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ladder and pour water down on the staff member reading the report. Goats were auditioned for a local theater performance and tiny women appeared to walk up his arm. Kovacs also went outside of the studio for some of his skits, running through a downtown
Philadelphia restaurant in a gorilla suit in one; in another, he looked into a construction pit, saying it was deep enough to see to China, when a man in Chinese clothing popped up, said a few words in the language, and ran off. Despite its popularity, the weekly prop budget for the show was just $ 15. Kovacs once asked his viewers to send unwanted items to Channel 3; they filled the station's lobby.
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1337:) "Lucy Meets the Moustache", which was in rehearsals during the week of February 28 and filmed on March 3 for an April 1, 1960 network broadcast. "Lucy Meets the Moustache" was the last time Arnaz and Ball worked together and the last time their famous characters appeared in a first-run broadcast. According to Adams, Ball and Arnaz 'avoided contact and barely talked to each other in rehearsals and in-between scenes'. Adams also said that they were not told their episode was the last or that the famous couple was to divorce (Ball entered the uncontested divorce request March 4, 1960).
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for a sexy female assistant to bring out a bottle and shot glass for a quick swig of alcohol. Stagehands substituted real liquor for the iced tea normally used for the skit. Kovacs realized that he would be called upon to drink a shot of liquor for each successive gong. He pressed on with the sketch and was quite inebriated by the end of the show.
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cigar smoker Kovacs sitting in an easy chair, reading his newspaper and somehow smoking a cigar. Removing it from his mouth, Kovacs was able to exhale a puff of white smoke, all while floating underwater. The trick: the "smoke" was a small amount of milk which he filled his mouth with before submerging. Kovacs repeated the effect for a
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doctors didn't expect him to survive. During the next year and a half, his comedic talents developed as he entertained both doctors and patients with his antics during stays at several hospitals. While hospitalized, Kovacs developed a lifelong love of classical music by the gift of a radio, which he kept tuned to
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Federal court. The court's early 1966 ruling resolved the issue, with the last sentence of the document reading: "Prima facie, it looks as if, within the limits of discretion permitted the government by the relevant statutes, an injustice is being done Mary Kovacs."
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as a result. His long battles with the IRS inspired Kovacs to invest his money in a convoluted series of paper corporations in the U.S. and Canada. He would give them bizarre names, such as "The
Bazooka Dooka Hicka Hocka Hookah Company". In 1961, Kovacs was served with a $ 75,000 lien for back taxes;
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Performances in a Comedy Series during 1957, his talent was not recognized formally until after his death. The 1962 Emmy for Outstanding Electronic Camera Work and the Directors' Guild award came a short time after his fatal accident. A quarter century later, he was
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Prospect Players, not yet wearing his trademark mustache. Kovacs used his class vacation time to pursue roles in summer stock companies. While working in Vermont in 1939, he became so seriously ill with pneumonia and pleurisy that his
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claiming that Kovacs's widow, Edie Adams, the stepmother to the girls, was "unfit" to care for them. Both daughters, Bette and Kippie, testified that they wanted to stay with their stepmother, Edie. Kippie's testimony was very emotional; in it she referred to Edie as "Mommy" and her birth mother as
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Raleigh ("Kippie"). The court awarded Kovacs full custody upon determining that his former wife was mentally unstable. The decision
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station wagon while turning quickly and crashed into a power pole in West Los
Angeles. He was thrown halfway out the vehicle's passenger side and died almost instantly from chest and head injuries. A photographer arrived soon after and images of Kovacs' body – with an unlit cigar on
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itself. Kovacs also liked talking to the off-camera crew and even introduced segments from the studio control room. He frequently made use of accidents and happenstance, incorporating the unexpected into his shows. In one of Kovacs's
Philadelphia broadcasts, Oscar Liebetrau, an elderly crew member
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Kovacs helped develop camera tricks still common decades after his death. His character Eugene sat at a table to eat his lunch, but as he removed items one at a time from a lunch box, he watched them inexplicably roll down the table into the lap of a man reading a newspaper at the other end. When
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by more than a year. Prior to this, it had been assumed that few people would watch television at such an early hour. While the show was advertised as early morning news and weather, Kovacs provided this and more in an original manner. When rain was in the weather forecast, Kovacs would get on a
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Adams, who married and divorced twice after Kovacs' death, refused help from celebrity friends who planned a benefit for the purpose. "I can take care of my own children," she said, and resolved to accept offers only from those who wanted to hire her for her talents. Adams eventually paid all of
1497:"the other lady." Upon hearing the verdict that the girls would remain in their home, Adams wept, saying, "This is what Ernie would have wanted. Now I can smile." Bette's reaction was "I'm so happy I can hardly express myself", after learning she and her sister would not be forced to leave Edie.
