▁that ▁working ▁for ▁Ca esar ▁had ▁on ▁him : ▁" The ▁first ▁time ▁I ▁saw ▁Ca esar ▁it ▁was ▁like ▁seeing ▁a ▁new ▁country . ▁All ▁other ▁com ics ▁were ▁basically ▁doing ▁situations ▁with ▁far c ical ▁characters . ▁Ca esar ▁was ▁doing ▁life ." ▁ ▁Some ▁of ▁his ▁writers , ▁like ▁Wo ody ▁Allen , ▁initially ▁didn ' t ▁like ▁being ▁among ▁the ▁large ▁team ▁of ▁writers ▁coming ▁up ▁with ▁rout ines ▁for ▁Ca esar , ▁feeling ▁it ▁was ▁too ▁compet itive ▁and ▁contributed ▁to ▁host ility ▁among ▁writers . ▁An ▁Allen ▁bi ograph er ▁wrote ▁that ▁Allen ▁"... ch af ed ▁under ▁the ▁atmosphere ▁of ▁inspired ▁sp ont ane ity ", ▁although ▁Allen ▁did ▁say ▁that , ▁" W rit ing ▁for ▁Ca esar ▁was ▁the ▁highest ▁thing ▁you ▁could ▁asp ire ▁to — at ▁least ▁as ▁a ▁TV ▁comedy ▁writer . ▁Only ▁the ▁presiden cy ▁was ▁above ▁that ." ▁Neil ▁Simon ▁noted ▁that ▁" we ▁were ▁compet itive ▁the ▁way ▁a ▁family ▁is ▁compet itive ▁to ▁get ▁d ad ' s ▁attention . ▁We ▁all ▁wanted ▁to ▁be ▁Sid ' s ▁favorite ." ▁As ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁compet itive ▁atmosphere ▁in ▁The ▁W riter ' s ▁Room , ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁called , ▁friendship ▁was ▁also ▁critical . ▁Larry ▁Gel b art ▁explained : ▁ ▁Imp act ▁on ▁television ▁Nach man ▁con cludes ▁that ▁" the ▁Ca esar ▁shows ▁were ▁the ▁cr ème ▁de ▁la ▁cr ème ▁of ▁f ift ies ▁television ," ▁as ▁they ▁were ▁" stud ded ▁with