1953-1957 CBS
YOU ARE THERE THEN
Humbug #3, October 1957
w: Harvey Kurtzman
a: Bill Elder
One of the first documentary series, would recreate a famous historical event as if it were a news event they were covering live, with Walter Cronkite at an anchor desk in the studio and a field reporter covering the event live and maybe talking to a participant or two.
According to the Humbug collection, more Sid Caesar cast members appear on page two: Carl Reiner and Nanette Fabray, as Brutus and Cassius.
ReplyDeleteIt also says that Senator Casca is President Nasser of Egypt, though it can't say why.