▁with ▁Ed ie ▁Adams ▁in ▁Here ' s ▁Ed ie ). ▁He ▁star red ▁with ▁Virginia ▁Martin ▁in ▁the ▁Broadway ▁musical ▁Little ▁Me , ▁with ▁book ▁by ▁Simon , ▁ch ore ography ▁by ▁Bob ▁F os se , ▁and ▁music ▁by ▁Cy ▁Cole man . ▁Play ing ▁eight ▁parts ▁with ▁ 3 2 ▁cost ume ▁changes , ▁he ▁was ▁nominated ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁for ▁a ▁Tony ▁Award ▁for ▁Best ▁Le ading ▁A ctor ▁in ▁a ▁Musical . ▁On ▁film , ▁Ca esar ▁and ▁Adams ▁played ▁a ▁husband ▁and ▁wife ▁drawn ▁into ▁a ▁mad ▁race ▁to ▁find ▁buried ▁lo ot ▁in ▁Stanley ▁K ram er ' s ▁comedy ▁ensemble ▁It ' s ▁a ▁Mad , ▁Mad , ▁Mad , ▁Mad ▁World ▁( 1 9 6 3 ) ▁which ▁became ▁a ▁box ▁office ▁success ▁and ▁earned ▁six ▁Academy ▁Award ▁nomin ations . ▁ ▁Style ▁and ▁technique ▁Ca esar ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁stand - up ▁com ed ian ▁but ▁a ▁" sk etch ▁com ic , ▁and ▁actor ," ▁wrote ▁one ▁historian . ▁" He ▁conj ured ▁up ▁ideas ▁and ▁en hanced ▁scenes , ▁but ▁never ▁wrote ▁a ▁word ," ▁and ▁thereby ▁dep ended ▁on ▁his ▁writers ▁for ▁dialog ue . ▁Ca esar ▁was ▁sk illed ▁at ▁p antom ime , ▁dialect s , ▁mon olog ues , ▁foreign ▁language ▁double - t alk ▁and ▁general ▁com ic ▁acting . ▁ ▁His ▁sketch es ▁were ▁often ▁long , ▁sometimes ▁ 1 0 ▁or ▁ 1 5 ▁minutes , ▁with ▁numerous ▁close - ups