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Sid Caesar head writer Mel Tolkin dies (AP)

Mel Tolkin writing jokes for Bob Hope in Hollywood in a February 4, 1973 file photo. Tolkin, the head writer for Sid Caesar's 'Your Show of Shows,' which defined the art of sketch comedy during television's Golden Age, died of heart failure Monday, Nov. 26, 2007, at his Century City, Calif., home, said his son, writer-director Michael Tolkin. He was 94. (AP Photo)AP - Mel Tolkin, the head writer for Sid Caesar’s “Your Show of Shows,” which defined the art of sketch comedy during television’s Golden Age, has died. He was 94.

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