The Ernie Kovacs Blog: Ernie's Slow News Week

Good morning fellow Kovacsians. Not much to report this week, so here goes:

The trivia question from two weeks ago still has not been answered. If no one gets it this week, I will post the answer next week. Post your answer in the form of a comment or contact me with the answer via the Ernie Kovacs MySpace Fan Page.

Speaking of the MySpace Fan Page, we're up to 348 friends this week from 332 friends last week. Thanks to everyone who has requested an add or accepted a request from us. Please let other Kovacs fans know about us if you haven't.

Contributing blogger Ben "Undercrank" Model wrote a post Monday I know you'll enjoy. Check it out if you haven't already by clicking here. And therein lies an answer to part of the aforementioned trivia question so read carefully.

LATEST ERNIE POSTS FROM THE "BLOG-O-SPHERE":

An interesting post from Tom Pry which mentions Ernie and makes you realize how hard it was to watch TV in the early 1950s.

Glenn Bishop, a magician, talks about how magic DVDs should be produced and mentions Ernie.

An art teacher writes of a gameshow she invented to keep small toddlers calm.Yes, Ernie is mentioned at one point.

The Duckpond has a Nairobi Trio clip.

Some more Nairobi Trio clips from Captelensar.

A short post about YouTube that mentions Ernie.

Until next week friends, "Its been real!"

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Ernie Kovacs Links

Al Quagliata's Ernie Kovacs site, Ernie Kovacs Dot Net A Tribute To Televsion's Original Genius. Visit the site for even more EK links.

Here's an Ernie Kovacs FAQ. Please read it before sending us your question.

The Ernie Kovacs MySpace Fan Page.

Ernie Kovacs Blog updates on TWITTER.

"The Ernie Kovacs Collection" DVD Set.

The Ernie Kovacs Collection: Volume 2 which will be officially released on Tuesday, October 23, 2012.

Ernie Kovacs’ Current TV Schedule.

Jeff Edlestein's article in The Trentonian about erniekovacs.net and The Ernie Kovacs Blog.

Ben Model's Ernie Kovacs site, Kovacsland Online! - the Ernie Kovacs website.

Ben Model's "Ernie Kovacs" fan page on Facebook.

Ron Evry's "Ernie Kovacs" group on Facebook.

Edie Adams 10 Part Interview With Henry Colman from

"The Archive Of American Television".

A six part interview with Edie's son Josh Mills and assistant Becky Greenlaw.

Diana Rico, author of "Kovacsland: A Biography Of Ernie Kovacs". Read our interview with Diana.

"The Ernie Kovacs Phile", a wonderful book by the late David Walley (aka "Nothing In Moderation: The Ernie Kovacs Story").

Andy Horton, author of "Ernie Kovacs & Early TV Comedy: Nothing in Moderation". Read our interview with Andy.

"Intersecting Parallels: Keaton and Kovacs," a wonderful article by Rob Foster. Here is the Paley Center For Media’s catalog listing for the pilot discussed in the article. It is available for viewing at either the New York or Los Angeles locations. Rob also wrote a great piece called Square Bubbles: Broadband In Kovacsland which poses the question of what Ernie might have been doing were he alive today. Rob also wrote a Kindle book of preexisting and new material, entitled "Ernie's Journey's."

Some info on the color version of "The Silent Show" (aka "Eugene").

The "Kinescope HD" Blog, run by Paul Gluck, is a fantastic blog about the early days of TV. You can search there for posts on Ernie and other greats from the Golden Age Of Television. Here's a post on EK's "The Silent Show" (aka "Eugene").

EK used to write a parody of " Ripley's Believe It Or Not" called "Strangely Believe Its" for Mad Magazine. Here's a scan of an installment.

This page on The Broadcast Pioneers Of Philadelphia Website talks about Ernie’s early days on WPTZ in Philadelphia, particularly the legendary and first ever morning show on television, "3 To Get Ready". No copies of this program exist; in fact it’s listed on The Paley Center For Media’s "Television Programs We’re Looking For" list. This 1951 newspaper article talks about Dave Garroway and mentions EK; it was Garroway's return to the airwaves to host "Today" that would eventually force "3 To Get Ready" off the air.

"OUR MAN IN HAVANA" from BARNES AND NOBLE and also from AMAZON.

The 2004 Buster Keaton Celebration in Iola, Kansas. This was also a celebration of Ernie's work.

A review of Ernie's book "ZOOMAR" by artist Maurice Greenia.

On June 19, 2012, Omnivore Recordings released
"Ernie Kovacs Presents Percy Dovetonsils...Thpeaks." This is a previously unreleased comedy album from 1960 available in a variety of formats, including lavender vinyl. You can order your copy visiting the link.

If you would like us to place a link to your site on this blog or our parent site click here and read question 25.

