Now Showing On Oldies Television Ch. 17:
The Innovative Comedy Genius Of
ERNIE KOVACS
The inventor of TV sketch comedy vignettes,
These Ernie Kovacs satire creations could have been taped yesterday and look new
This segment aired 1954 on ABC, the "new" network. (more & Ernie's biography below)


Kovacs's cigar (see our Trivia Quiz for type) was a trademark pro. Kovacs was married twice, the second time to Edie Adams, a singer and actress who appeared on his show... Kovacs was played by actor Jeff Goldblum in the 1984 TV movie Between the Laughter... Kovacs was killed while driving a Corvair, the car featured in Ralph Nader's 1965 critique of the automotive industry.

Ernie's innovative techniques for utilizing video technology in comedy, no easy task in the tech primitive 50's, nevertheless would stand up if broadcast today. SNL players and crew revere Ernie Kovacs as their foundation.

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alysheba Ernie Kovacs started out his career in Trenton, N.J. where I was born




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