▁showing ▁the ▁expressions ▁on ▁the ▁faces ▁of ▁Ca esar ▁and ▁other ▁actors . ▁Ca esar ▁re lied ▁more ▁on ▁body ▁language , ▁acc ents , ▁and ▁fa cial ▁cont ort ions ▁than ▁simply ▁spoken ▁dialog ue . ▁Un like ▁the ▁s lap st ick ▁comedy , ▁which ▁was ▁standard ▁on ▁TV , ▁his ▁style ▁was ▁considered ▁avant ▁gar de . ▁Ca esar ▁"... was ▁born ▁with ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁write ▁physical ▁poetry ," ▁notes ▁com ed ian ▁Steve ▁Allen , ▁a ▁technique ▁like ▁that ▁used ▁for ▁a ▁silent ▁film ▁com ed ian . ▁An ▁example ▁of ▁this ▁" sil ent ▁film " ▁style ▁is ▁a ▁live ▁sketch ▁with ▁Nan ette ▁Fab ray , ▁where ▁they ▁both ▁p antom ime ▁with ▁careful ▁ch ore ography , ▁having ▁an ▁argument ▁with ▁music ▁by ▁Be eth oven ▁in ▁the ▁background . ▁ ▁W riter ▁Mel ▁Tol kin ▁stated ▁that ▁Ca esar ▁" did n ' t ▁like ▁one - line ▁j okes ▁in ▁sketch es ▁because ▁he ▁felt ▁that ▁if ▁the ▁jo ke ▁was ▁a ▁good ▁one , ▁anybody ▁could ▁do ▁it . ▁One - lin ers ▁would ▁take ▁him ▁away ▁from ▁what ▁drove ▁his ▁personal ▁approach ▁to ▁comedy ." ▁Larry ▁Gel b art ▁called ▁Ca esar ' s ▁style ▁the atr ical , ▁and ▁called ▁him ▁"... a ▁pure ▁TV ▁com ed ian ." ▁In ▁describing ▁his ▁control ▁during ▁the ▁live ▁performances , ▁actress ▁Nan ette ▁Fab ray ▁re called ▁that ▁unlike ▁most ▁com ed ians , ▁such ▁as ▁Red ▁Sk el ton , ▁Bob