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Percy Dovetonsils is a fictional character created and played by television comedian Ernie Kovacs. It is probably the best remembered of Kovacs' many TV incarnations. [1] Creation. Kovacs created the character in 1950 for his program Three to Get Ready on WPTZ in Philadelphia (the station that is now KYW-TV ).
17. Feb. 2009 · 63K views 14 years ago. [From "Kovacs Corner" on YouTube.com] - Here is one of Ernie's most famous, and bizarre, characters. Percy Dovetonsils was a take off on a particular genre of television...
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28. Aug. 2009 · 592. 83K views 14 years ago. [From "Kovacs Corner" on YouTube.com] - Poet Laureate Percy Dovetonsils waxes sentiment over the autumn season and it's impact in the Garden of Eden. ...more.
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In addition to the silent "Eugene," his most familiar characters were the fey, lisping poet Percy Dovetonsils, and the heavily accented German radio announcer, Wolfgang von Sauerbraten. Mr. Question Man, who answered viewer queries, was a satire on the long-run (1937–56) radio series,
One of the few ongoing queer characters on 1950s American television was Percy Dovetonsils: comedian Ernie Kovacs's beloved lisping, purse-lipped poet who re...
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18. Apr. 2011 · And more than a generation before In Living Color gave us the openly gay movie critics of " Men in Film ," Ernie Kovacs gave us TV's proudly prissy poet laureate, Percy Dovetonsils. But Ernie...
"Percy Dovetonsils" was one of Kovacs' regular characters. With thick glasses and a silk smoking jacket, while sipping wine in a plush study, the lispy Percy would softly read poetry. Viewers had to listen to the words to get the humor Kovacs intended, but just seeing him every week was very funny to many. Some of his audience roared with ...