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Kovacs reportedly disliked working in front of a live audience, as was the case with the shows he did for NBC during the 1950s. He found the presence of an audience distracting, and those in the seats frequently did not understand some of the more elaborate visual gags and special effects, which
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The only character no one ever saw inspired more gifts; he was Howard, the World's Strongest Ant. From the time of his WPTZ debut, Howard received more than 30,000 miniaturized gifts from Kovacs's viewers, including a tiny, mink-lined swimming pool. Kovacs began his Early Eyeball Fraternal &
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caught the eye of Kovacs's producer, and he asked her to audition for the program. A classically trained singer, she was able to perform only three popular songs. Edie said later, "I sang them all during the audition, and if they had asked to hear another, I never would have made it." Quoting
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Adams booked a six-week European cruise, which she hoped would let her make up her mind whether or not to marry Kovacs. After only three days away and many long-distance telephone calls, she curtailed her trip and returned to say "yes". They eloped and were married on September 12, 1954, in
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cigar company became well known during the late 1950s and early 1960s for its sponsorship of various television projects of Ernie Kovacs. The company allowed Kovacs total creative control in the creation of their television commercials for his programs and specials. He produced a series of
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Adams also aided Kovacs's struggle to reclaim his two older children after the kidnapping by their mother. She also was a regular partner on his television shows. Kovacs usually introduced or addressed her in a businesslike way, as "Edith Adams". Adams was usually willing to do anything he
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via Bremen, arriving at Ellis Island on February 8, 1906, at age 16. He worked as a policeman, restaurateur, and bootlegger, the last so successfully that he moved his wife Mary, son Tom, and Tom’s half-brother Ernest Edward Kovacs into a 20-room mansion in the better part of Trenton.
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termed Kovacs "one of the TV commercial's best public relations experts right now". Shortly before his death, Kovacs was negotiating with Colgate-Palmolive to produce silent commercials for the company's products. After Kovacs's death, the trade magazine
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923:, the founder of an automobile company, was the program's "mystery guest." Previous questioning had established that the mystery guest's name was synonymous with an automobile brand, Kovacs asked, "Are you – and this is just a wild guess – but are you
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band to serenade her backstage at the Broadway musical she was performing in and the sudden gift of a diamond engagement ring, telling her to wear it until she made up her mind. Kovacs continued this romantic quest after the show went out of town.
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on CBS March 8, 1961. On the same show, the Nairobi Trio abandons its instruments for a safe-cracking job; still with a background of "Solfeggio", but speaking, two of the three appear in an "Outer Space" sketch. Kovacs became a regular on
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at the "I do" portion of the vows. Adams, who had a middle-class upbringing, was smitten by Kovacs's quirky ways; the couple remained together until his death. (She later said about Kovacs, "He treated me like a little girl, and I loved
1492:(equivalent to $ 5 million in 2023) was her share of Kovacs's estate and charging that her ex-husband had abducted the girls in 1955; Kovacs had been granted legal custody of his daughters in 1952. On August 30, Wilcox filed an
1827:. The series included both the ABC specials and some of his 1950s shows from NBC. By 2008, there were no broadcast, cable, or satellite channels broadcasting any of Kovacs's television work, other than his panel appearances on
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car, telling Adams he wanted to take her out in style. He was seriously taken with the beautiful and talented young woman, courting her with imagination and flair. Kovacs's attempts to win Adams' affection included hiring a
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in 1977, inspired the film. These broadcasts were made available on VHS and DVD. The DVD set features extras that are not in the VHS set. The series was narrated by long time friend, Jack Lemmon. The 1984 television film
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who was known for often sleeping for the duration of the telecast, was introduced to the audience as "Sleeping Schwartz." Kovacs was once knocked unconscious when a pie smashed into his face still had the plate under it.
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that same day he bought the California Racquet Club with the apparent hope of being able to use it as a tax write-off. The property had mortgages at the time of purchase which were later paid by his wife, Edie Adams.
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frequently used on television cameras at the time. In a 1960 interview, Edie Adams related that the novel was written after Kovacs' experiences with network television while he was preparing to broadcast the
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Kovacs poured milk from a thermos bottle, the stream flowed in a seemingly unusual direction. Never seen on television before, the secret was using a tilted set in front of a camera tilted at the same angle.
