I’ve seen the famous Ernie Kovacs commercial for Dutch Masters a few dozen times, at least, and never noticed the…
I can usually recognize the accompaniment styles of a number of my colleagues when I hear them on a home…
As silent film fans, we’re past the point of going to a show, seeing empty seats and blaming the venue…
Ernie Kovacs show ensemble cast members turn up out of seemingly nowhere in the TV-ography of the shows. Ernie’s penchant…
The Nation’s First Exposure to Ernie Kovacs Was in a Summer Replacement In 1951 After hosting a daily 7-9am wake-up…
There are three key elements that make up what Silent Film truly is. It’s the overlapping presence of these live…
The best-known and most-seen version of Ernie Kovacs’ famous “Nairobi Trio” sketch is one shot on videotape. It was used…
[This was originally posted on May 15, 2019, and was revised on May 18 to correct some factual errors brought…
One of my favorite sounds at a silent film show is that of kids’ laughter over the laughs of the…
A number of personal, “tone-poem” slice-of-life films were made at the tail end of the silent era. The ones often…