▁show ▁to ▁mid week ." ▁Com edy ▁star ▁Carol ▁Burn ett , ▁who ▁later ▁had ▁her ▁own ▁hit ▁TV ▁show , ▁rem embers ▁winning ▁tick ets ▁to ▁see ▁My ▁Fair ▁Lady ▁on ▁Broadway : ▁" I ▁gave ▁the ▁tick ets ▁to ▁my ▁ro omm ate ▁because ▁I ▁said , ▁Fair ▁Lady ' s ▁g onna ▁be ▁running ▁for ▁a ▁hundred ▁years , ▁but ▁Sid ▁Ca esar ▁is ▁live ▁and ▁I ' ll ▁never ▁see ▁that ▁again ." ▁ ▁F aded ▁success ▁and ▁personal ▁problems ▁After ▁nearly ▁ 1 0 ▁years ▁as ▁a ▁prime - time ▁star ▁of ▁television ▁comedy ▁with ▁Your ▁Show ▁of ▁Sh ows ▁followed ▁by ▁Ca esar ' s ▁H our , ▁his ▁st ard om ▁ended ▁rapidly ▁and ▁he ▁nearly ▁disappeared ▁from ▁the ▁spot light . ▁Nach man ▁describes ▁this ▁period : ▁ ▁Ca esar ▁himself ▁felt , ▁" It ▁had ▁all ▁come ▁too ▁fast , ▁was ▁too ▁easy , ▁and ▁he ▁didn ' t ▁des erve ▁the ▁acc laim ." ▁W riter ▁Mel ▁Bro oks , ▁who ▁also ▁became ▁his ▁close ▁friend , ▁said , ▁" I ▁know ▁of ▁no ▁other ▁com ed ian , ▁including ▁Chap lin , ▁who ▁could ▁have ▁done ▁nearly ▁ten ▁years ▁of ▁live ▁television . ▁Nob ody ' s ▁talent ▁was ▁ever ▁more ▁used ▁up ▁than ▁Sid ' s . ▁He ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁greatest ▁artists ▁ever ▁born . ▁But ▁over ▁a ▁period ▁of ▁years , ▁television ▁ground ▁him ▁into ▁sa us ages ." ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 7 , ▁after