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Kovacs, "I wish I could say I was the big shot that hired her, but it was my show in name only – the producer had all the say. Later on I did have something to say and I said it: 'Let's get married.'"
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He constantly sought new techniques and used both primitive and improvised ways of creating visual effects that would later be done electronically. One innovative construction involved attaching a
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partnership, NBC offered Lewis the opportunity to host his own 90-minute color television special. Lewis opted to use only 60 minutes, leaving the network 30 minutes to fill; no one wanted this
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also attended. The pastor said that Kovacs had summed up his life thus: "I was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1919 to a Hungarian couple. I've been smoking cigars ever since." He is buried in
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car, sending it down into a hole in the ground, circa 1960–1961. Reportedly, the cost to produce this one quick blackout used the entire budget for his half-hour television show.
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Like many comedians of the era, Kovacs created a rotation of recurring roles. In addition to the silent "Eugene," his most familiar characters were the fey, lisping poet
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resulted in difficult financial times for the family. When Kovacs began drama school, all he could afford was a fifth-floor walk-up apartment on
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several hundred thousand dollars in back taxes, due to his refusal to pay the bulk of them. Up to 90% of his earnings were
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said it best for Ernie Kovacs: 'The fun was in trying'."
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7153:https://www.emmys.com/bios/ernie-kovacs
6898:Matos, Michaelangelo (April 27, 2012).
6764:"Edie Adams Has Part in Kovacs Revival"
6446:
6444:
6194:
6192:
5857:Hoffman, Leonard (September 26, 1961).
5800:
5798:
4930:
4800:. University of Texas. pp. 46–49.
4039:
3801:Genre Studies in Mass Media: A Handbook
3693:
3182:
3132:Midcontinent American Studies Journal/'
2821:
2819:
2817:
2815:
2813:
2781:
2689:The Great Clowns of American Television
2567:
2565:
2386:
2329:O'Connor, John J. (November 17, 1982).
2309:
2307:
2144:Kovacsland: A Biography of Ernie Kovacs
1700:, appearances on variety shows such as
7864:
6914:
6323:. Heritage Auctions. January 1, 2009.
6142:
5859:"Something Special About Ernie Kovacs"
5423:
5396:"Grandmother Again Held on Kidnapping"
5245:"Ernie Kovacs Expert at Spending Cash"
5164:
5029:
5006:"Edie Adams Laments Decline of Satire"
4876:
4839:
4827:
4793:
4781:
4723:
4717:
4705:
4693:
4681:
4610:
4598:
4561:
3976:"Ernie Kovacs Back on the Right Track"
3964:
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3117:
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2664:
2643:
2418:
2224:; though the current NBC affiliate is
2073:
2043:
2022:
1873:
846:Kovacs's television programs included
477:
424:, Slovakia. Andrew sailed on the S.S.
7781:
7294:
7201:
7056:University of California, Los Angeles
6525:
6499:
6198:
6177:Brown, Merrisa (September 30, 2014).
6176:
5876:
5723:"Tony award-winning actress, TV star"
5696:"Edie Adams Wins Custody of Children"
5048:
4486:
4391:
3874:Horton, Andrew, ed. (March 1, 2010).
3440:"Good Ol' Officer Boyle of the EEFMS"
3358:
3274:
2625:"Hollywood Walk of Fame-Ernie Kovacs"
2498:
2496:
2494:
2492:
2313:
2271:
2146:. Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich;
2138:University of California, Los Angeles
1776:University of California, Los Angeles
825:had produced spoken-word material by
544:Marching Society (EEFMS) while doing
7922:American people of Hungarian descent
7052:Ernie Kovacs Papers(Collection 1105)
6854:"Kovacs Collection Volume 2 Release"
6441:
6378:"Ernie Kovacs: Medicine Man (Pilot)"
6353:"'Octavius' Cute to Point of Nausea"
6189:
6066:"Simple Rites For Kovacs Late Today"
5795:
5458:"Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter"
4350:Ackerman, Paul, ed. (June 2, 1951).
4238:
3262:. Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia
2826:Kovacs, Edie Adams (July 20, 1958).
2810:
2685:
2562:
2455:
2362:Visconage, Matt (January 23, 2012).
2304:
1665:Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills Cemetery
1426:'s gold mine in the western comedy,
7942:American television talk show hosts
6718:. Paley Center for Media. July 2008
5987:Kilgallen, Dorothy (June 4, 1962).
5962:"Show World Mourns Death of Kovacs"
5776:Wilson, Earl (September 17, 1954).
5144:. Kitchen Sink Press. p. 320.
