Argument to Beethoven’s 5th

in Comedy, Music | August 20th, 2009 2 Comments

A little piece of classic Americana TV. We take you back to the 1950s and Sid Caesar’s comic work. It’s hard to imagine someone working Beethoven’s 5th into comic material, but Caesar did it. In the meantime, if you want something a little more serious, I give you this rare footage of Herbert von Karajan conducting the same symphony in 1966. An old gem. Lastly, get lots of free classical music from our Music Podcast Collection.

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  1. Darleen says . . . | August 21, 2009 / 7:20 am

    Some of you will remember this and the rest of you might enjoy it!

  2. Sara Raftenberg says . . . | August 24, 2009 / 4:43 am

    It’s so great seeing intelligent, practised, eye-opening and ear-pleasing comedy! Thanks for this. I love your site.

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