▁ 2 4 - hour ▁lun che on ette . ▁By ▁waiting ▁on ▁tables , ▁their ▁son ▁learned ▁to ▁m im ic ▁the ▁p ato is , ▁rh ythm ▁and ▁acc ents ▁of ▁the ▁diverse ▁client ele , ▁a ▁technique ▁he ▁term ed ▁double - t alk , ▁which ▁he ▁used ▁throughout ▁his ▁career . ▁He ▁first ▁tried ▁double - t alk ▁with ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁It ali ans , ▁his ▁head ▁bare ly ▁reaching ▁above ▁the ▁table . ▁They ▁enjoyed ▁it ▁so ▁much ▁that ▁they ▁sent ▁him ▁over ▁to ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁Pol es ▁to ▁repeat ▁his ▁native - s ounding ▁pat ter ▁in ▁Polish , ▁and ▁so ▁on ▁with ▁Rus si ans , ▁Hung ari ans , ▁French men , ▁Sp ani ards , ▁Lith u ani ans , ▁and ▁Bulg ari ans . ▁Sid ▁Ca esar ' s ▁older ▁brother , ▁David , ▁was ▁his ▁com ic ▁ment or ▁and ▁" one - man ▁che ering ▁section ." ▁They ▁created ▁their ▁earliest ▁family ▁sketch es ▁from ▁mov ies ▁of ▁the ▁day ▁like ▁Test ▁Pil ot ▁and ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 7 ▁silent ▁film ▁W ings . ▁ ▁At ▁ 1 4 , ▁Ca esar ▁went ▁to ▁the ▁Cat sk ill ▁Mountains ▁as ▁a ▁sa x oph on ist ▁in ▁the ▁Sw ing time ▁Six ▁band ▁with ▁Mike ▁C if ich ello ▁and ▁Andrew ▁Gal os ▁and ▁occasionally ▁performed ▁in ▁sketch es ▁in ▁the ▁Bor sch t ▁B elt . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁Stage ▁and ▁film ▁After ▁gradu ating ▁from