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Karen Heller

New York, United States
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Writer. Reader. Former national features writer for The Washington Post, columnist at The Philadelphia Inquirer. On Threads at @kheller1221
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Up All Night: A World History of Nightlife

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By Karen Heller
| Washington Independent Review of Books Verified
First off, inspired subject. Up All Night: A World History of Nightlifeis precisely what the summer ordered, a cool, tall gin-and-tonic of a book. British cultural historian Imogen Willetts, who defines nightlife as “a commercial and secular environment designed to offer a variety of pleasures at night,” is a passionate, informed student of historical nocturnal gatherings.
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'When Caesar Was King' review: All hail Sid Caesar

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By Karen Heller
| Newsday Verified
WHEN CAESAR WAS KING: How Sid Caesar Reinvented American Comedy by David Margolick (Schocken, 384 pp., $32) Comedian Sid Caesar was huge, in all ways. Handsome, tall and winged with linebacker shoulders, a fearless physical performer and mimic, creator of a United Nations of international characters (all fluent in gibberish), Caesar dominated television in the 1950s, helping to birth and perfect the sketch format.
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Hail Sid Caesar, the original king of TV comedy

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By Karen Heller
| MSN Verified
Comedian Sid Caesar was huge, in all ways. Handsome, tall and winged with linebacker shoulders, a fearless physical performer and mimic, creator of a U.N. of international characters (all fluent in gibberish), Caesar dominated television in the 1950s, helping to birth and perfect the sketch format. The son of a Yonkers luncheonette owner, Caesar minted money for NBC, attracting 20 million viewers on Saturday night, when the nation was half as populous and only half of households owned televisions.
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