The Ernie Kovacs Show

1951

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Released: 07 March 1951 Canceled
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Country: United States of America
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The Ernie Kovacs Show is an American comedy show hosted by comedian Ernie Kovacs, first shown in Philadelphia during the early 50s, then nationally. The show appeared in many versions and formats, including daytime, prime-time, late-night, talk show, comedy, and as a summer replacement series. The Ernie Kovacs Show was one of only six TV shows broadcast on all four U.S. television networks during the Golden Age of Television, the others being The Original Amateur Hour, Pantomime Quiz, Down You Go, The Arthur Murray Party, and Tom Corbett, Space Cadet.

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WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.
Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Usamah Harvey The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
krorie Although Milton Berle gained the moniker "Mr. Television" because of his popularity, Ernie Kovacs earned the title. He was the first to recognize television as a new medium, not just a rehash of radio shows and old movies. He was a creator of new techniques plus the guy was just downright funny with his sometimes surrealistic humor. Two of my favorite routines were his Percy Dovetonsils skit, where he played a soused poet of drivel that appeared to be gay, and the notorious Nairobi Trio where three gorillas played music using the head of one as a drum. His wife, Edie Adams, added beauty and talent to the show. Her personality seemed a perfect fit for his. He did much experimentation. I vaguely recall one show, it may actually have been a television special, where he did the entire program in pantomime. Much of his humor was visual. He rightfully perceived that most viewers tuned in to television because they now could see what was happening having been accustomed to radio where the listeners had to use their imagination to picture what was happening. One weakness which he couldn't do much about was that he didn't really look like a comedian. When he did his skits he donned appropriate attire that made him look funny. It was hard to recognize him, for instance, when he became Percy Dovetonsils with those glassy alluring eyes, the wine glass in his hand, and the lisping talk.Kovacs was multi-talented. He composed much of the music used on the show. He was also a capable actor though he never really got a meaty role in the movies. His untimely death when his career was just taking off was a great loss for the entertainment world and for humanity. As Mel Brooks once said, "dying is easy...comedy, that's difficult."

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