6 , ▁Billy ▁Cry stal ▁presented ▁Ca esar ▁with ▁the ▁TV ▁Land ▁Awards ' ▁P ione er ▁Award . ▁In ▁what ▁TV ▁Land ▁called ▁"... a ▁h il ari ous , ▁heart f elt , ▁mult iling ual , ▁un cut ▁accept ance ▁speech ," ▁Ca esar ▁performed ▁his ▁double - t alk ▁for ▁over ▁five ▁minutes . ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁article ▁in ▁the ▁Tol uca ▁Lake , ▁California , ▁Tol uc an ▁Times , ▁column ist ▁Greg ▁C ros by ▁described ▁a ▁visit ▁with ▁Ca esar ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁Florence ▁at ▁their ▁home . ▁Of ▁the ▁couple ' s ▁meeting , ▁Florence ▁said , ▁" Well , ▁I ▁thought ▁he ▁was ▁nice ▁for ▁the ▁summer ▁... ▁I ▁thought ▁he ▁would ▁be ▁just ▁a ▁nice ▁boy friend ▁for ▁the ▁summer . ▁He ▁was ▁c ute - looking ▁and ▁tall , ▁over ▁six ▁feet .... ▁I ▁was ▁in ▁my ▁last ▁year ▁at ▁Hunter ▁College ; ▁we ▁were ▁still ▁d ating ▁when ▁Sid ▁went ▁into ▁the ▁service , ▁the ▁Coast ▁Guard . ▁L uck ily ▁he ▁was ▁station ed ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁so ▁we ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁continue ▁seeing ▁each ▁other , ▁even ▁though ▁my ▁parents ▁wer en ' t ▁too ▁happy ▁about ▁it . ▁They ▁never ▁thought ▁he ▁would ▁amount ▁to ▁anything , ▁that ▁he ' d ▁never ▁have ▁a ▁real ▁career ▁or ▁make ▁any ▁money . ▁But ▁we ▁were ▁married ▁one ▁year ▁after ▁we ▁met , ▁in ▁July ▁of ▁ 1 9 4 3 ." ▁She ▁also