3974:Danzig, Fred (September 22, 1962).
3581:"Garroway-More at Large Than on TV"
3579:Perrigo, Lucia (November 9, 1951).
2793:"Ernie Kovacs:Serious-Minded Clown"
2713:
2573:"Emmy Awards Database-Ernie Kovacs"
2449:
2278:O'Connor, John J. (March 8, 1987).
1568:) or taking a pie in the face or a
1194:Listening to Jazz with Ernie Kovacs
451:During this time, he watched many "
13:
7987:Comedians from Trenton, New Jersey
7977:Trenton Central High School alumni
7972:Road incident deaths in California
6924:. erniekovacs.info. Archived from
6789:Wilson, Earl (November 29, 1957).
6739:"Old Ernie Kovacs Films Returning"
5808:. erniekovacs.info. Archived from
5243:Bacon, James (September 4, 1960).
4493:. Three River Press. p. 432.
4401:Kleiner, Dick (January 30, 1954).
4312:Wilson, Earl (November 20, 1958).
4242:Monitor: The Last Great Radio Show
3943:. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 2697.
3877:Ernie Kovacs & Early TV Comedy
2489:
2458:"Ernie Kovacs: An American Secret"
2095:
1797:Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1500:
1468:Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
858:(1951, his first network series),
566:at the end of March of that year.
558:. WPTZ did not begin broadcasting
14:
7998:
7887:20th-century American male actors
7020:The Official Ernie Kovacs Website
7013:
6856:. Shout Factory. October 23, 2012
6263:Lyons, Leonard (August 6, 1962).
5883:Mercer, Charles (June 17, 1956).
5721:Thurber, Jon (October 17, 2008).
5092:Schwartz, Dan (August 12, 2010).
5004:Thomas, Bob (February 16, 1960).
4656:Crosby, John (January 24, 1957).
3672:Wilson, Earl (February 5, 1970).
3192:Corliss, Richard (July 7, 2001).
2955:Taylor, Marlin (April 14, 2018).
2890:Thomas, Bob (December 18, 1959).
2134:Charles E. Young Research Library
1456:
1216:and longtime Ellington trumpeter
862:, (a summer replacement show for
438:American Academy of Dramatic Arts
7982:Writers from Trenton, New Jersey
7227:
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6756:
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6708:
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6678:
6649:
6558:
6535:Klemsrud, Judy (April 7, 1968).
6451:Roddy, Dennis (August 1, 1998).
6414:
6392:
6370:
6344:
6311:
6292:Ryan, Jack (November 18, 1962).
6256:
6230:
6211:National Film Preservation Board
6170:
6136:
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6084:
6058:
6032:
6006:
5980:
5954:
5902:
5824:
5806:"Conversations with Joe Mikolas"
5769:
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5688:
5680:
5665:. September 12, 1962. p. 22
5651:
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5192:
5171:. Alfred A. Knopf. p. 384.
5158:
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4997:
4989:
4966:Dunn, Kristine (July 20, 1959).
4959:
4889:Pearson, Howard (May 22, 1959).
4472:
4403:"The Marquee: About Edith Adams"
4335:
4005:Crosby, John (January 8, 1953).
3835:Shepherdson, K. J., ed. (2004).
2849:
2554:
2456:Bren, Frank (October 31, 2011).
2393:Willmore, Alison (May 2, 2012).
2252:
1754:National Film Preservation Board
1451:
1322:The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show
1156:Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
1072:
951:Kovacs slapped the hood of this
384:. Kovacs also has a star on the
205:
7917:American male television actors
7892:Actors from Trenton, New Jersey
7882:20th-century American comedians
6830:. Shout Factory. Archived from
6506:Bunzel, Peter (April 5, 1963).
6351:Du Brow, Rick (July 18, 1962).
6237:Lyons, Leonard (July 8, 1961).
5628:. September 9, 1962. p. 11
5370:"Edie Adams Gets Club Property"
5282:"Kovacs Gets A New (Wide) Part"
4940:Ovington, Reg (July 14, 1957).
4908:
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4649:
4623:
4604:
4555:
4540:
4514:
4490:Steve Allen's Private Joke File
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3160:Quagliata, Al (June 23, 2009).
3003:Edelstein, Jeff (May 2, 2010).
2974:
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2909:
2883:
2869:Trenton Sunday Times Advertiser
2857:
2791:Ryan, Jack (January 21, 1962).
2617:
2591:
2539:. February 12, 1962. p. 18
2236:During 1960, the trade journal
2230:
2214:
2132:, Library Special Collections,
2080:. University of Chicago Press.
