The Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County presents Your Show of Shows: A Presentation by Barry Jacobsen. The program will be held on Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 2 p.m.  Admission is $8 members, $10 non-members.  

Your Show of Shows was a popular, live variety show that was on television from 1950 to 1954, featuring comedians Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca, with writers that included Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, and Carl Reiner. In the mid-1970s, Barry Jacobson worked for the creator of Your Show of Shows, Max Liebman, who at the time was semi-retired. Although not born during the show’s run, Jacobson became an historical expert on the production and history of the show, spending hours talking to Max and others about those times in the early 1950s. After Max died, Barry took it upon himself to organize and donate television artifacts that were in his office, many of which related to Your Show of Shows. 

During his talk, Jacobson will show some of those artifacts along with original kinescope clips of the TV program, and share insights into the show’s creation and personalities.

In 2002, Your Show of Shows was ranked #30 on TV Guide’s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time!