The aim of this thesis is to introduce and analyze the work of an American comedian Sid Caesar and his team of writers who worked together on Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour in the 1950s. In the years following the end of the Second World War, they brought a new and fresh comedic style to the American television - inspired mostly by their Jewish immigrant experience and Jewish humor. Sid Caesar and his writers, namely Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Larry Gelbart, Mel Tolkin, Joseph Stein, and Neil and Danny Simon redefined the genre of variety show, and became leading figures in the film industry, on television and in theater later in their professional lives. This thesis examines characteristics of the humor of these comedians, as well as describes their later individual careers.