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Ernie Kovacs - Comic Genius
Posted on 6/9/24 at 10:53 am
Posted on 6/9/24 at 10:53 am
We watched Bell, Book and Candle last night starring Kim Novak. Ernie Kovacs had a supporting role which didn't fully showcase his comic talent. His early 1960s TV series more fully demonstrated his range. Here is the Nairobi Trio, a regular feature on the series.
Kovacs is in the center with the cigar. The pianist was probably his wife, Edie Adams (great talent in her own right), but may have been Jolene Brand. On the left could have been Jack Lemmon, Frank Sinatra, or another guest on the show.
Kovacs is in the center with the cigar. The pianist was probably his wife, Edie Adams (great talent in her own right), but may have been Jolene Brand. On the left could have been Jack Lemmon, Frank Sinatra, or another guest on the show.
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Posted on 6/9/24 at 12:02 pm to blueridgeTiger
Letterman was pretty open about stealing from Kovacs and Steve Allen (who also stole from Kovacs).
Posted on 6/9/24 at 12:04 pm to blueridgeTiger
When he died, he left Edie in serious debt. She worked non-stop to pay his debts off.
Posted on 6/9/24 at 12:08 pm to blueridgeTiger
Positively genius
Posted on 6/9/24 at 1:05 pm to VoxDawg
I seem to remember that someone who worked with Kovacs worked for Letterman.
The man and his director ( I'm sure other people were involved too) did some pretty ballsy stuff for 50s television.
Seems like he influenced everybody. It was usually his good friend Jack Lemmon in the monkey suit.
He really scored when he married Edie Adams. Shes the reason some of his work has been preserved.
It's been awhile since I read about him so I could be wrong. Was introduced to his show from the first Ernie Kovacs collection on DVD back in 2011(?)
The man and his director ( I'm sure other people were involved too) did some pretty ballsy stuff for 50s television.
Seems like he influenced everybody. It was usually his good friend Jack Lemmon in the monkey suit.
He really scored when he married Edie Adams. Shes the reason some of his work has been preserved.
It's been awhile since I read about him so I could be wrong. Was introduced to his show from the first Ernie Kovacs collection on DVD back in 2011(?)
This post was edited on 6/9/24 at 2:31 pm
Posted on 6/9/24 at 2:18 pm to sqerty
I learned about Ernie from my love for Weird Al's work when he got going in the early 80s.
Posted on 6/9/24 at 2:39 pm to SoFla Tideroller
quote:
She worked non-stop to pay his debts off.
She did Muriel Cigar commercials for many years:
Posted on 6/9/24 at 4:24 pm to blueridgeTiger
Posted on 6/9/24 at 4:30 pm to Kafka
Posted on 6/9/24 at 4:35 pm to Kafka
Posted on 6/9/24 at 6:55 pm to blueridgeTiger
I loved the Nairobi Trio. Whenever it came on I was laughing non-stop. I was a little kid in those days, but I still laugh watching it now.
Posted on 6/9/24 at 10:09 pm to blueridgeTiger
Yup. Edie was a babe.
Posted on 6/10/24 at 12:17 am to sqerty
quote:Letterman’s original announcer Bill Wendell was Kovacs’ announcer. Letterman had Kovacs’ widow on once as a guest, Bill came out to sit with her to discuss Ernie with Dave.
I seem to remember that someone who worked with Kovacs worked for Letterman
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