683:Kovacs appears to look through
351:You Can't Do That on Television
227:
201:
6922:"Perthy Dovetonthils Thpeakth"
6737:Sharbutt, Jay (June 5, 1976).
6696:. Online Archive of California
6537:"Kovacs Cult May Be In Making"
6480:Thomas, Bob (March 27, 1968).
6402:. Paley Center for Media. 1962
6380:. Paley Center for Media. 1962
5832:"Littlest Star for the Kovacs"
5565:. September 8, 1962. p. 1
4521:Torre, Marie (June 17, 1958).
4449:Crosby, John (April 3, 1961).
4284:. June 6, 1959. Archived from
4245:. iUniverse Inc. p. 254.
4187:Danzig, Fred (March 9, 1961).
3798:Silverblatt, Art, ed. (2007).
3638:Weinstein, David, ed. (2006).
2984:. Tom Glover. January 19, 1941
2828:"Ernie Kovacs-what a husband!"
2720:Goodman, Mark (May 13, 1990).
2476:
2412:
2322:
1677:
1523:Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
1212:, composer/pianist/bandleader
1173:For the show of May 22, 1959,
942:
1:
7115:- John Barbour's documentary
6574:"The Ernie Kovacs Collection"
5559:"She Wants to Stay With Edie"
5537:Daytona Beach Morning Journal
5308:"Kovacs Enjoys New Anonymity"
5140:Geissman, Grant, ed. (1995).
5010:Daytona Beach Morning Journal
4968:"Rennick Plans News Specials"
4613:"Ernie's Life Magazine cover"
4129:"The Ernie Kovacs Show (NBC)"
3880:. University of Texas Press.
3804:. M. E. Sharpe. p. 258.
3288:"Ernie Kovacs, U.S. Comedian"
2265:
2124:University of Texas at Austin
2052:. University of Texas Press.
1275:During 1955–58, he wrote for
1051:Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1007:American Broadcasting Company
585:. Kovacs then began work for
529:Premiering in November 1950,
502:In January 1950, arriving at
7967:Primetime Emmy Award winners
6877:"Percy Dovetonsils Thpeakth"
6663:. March 31, 1968. p. 30
6425:. Courts.gov. Archived from
6294:"A New World for Edie Adams"
5314:. August 8, 1958. p. 12
5165:Kanfer, Stefan, ed. (2004).
4794:Horton, Andrew, ed. (2010).
4615:. Model, Ben. Archived from
4523:"What! Wyatt Earp Insecure?"
3838:Film Theory:Crit Concepts V4
3674:"Edie to imic Marilyn Again"
3606:"Kovacs' Time is Pre-Empted"
2865:"Discussing Plot and Action"
2118:Barker, David Brian (1982).
2044:Samuel, Lawrence R. (2001).
1184:He also served as host on a
836:Don McNeill's Breakfast Club
400:–winning television critic,
357:Mystery Science Theater 3000
285:Monty Python's Flying Circus
7:
7962:Male actors from New Jersey
6541:Corpus-Christi Caller-Times
5030:Kovacs, Ernie, ed. (1961).
4918:. Library of Congress. 1957
1844:The Ernie Kovacs Collection
1789:, Chicago) under the title
1474:nomination for its writer,
1284:Ripley's Believe It or Not!
1270:Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
997:magazine, and received the
597:Visual humor and characters
506:'s Philadelphia affiliate,
434:Trenton Central High School
273:Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
10:
8003:
7335:"The Usual Gang of Idiots"
7090:with Ernie Kovacs as guest
7069:Talking About Ernie Kovacs
6657:"Edie Saved Ernie's Tapes"
6149:. McFarland. p. 415.
5480:"April Smith (I) – Awards"
4572:Simon & Schuster, Inc.
4487:Allen, Steve, ed. (2000).
4239:Hart, Dennis, ed. (2002).
3940:Encyclopedia of Television
3841:. Routledge. p. 440.
3470:. Heritage Auctions, Inc.
3378:. Thomas Nelson. pp.
3340:"Kovacs Gets His Own Goat"
2957:"Memories of Ernie Kovacs"
2462:Bright Lights Film Journal
2429:Simon & Schuster, Inc.
