, ▁L ily ▁P ons ▁and ▁Robert ▁M err ill . ▁The ▁show ▁was ▁a ▁mix ▁of ▁sketch ▁comedy , ▁movie ▁and ▁television ▁sat ires , ▁Ca esar ' s ▁mon olog ues , ▁musical ▁guests , ▁and ▁large ▁production ▁numbers . ▁Gu ests ▁included : ▁Jack ie ▁Cooper , ▁Robert ▁Pr eston , ▁R ex ▁Harrison , ▁Edd ie ▁Albert , ▁Michael ▁Red gra ve , ▁Bas il ▁R ath bone , ▁Char l ton ▁H eston , ▁Ger ald ine ▁Page , ▁Douglas ▁Fair b anks ▁Jr ., ▁Pear l ▁Ba iley , ▁Fred ▁Allen , ▁Ben ny ▁Good man , ▁L ena ▁Hor ne ▁and ▁many ▁other ▁stars ▁of ▁the ▁time . ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁responsible ▁for ▁bringing ▁together ▁the ▁comedy ▁team ▁of ▁Ca esar , ▁C oca , ▁Carl ▁Re iner , ▁and ▁Howard ▁Morris . ▁Many ▁writers ▁also ▁got ▁their ▁break ▁creating ▁the ▁show ' s ▁sketch es , ▁including ▁Luc ille ▁K allen , ▁Mel ▁Bro oks , ▁Neil ▁Simon , ▁Michael ▁Stewart , ▁Mel ▁Tol kin ▁and ▁Sh eld on ▁K eller . ▁Sid ▁Ca esar ▁won ▁his ▁first ▁Em my ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 2 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 1 ▁and ▁ 1 9 5 2 , ▁he ▁was ▁voted ▁the ▁United ▁States ' ▁Best ▁Com ed ian ▁in ▁Mot ion ▁Picture ▁D ail ys ▁TV ▁poll . ▁The ▁show ▁ended ▁after ▁almost ▁ 1 6 0 ▁episodes ▁on ▁June ▁ 5 , ▁ 1 9 5 4 . ▁ ▁A ▁few