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Early DS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, January 15, 1958. Document confirming an agreement to employ Brooks as a writer "of eighteen live television programs sponsored by Helena Rubinstein and scheduled as a weekly series presently entitled 'Sid Caesar Invites You." Signed at the conclusion in fountain pen by Mel Brooks, and also initialed by him on an attached rider. In fine condition.
Signed just days before the series premiered, this agreement captures Mel Brooks at a formative stage in his career, working within Sid Caesar’s celebrated circle of comedy writers. Sid Caesar Invites You briefly reunited Caesar with Your Show of Shows veterans Imogene Coca and Carl Reiner, while its writing staff included Brooks and Neil Simon—figures who would profoundly shape American comedy. Although the ABC program lasted only a few months in 1958, the document offers an early glimpse of Brooks honing the fast-paced sketch-writing skills that later fueled The Producers, Blazing Saddles, and his celebrated career as a filmmaker.
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