2016:
1984:) as Immigration Inspector
1865:Percy Dovetonsils Thpeakth
1769:The Comedy of Ernie Kovacs
1478:. Kovacs was portrayed by
1470:(1984), which garnered an
1226:National Library of Canada
1003:Directors Guild of America
626:gags and for allowing the
394:The Vision of Ernie Kovacs
375:While Kovacs and his wife
7932:American sketch comedians
7912:American male film actors
7816:
7754:
7698:
7566:(Art Director, 1954–1980)
7556:
7495:
7419:
7359:
7342:
7331:
7267:
7235:
6828:"Ernie Kovacs Collection"
6791:"Ernie Kovacs Vegas Star"
6716:"Ernie Kovacs Collection"
6092:"Hollywood Honors Kovacs"
5778:"Nasty Old Civilian Food"
5460:. Internet Movie Database
5224:. Internet Movie Database
4562:Walley, David G. (1987).
4379:. Internet Movie Database
4314:"Earl Wilson on Broadway"
2686:Adir, Karin, ed. (2001).
2482:Hofer, Stephen F.(2006).
2419:Walley, David G. (1987).
1328:The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1136:The Love of Three Oranges
1119:", by Mexican bandleader
1053:, was married to actress
854:from 1950 through 1952),
807:DuMont Television Network
609:in the television series
246:
238:
180:
137:
129:
101:
92:Forest Lawn Memorial Park
87:
70:
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42:
30:
23:
7902:American game show hosts
5659:"Kovacs Girls Want Edie"
5428:. Movies & TV Dept.
5424:Farber, Stephen (2012).
4455:Janesville Daily Gazette
2896:Prescott Evening Courier
2207:
1944:) as Capt. Charlie Stark
1916:) as Harry Foster Malone
1819:During the early 1990s,
1791:The Best of Ernie Kovacs
1684:Internal Revenue Service
1586:
1350:
1343:General Electric Theater
1231:
1134:; music from the opera "
420:, which is now known as
7937:American comics writers
7907:American male comedians
7897:American comedy writers
7809:Television Hall of Fame
7699:Infrequent contributors
6768:Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
6457:Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
6453:"Edie Hits a High Note"
6320:Heritage Auctions #7004
5989:"The Voice of Broadway"
5863:The Evening Independent
5756:Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
5596:"In a Legal Tug of War"
5485:Internet Movie Database
5400:Sarasota Herald-Tribune
5202:. Turner Classic Movies
4734:"The Ernie Kovacs Show"
3690:(subscription required)
2797:Sarasota Herald-Tribune
2722:"Nothing in moderation"
2192:. Fantagraphics Books.
2069:(subscription required)
1736:Lost and surviving work
1509:Kovacs and second wife
1442:. Kovacs's last movie,
1190:American Cancer Society
81:Los Angeles, California
7088:The Jack Benny Program
7036:magazine articles List
6875:Kovacs, Ernie (2012).
6661:The Independent Record
6618:Free with ads TV-PG CC
6400:"Medicine Man (Pilot)"
6269:Lawrence Journal-World
6143:Wilson, Scott (2016).
6018:Lawrence Journal-World
5081:magazine articles List
4566:The Ernie Kovacs Phile
3414:"TV's Tiniest Actress"
3214:subscription required)
2486:, Bangzoom Publishers.
2423:The Ernie Kovacs Phile
2171:The Ernie Kovacs Phile
2156:Walley, David (1975).
2023:Greene, Doyle (2007).
1949:Strangers When We Meet
1937:Wake Me When It's Over
1764:
1596:
1514:
1419:Wake Me When It's Over
1364:Wake Me When It's Over
1316:
1236:Kovacs wrote a novel,
1204:, soprano saxophonist
1112:
956:
927:?"—a reference to the
796:
704:, a poker game set to
688:
658:
615:
499:
491:
390:Paley Center for Media
386:Hollywood Walk of Fame
157:improvisational comedy
7957:Mad (magazine) people
7244:The Ernie Kovacs Show
6508:"Edie Wins A Big One"
6213:. Library of Congress
5750:(September 2, 1954).
5511:St. Joseph News-Press
5345:"Sail A Crooked Ship"
5064:The Milwaukee Journal
4635:St. Joseph News-Press
4377:"Ernie in Kovacsland"
4218:Eugene Register-Guard
3444:The Ernie Kovacs Blog
3294:on September 11, 2013
3166:The Ernie Kovacs Blog
2764:TheFreeDictionary.com
2158:Nothing in Moderation
2074:Spigel, Lynn (2009).
