his pioneering work on television, especially Your Show of Shows, a comedy variety show which aired from 1950-1954. The German Professor was a character used by Caesar to mock the pretentiousness of media experts and satirize intellectual fads. In sketches, the Professor’s ridiculous name changed based on whatever expertise he was supposed to have, such as memory expert “Lapse Von Memory” and Medical Doctor “Hugo von Gezundheit.”
topic: label: Subject
content: Comedy
label: used
content: Television
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
label: Exhibition
content: Entertainment Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sid Caesar
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0172.06
label: accession number
content: 1989.0172
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0172.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hat
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 10 in; 12.7 cm x 25.4 cm