Links To Ernie Kovacs Merchandise

On this blog and its parent site Ernie Kovacs Dot Net A Tribute To Television's Original Genius you will see links to the majority of Ernie's material which is available for purchase. This includes (but is not necessarily limited to): Books, DVDs, tapes, CDs and memorabilia on various auction sites. A great deal of time and effort has gone into searching for and compiling lists of all that is available from sites that are reputable. We don't, however, assume any responsibility if you are unhappy with a purchase you make from one of these sites.

The only items that were sold directly by this blog and its parent site are from The Vision Of Ernie Kovacs retrospect; we had the inventory and we shipped it but it has sold out (you can click the link to learn more about these items in case you'd like to purchase them from other sources). We also offer "The Ernie Kovacs Collection" DVD set through our sites but we are not the shipper; the set is shipped to you directly from Shout Factory Video. You can buy this wonderful set with confidence and we fully endorse it.

About This Blog

This blog is written by Kovacs fans Al Quagliata and Ben Model. Al started writing for Ben's EK website in the mid 90s and then started his own. This is the middle ground where these two Kovacsians meet to bring you all the latest goodies from Kovacsland!

Al Quagliata is a an actor and guitarist with a passion for Ernie's work and Ben Model is the official Ernie Kovacs curator and historian. Ben is also a renowned silent film accompanist and composer who is the curator for silent films at the Museum Of Modern Art in New York City.

Video And Audio Clips On This Site

My name is Al Quagliata; I’m the editor of this blog and run the website Ernie Kovacs Dot Net A Tribute To Televsion's Original Genius. Even though Ernie Kovacs was the original video comedian and was so visual, there are very few clips on this blog and on my website. In most cases I can’t verify that the parties who post these clips (e.g. on sites such as YouTube and Facebook) have the right to do so and it’s not up to me to decide if they do, so as a general rule I don’t post clips. My feeling is that this material should be legally purchased so that the royalties go to the parties who own the rights. And, just because you purchase something, that doesn’t give you the right to post it online. In some cases the rights holders allow this streaming content on sites they run; that’s their call and has nothing to do with me, nor am I going to presume that I can do it without permission.

This goes for audio too: recordings of novelty songs, music from the Kovacs shows and various EK sketches, some of which are available on CD or LP. I understand that sometimes these items are hard to find but I am not going to provide links to free downloads.

With all this in mind please do not contact me asking for copies of videos, DVDs, CDs, LPs, or to ask me to stream video. I will not post ANY links to file sharing sites which are sent to me nor will I respond to any emails regarding same.

I can offer the following: The Museum Of Broadcast Communications in Chicago has their archives listed online so you can view the list. Some of these listings have a digital file accompanying them for viewing and ⁄ or listening. Sign up is free and there are some very interesting EK files available to watch and listen to online. My assumption is that a broadcast museum is not just putting up clips without permission which is why I’m willing to list the link.

While they don't have online viewing, you can visit the Paley Center For Media in New York or Los Angeles to view shows in their massive collection. The link will take you to a listing of everything they have regarding Ernie Kovacs so that you can plan your visit; you're limited as to how much time you can spend in the museum library and how many shows you can view on your visit so you wouldn't want to spend all of it searching the database. Write down the catalog numbers and titles of the programs you wish to see, which will make finding them easy once you arrive. Contact the museum for more details.

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7 comments:

Glenn Bishop "Bish The Magish" said...: psgieThanks very much for stopping by my blog to say hi. I talk more about Ernie Kovacs and other comedy greats in my hypnoticmagic blog.

I really like your blog and I am a big fan of Ernie Kovacs.

If you are thinking of adding one of my blogs to your blog roll please add my Bish the magish blog or my hypnoticmagic blog.

Not my magic underground blog.

I will be glad to add your blog to my blog roll.

Thanks again

Glenn Bishop; May 9, 2007 at 2:32 PM
Al Quagliata said...: Glenn,

Thanks for stopping by. I will link both your blogs.

Al; May 9, 2007 at 3:12 PM
Glenn Bishop "Bish The Magish" said...: Hi Al

Just added your links to my blogs in the boll rolls.

When you have time stop by my hypnoticmagic blog.

Thanks again and keep up the great work on your blog.

Glenn Bishop; May 9, 2007 at 5:51 PM
Jorge said...: Cool, thanks. I'll link back. Nice blog. Now I'm curious about Kovacs. Cheers.; May 12, 2007 at 1:55 AM
Al Quagliata said...: Press,

You are quite welcome.

Curiousity about Ernie is what I'm looking to promote, so that's great!; May 12, 2007 at 8:42 AM
Anonymous said...: That is a great, great photo of Ernie.

Thanks for noticing and linking to my post. I've actually posted twice about Ernie, now, and will probably keep doing so. Kids today need to know about this comic master.

You can bet I'll be back and checking out your blog regularly.; May 24, 2007 at 5:10 PM
Al Quagliata said...: Bad Banana,

You are quite welcome and as a writer/actor I couldn't agree with you more about kids today needing to know about Ernie.

To do so would really improve some of the nonsense that passes for art.; May 24, 2007 at 7:29 PM

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