1893:Bell, Book and Candle
1854:The Ernie Kovacs Show
1825:The Ernie Kovacs Show
1762:
1594:
1508:
1404:' title character in
1398:Bell, Book and Candle
1384:Bell, Book and Candle
1314:
1307:Television guest star
1188:album to benefit the
1110:
950:
900:(all on DuMont), and
869:The Ernie Kovacs Show
864:Kukla, Fran and Ollie
802:The Ernie Kovacs Show
784:
682:
653:
604:
497:
485:
408:Early life and career
7180:Ernie Kovacs Dot Net
7058:, Gift of Edie Adams
6122:St. Petersburg Times
6096:The Daily News Texan
5889:St. Petersburg Times
5702:. September 15, 1962
5622:"People in the News"
5249:The Oregon Statesman
5200:"I Was a Bloodhound"
4619:on February 8, 2006.
4407:Gazette and Bulletin
4300:Windows Media Player
4011:St. Petersburg Times
3418:Mechanix Illustrated
3194:"Philly Fifties: TV"
3053:Ernie in Kovacsland.
3005:"Look Who's Talking"
2605:on December 18, 2013
2464:. Cathedral City, CA
2374:on February 15, 2013
2160:. Drake Publishers;
2142:Rico, Diana (1990).
1888:) as Capt. Paul Lock
1808:portrayed Bette and
1744:have survived. Some
1521:. Her appearance on
1121:Juan García Esquivel
1081:The Threepenny Opera
1018:Ernie Kovacs Special
750:The Howdy Doody Show
579:Kovacs on the Corner
571:Kovacs on the Corner
402:William A. Henry III
325:The Electric Company
260:Ernest Edward Kovacs
204: 1945;
46:Ernest Edward Kovacs
6948:"Ernie Kovacs-WPTZ"
6834:on January 17, 2011
5602:. September 8, 1962
5563:The Palm Beach Post
5539:. September 1, 1962
5438:on November 2, 2012
5129:. Crown Publishers.
4916:"Listening to Jazz"
4740:on December 4, 2010
4696:, pp. 202–203.
4288:on October 10, 2010
3981:Beaver County Times
3736:. February 18, 1961
2734:on January 30, 2013
2005:Sail a Crooked Ship
1905:It Happened to Jane
1874:Partial filmography
1838:On April 19, 2011,
1445:Sail a Crooked Ship
1413:It Happened to Jane
1390:It Happened to Jane
1222:Library of Congress
1117:Sentimental Journey
860:Ernie in Kovacsland
856:It's Time for Ernie
516:Deadline For Dinner
478:Start in television
422:Turnianska Nová Ves
370:Saturday Night Live
331:Pee-wee's Playhouse
279:Saturday Night Live
64:Trenton, New Jersey
7927:American satirists
7746:Bernard Shir-Cliff
7189:Kovacsland Online!
7144:TCM Movie Database
7100:Operation Mad Ball
6902:. Capital New York
6124:. January 15, 1962
6098:. January 17, 1962
6072:. January 15, 1962
6046:. January 16, 1962
6020:. January 17, 1962
5968:. January 14, 1962
5942:. January 14, 1962
5916:. February 5, 1958
5748:Kilgallen, Dorothy
5431:The New York Times
5402:. January 28, 1954
5288:. October 11, 1958
4637:. January 19, 1957
4430:. erniekovacs.info
4428:"Take A Good Look"
4278:with Ernie Kovacs"
3612:. January 16, 1954
3446:. October 22, 2008
3346:. December 1, 1951
3225:"NBC Philadelphia"
3039:The New York Times
2961:Marlin Taylor .com
2923:. January 14, 1962
2727:The New York Times
2510:. October 16, 2008
2336:The New York Times
2285:The New York Times
2108:. William Morrow;
1972:) as Frankie Canon
1881:Operation Mad Ball
1821:The Comedy Channel
1804:portrayed Kovacs,
1765:
1672:San Antonio, Texas
1637:Edward G. Robinson
1597:
1577:Operation Mad Ball
1519:Three to Get Ready
1515:
1375:Operation Mad Ball
1358:Operation Mad Ball
1317:
1266:How to Talk at Gin
1113:
1039:The New York Times
957:
929:Ford Motor Company
848:Three to Get Ready
797:
689:
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616:
591:Three to Get Ready
583:Three to Get Ready
575:Three to Get Ready
564:Three to Get Ready
550:Three to Get Ready
546:Three to Get Ready
531:Three to Get Ready
524:Three to Get Ready
520:Now You're Cooking
500:
492:
488:Three to Get Ready
448:in New York City.
380:inducted into the
7859:
7858:
7831:Leonard Goldenson
7775:
7774:
7685:George Woodbridge
7600:Frank Kelly Freas
7543:Paul Peter Porges
7442:Michael Gallagher
7350:William M. Gaines
7288:
7287:
7275:Percy Dovetonsils
7236:TV series created
6996:Los Angeles Times
6928:on March 14, 2011
6486:Sumter Daily Item
6202:(March 6, 1996).
