▁re lied ▁more ▁on ▁body ▁language , ▁acc ents , ▁and ▁fa cial ▁cont ort ions ▁than ▁simply ▁dialog ue . ▁Un like ▁the ▁s lap st ick ▁comedy ▁which ▁was ▁standard ▁on ▁TV , ▁his ▁style ▁was ▁considered ▁" avant ▁gar de " ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s . ▁He ▁conj ured ▁up ▁ideas ▁and ▁scene ▁and ▁used ▁writers ▁to ▁flesh ▁out ▁the ▁concept ▁and ▁create ▁the ▁dialog ue . ▁Among ▁the ▁writers ▁who ▁wrote ▁for ▁Ca esar ▁early ▁in ▁their ▁care ers ▁were ▁Mel ▁Bro oks , ▁Neil ▁Simon , ▁Larry ▁Gel b art , ▁Carl ▁Re iner , ▁Michael ▁Stewart , ▁Mel ▁Tol kin , ▁Sel ma ▁Diam ond , ▁and ▁Wo ody ▁Allen . ▁" S id ' s ▁was ▁the ▁show ▁to ▁which ▁all ▁comedy ▁writers ▁asp ired . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁place ▁to ▁be ," ▁said ▁Steve ▁Allen . ▁ ▁His ▁TV ▁shows ' ▁subjects ▁included ▁sat ires ▁of ▁real ▁life ▁events ▁and ▁people — and ▁par od ies ▁of ▁popular ▁film ▁gen res , ▁the ater , ▁television ▁shows , ▁and ▁opera . ▁But ▁unlike ▁other ▁comedy ▁shows ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁the ▁dialog ue ▁was ▁considered ▁sh ar per , ▁fun nier , ▁and ▁more ▁adult - orient ed . ▁He ▁was ▁"... best ▁known ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁intellig ent ▁and ▁provoc ative ▁innov ators ▁of ▁television ▁comedy ," ▁who ▁some ▁critics ▁called ▁television ' s ▁Charlie ▁Chap lin ▁and ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁refers ▁to ▁as ▁the ▁"... com