Object Details
- Description
- 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.
- 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.”
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- ca 1950
- Credit Line
- Gift of Sid Caesar
- Physical Description
- velvet (overall material)
- black (overall color)
- cardboard (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 in x 10 in; 12.7 cm x 25.4 cm
- Object Name
- hat
