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Vor 4 Tagen · Last Friday I decided that we would end every work week from now on (and forever and I mean it) with a little Ernie Kovacs material from his various 1950s and 60s TV specials. (See also last Monday and Wednesday as well for a little Kovacs catch-up). This is a piece called ‘Musical Office’ in […]
Vor einem Tag · He and his wife of 65 years, Jolene Brand (one of Ernie Kovacs’ featured players; she was the woman in the bathtub in the recurring series of surreal blackouts, and was the costumed piano-playing member of the Nairobi Trio) were recently celebrated by the National Comedy Center with a theater named in their honor and a new YouTube channel, Clown Jewels, features some of his most famous (and ...
Vor einem Tag · He would give some bewildered player references to Ernie Kovacs and Sun Ra in the same breath, leaving me to translate. He always ALWAYS gave me more latitude than anyone before or after. Most of our projects had spells of laughter to the point of tears over things no one else in the room caught or understood. I swear I can still smell his damn feet. Really this hasn’t even sunk in yet, and ...
Vor 4 Tagen · For comedian and writer Ernie Kovacs, TV was a medium to present anarchic, surreal humor that viewers couldn’t believe was playing out — often live — in their homes. His litany of visual bits, absurd situations, and fourth-wall breaks fueled 10 seasons of The Ernie Kovacs Show from 1951 to 1962, laying the groundwork for SNL , David Letterman , Andy Kaufman, Conan O’Brien and countless ...
Vor einem Tag · Memorializing Marxfest. Well it’s Memorial Day, and this year we unavoidably think of those fallen in the battle between Freedonia and Sylvania in Duck Soup …as well as the many Marxfest events of the past 10 days that now live on only in our memories. The whole shmear came off better than any of us imagined: minimal mishaps and maximum ...
Vor 2 Tagen · Holy here's mud in ur eye, Batcreep!👀 gone fishin. again. or? not really. wha?!
Vor 4 Tagen · VSD-5789 The Ernie Kovacs Record Collection - Ernie Kovacs; VSD-5790 Cugie A-Go-Go - Xavier Cugat; VSD-5791 Blast Off - Ferrante & Teicher; VSD-5792 Fierce Creatures - Jerry Goldsmith; VSD-5793 Dante's Peak - John Frizzell / James Newton Howard (Featuring original themes by James Newton Howard for the film included on the album)
