tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469620267466173380.post6049883003002585220..comments2024-01-24T11:12:13.089-05:00Comments on The Ernie Kovacs Blog: Ernie The Grizzled Old MinerAl Quagliatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03263782786009068693noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469620267466173380.post-58521724073633090842008-04-27T11:10:00.000-04:002008-04-27T11:10:00.000-04:00I want to correct something I said in one of the a...I want to correct something I said in one of the above comments. Ernie finished shooting the pilot and that night went to a party for Milton Berle being given at Billy Wilder's home.<BR/><BR/>It was driving home from that party that Ernie was killed in the car accident, actually the next day since it took place after midnight.Al Quagliatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263782786009068693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469620267466173380.post-75548437859580414652008-04-27T09:25:00.000-04:002008-04-27T09:25:00.000-04:00I am definitely going to watch that pilot - how sa...I am definitely going to watch that pilot - how sad that Ernie passed away the same day he did it.<BR/><BR/>Enjoy your martini - like Jimmy Durante used to say "I got a million of 'em!"<BR/><BR/>Terri aka <A HREF="http://www.popartdiva.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">PopArtDiva</A> aka <A HREF="http://www.themartinidiva.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">THE MARTINI DIVA</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469620267466173380.post-26941390642433853082008-04-26T12:05:00.000-04:002008-04-26T12:05:00.000-04:00Thanks for the kind words. I hadn't seen that West...Thanks for the kind words. I hadn't seen that Western either and I'm a huge fan of them!<BR/><BR/>Ernie actually had the chance to star in his own Western for ABC entitled "The Medicine Man," along with the great Buster Keaton. A pilot was made which was entitled "A Pony For Chris." <BR/><BR/>Ernie played "Doc," an unctuous snake-oil salesman traveling around the Old West selling his product and running con schemes with the help of his mute Native American sidekick "Junior" played by Keaton. Doc inherits his young nephew Chris when his sister dies and the thrust of the series was to be Doc and Junior running con schemes while trying to raise the kid the right way and having him get underfoot all the time.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately the script was not very good and since Ernie died the day he finished the pilot there was never to be a series. The pilot was never broadcast.<BR/><BR/>You can see the pilot, however, if you visit <A HREF="http://www.paleycenter.org" REL="nofollow"> The Paley Center For Media</A> (formerly the Museum of Television and Radio) in either New York or Los Angeles (I saw it in New York).<BR/><BR/>These two legends do the best they can with a terrible script loaded with Native American stereotypes and a grating laugh track (I figure they made Buster's character mute so he could utilize his silent film skills). Even if Ernie had lived I can't imagine that it ever would have been picked up as a series.<BR/><BR/>I may have to visit your Martini blog today. I sure could use one!Al Quagliatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263782786009068693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469620267466173380.post-3865248346899970432008-04-25T22:54:00.000-04:002008-04-25T22:54:00.000-04:00Well, I thought I had seen all the old westerns bu...Well, I thought I had seen all the old westerns but Shotgun Slade was a new one on me! Crap, now I have to hunt down the tv theme for it!<BR/><BR/>You always have something new and interesting on Ernie too!<BR/><BR/>P. S. zabadu - if you need a martini you can get recipes at my <A HREF="http://www.themartinidiva.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">martini blog</A>, lol.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.popartdiva.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">PopArtDiva</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469620267466173380.post-80080001468916149512008-03-20T15:31:00.000-04:002008-03-20T15:31:00.000-04:00Relax. The answers have been posted in the commen...Relax. The answers have been posted in the comments section of the <A HREF="http://erniekovacs.blogspot.com/2008/03/some-kovacsian-jack-benny-trivia.html" REL="nofollow">original post.</A> When I write the next post I will feature them more prominently.<BR/><BR/>Now go smoke a cigar like Ernie and while you're at pour yourself a Martini, just like Percy would have done...Al Quagliatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263782786009068693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469620267466173380.post-4490376089654118202008-03-19T17:38:00.000-04:002008-03-19T17:38:00.000-04:00No fair! You said you would tell us the answers! ...No fair! You said you would tell us the answers! Not all of us can go out and buy the Benny DVD's so we won't go insane waiting to find out.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12197340334699196246noreply@blogger.com