6156:978-1-4766-2599-7
6044:Rome News-Tribune
5940:Victoria Advocate
5812:on March 14, 2011
4631:"TV Key Previews"
4585:978-0-918282-06-4
4570:. New York City:
3927:, pp. 65–66.
3811:978-0-7656-1669-2
3730:"Channel Markers"
3534:. erniekovacs.net
3389:978-1-4016-0327-4
3286:Chorba, Frank J.
2659:Milwaukee Journal
2442:978-0-918282-06-4
2427:. New York City:
2343:on March 13, 2008
2292:on March 13, 2008
2199:978-1-68396-667-8
2188:(July 25, 2023).
2087:978-0-226-76968-4
2059:978-0-292-77763-7
2036:978-1-476-60829-7
1989:Five Golden Hours
1932:) as Capt. Segura
1921:Our Man in Havana
1833:Game Show Network
1601:Chevrolet Corvair
1435:Five Golden Hours
1370:Our Man in Havana
1325:, (syndicated as
1164:Roman Hoffstetter
953:Nash Metropolitan
891:One Minute Please
739:Percy Dovetonsils
257:
256:
7994:
7826:Jacques Cousteau
7802:
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7767:Maria Reidelbach
7762:Alfred E. Neuman
7321:Contributors to
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7291:
7280:The Nairobi Trio
7258:Take A Good Look
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7106:Internet Archive
7094:Internet Archive
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6743:Kentucky New Era
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6429:on July 27, 2011
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6357:Sarasota Journal
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6183:mysanantonio.com
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5993:Kentucky New Era
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5966:Pittsburgh Press
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5513:. August 4, 1962
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5492:
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5448:
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5434:. Archived from
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5104:on June 30, 2012
5100:. Archived from
5098:The Buffalo News
5089:
5083:
5074:
5068:
5067:
5059:
5046:
5045:
5043:
5041:
5033:T.V. Medium Rare
5027:
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4906:
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4853:"Leona Anderson"
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4662:Sarasota Journal
4658:"Radio & TV"
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4364:
4362:
4352:"Time For Ernie"
4347:
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3767:. April 15, 1957
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3746:
3745:
3743:
3741:
3734:The Norwalk Hour
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3719:
3717:
3715:
3710:. April 16, 1999
3700:
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3585:Kentucky New Era
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3567:
3565:
3560:. March 29, 1952
3550:
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3420:. September 1955
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3209:
3200:. Archived from
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3015:on July 21, 2010
3011:. Archived from
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2730:. Archived from
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2711:
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2631:on March 3, 2016
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2579:on April 4, 2016
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2370:. Archived from
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2339:. Archived from
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2288:. Archived from
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1960:) as Roger Altar
1858:Take a Good Look
1750:Take a Good Look
1732:Kovacs's debts.
1697:Take a Good Look
1491:
1259:T.V. Medium Rare
1210:Django Reinhardt
1142:; the finale of
1140:Sergei Prokofiev
1084:(anglicized to "
1047:George Schlatter
1030:Take A Good Look
988:The Tonight Show
903:Take a Good Look
879:The Tonight Show
755:Moonlight Sonata
726:'s "Solfeggio".
720:The Nairobi Trio
673:Take A Good Look
612:Take a Good Look
446:West 74th Street
442:Great Depression
313:Captain Kangaroo
231:
229:
209:
207:
203:
191:Bette Lee Wilcox
147:Character comedy
104:
77:
74:January 13, 1962
61:January 23, 1919
60:
58:
35:
26:
21:
20:
8002:
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7997:
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7993:
7992:
7991:
7862:
7861:
7860:
7855:
7812:
7806:
7776:
7771:
7750:
7694:
7675:Monte Wolverton
7670:Basil Wolverton
7552:
7548:Antonio Prohías
7503:Sergio Aragonés
7491:
7482:Lou Silverstone
7415:
7367:Harvey Kurtzman
7355:
7338:
7327:
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7284:
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7231:
7226:
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6999:
6998:. July 20, 2023
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6630:Kovacs Corner.
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6239:"The Lyons Den"
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5839:
5838:. June 29, 1959
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5376:. July 26, 1962
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4220:. March 8, 1961
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4155:Wayback Machine
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4041:Nachman, Gerald
4038:
4025:
4015:
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3711:
3708:Lakeland Ledger
3702:
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3320:. April 7, 1951
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